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          YOU ARE WATCHING THE MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR ERIC L. JOHNSON, MAYOR PRO TEM TENNELL ATKINS, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ADAM BASIL, DOA COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAD WEST, JESSE MORENO, ZD GRACIE, CAROLYN KING ARNOLD, JAIME RESENDEZ, OMAR NVAS, PAULA BLACKMAN, KATHY STEWART, JANIE SCHULTZ, KARA MENDELSON, GAY DANELLE WILLIS. 
          PAUL E RIDLEY, CITY MANAGER KIMBERLY VISOR. 
          TOLBERT CITY SECRETARY BILLY RAY JOHNSON AND CITY ATTORNEY TAMMY PALINO. 
          [Call to Order ]
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2025. 
          TIME IS 9:22 AM AND I NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. 
          AND TODAY WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE AS OUR INVOCATION SPEAKER OUR GOOD FRIEND, RABBI ANDREW PALEY OF TEMPLE SHALOM, WHO IS ALSO A CHAPLAIN WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO RABBI PALEY FOR OUR INVOCATION. 
          RABBI, GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          FRIENDS, DEAR GUESTS, GOOD AND GRACIOUS GOD, HOLY ONE, A BLESSING GOD OF MANY NAMES. 
          AS WE GATHER HERE IN SERVICE TO OUR CITY THIS MORNING, WE DO SO IN A SEASON OF REFLECTION AND RENEWAL IN THE COMING DAYS, MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY, MYSELF INCLUDED, WE'LL OBSERVE THE HOLIDAY OF PASSOVER, A TIME TO REMEMBER THE JOURNEY FROM BONDAGE, TO FREEDOM, FROM DESPAIR, AND TO HOPE. 
          IT'S A REMINDER THAT LIBERATION IS NOT JUST A MOMENT IN HISTORY, BUT A CALLING WE RETURN TO AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN IN OUR OWN TIME. 
          MADE THAT SPIRIT GUIDE US HERE TODAY. 
          HELP US TO SEE ONE ANOTHER, NOT AS STRANGERS OR OPPONENTS, BUT AS FELLOW TRAVELERS, EACH OF US CARRYING STORIES AND NEEDS AND DREAMS FOR A BETTER FUTURE. 
          GRANT THIS COUNCIL TODAY, THE WISDOM TO LEAD WITH COMPASSION, THE COURAGE TO PURSUE JUSTICE, AND THE HUMILITY TO LISTEN WITH OPEN HEARTS. 
          MAY THE WORK DONE HERE TODAY MOVE US ONE STEP CLOSER TO A CITY WHERE ALL CAN LIVE WITH DIGNITY, SAFETY, AND OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND MAY WE NEVER FORGET THAT EVEN SMALL ACTS OF LEADERSHIP CAN BE PART OF A MUCH GREATER STORY OF FREEDOM AND OF HOPE. 
          AMEN. 
          IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE WHO IS ABLE FOR OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO FIRST THE UNITED STATES FLAG, AND THEN THE FLAG OF THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. 
          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. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          I THINK 
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I HAVE, UH, THE ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING AND IT'S A PRETTY, UM, IMPORTANT ONE AND A, UM, HISTORIC ONE. 
          SO LET ME JUST JUMP RIGHT IN AND WELCOME TO OUR CITY HALL AND TO OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF IV UKRAINE, MAYOR IGOR TARTIKOFF. 
          A LITTLE OVER ONE YEAR AGO, MAYOR TARTIKOFF AND I SIGNED A FRIENDSHIP AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF OUR TWO CITIES. 
          AND SINCE THEN, THE IV CITY FLAG HAS FLOWN IN OUR CITY HALL FLAG ROOM, AND WE MADE A PROMISE AT THAT TIME THAT IT WOULD HANG THERE UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE, AFTER WHICH IT WILL BE PLACED IN A PERMANENT SISTER CITY DISPLAY CASE. 
          HERE AT CITY HALL, DALLAS CONTINUES TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BUILD ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO CITIES. 
          I WILL POINT OUT THAT, UM, THE CITY OF IV AND DALLAS ARE ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE. 
          WE'RE ABOUT 1.4 MILLION. 
          THEY'RE 1.4 MILLION. 
          THEY'RE THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN ALL OF UKRAINE, A VERY IMPORTANT CITY, UM, CULTURALLY AND HISTORICALLY IT WAS ONCE THE CAPITAL 
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OF UKRAINE. 
          AND SO, UM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UH, I'LL ASK THE THE MAYOR TO PLEASE RISE AND LET'S, I'LL GIVE HIM A VERY WARM WELCOME TO DALLAS CITY HALL, THE MAYOR OF IV UKRAINE, AND INVITE HIM TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO THE DALLAS CITY CAMP ON TO DALLAS CITY COUNCIL, AND EVERYONE WHO'S ASSEMBLED HERE TODAY, WELCOME MAYOR JOHNSON. 
          GOOD DAY DEAR MAYOR. 
          DEAR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DEAR CITY COUNSELORS, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME BRING YOU THE GREETINGS FROM THE PEOPLE OF IV TODAY, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE AND SHARE THE, AND SHARE MY SINCERE THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. 
          A YEAR AGO, WE HAVE SIGNED THE AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN D AND IV. 
          IT, AND IT WAS REALLY SIGNIFICANT AND VERY IMPORTANT FOR EACH OF US BECAUSE IT, WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE YOUR CITY WAS THE FIRST WHO CONDEMNED, UH, THE RUSSIAN, UH, INVASION TO HAR TO UKRAINE AND ADOPTED A SPECIAL DECLARATION ON THAT UKRAINE. 
          THIS WAR WAS NOT VACATED BY UKRAINE. 
          AND I'M SINCERELY THANKS PERSONALLY TO YOU, MR. JOHNSON, AS THE MAYOR FOR THIS INTENTION, UH, OF ADOPTING THIS DECLARATION AND FOR YOUR INTENTION ON ESTABLISHING OUR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR CITIES. 
          THIS, OF COURSE, THE WAR DIVIDED OUR LIFE INTO BEFORE THE WAR, UH, STARTED AND AFTER THE WAR STARTED, 24TH OF FEBRUARY, 2022 WILL BE ALWAYS IN THE MEMORIES OF OUR, OF OUR, OF US. 
          MR. BEFORE THE WAR, HAKI WAS ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMICALLY DEVELOPED CITY, ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFULLY, DYNAMICALLY DEVELOPED CITY. 
          HA HAKI WAS THE FIRST CAPITAL OF UKRAINE. 
          IT'S THE STUDENT CITY. 
          UH, THE POPULATION OF THE CITY WERE, WERE ONE POINT MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION, 300,000. 
          ONLY STUDENTS WERE EDUCATING IN OUR HIGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY. 
          WE WERE CREATING AND DEVELOPING A VERY IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS, DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE WERE IMPLEMENTING IN OUR CITY. 
          THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, IT'S HOUSING PROJECTS, IT'S THE CULTURAL PROJECTS THAT WE WERE IMPLEMENTING IN THE, OUR, IN OUR CITY PARK. 
          WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED THE BEST ZOO IN UKRAINE. 
          WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED THE BEST PARK OF AMUSEMENT PARK OF IN UKRAINE. 
          AND IN OUR PLANS, WE HAD 
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A VERY GREAT, POWERFUL PROJECT TO IMPLEMENT BEFORE THE WAR. 
          BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAR CAME AND IT CROSSED EVERYTHING EVERY DAY, STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR. 
          HA IS UNDERHILL. 
          AND TODAY IS NOT THE EXCEPTION. 
          JUST AN HOUR AGO, IV ALSO WAS UNDER THE SHILLING, UH, WE CALL IT TODAY AS THE, LIKE THE STRIKE. 
          WE CALL IT MO IT'S A STREAM. 
          IT'S THE ONE OF THE KIND OF STRIKES FROM WHICH RUSSIAN ATTACKING UKRAINE. 
          UH, IT'S THE MISSILE WHICH, UH, ATTACK THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE, THE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE. 
          TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED AMONG THEM. 
          ONE IS CHILD, A SMALL CHILD. 
          AND BELIEVE ME, THIS IS HORRIBLE. 
          IT IS HORRIBLE WHEN EVERY NIGHT PEOPLE GO INTO SLEEP AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WILL STAY ALIVE THIS NIGHT OR NO. 
          BUT DESPITE ON EVERYTHING, WE ARE FIGHTING EVERY DAY FOR OUR FREEDOM, FOR OUR PROSPERITY, FOR OUR COUNTRY AND STATE TO BE THE DEMOCRATIC STATE. 
          OUR GUYS, THE DEFENDERS FROM THE MILITARY SIDE, ARE FIGHTING EVERY DAY ON, ON DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY, DEFENDING OUR FREEDOM, AND SINCERE THANKS, SINCERE GREETINGS TO YOU AND TO UNITED STATES FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WAS GIVEN AND NOW IS GOING TO UKRAINE. 
          OF COURSE. 
          FIRST, IT'S A POLITICAL SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE. 
          IT'S THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT, MILITARY SUPPORT DIPLOMA, AND THE DIPLOMATIC. 
          AND WE BELIEVE, STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT ALL TOGETHER WE WILL FIGHT FOR THIS FAIR PEACE FOR UKRAINE, PRESIDENT OF DONALD TRUMP. 
          AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS LEADERSHIP IN THIS, UH, IN THIS DIRECTION TO YOUR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. 
          AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, YOU ALL FOR YOUR POSITION. 
          TO EACH OF YOU, MAYOR JOHNSON, TO PERSONALLY, TO THE MAYOR JOHNSON IS THE MR FOR THE SUPPORT OF WHOLE UKRAINE, OF COURSE, AND NAMELY HAKE CITY. 
          OF COURSE, WE FACE EVERY DAY WITH THE GREAT CHALLENGES STARTING WITH THE HOUSING FOR KYIV RESIDENTS, BECAUSE TODAY, 160,000 PEOPLE OF HAKI RESIDENTS HAVE LOST THEIR HOUSES. 
          TODAY, OUR CHILDREN MUST HAVE THEIR EDUCATION PROCESS UNDERGROUND. 
          WE HAVE DONE ENORMOUS WORK, AND WE WERE FIRST IN, IN THE WORLD WHO REEQUIPPED THE SUBWAY STATIONS FOR THE CHILDREN TO HAVE THE EDUCATION PROCESS. 
          SO IN AN HOUR, WE HAVE REEQUIPPED, SIX SUBWAY STATIONS FOR THE CLASSROOM, FOR THE PUPILS TO HAVE THEIR EDUCATION. 
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WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED TWO UNDERGROUND SCHOOLS, AND NOW WE ARE IN THE WAY OF CONSTRUCTING FIVE MORE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE NEED TO DO THAT, BUT WE NEED TO DO THAT FOR OUR KIDS TO HAVE THEIR EDUCATION, TO HAVE THEIR FUTURE TALK. 
          YES, IT'S HARD. 
          IT'S REALLY HARD. 
          EVERYDAY SHILLINGS, EVERYDAY ATTACKS, EVERY DAY. 
          THE DAMAGES ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, MAN, LAST YEAR WE HAVE THE ENORMOUS DAMAGES WAS ON OUR GENERATION OF THE ENERGY IN THE CITY. 
          IT WAS RUINED, ABSOLUTELY ALL THE CHPS, ALL THE GENERA, CO-GENERATION AND GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY. 
          WE WERE JUST ON THE END OF THE CATASTROPHE, BUT WE STAYED. 
          AND TODAY WE ARE CONSTRUCTING AS WE CALL THE ENERGY ISLAND, AND WE OVERCOME THIS WINTER. 
          UH, SO IN OUR COUNTRY, THE WINTER IS ACTUALLY VERY SEVERE, AND IT'S IN CELSIUS DEGREES IS MINUS 20. 
          BUT IN THE FOREIGN GATES, I THINK IT'S UP, UP BELOW THAN 10  FOREIGN GATES, . 
          AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT THE HEATING SUPPLY, WITHOUT THE ENERGY SUPPLY, YOU CANNOT STAY IN THE WINTERTIME. 
          AND TODAY, THE POPULATION OF IV IS 1.3 MILLION, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STAYING EVERY DAY. 
          AND AMONG THIS NUMBER 2000, UH, 200,006, THERE ARE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE WHO CAME TO IV, UH, FROM AMONG DIFFERENT REGIONS OF UKRAINE. 
          AND THEY DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE HOUSES. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY STUFF. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO LIVE NORMAL LIFE. 
          AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THEM. 
          UH, ONE, WANT TO SAY ONE MORE? YES, THE WAR IS VERY HORRIBLE ALI, BUT DUE TO THE SUPPORT OF OUR PEOPLE, DUE TO THE SUPPORT OF YOUR PEOPLE, WE WILL STAY, WE WILL ACHIEVE THE FAIR PEACE, AND TOGETHER WE WILL CONSTRUCT THE NEW UKRAINE. 
          AND ALTOGETHER WE'LL ALSO, UH, DEVELOP THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HA AND DALLAS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS SUPPORT AND SLAVA TO UKRAINE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR, UM, ALLOWING US TO, UM, DEVIATE FROM OUR NORMAL COURSE, UM, FOR SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS PRETTY, UM, HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR OUR CITY. 
          IT'S AN IMPORTANT, UM, IT'S A, A HEAVY SITUATION, I THINK. 
          AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, UH, IN THE, IN YOUR PATIENCE AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL, UM, COMING FROM SO FAR AWAY AND, UM, HONORING OUR CITY, FRANKLY, UM, BY YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM. 
          THANK YOU TO MY TEAM FOR HELPING COORDINATE THIS. 
          AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A BUSY, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE HERE ALL WEEK, ACTUALLY. 
          UM, THEY ARE VISITING A LOT OF THE SITES IN DALLAS. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO THE, UM, JFK MUSEUM. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO A BUNCH OF PLACES. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE SPEAKING AT THE TOWER CENTER AT SMU. 
          THEY'RE GOING, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS WHILE THEY'RE HERE. 
          UM, AND EVEN SPENDING A LITTLE MONEY, I THINK, IN OUR TOWN. 
          SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'LL LET YOU GET ON YOUR WAY. 
          AND I'M GONNA, I'LL WALK YOU OUT AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, THE 
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WILL, WILL YOU STEP IN FOR A SECOND HERE. 
          UH, MAYOR PRO. 
          I ESCORT THEM OUT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          MEMBERS, 
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NOW, SECRETARY, OPEN BACK SPEAKERS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          AND GOOD MORNING. 
          THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW HEAR HIS 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 IMP IMPERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS. 
          YOU'LL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION. 
          INDIVIDUALS ARE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          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 ATKINS, ONLY. 
          FIRST SPEAKER, ROBERT ELLI. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 
          I HAVE SOME SHOCKING NEWS I NEED, I WANTED TO EXPLAIN TO YOU REAL QUICK. 
          IT HAS TO DO WITH DISD AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          IT COMES FROM CHILDREN AT RISK. 
          AND THIS IS PERTINENT TO YOU BECAUSE THE POVERTY LEVELS HAS TO DO WITH HOUSING AND CRIME AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          ALL OF YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS REAL QUICK CAMPUS PERFORMANCE, MEANING HOW A SCHOOL COMPARES INTENSE SCORES TO SCHOOLS WITH, WITH SIMILAR LEVELS OF POVERTY. 
          I'M LISTENING. 
          22 HIGH SCHOOLS, NO MANIC SCHOOLS, NO SPECIALS, JUST JUST REGULAR HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          ADAM C. WILSON, B, BRIAN ADAMS, D MOLINA, D JEFFERSON, D SOUTH O CLIFF, D CONRAD, D HILLCREST, F MADISON, F SKYLINE, F SUNSET, F LINCOLN, FWT, WHITE, F NORTH DALLAS, F PINKSTON, F SEVILLE, F SAMUEL F SPRUCE F THE LAST FOUR SCHOOLS, KIMBALL, ROOSEVELT, CARTER, AND WILMER HUTCHINS. 
          THERE'S 980 SCHOOLS LISTED BY CHILDREN AT RISK. 
          THEY'RE IN THE RANK IN THE BOTTOM 10 BETWEEN 9 79 80. 
          SO DIC OWNS FOUR OF THE WORST OF THE WORST HIGH SCHOOLS IN TEXAS. 
          OKAY, NEXT ONE. 
          COLLEGE READINESS. 
          SELF-EXPLANATORY. 
          SAME HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          WILSON, B ADAMS, ADAMS, C MOLINA. 
          C HILLCREST, C MADISON, D SKYLINE, D-W-T-Y-D, CONRAD, D SAMUEL, D ADAM, F SUNSET, F SOUTH OAK, CLIFF, F LINCOLN, F NORTH DALLAS, F PINKSTON, F SEVILLE, F JEFFERSON, F SPRUCE, F KIMBALL, F ROOSEVELT, F CARTER, F WILMA, HUTCHINS F SAME FOUR SCHOOLS GOT FS. 
          AND I JUST HOPE THIS YOU THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF THIS AND MAKE SURE WHATEVER YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FORT WORTH MAYOR GOT A LOT OF CREDIBILITY IN, GET THAT SUPERINTENDENT FIRED. 
          MAYOR, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S UP TO YOU TO LISTEN WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, DO YOU? OKAY. 
          ALL I'M SAYING TO YOU IS, I'M, I'M LEGIT. 
          THIS IS LEGIT. 
          THIS IS CRAZY. 
          ONE MORE THING IS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STAR TEST SCORES. 
          WILSON C, THIS IS 2024 I'M DOING LAST YEAR. 
          WILSON, C ADAM, C ADAM, C ADAMSON, C SUNSET, C MADISON, D MOLINA, D SOUTH, OAK CLIFF, D-W-T-Y-D, CONRAD, D, NORTH DALLAS, D PINKSTON, D SEVILLE, D SAMUEL, D JEFFERSON, D SPRUCE, F KIMBALL, F ROOSEVELT, F WILER, HUTCHINS, F. 
          SO WE HAVE 15 D 15 FS WITH THE, UH, COLLEGE, COLLEGE PERFORMANCE. 
          13 FS WITH COLLEGE READINESS AND JUST DIFFERENT HERE, FOUR FS, FOUR, FOUR C'S, AND 14 D'S WITH A STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. 
          AL AUDREY'S BEEN LYING. 
          OKAY. 
          SHE JUST CONCENTRATES ON, ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY. 
          OKAY, THIS IS EMBARRASSING TIME. 
          YOU WANT TO COME TO DALLAS? DON'T COME TO DALLAS TO GET TO COLLEGE, THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO TO COLLEGE. 
          THAT'S YOUR, YOUR TIME. 
          MS. TOBY, CAN I HAVE A MEET WITH YOU MEMBER, YOUR NEXT SPEAKER? LET'S HAVE A MEETING, RIGHT? CLARA MCDADE. 
          WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MEETING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS CLAIRE MCDADE AND I'M FROM THE HOLLAND HILLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IN THE HOLLAND HILLS AREA. 
          7 5 2 4 1. 
          UM, I AM TALKING TODAY ABOUT COMMUNITY CONCERNS. 
          THESE ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT DOWN TO OUR ASSOCIATION, 
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AND THESE, THE CONCERNS ARE THAT WE HAVE TOO MANY LOOSE DOGS RUNNING LOOSE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          ON LAST MONTH, WE HAD OVER FOUR, FIVE ATTACKS OF LOOSE DOGS WHERE ONE PERSON HAVE HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          SO WE NEED TO, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL 3, 1, 1, 9, 1 1 NEED TO ANSWER THESE CALLS A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          SO WE ARE PUTTING OUT THE PLEA TO GET 3 1 1 9, 1 1 ANIMAL CONTROL TO COME OUT AND ANSWER THESE CALLS TO OUR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ALSO, WE HAD A STORM BACK IN 2023, A BAD, UH, STORM, UH, ICE STORM. 
          AND THOSE STORMS LEFT A LOT OF WIRES LOOSE IN OUR ALLEY. 
          WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS OF FINDING PEOPLE WHO WILL, UH, STAND UP TO THE PLATE AND SAY THIS, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE, UH, POLES AND WIRES. 
          THEY WON'T COME OUT TO, UH, REMOVE THESE WIRES FROM THESE POLES BECAUSE WE HAVE KIDS WALKING DOWN THROUGH THESE ALLEYS WHEN THEY LEAVE SCHOOL. 
          AND, UH, THESE WIRES ARE LOOSE AND WE ARE AFRAID THAT SOMEONE MAY GET EXECUTED. 
          SO WE ARE ASKING THAT SOMEONE HELP US TO GET THAT RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY. 
          ALSO, IN THE TRANSPORTATION AREA, TRANSPORTATION I HAVE CALLED NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE WE NEED, UH, ADDITIONAL SIGNS OUT SAYING NO PARKING AT ANY TIME, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PARKING WHEREVER THEY CHOOSE, AND THEY ARE MAKING OUR TRAFFIC SO CONGESTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ON MY LAST CONCERNS IS THAT HOLLAND HILL HAS A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT IT'S LOCATED AT 36 24 SIMPSON STUART WARD, DALLAS, 7 5 2 4 1. 
          THIS CENTER IS NEEDED. 
          AND WHY IS IT IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR COALITION MEETING THERE. 
          WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING THERE, AND WE HAVE OUR SEOS, SEOC MEETING, THE MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEY GO OUT AND THEY CAN COPY, DO COPIES, UH, DO FAX IN THERE. 
          THEY CAN, THEY, UH, THEY HAVE THE USAGE OF THE COMPUTER. 
          WE HAVE FOOD, THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, WE HAVE THE WIC CENTER THERE, SO I'M ASKING THAT. 
          LET US KEEP OUR CENTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LINDA NEWLAND HAS CANCELED. 
          TERRELL BURNETT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, MY NAME IS TERRELL BURNETT. 
          I'M THE OWNER OF SOUTH POLK PIZZERIA IN, UH, DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UM, I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'VE INVESTED INTO THE OPERATIONS OVER AT DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. 
          UM, AND I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL LOSSES I SUFFERED, UH, DUE TO BEING LOCKED OUT BEFORE I RECEIVED THE LEASE. 
          UM, DESPITE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, UH, THROUGH PROPER CHANNELS, UM, INCLUDING REACHING OUT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, I'VE RECEIVED VERY LITTLE RESPONSE INTO THIS SITUATION. 
          UM, THE, I HAVE A SEEN THAT IT'S ONLY THREE MINUTES. 
          I HAVE A VERY SENSE OF TIMELINE, UM, DETAILING, UM, WHEN THE CITY OF DALLAS ORIGINALLY APPROACHED ME AT MY RESTAURANT, UH, REGARDING THE CITY OF DALLAS, I MEAN REGARDING THE OPER BECOMING AN OWNER OPERATOR AT THE DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. 
          UM, I WAS 8 26, UH, 2024, I RECEIVED A LEASE ASSIGNMENT FROM CREATIVE BAR CONCEPTS, WHO IS THE CURRENT LEASE HOLDER AT THE DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. 
          UM, THE LEASE ASSIGNMENT WAS THEN SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF AVIATION, I MEAN THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AVIATION AT THE TIME. 
          UM, AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY'S ATTORNEY OFFICE FOR ME TO RECEIVE THE LEASE. 
          UM, I VESTED A TOTAL OF $99,802 AND 86 CENTS, UH, NETTING $58,742 AND 83 CENTS. 
          HOWEVER, BEFORE THE LEASE WAS FINALIZED, I WAS UNEXPECTEDLY LOCKED OUT, UH, DECEMBER 1ST, 2024, UH, LEADING TO A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL LOSS 
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OF $41,060 AND 33 CENTS. 
          OKAY? AND I HAVE THE FINANCIALS AND, UH, THE PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENTS. 
          UH, I SUBMITTED IT TO COUNCIL, OH, I'M SORRY, I SUBMITTED IT TO, I SUBMITTED IT TO COUNCIL, I SUBMITTED IT TO THE DIRECTOR OF AVIATION, UH, UM, AT LOVE FIELD AS WELL. 
          UM, UH, UH, THE SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED BETTER, YOU KNOW, WITH CLEAR COMMUNICATION AND HEAR ADHERENCE TO THE AGREEMENTS. 
          I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT OF MY INVESTMENT AT BEING FORCED OUT BY THE CITY WITHOUT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECRUIT MY INVESTMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF RESPONSIVENESS FOR THE CITY OFFICIALS, AND AS NO BUS BUSINESS OWNER SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UH, THIS WITHOUT CLEAR ANSWERS IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, I, I'M JUST KIND OF LOOKING FOR, UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIMELY CONSIDERATION. 
          I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO A RESPONSE, MR. MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT, CHAIRMAN GRACIE, FOR WHAT PURPOSE? UH, JUST TO, TO SEE IF, UH, THE TALK, ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          ONE, AND JUST TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS, NOT TO GET INTO A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL, BUT TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, HIM TO HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS EITHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, OR, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I CAN SAY OFFLINE FOR SURE. 
          YEAH, UH, SHE DEFINITELY, OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BYE. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OF COURSE. 
          YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, GREGORY JACKSON. 
          MR. BEARER, I MET YOU IN BACHMAN LAKE PARK SUMMER 23, WHERE YOU TOLD ME YOU NEVER RECEIVED ANY OF MY NOTICE THAT INFORMED YOU OF ANY AIR INTOXICATING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS. 
          ALTHOUGH YOUR OFFICE EMPLOYED, MS. CHRISTIAN MCNEIL TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS HAND DELIVERING ALL MY NOTICE ON THIS AIR INTOXICATING CRISIS TO YOU PERSONALLY. 
          MY NOTICES ON THE AIR INTOXICATING CRISIS HAS A HISTORY OF BEING STOLEN AND NOT DELIVERED. 
          I'M WELL AWARE THAT THIS CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT IS OCCURRING IN THE OFFICES OF U DALLAS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO. 
          MEANWHILE, INTOXICATION OF THE AIR WITH DIURETIC DRUGS IS CAUSING THE CHRONIC URINATION THAT EVERYONE IN DALLAS IS SUFFERING FROM. 
          WHEN WE HAVE TO WAKE UP SIX AND SEVEN OR MORE TIMES ALL NIGHT TO PEE AGAIN AND AGAIN, INTOXICATION OF THE AIR WITH BOTH DIURETIC DRUGS AND BLOOD PRESSURE INHIBITOR DRUGS IS INFLICTING COUNTLESS DEATHS THAT HAS ALLOWED SUCCESSFULLY TARGET THE BLOOD PRESSURE HEALTH EVIDENCE THAT'S KNOWN TO BLACK PEOPLE FOR MANY YEARS. 
          THESE DEATHS THAT DECEITFULLY APPEAR OF NATURAL CAUSE IS MURDER FROM DEHYDRATED RELATED STROKES AND DEHYDRATION RELATED HEART ATTACKS, ET CETERA. 
          THIS AIR INTOXICATING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS IDENTIFIED BY STARK AND SOMETIMES VERY PAINFUL SYMPTOMATIC SENSATIONS THAT IS PROVOKING VIOLENT VIGILANTE, UH, VIGILANTE VIOLENCE SLASH TERRORISM IN THE FORM OF MASS SHOOTING ATTACKS AND THE FORCE ARSON ATTACKS AND THE AMBUSH ATTACKS FROM DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS, ET CETERA. 
          SYMPATHETIC BIGOTED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REFUSE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AGAINST THIS AIR INTOXICATING CRISIS IS MOTIVATING SUCH ATTACKS. 
          THIS VIGILANTE VIOLENCE SLASH TERRORISM INTENDS TO ENFORCE THE AGENDA FOR THE PERMANENT RESOLUTION OF THIS AIR INTOXICATING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS, EXCLUSIVELY WHITE MALE BIGOTS EMPLOYED IN THE DALLAS COUNTY JAIL AND EMPLOYED IN THE HUTCHINSON STATE JAIL, COMMIT THE AIR INTOXICATING CRIMES EVERY DAY IN CAHOOTS WITH OTHER WHITE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPLIED THEM WITH DANGEROUS STOLEN PRESCRIPTION PHARMACEUTICALS TO INTOXICATED THE AIR WITH. 
          IF PUBLIC DISCLOSURE IS MADE BY ANY ENTITY OTHER THAN THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE MOST MAJOR SCANDAL OF PUBLIC CORRUPTION IS CERTAIN TO BE VERY BAD FOR MANY PEOPLE IN RESIGNATIONS, IN TERMINATIONS, IN IMPEACHMENTS AND PRISON SENTENCE, ET CETERA. 
          IF ANY OF YOU HAVE AMBITIONS FOR HIGHER OFFICE, THEN MAKING PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF THE AIR AND TECH INTOXICATING CRISIS IS YOUR GOLDEN TICKET. 
          THE ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS DEPENDENT ON YOU, AND THEY WILL BE SO GRATEFUL. 
          MR. MAYOR, YOU ARE THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          IT IS MY UTMOST REQUEST THAT YOU AND THE CITY OF DALLAS MAKE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF 
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THIS AIR INTOXICATING CRISIS IN A MAJOR NEWS CONFERENCE. 
          IF YOU DECLINE, YOU'LL MAKING A BIG MISTAKE. 
          PEOPLE HAVE YOUR PEOPLE CONTACT ME. 
          THERE IS MUCH MORE TO THIS. 
          YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE RECEIVED HANDOUTS OF THIS INFORMATION. 
          PLEASE READ THEM ALL. 
          I WILL BE IN TOUCH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          HAVE A NICE DAY. 
          THANK YOU, DOROTHY PEN CONSPIRACY. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR CHAMBER. 
          MY NAME IS DOROTHY PENN AND I DO REPRESENT THE ADDRESS OF 30 33 COCKRELL HILL ROAD AND THE SAFETY FOR THE A DA AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT RESIDENTS THERE. 
          I WAS HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND SINCE THEN I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO MEET WITH SOME OF YOUR PUBLIC, UH, SAFETY PEOPLE, PUBLIC WORKS, AND A CODE COMPLIANCE CAME OUT AND THEY ASSURED US THAT THEY WOULD BE ON IT, ALTHOUGH WE HAD NOT HEARD FROM THEM FOR WEEKS. 
          I MADE THIS APPOINTMENT TODAY, THEREBY YESTERDAY, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE PUBLIC WORK STATING THAT THEY GUARANTEE TO BEGIN THE WORK NEXT WEEK, DEMOLISHING THE OLD SIDEWALKS AND PUTTING IN LIGHTS AND SIGNS THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED ON THE FOUR-WAY STREET, FOUR U-TURN STREETS, ALONG WITH TRAFFIC FLOWING CONSTANTLY ALL DAY. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME IN WHICH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ASSURED ME YESTERDAY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DOING THE WORK EXPEDITIOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE. 
          I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. 
          MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, MA. 
          MAYOR PERAM, DID YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHTS ON? NO, I'M SORRY. 
          AND CHAIR GRACE, YOUR LIGHT'S STILL ON TOO. 
          DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU ARE WELCOME. 
          THIS CONCLUDES YOUR FIRST BY REGISTERED SPEAKERS. 
          THE REMAINING SPEAKERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE END OF THEIR CITY BUSINESS. 
          MR. MAYOR. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR VOTING AGENDA, PLEASE. 
          [1. 25-821A Approval of Minutes of the March 5, 2025 City Council Meeting ]
YOUR FIRST ITEM AGENDA. 
          ITEM ONE IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE MARCH 5TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          I A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. 
          MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 
          AGENDA 
          [2. 25-822A 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) ]
ITEM TWO IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          THIS MORNING, YOU ONLY HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT, YOUR NOMINEE FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 
          COMMUNITY CENTER BOARD. 
          NETTE MOSS IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          ARNOLD, THIS IS YOUR NOMINEE, MR. MAYOR, IS THERE A MOTION? I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. 
          THE NOMINEES, UH, APPROVED. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, MS. MOSS. 
          MR. MAYOR, YOUR BRIEFINGS CONTINUE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THIS IS THE PART WHERE I GET TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER. 
          IT'S YOUR SHOW. 
          TAKE IT. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 
          [A. 25-1074A FIFA World Cup 2026 Update ]
UM, MAYOR JOHNSON AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR DALLAS. 
          TODAY, WE ARE PROVIDING YOU WITH AN UPDATE OF OUR EXTENSIVE PLANNING EFFORTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AS WE PREPARE TO HOST ONE OF THE BIGGEST SPORTING EVENTS IN THE WORLD, THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026. 
          THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY AND OUR REGION. 
          LIKE NONE OTHER, THE WORLD CUP WILL BE THE LARGEST EVENT DALLAS HAS EVER HOSTED, BRINGING GLOBAL ATTENTION, MILLIONS OF VISITORS, AND AN ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WILL BENEFIT BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS, AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NORTH TEXAS REGION. 
          AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, HOSTING AN EVENT OF THIS SCALE REQUIRES METICULOUS PLANNING AT EVERY SINGLE LEVEL. 
          OUR TEAMS ARE WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH REGIONAL, STATE, AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT WE DELIVER A SEAMLESS WORLD CLASS EXPERIENCE. 
          THROUGHOUT TODAY'S PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE THE EXTENSIVE EFFORTS UNDERWAY ACROSS MULTIPLE AREAS FROM VENUE PREPARATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION LOGISTICS TO PUBLIC SAFETY, FAN ENGAGEMENT, AND OVERALL READINESS. 
          AS A CITY. 
          AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO THE SUMMER OF 2025 AND INTO THE FINAL STRETCH BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT, YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT OUR CITY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH REGULAR UPDATES AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE 
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FULLY PREPARED. 
          OUR GOAL IS VERY SIMPLE TO MAKE THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 IN DALLAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND THE SAFEST WORLD CUP EVER. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M PLEASED TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR OF CONVENTION EVENT SERVICES, ROSA FLEMING. 
          AND I SEE TWO OF OUR ESTEEMED FORMER CD EMPLOYEES JOINING ROSA TODAY. 
          WELCOME BACK AT THIS TIME, RUA THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU, UH, CITY MANAGER AND GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          I'M ROSA FLEMING, DIRECTOR FOR CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES, AND AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, WE'RE THRILLED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FIFA TO DALLAS AND TO SERVE IN OUR CAPACITY TO DELIVER THIS EVENT FOR YOU. 
          JOINING US REMOTELY TODAY IS MONICA PAUL, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION, WHICH IS PART OF VISIT DALLAS. 
          AND AS OUR CITY MANAGER ALSO SAID, OUR TEAM IS BACK TOGETHER. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT BRETT WILKINSON, WHO IS THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHO IS NOW WORKING IN CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES TO HELP US DELIVER FIFA AND ROCKY VS. 
          THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WHO HAS JOINED MONICA PAUL AND HER TEAM AS A DIRECTOR, UH, BRINGING SOME CRITICAL EXPERIENCE, PARTICULARLY AS RELATES TO SAFETY AND SECURITY. 
          SO IN TODAY'S BRIEFING, WE'RE GONNA, UM, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PLANNING THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. 
          THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY ARE INVOLVED, AND IT'LL INTENSIFY AS WE WORK OUR WAY TOWARDS NEXT SUMMER AND TOWARDS THE EVENTUAL MOVE IN OF FIFA IN JANUARY OF 2026. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BRETT TO GET THE BRIEFING STARTED. 
          AND MONICA PAUL WILL BE BRIEFING REMOTELY. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK WORKING ON THIS EXCITING PROJECT. 
          UM, WE CAN GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO AS FAR AS AN OVERVIEW, TODAY'S PRESENTATION OFFERS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR EXTENSIVE EFFORT PLANNING EFFORTS, UH, FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP TO DATE. 
          UM, WE'LL START WITH A LOOK AT THE TOURNAMENT'S BACKGROUND AND HISTORY, FOLLOWED BY REVIEWING THE MATCH SCHEDULE AND MAJOR VENUES IN OUR REGION. 
          WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT THE PROJECTED ECONOMIC IMPACT AND PROVIDE UPDATES ON THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT LAST MONTH, UH, UH, BEING HOSTED AT THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER. 
          WE'LL LOOK AT, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE FAN FEST AT FAIR PARK, AND WE'LL COVER THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FROM SOME OF OUR REGIONAL WORKING GROUPS, UM, EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL, EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND DISCUSS THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF CITY LEADERSHIP IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WE WILL WRAP UP WITH SOME KEY UPCOMING DATES AS WE MORE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR PREPARATION. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MONICA AND I'LL BE BACK LATER. 
          MONICA, BRETT. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND GIVE YOU UPDATES TODAY. 
          IF WE CAN FLIP TO THE NEXT LINE. 
          UH, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UH, THIS HAS BEEN, UH, OVER EIGHT YEARS OF WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO FROM A BID STANDPOINT, UH, STARTING IN 2017, UM, FIFA MAKING A FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT IN, UH, MAY OF 2018, UH, THAT NORTH AMERICA WOULD BE HOSTING THE WORLD CUP. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD COVID, UH, AND THEN IT TOOK A LITTLE DELAY FOR FIFA TO SELECT, UM, THE HOST CITIES, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN JUNE OF 2022. 
          SO, UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD A MATCH SCHEDULE WHERE WE AWARDED THE NINE MATCHES. 
          AND THEN JUST LAST MONTH, UH, FINALLY, UH, AFTER ABOUT, UH, EIGHT YEARS OF WORKING ON THAT, UH, AND THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS FROM A COUNCIL AND LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER HERE. 
          SO, UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, THIS AGAIN, WILL BE THE LARGEST WORLD CUP, UH, 39 STRAIGHT DAYS, UH, FROM JUNE 11TH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH JULY 19TH. 
          UM, IF YOU'VE EXPANDED FROM 32 TEAMS TO 48 TEAMS, WHICH REALLY, UH, UM, YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THROUGH OUR, OUR, UH, BASE CAMPS AND OTHER VENUES, UH, HOW, HOW LARGE OF A FOOTPRINT AND HOW BIG OF AN OPPORTUNITY THIS IS FOR US. 
          UM, NINE MATCHES OVER AT AT AND T STADIUM, UH, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING IN, UH, NOT ONLY FROM A NATIONAL STANDPOINT, BUT A HEAVIER INTERNATIONAL, UH, CAPACITY AND AND ATTENDANCE, UH, COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HOSTED. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL VENUES, UH, TO DATE, AND THERE'S STILL SOME THAT WE'RE DOING SOME INFORMATION ON, UH, TO, TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS OR OUR WAITING DECISIONS MAYBE, UM, MATCH VENUE. 
          ALL MATCHES WILL BE OVER AT AT AND T STADIUM IN ARLINGTON. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE BASE CAMPS. 
          UH, THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT A SIX BASE CAMP WILL BE ADDED HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UH, BUT AWAITING, AWAITING THAT CONFIRMATION, 
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UH, AND THEN AWAITING THAT INFORMATION TO THEN GO OUT TO THE TEAMS, UH, WHERE THEY GET TO DO SITE VISITS AND, AND SELECT THEIR BASE CAMPS. 
          UH, COTTON BOWL STADIUM AND SMU ARE THE TRAINING VENUES. 
          SO THE TEAMS THAT WILL BE PLAYING OVER AT, AT T STADIUM, THOSE ARE THE TWO VENUES THAT THEY'LL BE UTILIZING FOR, FOR THEIR PRACTICE. 
          UH, THE OFFICIAL FIFA FAN FESTIVAL, THE FULL 39 DAYS WILL BE SLATED FOR FAIR PARK, UH, AND THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS, UH, OTHER ACTIVATIONS, PUBLIC VIEWING PARTIES WATCH, UH, PARTIES, BAN ZONES, UH, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SET OUT, SET UP THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, SO A GREAT WAY TO ENSURE THAT, UH, ALL ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS, UH, HAVE ACCESS TO, TO FIFA WORLD CUP GAMES. 
          UM, WE ARE AWAITING A FEW MORE DETAILS, UH, IN TERMS OF LICENSES, UH, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK, UH, WITH INFORMATION TO ALL OF THE CITIES ON WHAT THAT ENTAILS, THE DOS, THE DON'TS, UM, AND MAYBE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE ON THERE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PUBLIC VIEWING EVENTS, UH, OUTDOORS. 
          UH, SO MORE TO COME, BUT EXCITED ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY. 
          AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, UH, HERE AT THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER. 
          UH, WE ARE STILL WAITING, UH, TO CONFIRM THE VOLUNTEER, UH, CENTER LOCATION. 
          WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT TO BE AT FAIR PARK, BUT, UH, NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT CONFIRMED AT THIS POINT. 
          UH, AS WELL AS MAIN TICKETING CENTERS, FLEET DEPOTS AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          SO, UH, MORE TO COME, HOPEFULLY ON MY NEXT UPDATE THAT WE CAN HAVE A PRETTY CLEAN, UM, VENUE SITE MAP. 
          NEXT, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL ECONOMIC IMPACT, UM, IN 1994, UH, PROJECTIONS, UH, AND THAT WAS THE LARGEST WORLD CUP TO DATE, UM, AND NUMBER OF TICKETS SOLD AND REVENUE GENERATED, UH, $301 MILLION. 
          AND WE STARTED THIS BID PROCESS IN 2017. 
          ON EARLY 2018, UH, THE UNITED BID COMMITTEE PROVIDED A REPORT ESTIMATING ABOUT 415, UH, MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WAS PRODUCTION AROUND FOUR TO FIVE MATCHES. 
          UH, SINCE THEN, FIFA HAS WORKED WITH, UH, DELOITTE TO PROVIDE SOME UPDATED NUMBERS. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THIS AS OUR, UH, AS WE GET ADDITIONAL DATA IN. 
          BUT CURRENTLY, UM, BASED OFF OF THE NINE MATCHES, THE BASE CAMPS, THE INTERNATIONAL BROAD BROADCAST CENTER, OTHER TRAINING VENUES, UH, THE HOTEL FOOTPRINT, WE'RE ESTIMATING 1.5 TO $2.1 BILLION. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO UPDATE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT I, WE FEEL LIKE THAT ARE LAYERING ON, UH, AND REALLY TRULY UPDATED NUMBERS. 
          SO THAT'LL HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, AGAIN, A BIG WIN. 
          UH, I STILL CONTINUE HERE ABOUT 1994 AND THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER THERE. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          UH, FROM A, UH, FROM MY STANDPOINT OF ENSURING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HOST THOSE BROADCASTERS AND MEDIA AT THE K BAILEY HUTCHSON CONVENTION CENTER, UM, WE, WE'VE GOT UPDATED NUMBERS IN TERMS OF OVERALL ROUGHLY 4,500, 5,000, UH, PEOPLE TAKING, UH, UH, WORKING 24 7 IN THAT BROADCAST CENTER. 
          UM, A LITTLE OVER 2000 OF THEM, THE ACTUAL, THE BROADCASTERS AND, AND THE JOURNALISTS THEMSELVES. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE WILL LOOK TO HAVE A HOST CITY MEDIA CENTER, UH, KIND OF OFFSITE AS WELL, UH, TO KIND OF LAYER INTO THAT. 
          UM, AND THAT IS ALL THAT, THAT INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER IS ALL BASED OFF OF THE, UH, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT YOU APPROVED, UH, AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN, IN DECEMBER. 
          SO, UM, REALLY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO SECURE THAT AND FOR FIFA TO SAY, SAY YES. 
          UH, SO A LOT OF PLANNING IS TAKING PLACE NOW. 
          UM, BIG THANK YOU TO THE OAKVIEW GROUP, CITY OF DALLAS, ROSA AND HER TEAM INSPIRE DALLAS TEAM, UH, AND FIFA. 
          ACTUAL SITE VISITS ARE, UH, STARTING ON A MONTHLY BASIS THIS WEEK, UH, SO THAT, UH, WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT THE, WHAT THE FINAL LAYOUT LOOKS LIKE, AS WELL AS TRAFFIC PATTERNS, UH, SAFETY, SECURITY, UH, NEEDS THAT KIND OF GO ALONG WITH THAT INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, UM, TRANSPORTATION ROUTES, AND NOT ONLY HOW IT WILL AFFECT THE BROADCASTERS THAT ARE THERE, BUT HOW THINGS MAY AFFECT THE RESIDENTS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING FROM A JANUARY 14TH ALL THE WAY TO A AUGUST, UH, 24TH TIME PERIOD OF THAT EXCUSE EXCLUSIVE USE PERIOD, UH, FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, JUST AN OVERALL FOOTPRINT OF THE SECURE PERIMETER, UH, AND THE SPACE THAT THEY, THAT, THAT FIFA WILL BE UTILIZING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER. 
          FIFA ACTUALLY COMES IN, UM, WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR TEAM AND THEIR VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS TO, TO BUILD OUT THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, UH, IN THIS SPACE. 
          OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH OBG AND THE, THEIR VENDORS AS WELL AS OUR CITY STAFF, UM, IN MANY AREAS HERE. 
          UH, NEXT 
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SLIDE. 
          UH, THE FIFA FAN FESTIVAL. 
          SO, UH, OUR FIRST PROPOSED, UH, LAYOUT, UH, AT THE FIFA FAN FESTIVAL WAS DUE, UM, IN MARCH, EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE AWAITING FEEDBACK AS WELL AS FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF FIFA'S COMMERCIAL PARTNERS ON IF THEY INTEND TO ACTIVATE HERE WITHIN DALLAS, OR WHICH OF THE HOST CITIES. 
          THERE'S 16 HOST CITIES, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO ACTIVATE IN ALL. 
          UM, SO WE'RE WAITING SOME FEEDBACK THERE. 
          OVER OUR OVERARCHING, UH, WE'VE HEARD VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK THAT THEY WANT TO BE, UM, IN DALLAS, A PART OF OUR FAN FESTIVAL, WE ARE DOING A MORE TRADITIONAL TYPE OF WORLD CUP FIFA FAN FESTIVAL OVER A 39 DAY ACTIVATION PERIOD. 
          UM, SO RIGHT NOW, JUST BECAUSE WE DO HAVE KIND OF PRELIMINARY LAYOUT, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY IT MAY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE ARE PROGRESSING TO THE SAFETY SECURITY PLANNING AS WELL, THE TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, DALLAS PD ON, ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, STAFFING THAT THEY THINK, UH, THAT REQUIRES, THIS IS A SMALLER FOOTPRINT THAN THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS. 
          SO WHEN YOU THINK OF FAN FESTIVAL, UH, IT'S NOT QUITE AS LARGE AS, AS THE ENTIRE, UH, FAIR PARK. 
          UH, OUR CAPACITY AT ONE TIME IS 35,000 PEOPLE, UH, BUT GENERALLY A FAN FESTIVAL, YOU HAVE A, HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A, A FLOW THERE. 
          SO IT IS FREE, UH, TO THE PUBLIC FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN. 
          HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE PREMIUM TICKETING AND HOSPITALITY PACKAGES AND VIP, UM, PACKAGES THAT ARE, UH, AVAILABLE. 
          UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE PRICING, THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE STILL REALLY EARLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, BUT IN THIS FIFA FAN FESTIVAL, WE DO PLAN TO HAVE VARIOUS, UH, VENDOR OPPORTUNITIES, CULTURAL AND ART DISPLAYS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, PERFORMERS, UH, MUSICIANS, UM, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, UM, UH, VARIOUS STAFFING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT PROBABLY WON'T, UH, COME FORTH UNTIL LATER THIS FALL EARLY, UH, EARLY IN 2026 ONCE WE GET FINALIZED. 
          LAYOUTS AND NEEDS FOR THE COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND COMMERCIAL AFFILIATES. 
          BUT, UH, VERY EXCITED IN, UH, UH, WORKING ON THIS AND PROVIDING, UH, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE THINK MAY BE ONE OF THE BETTER FAN FESTIVALS FOR, FOR THE WORLD CUP. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, THE VARIOUS REGIONAL WORKING GROUPS. 
          SO ACROSS THE, UM, FROM ARLINGTON TO FORT WORTH TO, UH, FRISCO, DALLAS, AND, AND IN BETWEEN TRYING TO ENSURE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SUCH A LARGE FOOTPRINT, UH, IN THE DIFFERENT VENUES THAT WE'LL BE UTILIZING FROM BASE CAMPS, AIRPORTS, UH, HOTELS ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, THAT, THAT WE HAVE THESE WORKING GROUPS TO ENSURE, UH, PROPER E EXECUTION OF, OF THE WORLD CUP. 
          SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON, ON EACH OF THESE AND KIND OF WHERE WE STAND. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, SO FROM A SAFETY AND SECURITY STANDPOINT, THERE ARE 18 DIFFERENT FOCUS GROUPS, UH, AND SUBCOMMITTEES THAT MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS. 
          UH, I THINK, UH, FROM OUR, OUR NORTH TEXAS SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM AND THESE 18 FOCUS GROUPS, UH, WE'VE COME TOGETHER FIVE TIMES ALREADY. 
          UH, THAT WILL CON CONTINUE. 
          UM, ROCKY VOZ IS A KEY MEMBER OF THAT TEAM, ALONG WITH RICK BIRKHEAD FROM OUR ORGANIZING COMMITTEE STANDPOINT. 
          UH, FIFA IS ALSO JUST, UH, NOMINATED AND DECIDED WHO THEIR STAFF IS, UH, WORKING NOT ONLY FROM A REGIONAL STANDPOINT. 
          SO WHEN I SAY REGIONAL, THAT'S KANSAS CITY, UH, DALLAS AND HOUSTON IS OUR, OUR REGION, UH, BASED ON THE HOST CITIES. 
          UH, BUT THEY'RE ALSO, UM, UM, DECIDING WHO THEIR STAFF IS SPECIFIC TO DALLAS, SO WHO WILL BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM. 
          UH, AROUND HERE WE'VE GOT EXPERT PLANNING TEAMS, UH, THAT ARE WORKING ACROSS THE REGION, HAVE REGIONAL REPRESENTATION THERE, UH, WITH OUR KEY FOCUS ON, ON ALL VENUES. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE OPERATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, THE TOURNAMENT OPERATIONS CENTER, FAN FESTIVAL, AT AND T STADIUM. 
          UM, I THINK JUST EARLIER TODAY, WE RECEIVED ROUTES OF WHAT, UH, WHAT THE TEAMS MAY BE UTILIZING TO GET TO BASE CAMPS, TO GET TO, UH, UM, THE VARIOUS AIRPORTS TO GET TO THEIR HOTEL, WHERE THE PICKUP DROP OFF, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR FEDERAL COORDINATION TEAMS AND OUR FEDERAL AGENCIES, AS WELL AS OUR STATE AGENCIES AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, VERY EXCITED UPON KIND OF WHERE THEY'RE AT. 
          UH, WE, UH, A LOT OF INFORMATION LEFT TO LEARN HERE, BECAUSE, UH, THE DRAW AND THE TEAMS, WE WON'T EVEN KNOW THAT UNTIL DECEMBER. 
          SO THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN PLACE, UH, AND THEN BE ABLE TO DIRECT WHEN WE KNOW THOSE TEAMS THAT MAY HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, TYPES OF DEMANDS OR FANS, UH, ET CETERA. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY. 
          UH, JUST EARLIER THIS WEEK 
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ON MONDAY, OUR VERY FIRST DRAFT, A VERY, UM, VERY BASE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY PLAN WAS DUE TO FIFA. 
          SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING, UH, THEIR FEEDBACK, UH, WORKING, UH, WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, MICHAEL MORRIS AND HIS TEAM, AS WELL AS KIMLEY HORNE, UH, AS A THIRD PARTY TO HELP TO DEVELOP THAT AND WORK WITH ALL OF OUR KEY LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS FROM DART TO TRINITY METRO, UH, THE TRE, UH, THE VARIOUS, UH, VENUES AND, AND AIRPORTS, UH, TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE, THE PATH, UH, FOR A LOT OF THESE, NOT ONLY THE TEAMS AND THE VIPS THAT ARE GONNA BE HERE, BUT REALLY THE SPECTATORS AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO UTILIZE, UH, OUR ROADS OR OUR RAIL OR OUR BUSES, UH, ET CETERA. 
          SO, UM, WHILE FIFA IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TEAMS IN THE, IN THE VIPS, UH, OUR LOOK IS REALLY AT, UM, UH, HOW DO THE SPECTATORS UPON ARRIVAL, UM, EITHER AT, UH, DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OR DALLAS LOVE FIELD, HOW DO THEY, UH, WHAT IS THEIR EXPERIENCE AND OPTIONS GETTING TO THEIR HOTELS, UH, TO THE VARIOUS VENUES? UH, WE DO HAVE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR TICKET HOLDERS ON MATCH DAY OUT TO AT T STADIUM. 
          SO REALLY WORKING WITH TRINITY METRO AND DART, UH, TRES TO UTILIZE THEIR REAL SERVICES, LOOKING AT CAPACITIES TO GET OUT TO CENTERPORT STATION AND THEN BUST THOSE, UM, SPECTATORS AND TICKET HOLDERS OUT TO AT T STADIUM. 
          AND THEN THAT PROCESS GOING BACK ON, ON THOSE MATCH DAYS. 
          UM, LUCKILY, UH, FROM A FAN FESTIVAL STANDPOINT, WE DO HAVE TWO LIGHT, DARK LIGHT RAIL STOPS, UH, OUT AT FAIR PARK. 
          UM, SO REALLY UU HOPING TO UTILIZE, UH, THOSE SERVICES AND PROVIDE THE, A SEAMLESS EXPERIENCE FOR, UH, OUR INTERNATIONAL, UH, GUESTS THAT ARE PRIMARY, THAT ARE USED TO UTILIZING THAT TYPE OF, UH, TRANSPORTATION, UH, SYSTEM. 
          SO, UM, LOOKING ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S TAKING PLACE FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT, UH, OTHER DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, INTERSTATES AND ROADS, UM, IF THERE ARE GONNA BE POTENTIAL ROAD CLOSURES THAT ARE NEEDED IN, IN CERTAIN AREAS. 
          SO, UM, FINAL MOBILITY PLAN, OUR NEXT DRAFT, THE MOBILITY PLAN IS DUE IN OCTOBER OF 2025. 
          THE ABSOLUTE FINAL ONE ISN'T DUE UNTIL MARCH, UH, 2026. 
          AND AT THAT POINT, THE DRAW WILL HAVE TAKEN PLACE. 
          SO WE'LL KNOW WHAT TEAMS ARE, ARE PLAYING, UH, AT LEAST IN OUR GROUP STAGE MATCHES, AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO, TO BE HERE IN SOME OF THE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS AND TOWARDS THE SEMI-FINAL, AS WELL AS IF OUR BASE CAMPS ARE GOING TO BE UTILIZED, OR WHICH ONES AND WHICH TEAMS ARE THERE. 
          SO, UM, A LOT MORE DETAIL TO COME. 
          AGAIN, THIS WAS A VERY DRAFT AND PRELIMINARY, UH, PLAN. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE, MARKETING, UH, AND COMMUNICATIONS. 
          SO, UH, JUST RECENTLY ON MARCH 16TH, UH, OUTTA DALLAS MAVERICKS, UH, GAME OVER AT THE A A C, WE RELEASED THE, OUR DALLAS HOST CITY SONIC ID. 
          UM, OUR SONIC ID, UH, WAS PRODUCED BY GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING, UH, TRADE NE. 
          UH, IT'S BASICALLY A COMBINATION OF SOUND AND MUSIC. 
          UM, IT'S THE, IT'S A FIFA'S, UH, SONG OR, OR, OR MUSIC AND SOUND OF THE WORLD CUP. 
          UH, AND THEY BASICALLY SELECTED AN ARTIST OUT OF EACH, UH, CITY, EACH OF THE HOST CITIES, TO THEN MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, DALLAS LIKE. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA PLAY YOU A LITTLE SOUND OF WHAT OUR SONIC ID, UM, IS LIKE. 
          UM, AND NEXT UP, UH, FROM A MARKETING COMMUNICATION STANDPOINT IS OUR HOST CITY POSTER. 
          SO THAT WILL BE RELEASED, UH, APRIL 17TH. 
          EACH CITY GOES, UH, UM, UH, UM, ON A SEPARATE DAY. 
          SO BOTH THE SONIC ID AND THE HOST CITY POSTER DALLAS IS THE LAST ONE TO, TO RELEASE. 
          SO WE SAY MAYBE SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, A LOT OF WORK HAS TAKEN PLACE ON A SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UH, FRONT, UH, WORKING GROUPS WILL, UH, FOCUS EVERY, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S EVERY TWO MONTHS. 
          UH, THEY HAVE WORKING GROUP MEETINGS, UH, REALLY HOW TO DELIVER, UH, THE WORLD CUP IN THE MOST SUSTAINABLE, UH, FASHION. 
          AND WHAT TYPES OF LEGACY PIECES CAN WE LEAVE, UM, UH, BEHIND, UH, AFTERWARDS. 
          SO, UH, I KNOW THE TEAM THERE AT THE CITY OF DALLAS WORKING ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, APPROACHES AND DOING DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS, UH, TO BE COMPLETED BY APRIL, 2025. 
          UH, REALLY OUR FINAL SUBMISSION, UH, TO FIFA IN TERMS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN, IS DUE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025. 
          SO WE 
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CONTINUE TO WORK, UH, TO IDENTIFY PROGRAMS AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOST CITY SUPPORTERS TO SUPPORT SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES TO LEAVE LEGACY, UH, ON THE SUSTAINA SUSTAINABILITY FRONT, UH, AFTER THE WORLD CUP, UH, IS OVER. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, HUMAN RIGHTS, UM, WHEN WE, THIS, UH, HUMAN RIGHTS IS, UH, ACTUALLY WAS PART OF THE BID PROCESS WHERE WE HAD TO DEVELOP A PLAN. 
          UH, WE HAD ENGAGED OVER 125 STAKEHOLDERS EARLY ON, UM, ALL THE WAY THROUGH 20, UH, OCTOBER 31ST, 2024, UM, AND IDENTIFIED SIX, UH, HUMAN RIGHTS AREAS WITH, UH, PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES OVER OVER A HUNDRED. 
          UM, THE ALIGNMENT, UH, FIFA KIND OF RELEASED THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS, UH, AN UPDATED HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK, UH, AND REALLY HOW TO, HOW TO MITIGATE THE, THE RISKS. 
          UH, SO, UH, WE HAD A WORKSHOP, A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP WITH FIFA ON JANUARY 22ND. 
          UH, OUT OF THAT CAME ABOUT 64 STRATEGIES AS WE REENGAGED WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS. 
          UM, WE WERE WORKING ON THE, UH, BEING IN LINE WITH THE FIFA STANDARDS FOR THE RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTING, UH, POLICY. 
          SO THE INFORMATION THAT VENDORS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH, UM, UH, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE PASSED DOWN, UH, TO THEM, AND THEY'LL HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, UH, FOR US TO CONTINUE AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ON AND WORK WITH THEM OR APPROVE THEM FROM A VENDOR STANDPOINT. 
          UM, THE CITY HAS, UH, SUBMITTED A GRANT APPLICATION, UH, AS IT RELATES TO LEGACY COMPONENTS IN THE ANTI, UH, HUMAN TRAFFICKING INITIATIVES, UH, WHICH IS A BIG KEY FOR US, UH, IN TERMS OF THE MAJOR EVENT REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. 
          BUT, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS ALWAYS, UH, HIGH PRIORITY FOR US AS WE DO ANY MAJOR EVENT. 
          SO, EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION. 
          UH, OUR DRAFT, UH, ACTION PLAN HAD TO BE SUBMITTED TO FIFA, UH, LATE MARCH, UH, WITH A FINAL PLAN THAT ISN'T DUE UNTIL AUGUST, UH, 29, 20 AUGUST 29TH, 2025. 
          SO, UM, REALLY, UM, CAN'T THANK THE CITY STAFF, UM, ENOUGH ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SIDE OF THINGS AND THEIR, THEIR COOPERATION, THEY HELPED, REALLY HELPED US TO PULL OFF THIS WORKSHOP, UM, LATE IN 2024, AND REALLY A KEY, UH, MEMBER OF THE TEAM, UH, UH, TO PUT THIS HUMAN RIGHTS PLAN TOGETHER AND, AND GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, FROM AN AIRPORT STANDPOINT, WORKING WITH BOTH DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND DALLAS LOVE FIELD, UM, LOVE FIELD, UH, WELL, LET ME STEP BACK. 
          MAJORITY OF THE TEAMS WHEN THEY COME INTO THE, UH, COME INTO THE CITY FOR THE FIRST TIME WILL BE FLYING INTO, UH, DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 
          UH, THERE WILL BE A MEDIA TYPE OF EVENTS, UH, THERE ON THEIR FIRST ARRIVAL. 
          UH, AND THEN AS THEY START TO TRAVEL IN AND OUT OF CITIES, UH, MAJORITY OF THAT WILL BE, UH, MAYBE THROUGH, UH, FBOS. 
          UH, SO THE UTILIZATION, UH, AT AIR AIRPORT AT AT LOVE FIELD, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE SPECTATORS THAT ARE, THAT ARE UTILIZING, UM, THE COMMERCIAL SERVICES OUT OF, OUT OF LOVE FIELD. 
          BUT THEN WE ALSO FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE, UH, FBOS THERE, UH, WILL BE UTILIZED FOR VARIOUS CHARTERS, UM, JETS AND TEAMS THAT MAY, MAY BE COMING DIRECTLY OUT OF, UH, OUT OF DALLAS. 
          UM, BUT REGARDLESS, WORKING WITH BOTH AIRPORTS AS IT RELATES TO, UH, RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES, FIFA STORES, UH, WELCOME DESKS THAT ARE GOING ON, WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SPECTATOR WHEN THEY'RE UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, UH, SIGNAGE, UH, SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO EASILY FIND, UH, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE DARK LIGHT RAIL STOP, HOW TO GET TO GROUND TRANSPORTATION, UM, UM, TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER SERVICES THAT ARE GONNA BE NEEDY THERE AS WELL. 
          UM, TRYING TO IDENTIFY VARIOUS ZONES, UH, WHERE PICKUP LOCATIONS ARE FOR TEAMS, VIPS, REFEREES, UM, AS WELL AS WHERE THOSE SHARED RIDE SPECTATORS, ET CETERA. 
          SO, UM, A LOT OF, A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE BY BOTH OF THESE, UH, THESE AIRPORT TEAMS DIRECTLY WITH FIFA. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, AND FROM A FUNDRAISING STANDPOINT, UH, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO ALL OF FIFA'S COMMERCIAL PARTNERS, UH, AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, AND THEN ACTUALLY HOSTED AN ENTIRE C COMMERCIAL PARTNER SUMMIT AND A COMMERCIAL PARTNER AND BROADCAST SUMMIT, UH, THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH HERE IN MARKET. 
          SO, UH, WE HAD A CHANCE TO, TO, TO BE IN FRONT OF THEM, UH, REALLY TRY TO SELL THEM ON WHY THEY WANTED TO ACTIVATE, WHY THEY WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE HERE WITHIN THE DFW, UH, AREA, UH, WHETHER IT'S AT THE FAN FEST OR OTHER ANCILLARY EVENTS, UH, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, THOSE TYPES 
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OF THINGS. 
          SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING HERE OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET THE CONFIRMATION OF WHICH OF FIS COMMERCIAL PARTNERS WILL BE ACTIVATING HERE. 
          UM, THAT WAY WE CAN HELP THEM PLAN AND PLAN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, UH, WITHIN OUR VARIOUS DISTRICTS, ENTERTAINMENT AREAS, UM, COMMUNITIES, PARKS AND REC FACILITIES, UH, OTHER NONPROFIT BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, UH, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO TO, TO REALLY HEAR MORE THERE. 
          UH, THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN FRONT OF THE BROADCASTERS AND TRY TO GET SOME MESSAGING TO THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME AS WELL. 
          BUT, UH, EVERYBODY WAS REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE. 
          UH, GLAD WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY PAIR THAT UP AT THE SAME TIME AS THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          UH, I THINK THAT HAD A, HAD A, UH, UM, UH, A BIG EFFECT ON THEM, AND THEY SAW THE EXTENDED FOOTPRINT THAT DALLAS IS GONNA HAVE. 
          SO, UH, HOPING THAT THEY FEEL THAT DALLAS IS A MUST A MUST IN TERMS OF AN ACTIVATION, UH, OPPORTUNITY, UH, OTHER FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES. 
          OBVIOUSLY THE EVENT TRUST FUND PROGRAM IS A KEY, UM, PIECE OF, UH, OUR SUCCESS. 
          UH, SO WE ARE GOING WITH, UH, HOUSTON IN, IN A MONTH OR TWO, UH, UP TO AUSTIN JUST TO MEET WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AS IT RELATES TO THIS PROGRAM, ENSURING THAT, UH, WE ARE STILL IN LOCKSTEP, UM, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THE RULES, THE TIMING, ET CETERA. 
          UM, BUT LOOK, JUST LOOKING TO FOR FURTHER THOSE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS THERE. 
          UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS I GET IS, UH, WHEN ARE TICKETS GONNA BE AVAILABLE? SINGLE, SINGLE TICKETS, UM, AREN'T, UH, GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR, FOR SOME TIME, PROBABLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER OR FALL TIME PERIOD. 
          UH, BUT, UH, WE SUITES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE MATCHES, EIGHT MATCHES OF FOUR. 
          THE GROUP STAGE MATCHES, UH, BOTH SUITE AND LOUNGE PACKAGES, UH, FOR ALL MATCH FOR MATCHES AT AT AND T STADIUM. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AT AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, AND KIND OF GOES INTO OUR OVERALL SALES, THE, THE OTHER SALES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT, WHETHER IT'S FAN FEST, UM, AND OTHER VENUES. 
          THAT'LL BE DEFINITELY FIRST OF 22, LATE 2025, BEGINNING OF 2026. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND IN TERMS OF, UH, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, WE HAVE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, UH, MAYBE ALMOST TWO YEARS, BEEN WORKING WITH THE OTHER 10, UH, US HOST CITIES, UH, TO, TO TRY TO GET SOME EMERGENCY FUNDING MORE SO AS IT RELATES TO THE SAFETY, SECURITY, UH, ASPECTS OF IT. 
          UH, WHEN WE, WE BID ON THIS IN, IN 2017, UM, OUR WORLD HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT AND SAFETY SECURITY IS, UH, OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. 
          YES, WE WANT MATCHES TO BE, UM, GREAT AS WELL, BUT REALLY WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT, UH, EVERYONE HERE FROM PLAYERS TO VIPS TO OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND SPECTATORS, UM, THAT WE HAVE A VERY SAFE EXPERIENCE AND, UM, UH, FROM ACROSS A COUNTRY STANDPOINT WANNA BE IN, IN LOCKSTEP. 
          SO WE HAVE MADE THE EMERGENCY FUNDING REQUEST, UM, THAT IS KINDA ONGOING. 
          WE'VE HAD ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION, UH, HERE AS THE, THE TASK FORCE. 
          THE PRESIDENT HAS CREATED A TASK FORCE FOR THE WORLD CUPS, UH, SPECIFICALLY THAT IS JUST GETTING UP OFF THE GROUND. 
          UH, SO HOPING TO REALLY, UH, MAKE SOME PROGRESS IN HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT RECEIVING IT, UM, UM, THIS YEAR FROM A, FROM BUDGET STANDPOINT. 
          SO, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY FROM A DALLAS AND HOUSTON STANDPOINT GOING UP TO AUSTIN IN MAY, UH, TO MEET WITH OUR, UH, LEGISLATORS UP THERE, JUST TO GIVE A, A BRIEFING, UM, ASKING FOR THEIR HELP, UM, WITH OUR, UH, DELEGATES, UH, FROM A FEDERAL LEVEL, UH, AS WELL. 
          UH, SO AT THIS TIME, I THINK I'M GONNA TURN IT RIGHT BACK OVER TO BRETT FOR A FEW UPDATES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I, UM, WHEN THE COUNCIL WAS IN, UH, WASHINGTON, I KNOW THAT WE, WE DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR DELEGATION ABOUT, ABOUT THAT ASK. 
          UM, WE ARE ALSO GONNA BE SETTING UP A SERIES OF MEETINGS, UM, WITH OUR, UH, FEDERAL AND STATE DELEGATION. 
          WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST MEETING SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 24TH. 
          WE'LL BE GETTING THAT INVITATION OUT SHORTLY JUST TO KEEP THEM UP TO SPEED ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE PLUGGED IN AND AWARE OF EVERYTHING. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE LAST BULLET HERE, WITH THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GUESTS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING NEXT SUMMER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE ALL THAT DALLAS HAS TO OFFER ON A GLOBAL SCALE. 
          UM, AND SO TO ENSURE THAT OUR VISITORS EXPERIENCE THE FULL VIBRANCY OF ALL OF OUR CITY, UH, WE'RE DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE DIRECTORY FEATURING MUST VISIT ATTRACTIONS, DINING AND NIGHTLIFE SPOTS, SHOPPING DESTINATIONS, ENTERTAINMENT MENUS AND MORE. 
          AND SO WE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, TO VISIT WITH EACH OF YOU SO WE CAN GET YOUR INPUT ON THINGS, UH, THAT ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE INCLUDED IN THAT. 
          AND 
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SO WE WILL BE SETTING UP THOSE MEETINGS WITH YOU SHORTLY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR INSIGHTS THERE. 
          AND I THINK WE LOST OUR PRESENTATION. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THE WORLD CUP OBVIOUSLY PRESENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, UH, TO TAP INTO SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND TO FACILITATE THIS, FIFA'S PARTNERS AND AGENCIES HAVE CREATED AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FORM TO GATHER INFORMATION, CAPABILITIES, REFERENCES, AND DETAILS FROM NORTH AMERICAN, UH, BUSINESSES AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPLIERS. 
          UM, AND AS PART OF A TRANSPARENT AND COMPETITIVE PRO PROCESS, FIFA WILL QUALIFY SUPPLIERS TO RECEIVE RFP PACKAGES IN THE COMING MONTHS. 
          THE NORTH TEXAS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WILL BE POSTING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ON THEIR WEBSITE. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY'S, UH, OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS TO AMPLIFY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THEIR CHANNELS AS WELL. 
          . 
          SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NEARLY EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY IS IMPACTED BY FIFA WORLD CUP ON SOME LEVEL. 
          AND WHILE SOME DEPARTMENTS HAVE A A, A MORE MINOR ROLE, UM, SOME, UH, DEPART DEPARTMENTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY INVOLVED, SUCH AS CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES, POLICE AND FIRE, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AVIATION, TRANSPORTATION. 
          UM, SO TO ENSURE SEAMLESS COORDINATION, WE BEGAN HOLDING MONTHLY CITYWIDE LEADERSHIP MEETINGS LAST FALL. 
          WE HAVE GOOD ATTENDANCE OF THOSE. 
          THERE ARE USUALLY ABOUT TO 80 STAFF THERE, UM, TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COLLABORATING AND ALIGNING EFFORTS. 
          UH, AS WE PREPARE FOR THE EVENT, WE WILL PLAN TO CONTINUE THOSE MEETINGS, UH, AS WE LEAD UP TO NEXT SUMMER. 
          UH, AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MONICA, TO WRAP IT UP. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, NEXT LINE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, SO JUST A FEW KEY THINGS, UH, FOR THE REMAINING OF 2025. 
          UH, WE DID, UH, OPEN OUR DALLAS, UH, 2026 WORLD CUP, UH, OFFICES, UH, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, REALLY AT FOUNDER SQUARE. 
          UH, THIS, IT WILL ALSO BE WHERE THE FIFA STAFF, UH, HIRED BY FIFA THAT ARE DEDICATED TO DALLAS AND SOME OF THEIR REGIONAL STAFF WILL ALSO OFFICE. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR, THEY'RE STARTING TO TRICKLE INTO THAT OFFICE. 
          UH, SO WE ARE VERY CLOSE, UM, OBVIOUSLY KIND OF GOING, NOT GONNA GO OVER WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED IN THE PAST, UH, BUT JUNE 11TH WILL BE A YEAR OUT. 
          UH, SO WE WILL KICK OFF A ROAD TO THE WORLD CUP LAUNCH EVENT, UH, REALLY LOOK TO ENGAGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES. 
          UH, IT SHOULD BE AN ENTIRE WEEK LONG, UH, TYPE OF EVENT. 
          UH, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL WON'T HAVE OUR FULL SCHEDULE ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2026 YET, BUT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER OR FALL. 
          UH, AS WE REALLY OPEN UP, UH, IN JANUARY OF 2026. 
          VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT IS STILL, UH, SCHEDULED TO START BY, UH, AUGUST 31ST. 
          UH, AND THEN THE FIFA DRAW, WHICH WILL BE, UH, WE WE'RE HEARING EARLY, UH, 2020 DECEMBER OF 2025. 
          UH, AGAIN, 2026, WE WON'T KNOW. 
          UH, UH, WE'LL FIND OUT MARCH, 2026, UH, THE BASE CAMPS AND WHAT TEAMS ARE, ARE THERE, BUT AT LEAST BY DECEMBER, WE SHOULD KNOW WHICH TEAMS ARE IN OUR, IN OUR, UM, GROUP STAGE MATCHES. 
          SO A LOT MORE TO BE ABLE TO FILL IN. 
          UH, I'M SURE, UH, WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE DETAILS, UH, AS WE PROGRESS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. 
          UM, GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM FIFA. 
          FIFA FINISHES UP THE CLUB WORLD CUP THIS SUMMER. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL KIND OF GO FROM THERE. 
          I THINK. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          I THINK THIS, THIS SUMS IT UP. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MONICA AND BRETT, UM, WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, I THINK YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON I SAW IN THE QUEUE. 
          SO YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          WE ARE ON BRIEFING ITEM A TODAY BRIEFING ITEM A WELL, GOOD MORNING TO YOU AND THANK YOU. 
          OF COURSE. 
          UH, I REMAIN, UM, EXCITED STEADFASTLY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THE WORLD CUP, BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE TO CITY MANAGER AND TO OF COURSE THE TEAM THAT WE GET SOME GOOD DIRECTION IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, AS CONSTITUENTS IN THE DISTRICT FOUR SOUTHERN SECTOR. 
          UH, SPEAKING VERY LOUDLY AND PROUDLY, WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE THE INCLUSION OF THIS COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S MARKETING, WHETHER IT'S RECRUITMENT IN TERMS OF VOLUNTEERS. 
          AND I GUESS I'LL LET YOU LOOK AT THAT. 
          WE HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          YOU HEARD ONE GENTLEMAN THIS MORNING WHO WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PIZZA BUSINESS ON POST STREET. 
          VERY, VERY GOOD PRODUCT, VERY STRONG, UM, 
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INTEREST. 
          BUT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO KEEP REACHING OUT TO, UH, MY OFFICE IN TERMS OF JUST BEING SMALL BUSINESS AND THEY WANNA BE INCLUDED IN THIS CONVERSATION, CITY MANAGER. 
          SO WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO, TO COMMIT TO THAT. 
          WE KNOW THAT MY TERM HERE IS SHORT, BUT THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE ARE VERY LONG AND ENTRENCHED. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR EVENT TO BE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THAT. 
          UM, THE JUST EPISODE EPISODE, WE JUST, UH, GOT THROUGH ENGAGING IN WITH RECRUITMENT AND, UH, OF, OF, UH, NEIMAN MARCUS. 
          SO WE WANT THE SAME INTENSITY AND INCLUSION OF THESE ACTIVITIES THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS. 
          I THINK IT'S, UH, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RECRUIT AND CREATE MORE INTEREST FROM THE, FROM THE CHILDREN, THE YOUTH, IN TERMS OF THIS SPORT. 
          AND SO I AM COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU AS MUCH AS WE CAN HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD THE WORD, UH, THROUGH OUR, ALSO HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY IN THE CITY TO GET THIS WORD OUT. 
          AND SO WHATEVER IT IS WE CAN DO, MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND. 
          AND THIS THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER. 
          I AM HERE. 
          WE ARE HERE. 
          THE COMMUNITY IS HERE FOR THIS, FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT BECAUSE THIS WORLD CLASS, AND WE NEED TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD THAT WE SPEAK THE WORDS. 
          BUT WE'RE GOING TO WALK THE WALK THAT WE'RE TALKING THE TALK AS WELL. 
          SO THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU ON THE CLARIFICATION AROUND THE VOLUNTEERS, I THINK I PULLED A PICTURE PICTURE OF THAT. 
          UH, WWW WOULD YOU PLEASE REVIEW THAT AGAIN IN TERMS OF WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE VOLUNTEERS RECRUITMENT? PULLING MY PICTURE UP HERE SO I KNOW WHICH SLIDE IT IS. 
          THERE WAS A SEGMENT THAT SAID, TALKED ABOUT VOL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MS. ROW. 
          ABSOLUTELY, MONICA. 
          YEAH, NO PROBLEM. 
          UH, SO VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT, I MEAN, FIFA WILL NEED VOLUNTEERS. 
          UH, WE AS A CITY WILL NEED VOLUNTEERS IN KEY AREAS, UH, AND WANNA EN ENSURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE A CAST A WIDE NET. 
          WE ARE, THAT RECRUITMENT PROBABLY ISN'T STARTING UNTIL AUGUST. 
          IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT'S GONNA GO, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE, THE DATE THAT WE HAVE IS AUGUST 31ST. 
          SO, UH, FIFA WILL HAVE AN ENTIRE PROGRAM THAT IS SIMILAR ACROSS ALL OF THE 16 HOST CITIES, AND THEN US AS AN ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, UH, AND CITY WILL GO OUT TO TRY TO SECURE THOSE VOLUNTEERS. 
          SO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE, UH, OPEN TO ALL, UH, THERE WILL BE A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF SHIFTS. 
          UM, AND THERE WILL BE AN INTERVIEW PROCESS, AND THEN ORIENTATION AND TRAINING, UH, AND UNIFORM PICKUP AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATION DURING THE EVENT AND A THANK YOU AFTER THE EVENT. 
          SO, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL PROGRAM. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY, UH, NEED THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, UH, TO COME TO COME ON BOARD THERE. 
          UH, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, THE RECRUITMENT MATERIALS YET FROM FIFA TO BE ABLE TO SEND THOSE OUT. 
          SO ON OUR WEBSITE, WE DO HAVE A LINK WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO ON AND, UM, UH, REGISTER, UH, TO GET, BE THE FIRST, TO GET THE INFORMATION, UH, TO BE A VOLUNTEER AND COUNCIL MEMBER WHEN, WHEN WE GET THOSE DETAILS, WE WILL PASS THAT, THOSE ALONG TO COUNSEL. 
          ALRIGHT, SO LET ME BE CLEAR HERE ON AUGUST 31ST, VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT. 
          DID I MISS THAT? WHAT TYPE OF, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES THAT YOU ARE HOPING TO GET VOLUNTEERS FOR? DID I MISS THAT? NO, YOU DIDN'T MISS IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL LIST YET FROM, FROM FIFA TO BE ABLE TO SHARE. 
          UH, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE, UH, AT, AT, AT FAN FESTIVAL DOING, UH, VARIOUS TASKS. 
          THERE COULD BE GREETERS AT AIRPORTS AND HOTELS THAT WILL BE, UH, LOOKING FOR, UM, DIRECTIONAL, I WOULD SAY DIRECTIONAL ARROWS. 
          BUT, UH, THOSE THAT ARE OFFERING HOSPITALITY AND HELP HELPING OUR GUESTS GET TO, TO VARIOUS PLACES THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN, THOSE TYPES OF, OF VOLUNTEERS. 
          FIFA HAS THEIR OWN LIST, BUT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL JOB RESPONSIBILITY YET. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO HOW ARE YOU, JUST HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND ON YOUR MEDIA, YOUR MARKETING OUTREACH. 
          I, I FIND THAT OFTENTIMES WE ARE JUST NOT REALLY GETTING INTO, UH, THOSE COMMUNITIES. 
          UH, SO WHETHER WE ARE, AND I'M GONNA PUT THIS OUT HERE, BUT JUST SHARE WITH ME, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU ENVISION AS GETTING INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES? UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT I REPRESENT 7 5 2 1 6 7 5 2, 4, 1, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF COMMUNITIES. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA HANDLE THAT? HOW ARE YOU GONNA HANDLE THAT? SURE, ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA DO A COMBINATION, OBVIOUSLY FIFA HAS PARAMETERS AROUND WHICH, UM, MONICA, PAUL AND HER TEAM WILL NEED TO WORK. 
          BUT IT'S A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH. 
          WE'LL USE THE CITY RESOURCES, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR MEDIA PARTNERS AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE MO MEDIA PARTNERS WITH WHOM FIFA AND VISIT DALLAS HAVE IN ORDER TO GET EVERYTHING OUT. 
          BUT AS MONICA SAID, WE'RE JUST GETTING INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE. 
          SO AS THESE START 
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TO ROLL OUT, UM, I THINK WHAT WE'D LIKE TO COMMIT TO IS TO, UH, DO MEMOS TO COUNCIL THAT KIND OF TALK ABOUT THOSE UPCOMING DATES AND THEN KEEP YOU INFORMED THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THROUGH, THROUGH, UM, OUR OFFICES AND THE PLETHORA OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF WHAT'S COMING UP, WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, AND SO THAT YOU CAN BE FULLY ENGAGED IN THE, IN THE PROCESS. 
          ALRIGHT, SO WHAT I'M TARGETING IT WOULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MEDIA, PRINT MEDIA, FOR EXAMPLE, THE EXAMINER. 
          UH, WE, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MEDIAS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE. 
          UH, WE CALL THEM MINORITY COMMUNITIES THAT WE DIDN'T COVER. 
          WE DIDN'T PROTECT DURING THE CHARTER, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO SAY THAT WE ARE GONNA DO IT THROUGH POLICY. 
          SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I PUT THAT ON THE RECORD BECAUSE IT SOUNDS GOOD WHEN WE SPEAK IT, BUT WE NEVER SEE IT. 
          SO, UH, THOSE ARE THINGS I WANTED TO PUT IN ON THE RECORD. 
          BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN PARTICULAR, UH, HOW WE CAN WORK TO GET THOSE DOLLARS TO MARKET TO EDUCATE. 
          THE OTHER QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE BROADCAST CENTER, UH, MS. MONICA, MAYBE THIS IS YOUR QUESTION, UH, I DON'T KNOW, BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RECRUIT SOME OF THE MINORITY, UH, PROFESSIONAL, UH, BUSINESS, UH, MEDIA PARTNERS, WHETHER IT'S, UM, SPED THE TOPIC WHO, WHO SOMETIMES IS IGNORED AS A, AN OFFICIAL BROADCASTER, BUT HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET PEOPLE OF COLOR THERE THAT ARE IN THE BUSINESS AND THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN TERMS OF BROADCASTING? WELL, I CAN SPEAK TO A A FEW THINGS HERE. 
          UH, WE DON'T ACTUALLY CONTROL THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER AND THEIR CREDENTIALING AND WHO GETS IN THERE, UH, FIFA DOES, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN HOST CITY MEDIA CENTER, UH, WHICH WE WILL CONTROL THE ACCESS TO THAT. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO ANY MEDIA FROM ACROSS THE WORLD OR LOCAL, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO TAKE PART. 
          SO, UH, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OPEN TO BROAD. 
          SOME OF THE MEDIA WHO AREN'T EVEN ABLE TO, TO GET INTO THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER MAY NOT BE BROADCASTING, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE WORLD. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE, UH, TWO DIFFERENT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THERE. 
          BUT THAT HOST CITY MEDIA CENTER WOULD BE OPEN ALL DAY. 
          UH, THAT'S INTERVIEWS, THAT'S, UH, OTHER CULTURAL THINGS THAT WE CAN REALLY ADD INTO THAT. 
          THAT'S, UH, LOOKING AT ACCESS TO FAN FESTIVAL AND COVERING, COVERING SOME OF THE LEGENDS AND ET CETERA. 
          SO THAT ONE WOULD BE DEFINITELY OPEN TO ALL. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT LESS CONTROL ON THE ACTUAL INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER AND WHO HAS ACCESS TO THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ON FEBRUARY 17TH, YOU SAID THE STAFF WAS GONNA MOVE INTO THE OFFICES AT FOUNDER SQUARE. 
          COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THE, UH, RFPS OR, OR, OR YOUR MARKETING TO GET, UH, MINORITIES, UH, BUSINESSES TO, TO HELP WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT OF THIS POP PARTICULAR SPACE? HOW, HOW IS THAT HANDLED? SO MONICA, UH, GROUP WITH WAS IN CHARGE OF ACTUALLY DOING THAT. 
          SO THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS'S OKAY. 
          PURVIEW. 
          THAT WAS VISIT DALLAS AND THAT WAS THE SPORTS COMMISSION. 
          MONICA, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT PLEASE? UH, YEAH, SO, UM, ACTUALLY FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, UH, WHEN WE WERE ALSO LOOKING FOR SPACE FOR THE, UM, UH, TEMPORARY HEADQUARTERS, BASICALLY FOR FIFA DURING THE WORLD CUP, THEY EVENTUALLY PUT A PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS IN, UH, MIAMI. 
          UH, WE WENT OUT TO LOOK FOR OFFICE SPACE WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN, UH, FOOTPRINT. 
          UM, AND THIS WAS THE SPACE THAT WAS MOST DESIRABLE TO FIFA AT THAT TIME AS THEY WERE LOOKING AT THEIR, UH, AT OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO PUT A TEMPORARY SPACE DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, SO ONCE WE, THEY WENT TO MIAMI, WE KIND OF KEPT THIS SPACE AS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, WE HAD TO OPEN AN OFFICE ANYWAY. 
          WE STILL HAD TO OPEN UP SOME SPACE, BUT JUST NOT AS MUCH SPACE, UM, FOR, UH, THE FIFA STAFF. 
          SO, UH, FROM A CONTRACTUAL STANDPOINT. 
          SO WE KEPT THAT SAME FOOTPRINT OR JUST TOOK A PORTION OF IT. 
          UH, AND REALLY, UH, IT'S, IT'S JUST OFFICE SPACE. 
          SO THERE'S NOT, UH, WE HAVEN'T, UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT ABOUT 15 PEOPLE WORKING OUT OF IT RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, UH, RFPS OR NEEDS THAT WERE NEEDED IN THAT SPACE AT THIS POINT. 
          BUT, UH, FROM A HUMAN RIGHTS STANDPOINT, WE DO HAVE AN ENTIRE PROCUREMENT, UH, SUMMARY PROCESS, UH, OF, UH, UH, WHEN WE DO HAVE RFPS, WE ACTUALLY PUT THEM OUT ON THE WEBSITE. 
          UH, WE'VE ALSO CREATED A NORTH TEXAS BUSINESS CONNECT PROGRAM, UH, THAT IS ON THE WEBSITE FOR MWB AND SMALL BUSINESS, UH, OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER THAT WAY. 
          WE HAVE THEIR INFORMATION SO THAT WHEN WE DO RECEIVE RFPS FROM FIFA, BECAUSE SOME OF 
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THOSE THINGS THAT MIGHT TYPICALLY BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY ARE ACTUALLY UNDER FIFA'S CONTROL OR FIFA'S RFP, UH, RESPONSIBILITY. 
          UM, SO THAT IF WE ARE AWARE, FIFA DOESN'T MAKE US AWARE. 
          WE HAVE THE INFORMATION TO SEND TO FIFA. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE USED VARIOUS DATABASES, CERTIFICATION AGENCIES, UH, WORK WITH THE CITY ON PROCUREMENT SIDE, UH, OF BUSINESSES THAT THEY WORK WITH AS WELL. 
          UH, SO TRYING TO BASICALLY GET AS MUCH INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO SHARE BACK WITH FIFA WHEN THEY DO HAVE THOSE RFPS. 
          ALRIGHT, SO I'LL COME BACK. 
          THERE'S THINGS SUCH AS STAGING THAT OFFICE AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING BECAUSE I SOMETIMES THEY SAY THEY CAN'T FIND QUALIFIED AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC BUSINESSES. 
          SO I HAVE TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. 
          TODAY IS TELL THE TRUTH DAY. 
          SO WE'LL COME BACK, UH, I'LL DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERY, EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE GET IS MARKETED AND WE ARE INCLUDED. 
          IT'S BROADCASTED THAT AND I'LL COME BACK. 
          MARY IS, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR ROSA, MONICA, BRETT, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          IT WAS, UH, VERY BROAD AND I, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, THIS TRULY IS A REALLY EXCITING TIME FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          WE'RE READY TO SHOW THE WORLD, UH, WHAT DALLAS HAS TO OFFER, UM, AS A SMALL BUSINESSMAN AND ENTREPRENEUR. 
          VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, OUR BUSINESSES HERE IN DALLAS. 
          UM, CAN YOU GET A LITTLE MORE DETAILED ABOUT THE PROCESS TO GET INVOLVED? ARE THERE ANY CERTIFICATIONS? ARE THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE TO GET READY FOR THAT THEY CAN BE DOING SO TODAY? SO WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OPEN UP, THEY'RE PREPARED. 
          SURE. 
          I'D LIKE MONICA TO KIND OF GO BACK OVER THE TIMING A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE CAN, AND I THINK WHAT WILL BE GOOD IF WE PUT TOGETHER A MEMO, I WAS JUST TELLING BRETT, WE'LL NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A MEMO WITH THOSE TIMELINES FOR YOU, BUT I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE EARLY, BUT I'D LIKE FOR MONICA TO REVIEW AGAIN, THE DATES THAT ARE GOING TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START DOING SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES. 
          AND THAT WAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO THEN COME BACK TO YOU BY MEMO AND EXPLAIN TO YOU THE ENTIRE PROCESS. 
          MONICA. 
          YEP, NO PROBLEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, SO FIFA'S ALSO CREATING THEIR, UM, BUSINESS, UH, CONNECT PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE DON'T HAVE A DATE WHEN IT'S GONNA GO LIVE, BUT, UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING LATER THIS SUMMER THAT ANY OF THE RFPS THAT THEY HAVE, UH, OR THEIR VENDORS HAVE, THE AGENCIES THAT THEY'VE HIRED, UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO AT LEAST PUT THEM UP ON A WEBSITE. 
          UH, 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY A HUNDRED PERCENT SHARING THEM WITH US AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, OR THEY MAY NOT HAVE THEM. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL, THEY'RE STILL DECIDING ON CERTAIN VENUES, UH, TRYING TO PUT THOSE TOGETHER YET, UH, THEY'RE STILL CONTRACTING THEIR OWN AGENCIES. 
          UH, THEY'RE STILL HIRING STAFF, UH, AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, YOU, YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL PARTNERS WHO, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY COME INTO MARKET AND NEED A LOT OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. 
          WELL, THEY'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHICH MARKETS THEY'RE GONNA BE IN, MUCH LESS WHAT VENUES OR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. 
          SO I REALLY DO FEEL WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT AFTER JUNE, THE ONE YEAR OUT, UH, WHERE THE PLANS FOR A LOT OF THE COMMERCIAL PARTNERS, A LITTLE BIT MORE SET. 
          THEY KNOW WHAT MARKETS THEY'RE GONNA BE IN. 
          THEY MAY EVEN KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT SERVICES THAT THEY NEED HERE OR WHAT AGENCIES THAT THEY TYPICALLY WORK WITH, UM, THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UM, CAN SOURCE, UH, LOCAL PRODUCTS HERE. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A DISCUSSION POINT THAT WE HAVE, HAVE A LOT, BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE'RE A LITTLE BIT EARLY RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, UH, EVEN ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OR WORKFORCE NEEDS, UH, TEMPORARY STAFFING. 
          UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T ANTICIPATE A LOT OF THAT GOING OUT UNTIL, UH, LATE 2025, EARLY 2026. 
          UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE TIMING THAT WE NEED. 
          LAST YEAR THERE WERE ABOUT FOUR RFPS OR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM A FEW OF FIFAS PARTNERS THAT WERE SENT OUT TO US. 
          WE POSTED THEM ONLINE, SENT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OUT, POSTED THEM ON SOCIAL, UM, UH, HAD THE, THE CITY STAFF ALSO, UH, UH, SENT THOSE OUT TO, UM, THEIR CONTACTS IN THE DATABASE, UM, UH, AND VENDORS. 
          UH, BUT AT THIS POINT, IF THERE ARE OTHER, IF, IF THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND THEY'RE SENDING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND RFPS OUT, WE ARE NOT AWARE OF IT. 
          'CAUSE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS COPY US ON THOSE, THOSE OPTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT THE NEEDS ARE CURRENTLY, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE, UH, ACCREDITATIONS WITH THE PROCESS ON KNOWING HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH FIFA. 
          SO IF WE CAN HAVE CLASSES, SEMINARS FOR FOLKS THAT MIGHT NOT, 
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UH, BE DOING BUSINESS CURRENTLY WITH THE CITY SO THAT THEY'RE PREPARED AND THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, CAUGHT IN THE, UH, FINAL HOUR TRYING TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS. 
          SURE, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND WE UNDERSTAND. 
          AND SO IN OUR NEXT MEETING WITH FIFA, WE'LL WORK WITH MONICA AND BRETT AND ROCKY AND WE WILL SEE IF THERE'S, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET AND WE'LL PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ALL SO THAT WE CAN START TO HELP YOUR CONSTITUENTS GET PREPARED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, CITY MANAGER, THANK, THANK YOU FOR, UH, HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR SAFETY, UM, FOR THIS WORLD CUP. 
          UM, AS I REPRESENT DISTRICT TWO WITH A LOT OF, UH, WITH THE, UH, CONVENTION CENTER AND A LOT OF OUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS, THAT'S TOP OF MIND FOR ME. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE MEETING WITH SOME OF OUR FOUNDATIONS HERE SOON. 
          UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GRANTS AND WORKING WITH, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, LOOKING AT THE INFRA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND BOLLARDS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT TODAY AGAIN, SO THAT WE'RE WE'RE PREPARED. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I WANNA LOOK AT, A MADAM CITY MANAGER IS WE HAVE A LOT OF RESTAURANTS THAT ARE ACTING AS CLUBS AND BARS IN OUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS. 
          AND I KNOW OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS REVIEWING THAT TO TRY TO CURTAIL SOME OF THAT, UH, ACTIVITY, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, SUVS AND AFTER HOURS. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, TO FOCUS IN ON. 
          UM, THAT'S GONNA BE A LENGTHY PROCESS. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED, AGAIN, AS PEOPLE, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE COME TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, THAT THEY ENJOY THEMSELVES, BUT THAT IT'S A MEMORABLE ONE AND THAT WE PUT DALLAS IN A POSITIVE SPOTLIGHT. 
          SO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEYS AND PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE NOT BEING GOOD PARTNERS. 
          UM, TODAY. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, CHAIRMAN GRACIE, YOU RE US FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER AND TO, UH, YOU ALL AND TO, UH, MONICA, FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE JUST CONTINUED TO DO TO MAKE THIS SUCH A SUCCESS. 
          IN THINKING ABOUT EVERY ASPECT. 
          AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA REITERATE WHAT THIS MEANS FOR DALLAS, BUT THE ONE THING I CAN SAY I THINK I'M PROBABLY MORE EXCITED THAN ANYTHING IS YES, IT OPENS DALLAS UP TO THE WORLD, BUT IT ALSO CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE YOUTH TO ACTUALLY BE EXPOSED TO THE POSSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WORLD, UH, FROM THERE. 
          AND THAT REALLY EXCITES ME ON A, ON A NUMBER OF LEVELS JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE CAN GET SO TRAPPED IN WHERE WE ARE AND NOT, AND EXPOSURES EVERYTHING. 
          SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND WITH THAT SAID, I, I DO WANNA JUST TAKE A MOMENT, REAL QUICK MOMENT TO SHOUT OUT TO KIMBALL KNIGHTS FOR, UH, WINNING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. 
          UH, THERE. 
          SO I, AGAIN, SPEAKING OF YOUTH, THAT'S HOW I WAS TRYING TO LOOP THAT TOGETHER. 
          UM, BUT THE ONE THING I DO, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TOO. 
          THE, THE FAN ACTIVATION SITES, I, I, I KNOW, UM, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED YET, OR YOU'RE STILL CONSIDERING SITES AND, AND, AND I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO ONE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA SAY, THROW OUT THE DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AS ONE OF THOSE FAN ACTIV ACTIVATION SITES, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, MY COLLEAGUE MS. ARNOLD, UH, IN TERMS OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HAVE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE OAK CLIFF IS EXPOSED TO, UH, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S ONE. 
          TWO, I SAW ON THE, ON THERE WITH THE, UH, IN TERMS OF THE AIRPORT, I SAW THAT THEY, WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS AT, UH, LOVE FIELD. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO THOUGHT WE WERE CONSIDERING INTERNATIONAL TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS AT DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. 
          AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S STILL ON THE TABLE TO BE CONSIDERED, UM, THERE, BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAN ACTIVATION, I THINK ALL OF THAT LOOPS TOGETHER, UH, FROM THERE. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY IS HERE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          SURE. 
          I THINK IF, UH, I'LL COME BACK. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, GRACIE, I THINK, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL PIECES OF THIS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO COME BACK AND SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL MORE DIRECTLY, UM, AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT VERY ISSUE AS IT RELATES TO DALLAS'S EXECUTIVE. 
          AND I, I DIDN'T, UM, I DIDN'T SPEAK UP COUNCILWOMAN ON ARNOLD DURING YOUR, UM, YOUR COMMENTS, BUT WE DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND AND WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS ABOUT HOW WE'VE GOTTA ENSURE THE CITY IS MAKING, UM, CREATING THOSE OPEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH THE TEAM TO ENSURE THAT THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE BY MONICA, THAT WE'RE ALSO DOING OUR PART AS A CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEY UNDERSTAND IT'S ALMOST ABOUT HOW YOU GET READY NOW VERSUS WAITING. 
          AND THEN WHEN IT'S HERE, THEN IT'S TOO LATE. 
          SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT WORK AND ENSURING THAT OUR BUSINESSES KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE ARE ALSO PROMOTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THEY CAN 
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ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE. 
          SO THAT'S A PIECE THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH AND WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO COME BACK AND UPDATE YOU THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. 
          SO THIS WILL NOT BE THE FIRST AND THE LAST TIME THAT YOU, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND, AND WITH THAT SAID, SO AGAIN, I JUST WANNA USE THAT. 
          'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IN THE PRESENTATION IT SAYS WE'RE GONNA USE IT FOR BASICALLY OVERFLOW PARKING. 
          AND TO ME, THAT'S JUST GONNA BE ANOTHER MISSED OPPORTUNITY IF WE DON'T SOMEHOW FIND A WAY TO CAPITALIZE ON BRINGING PEOPLE INTO, UH, THE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AND USING THAT AS SOME SORT OF A FAN ACTIVATION. 
          AND IT REALLY IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL FROM, UH, FIFA WORLD CUP TO REALLY TAKE OFF AND, AND, AND CONTINUE. 
          UH, ITS LIVING FOR ITSELF, UH, DOWN THE ROAD. 
          SO I JUST DO NOT WANNA MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          I DON'T WANNA OVERLOOK THAT. 
          AND WITH THAT SAID, I ALSO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, USE IT AS, UM, I THINK I SAW HOST EXPRESSION OF INTEREST MEETINGS. 
          UH, UM, MONICA, I THINK THEY SAID, YOU, YOU ALL, SOMETIMES YOU GET NOTICED, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T. 
          BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS TO, TO, UH, MY COLLEAGUE'S POINT AND, AND, AND TO, TO, UH, CHAIR MORENO'S POINT AS WELL IS IF WE COULD JUST HOST THE, UH, A MEETING ABOUT THE PROCESS AND I'M HAPPY AGAIN, WANT TO USE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, UH, AS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HOST, JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY, THE, THE PROCESS, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE PREVIOUS, UM, EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND ARE THERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES STILL ON THOSE? AND THEN UNDERSTANDING KIND OF, SO THAT EVERYONE CAN YOU SAY, MANAGE THE EXPECTATIONS, UM, AS EVERYTHING IS COMING FORWARD. 
          SO I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY HELP. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO HOST ONE OF THOSE TO, TO, TO DO THAT AS WELL. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, WITH THE MOBILITY PLAN, UH, THERE, I JUST WANNA MAKE A, AN, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S GONNA COME BACK AND BE BRIEFED, BUT IF NOT, OR IF IT'S PLANNING TO COME TO, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OR NOT. 
          I'M, I DIDN'T, NOT SURE IF YOU SAID THAT OR NOT, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT WILL YES, WE'RE WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH, WITH COG AND WITH GUS, KEN, CARLY, THE DIRECTOR FOR TRANSPORTATION ON THAT MOBILITY PLAN. 
          THERE WAS A RECENT SUBMISSION, UM, OF THE PLAN THAT'S BEING REVIEWED BY FIFA. 
          WHEN THAT COMES BACK AND WE HAVE EDITS TO MAKE TO IT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRIEF THAT AT THAT TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU CHAIRWOMAN. 
          STEWART, YOU RE US FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          FIRST, I DO WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          ROSA, BRETT, ROCKY, AND, UM, OH, JUST, UM, ANYWAY, LET ME GET TO MY QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS AROUND CENTERS AROUND THE, UH, INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER. 
          DO WE HAVE A LEASE OR SOME KIND OF DOCUMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND AND FIFA? I'M ASSUMING WE DO. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          WE, UM, BROUGHT THAT TO COUNCIL A A FEW WEEKS AGO AND COMPLETED THE, THE JOINDER. 
          UM, WITH THAT, SO THERE IS A USER AGREEMENT FOR THE FACILITY. 
          DO WE, IS THERE A RENT OR SOME KINDS OF, SOME KIND OF PAYMENT THEN TO THE CITY FOR THAT SPACE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO THERE'S NEGOTIATED, UH, DAILY RENTAL FOR THAT. 
          AND FOR THE TIME PERIOD THERE'S NEGOTIATED USE OF, UH, SECURITY PARKING. 
          ALL OF THAT IS, IS IN THAT. 
          AND WE CAN PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THAT. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN ON THE REGIONAL WORKING GROUPS, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, MIGHT HAVE A ROLE IN THOSE GROUPS. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, SAFETY AND SECURITY, PERHAPS THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, OR PERHAPS CHAIR MORENO BECAUSE OF HIS, UM, DISTRICT TWO BEING PROMINENTLY FIGURED IN SO MANY OF THE ACTIVITIES, UM, MIGHT BE, UH, HAVE SOME IMPORTANT INPUT INTO THE, TO THE WORKING GROUPS. 
          AND, UM, AS CHAIR OF PARKS TRAILS IN THE ENVIRONMENT, I MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE USEFUL ON SUSTAINABILITY OR EVEN THE FAN EVENTS WITH RESPECT TO FAIR PARK. 
          UM, I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THESE GROUPS, BUT JUST, UM, I THINK THE PERSPECTIVE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD BE, COULD BE VERY VALUABLE. 
          SURE. 
          WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, IS TO PROVIDE THE LIST OF DATES FOR THESE MEETINGS AND, UM, SOME OF THESE WE CAN ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ATTEND AND, AND TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. 
          AND I THINK THEN WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK TO OUR COMMITTEES AND PERHAPS AT SOME POINT WE WOULD HAVE A BRIEFING TO OUR COMMITTEES SO THAT THE COMMITTEE, SO THAT THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE IS UP TO SPEED ON, UH, WHAT WE'RE THINKING OF. 
          I THINK ESPECIALLY THE, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY IS ONE THAT IS TOP OF MIND, UM, FOR ALL OF US. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT IS IT. 
          AND MONICA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. 
          SORRY, I JUST BLANKED ON YOUR NAME FOR A SECOND THERE. 
          YOU PUT ME ON THE SPOT AND I WOULD FORGET MY MOTHER'S NAME. 
          I SWEAR . 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          . 
          GO AHEAD, MATT. 
          CITY MANAGER. 
          AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO, UM, TO, 
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TO ADDRESS COUNCILWOMAN, UH, STEWARD'S CUMMINS ABOUT SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT WE CAN BETTER ENGAGE THE COUNCIL AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMITTEE WORK. 
          AS WE CONTINUE GOING THROUGH AND IDENTIFYING, UM, SOME OF THE PRIORITIES AROUND THE ENTIRE PLAN, THE PIECES THAT WE DO BELIEVE, UH, ARE APPROPRIATE FROM A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE PERSPECTIVE, WE WILL SHARE THAT INFORMATION AS ROSA HAS MENTIONED. 
          BUT WE CAN ALSO COME BACK AND FOLLOW UP WITH EITHER DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMITTEE THROUGH THE CHAIR, JUST SO YOU ARE ENGAGED AND YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          UH, WE DEFINITELY WANT THE INPUT, UM, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S DECISIONS AND THINGS THAT WE NEED THAT WE'RE NOT HOLDING UP WAITING FOR A COUNCIL COMMITTEE DISCUSSION, BUT WE DEFINITELY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL IS ENGAGED AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN THOSE ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AND THEN APPROPRIATE TOPICS THAT WE NEED TO BRING TO RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES, WE'LL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE SCHEDULED SO WE CAN KEEP YOU ABREAST. 
          YES, AND TO THE POINT OF NOT HOLDING UP, I THINK IF WE WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE WORKING GROUPS, THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD EVEN FACILITATE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION SO THAT IT'S GETTING TO THE COMMITTEES AND GETTING TO COUNCIL AND THEN PRIORITIZE WHAT NEEDS TO BE FORMALLY BRIEFED POINT WELL TAKEN. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN COUNCIL. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SHU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ALL. 
          THIS IS GREAT. 
          I COMPLETELY CONCUR WITH CHAIR STEWART. 
          UM, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, NOT FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES AND INSIGHT THAT, UM, THE COMMITTEES AND THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS MIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFER WHO'S LEADING THE, AND IN FACT, IN FACT, I'D LOVE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET A LIST OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS. 
          UM, BUT SPECIFICALLY WHO'S LEADING THE VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE? UH, THAT'S INTERNAL. 
          SORRY. 
          UH, UH, JUST JUMPED IN. 
          SORRY, ROSA, UH, THAT'S INTERNAL AND THE SPORTS COMMISSION, UM, SIDE OF THINGS, UH, USING OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 80 510,000 VOLUNTEERS, UH, ON A REGULAR BASIS ALL THE WAY BACK TO PROBABLY NBA ALL STAR SUPER BOWL. 
          UM, SO WE'RE, THEY HAVEN'T KICKED IT OFF NECESSARILY ON A FIFA STANDPOINT YET 'CAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HIRED THEIR LOCAL PERSON. 
          SO USUALLY WE KICK IT OFF ONCE THEY HIRE THEIR LOCAL PERSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE VOLUNTEER PIECE IS A, FOR MANY, IT MAY BE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME, BUT CERTAINLY ONCE IN A GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TOGETHER THE DIVERSE, THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES OF DALLAS THROUGH VOLUNTEERING. 
          YOU KNOW, WE JUST HEARD FROM THE MAYOR OF, OF, UH, FROM, OF KA KIV, UH, IN UKRAINE. 
          AND ONE THING THAT HE WAS SHARING WITH US IS THAT THE, THE, UH, THE WAR HAS BROUGHT A UNITY TO THE COUNTRY THAT THEY NEVER HAD BEFORE. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY IS ONE, IF WE ACTUALLY CONSCIOUSLY PROGRAM FOR BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS THROUGH VOLUNTEERING, UM, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERMANENTLY CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY HERE. 
          UM, SO I HOPE THAT THE VOLUNTEERING ISN'T JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING A TICKET TAKER FOR A DAY, BUT ALSO HOW DO YOU WORK TOGETHER? HOW DO YOU REPRESENT? WE KNOW THAT FIFA, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO FOLLOW IT CAN SEE, UH, CHALLENGES EVEN AMONG THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES OF THE TEAM SUPPORTERS AND VOLUNTEERS CAN REPRESENT THAT, UM, THAT, THAT UNITY, THAT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IF THEY'RE TRAINED AND THEY CAN GET SOME SKILLS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR OPERA, FOR VOLUNTEERING, UH, THROUGH THE WORLD CUP. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST WANNA, I WANNA JUST, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, MONICA, WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT BEFORE I ASK MY LAST QUESTION. 
          NO, I, I THINK THAT I, I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. 
          I THINK WE ARE, UH, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ONCE FIFA CREATES THEIR TRAINING, UM, UH, PROGRAM TO INTEGRATE OUR CITY, UH, INTO IT AS WELL. 
          SO IT'LL KIND OF BE TOGETHER BUT PARALLEL. 
          THEY HAVE CERTAIN VOLUNTEER NEEDS, WE HAVE, UH, OUR CERTAIN VOLUNTEER NEEDS. 
          BUT, UM, WE'RE I THINK FREE TO INTEGRATE THAT. 
          AND I, I, I DO TAKE YOUR COMMENT, UH, UH, TO HEART THERE BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF EXTRA ADVANTAGES OF IF WE BUILD THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM CORRECTLY. 
          EXACTLY. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE RESOURCES AT THIS CITY ALREADY THROUGH OUR OEI OFFICE AND OTHERS THAT COULD PROVIDE THOSE TRAINING MODULES, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE BEYOND THE TECHNICAL SKILLS THAT YOU MAY NEED IN THE VOLUNTEERING. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, I THINK THIS IS ALSO A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING SALES TAX DOLLARS IN FROM THE NORTHERN SUBURBS. 
          'CAUSE THERE'LL BE SO MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO COME HERE, UH, 
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INTO THE CITY. 
          AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALSO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PLAY THE WHOLE GEOGRAPHIC GAME THAT WE ALWAYS DO ALL THE TIME, BUT I HOPE THAT THAT IN TERMS OF SPECIFICALLY TARGETING MARKETS THAT WE WANT TO GET MONEY FROM THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UM, I THINK MIGHT BE WORTH JUST A, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL'S STAFF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW DO WE SPECIFICALLY TARGET PARTICULAR SUBURBS OR THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE THERE, UH, AND TO ATTRACT THEM TO SPEND MONEY IN DALLAS, UH, DURING THIS TIME. 
          IT COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL BOON AS OPPOSED TO JUST, UH, ANECDOTAL. 
          SO WITH THAT, I THANK YOU AND IT'S VERY EXCITING. 
          COUNCIL WILLIS, FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE, THE THOROUGH UPDATE. 
          UM, I, I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT I HAVE BEEN PART OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CALLS. 
          IN FACT, WE HAD ONE THIS WEEK, IT WAS THREE COUNTY COALITIONS REPRESENTED, AND JUST A VAST NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS AROUND TRAFFICKING, ET CETERA. 
          SO WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL TODAY, SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF GLORY THAT COMES WITH HOSTING THESE GAMES AND UPSIDE OF WHAT IT CAN MEAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY WITH ALL OF THESE GLOBAL VISITORS. 
          BUT IT ALSO BRINGS ASIDE THAT INVOLVES LABOR TRAFFICKING, SEX TRAFFICKING, AND, UM, IT, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE ROBUST THINKING GOING ON AROUND THIS. 
          AND THE FRAMEWORK THAT THE, THE WORKING GROUP THAT MONICA REFERENCED, UH, ESTABLISHING SOME OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT ARE THE IMPACT ON, UH, SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE ACTUALLY PEOPLE WHO COULD BE EVICTED SO THAT A HOME COULD BE USED AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL BECAUSE OF THE EXOR EXORBITANT RENTAL THAT COULD BE, UH, GOTTEN AS WELL AS JUST SOME OF THE TRAFFICKING ASPECTS THAT COULD HAPPEN THROUGH THAT RESOURCE AS WELL AS HOTELS, ET CETERA. 
          BUT THERE IS A MAPPING OF ALL OF THE TRAINING THAT OUR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, OUR NONPROFITS AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE, UH, TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT MENU IS, TO HAVE A COMPENDIUM OF TRAINING SO THAT PEOPLE GROUPS AND INDUSTRY GROUPS CAN BE VERSED IN THIS. 
          NOT ONLY ON THE EXCITING PART OF WELCOMING VISITORS TO DALLAS, BUT ON THE SIGNS TO LOOK OUT FOR, WITH REGARD TO IS SOMEONE BEING TRAFFICKED FOR LABOR? IS SOMEONE, UH, A SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIM. 
          UH, WE ALSO WORKED WITH NEW FRIENDS NEW LIFE LAST WEEK TO PUBLICIZE AN EVENT ON BUYERS CALLED BUYERS UNMASKED. 
          AND SO EVENTS LIKE THIS BRING A REAL INFLUX INTO OUR COMMUNITY OF SEX BUYERS. 
          AND SO, UH, I CAN ALSO REPORT THAT DPD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY HAS HAD 10 STINGS AND MADE 43 ARRESTS. 
          AND SO DALLAS IS NOT THE PLACE TO COME TO IF YOU'RE A SEX BUYER, UM, AFFILIATED WITH A, A LARGE SPORTING EVENT BECAUSE WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ONCE THIS COALESCES A LITTLE BIT MORE AROUND THE DIFFERENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE BESIDES JUST OUR INDUSTRY GROUPS, I THINK HAVING OUR, UH, EYES AND EARS ON THE GROUND, WHICH ARE OUR DALLAS RESIDENTS AWARE OF WHAT TO LOOK FOR WOULD BE REALLY MEANINGFUL AND HELPFUL. 
          SO I'LL BE ASKING FOR YOU ALL'S HELP ON THAT AND, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THE OTHER UPDATES RELATED TO THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN RESENDEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I, I JUST WANNA MAKE A, A STATEMENT AND THEN IF Y'ALL WILL BEAR WITH ME, I WANT TO TRANSLATE INTO SPANISH FOR OUR SPANISH PARTNERS. 
          AND I'VE BEEN ASKED TO, I JUST WANNA SAVE MYSELF SOME TIME FROM HAVING TO GO OUTSIDE AND, UH, MAKE ANOTHER STATEMENT. 
          UH, SO, UH, THE FIFA WORLD CUP PRESENTS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS TO SHINE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE. 
          AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION REINFORCE THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THIS EVENT WILL HAVE ON OUR CITY FROM ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION TO IN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS. 
          DALLAS IS PREPARING TO DELIVER A WORLD CLASS EXPERIENCE FOR FANS, BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTS ALIKE, ENSURING A SAFE AND SEAMLESS EVENT IS A TOP PRIORITY. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS TO ENHANCE SECURITY AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          THIS IS ALSO A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND ACCESS NEEDED TO BENEFIT FROM THIS HISTORIC EVENT BEYOND THE TURN TOURNAMENT ITSELF, THE INVESTMENTS WE MAKE TODAY WILL LEAVE A LASTING POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. 
          DALLAS IS READY TO WELCOME THE WORLD AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD. 
          UM, AND LIKE I SAID, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TRANSLATE THAT LA 
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THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, CHAIRWOMAN MEDICINE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WELL, I JUST WANNA FIRST START OFF TALKING ABOUT SECURITY. 
          UM, AS PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR, I'LL SAY I'M NOT SURE THAT THE COMMITTEE REALLY HAS A LOT TO OFFER IN TERMS OF THIS EVENT EXCEPT FOR BEING ABLE TO HELP SECURE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS SO THAT OUR PROFESSIONALS AT DPD WHO'VE BEEN TRAINED AND ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE KIND OF INTELLIGENCE AND RESPONSE THAT YOU NEED ARE ABLE TO DO SO. 
          UM, AS LEGISLATIVE CHAIR, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAME WITH US TO DC TO SPECIFICALLY TALK TO OUR DELEGATION. 
          SO THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, GRACIE, RESENDEZ, AND BASA. 
          WE WERE LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO VISIT IN PERSON WITH CONGRESSMAN, UH, VANDY, CROCKETT, ELSIE, AND JOHNSON, AS WELL AS, UH, SENATOR CORN AND STAFF. 
          AND WHAT WE WERE REALLY DOING WAS ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION FOR THE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM CALLED THE URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE, WHICH WILL HELP US PREPARE, PREVENT, PROTECT, RESPOND, AND RECOVER SO THAT WE AVOID HOPEFULLY ANY KIND OF TERRORISTIC ISSUE. 
          SO I FEEL LIKE THAT'S REALLY BEEN OUR ROLE IN TRYING TO HELP YOU, UM, SECURE THOSE FUNDS SO THAT ALL THE PREPARATION CAN BE DONE FOR A SAFE AND WONDERFUL EVENT. 
          SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THE ONLY QUESTION I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT I REALLY HAVEN'T HEARD SPOKEN ABOUT IS IF THERE'LL BE ANY KIND OF CHANGE IN THE CITY'S POSTURE IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. 
          SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE WORK, UM, THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING, UM, DEFINITELY WILL CONTINUE AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING, UM, FOR THIS WEEK. 
          I KNOW WE'RE NOT DEEP INTO A, A CONVERSATION AROUND OUR UNSHELTERED THIS MORNING. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH NOT ONLY, UM, THE SPORTS COMMISSION, BUT THE TEAM THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND. 
          I TALKED ABOUT IN MY OPENING, UM, THAT THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY INVOLVE ALL OF THE KEY PARTNERS ACROSS THE REGION AND HOW WE ADDRESS ALL OF THE ISSUES. 
          HOMELESSNESS WILL DEFINITELY BE ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS EVEN BEFORE WE GET THERE. 
          AND LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING LATER IN THE WEEK. 
          UM, OUR UPDATED PLAN THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SENDING OUT AS A RE AS IT RELATES TO THE ONGOING MONITORING, UM, THE ENFORCEMENT AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. 
          SO LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK AND HAVING A MORE DETAILED CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL REGARDING THAT SUBJECT. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER VERY MUCH, AND I THINK THAT ALL OF US RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S, UM, GONNA BE A VERY LARGE MEDIA FOCUSED DOWNTOWN. 
          ALL OF US COULD SEE SCENES DOWNTOWN THAT WE WOULD NOT WANT BROADCAST AROUND THE WORLD. 
          BUT WHAT I WOULD ASK OF YOU IS THAT WHATEVER IS DONE IS ACTUALLY DONE CITYWIDE, THAT IT'S NOT ONLY DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THESE SAME SCENES ARE AVAILABLE ALL OVER OUR CITY. 
          AND NOW'S THE TIME FOR US TO BE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING THEM. 
          I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER OPENING ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY SHELTER BEDS. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE SHELTERS ARE MOSTLY FULL RIGHT NOW, AND, UM, WE KNOW AUSTIN STREET HAS THAT SECOND FACILITY ACROSS THE STREET THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE. 
          SO HOWEVER YOU DECIDE TO PROCEED WITH THAT, I JUST ASK THAT NUMBER ONE, IT IS ADDRESSED. 
          NUMBER TWO IS THAT IT'S ADDRESSED CITYWIDE. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. 
          I ON THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COULD YOU GIVE ME, UH, IF NOT MS. MONICA, TO MS. ROSA, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT A PREDICT PROJECTED, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT WILL BE FOR DALLAS? YOU HAVE A KIND OF GUESSTIMATION. 
          SURE. 
          RIGHT NOW THE MOST CURRENT STUDY FROM DELOITTE IS SHOWING ABOUT, UM, ANYWHERE FROM 1.5 TO $2.5 BILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT. 
          BUT THAT'S REGIONALLY. 
          UM, MONICA IS WORKING ON THE NEXT RENDITION OF THE STUDY. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE JUST LIKE WE DO WITH VISIT DALLAS AND JUST THAT WE DO WITH HOT PROJECTIONS, IT NEEDS TO BE REFRESHED AS WE MOVE ALONG AND GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WOULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? IS THAT IN DALLAS, THE IMPACT? WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT FOR US? SO IT'S THE REGION, BUT IT'S BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 BILLION. 
          SO YOU HAVE AN ISOLATED DALLAS POTENTIAL TARGET IS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME. 
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WE HAVE NOT AT THIS TIME, AS WE GET CLOSER, WE'RE A LITTLE EARLY. 
          SO AS WE GET CLOSER AND THE ACTUAL TEAMS ARE ANNOUNCED, ET CETERA, WHO WILL BE HERE USING THE BASE CAMPS, A LOT OF THAT DATA IS WHAT GOES INTO THE FORMULAS TO KIND OF PREDICT WHO'S GONNA BE COMING IN AND OUT OF DALLAS. 
          SOME TEAMS ARE OBVIOUSLY, UH, BRING A BIGGER AUDIENCE THAN OTHERS. 
          AND SO AS WE GET THOSE NAMES, I THINK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIRM THAT UP A LITTLE BETTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT ON THE RECORD OF THE PROJECTED AMOUNT THAT MAY COME TO THIS REGION, BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SHARE OF THAT TREASURE AND INVESTMENT THROUGH SOME OF OUR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES BY REACHING OUT TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND TO ENTREPRENEURS WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THIS. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, I THINK WHAT THE, THE BEHAVIOR THAT WE MODEL IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, UH, WILL BE WITNESSED BY OUR YOUNG, OUR YOUTH, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SEEN MANY EVENTS COME TO THE CITY OF DALLAS WHERE WE'VE BEEN EXCLUDED. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE MONEY. 
          WE WANT A PART OF THAT, UH, CITY MANAGER. 
          AND IT IS NOT A PART THAT'S GOING INTO MY POCKET. 
          WE'RE SPEAKING ONCE AGAIN OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT'S ABOUT ECONOMIC SHARING. 
          AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. 
          ALSO, SOMETIMES, UH, WE SAY WE CAN'T FIND INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE LIKE AL WASH, HIS NAME IS PUT OUT, UM, MOLLY BELT, HARRISON, BLAIR, I WANT TO PUT THOSE NAMES ON THE RECORD IN CASE WE CAN'T FIND THEM. 
          SO MISS MONICA, I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING A LOT RIGHT NOW, BUT HISTORICALLY WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND THAT WE ARE GONNA SUPPORT CITY MANAGER AS SHE SUPPORTS THIS COM, THE STATE, THE STATEMENT THAT I'M MAKING ABOUT INCLUSION, WE GET LEFT OUT. 
          WE TALK ABOUT AROUND THE HORSESHOE, WE TALK ABOUT IT WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE HERE, BUT WHEN REALITY DOESN'T FLOW. 
          SO WE'VE GOT TO KEEP HUSTLING. 
          THAT'S WHAT MY POSITION IS TODAY. 
          HUSTLE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THE DOLLARS WILL FLOW. 
          WE WANT THE DOLLARS TO FLOW AND THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT, THAT IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          THAT IS VERY BENEFICIAL THAT WE WILL SEE THE BENEFITS OF THIS INCLUSION, UH, OF THIS GREAT EVENT THAT'S COMING TO DALLAS, THE NINTH LARGEST. 
          BUT WE'VE GOTTA BE SERIOUS ABOUT IT. 
          BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THE TIME NOW TO SAY THIS WHILE I AM HERE, THAT WE WILL SUPPORT YOU CITY MANAGER, WHEN YOU ADVOCATE FOR US. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL. 
          BUT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHEN SHE'S ADVOCATING FOR US, IF YOU, IF WE LEAVE THIS CONVERSATION OUT, WE HAVE TO SUPPORT YOU AS YOU FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO DEPEND ON YOU DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 
          SO IF I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES ACROSS MY, UM, MESSAGE CENTER, I WANT YOU TO KNOW MS. MOCK, LOOK, YOU GOT A GREAT JOB. 
          IT'S A HEAVY, UH, HIGHLY EMOTIONAL JOB. 
          AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. 
          I DO. 
          BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS I'M HERE TO GIVE THE TRUTH AND TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A STRONG WOMAN TO HANDLE ALL OF THIS THAT'S BEING THROWN AT YOU AT THIS TIME, ALONG WITH MS. ROSA. 
          BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THE WHOLE TEAM. 
          WE RESPECT YOU, BUT WE ALWAYS SHOUT OUT ABOUT THAT WOMAN'S POWER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT IS YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MAYOR PROAM, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'M LISTENING TO EVERYONE HERE AND, AND BY THE WORLD CUP. 
          IT IS BY ECONOMIC IMPACT AND HOW DO IS, UM, IMPACT THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ALL OF THAT. 
          AND I KNOW MOST PEOPLE RAN THE HARD SHOW WAS NOT HERE IN 1994 WHEN THE WORLD'S CUP CAME HERE, AND I WAS HERE WHEN IT HAPPENED. 
          BUT BY SAYING THAT, WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM 1994 TO TODAY, ROSE? IS THERE ANYONE THAT I CAN TELL? WHAT DID WE LEARN? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENT FROM THIS WORLD CUP VERSE 1994 AND WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? SO I MAY NEED TO DEFER TO MONICA, BUT I THINK, UM, AS TIME HAS GONE BY, UH, WE'VE LEARNED THAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE ALL THE CONSTITUENCY OF DALLAS. 
          WE NEED TO BE REALLY FIRM IN OUR MARKETING AND REALLY ROBUST IN HOW WE TALK ABOUT THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF FIFA AS WE DELIVER IT. 
          AND I THINK SOME OF THE ECONOMY IN DALLAS HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE HAVE MORE HOTELS, WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER AMENITIES TO MARKET THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE. 
          AND I THINK IN TERMS OF THAT, I THINK THAT WE WILL AND CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF BRINGING SOME OF THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT INTO THE CITY. 
          WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT WE ARE A CITY THAT ONCE WE FILL OUR HOTELS, WE COMPRESS OUT INTO THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE AROUND US. 
          AND SO WE'LL SEE THAT AS A, AS A STATE GLOBALLY, WE BENEFIT FROM THAT ECONOMIC BOON THAT WE HAVE FROM SOMETHING THAT'S THIS LARGE. 
          AND I DEFER TO SEE IF OUR CITY 
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MANAGER HAS ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD. 
          I WAS HERE DURING THEN, BUT I WAS ONLY 12. 
          UM, WE , WE, WE, YES, I WAS 12. 
          I I, I THINK WHAT YOU'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT THIS OWN GOING BUT THIS EARLY COLLABORATION I THINK IS WHAT WE REALLY, WHAT WE LEARNED. 
          UM, AND THAT IT REALLY DOES TAKE THE CITY ALONG WITH ALL OF THE PARTNERS AND ALL OF THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS, REALLY STARTING TO WORK TOGETHER AND DOING IT IN A WAY THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE, HOW WE DO THE OUTREACH, HOW WE INVOLVE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY, OUR MINORITY BUSINESS OWNERS. 
          SO WHAT YOU'VE REALLY HEARD THIS MORNING THROUGHOUT IS THAT THAT COLLABORATION IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE DEALT WITH BACK DURING THAT TIME, THAT INFORMATION DIDN'T FLOW AS TIMELY AS WE WOULD WANT. 
          THAT THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AND THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER. 
          AND SO I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THAT WAS PROBABLY THE LARGEST THEME WAS HOW DO WE DO IT TO WHERE, UM, DALLAS IS SHOWCASED TO THE WORLD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ALL OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT DEFINITELY WILL IMPACT, WHETHER IT'S TRANSPORTATION, ROSA TALKED ABOUT THE HOTELS, WE'VE GOTTA BE WORKING TOGETHER NOW AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT COMMUNICATION FLOW IS HAPPENING AND EVERYBODY TRULY UNDERSTANDS WHAT ROLE THEY PLAY AND HOW EVEN THROUGHOUT THE TIME OF THE EVENT THAT THAT COMMUNICATION WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE. 
          SO I THINK OVERALL COLLABORATION EARLY, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          AND I THINK THAT ONE THING THAT FROM 1994 TODAY IS THAT WE SURE KNOW THAT IS ONE IMPORTANT FACTS THAT WE GOT TO HAVE IS TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND NOW ON SEND THE WORD OUT TO DART TRANSPORTATION AND Y'ALL HEAR THAT DART TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION, IT WOULD FAIL. 
          IT WILL, IT WOULD COMPLETELY GO BLANK BECAUSE PEOPLE CANNOT GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO ON A TIMELINE. 
          GOOD EXAMPLE. 
          THE COTTON BOWL TEXT OU WHAT I DART FIRST WITH HIM, THE LINE TRYING TO GET TO COTTON BOWL COULDN'T GET THERE BECAUSE THE TIME COULDN'T GET TO THE COTTON BOWL. 
          AND WE ALMOST LOST THE TECH TEXAS OU GAME GAIN. 
          SO I WANT TO PUT OUT THERE DART IS VERY IMPORTANT TO FEVER. 
          IF WE DON'T GET THIS DART SITUATION UNDER CONTROL, THE CITY DOLLARS ARE GONNA LOOK AT AND WE GONNA BE A FAILURE BECAUSE WE CANNOT GET PEOPLE TO THE HOTEL, WE CANNOT GET PEOPLE TO THE RESTAURANT. 
          WE CANNOT GET'EM TO THE GAME. 
          WE CANNOT GET TO THE PRACTICE. 
          YOU CANNOT GET TO THE SHOPPING CENTER. 
          YOU GOING TO BE A FAILURE. 
          AND WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE TRANSPORTATION IS A PRIORITY FOR FEVER THROUGH THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          NOT SOUTH, NOT EASTS, NOT WEST, BUT THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          THAT'S A WHOLE BECAUSE THEY GONNA LOOK AT DALLAS AS A WHOLE. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE SUBURB. 
          THEY'RE GONNA SAY, DALLAS, DALLAS, YOU FAILED US WITH TRANSPORTATION. 
          YOU FAILED US BECAUSE PEOPLE COULD NOT GET TO THE RESTAURANT, THEY COULD NOT GET TO THE GAME ON TIME. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. 
          WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, REACH OUT WITH DART. 
          I KNOW THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF COMING UP WITH DART RIGHT NOW, BUT WE NEED TO PUT IT OUT THERE. 
          WE NEED TO BRING THEM BACK TO THE TABLE. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY HEAR US LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          CHAIRMAN OF THE VIRUS, LOUD AND CLEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE A SITUATION THAT WE NEED TO SOLVE, GET RESOLVED VERY SOON BY SAYING THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS, I REMEMBER WE DID NOT HAVE A WEST END, YOU KNOW, IN, IN 1994. 
          WE DIDN'T HAD DEEP EL RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE. 
          SO WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR FIRE, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY COME TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO MAJOR INCIDENT IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          AND THAT'S WHY PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. 
          'CAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SAFE TO BE ABLE TO GO WHERE WE WANT TO GO. 
          SET. 
          SECOND THING THAT WHAT DO WE DO? HOW DO WE PROMOTE OUR BUSINESS? UM, CHAIRMAN ARNOLD, YOU MADE A GOOD POINT. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW BERRY MALL, YOU KNOW, UH, ILLINOIS, YOU KNOW CLE BEAR RALLY, SUNNY SOUTH DALLAS MALL, YOU KNOW, YOU NAME OVER AND OVER. 
          DON'T LOOK SMALL BUSINESSES DON'T LOOK IN SMALL MOM AND POP BUSINESS. 
          THAT IS A GREAT HERITAGE. 
          THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR GENERATION TO GENERATION THAT HOW DO WE PROMOTE THEM, MAKE SURE THEY INVOLVED, MAKE SURE THEY'RE PART OF. 
          AND THAT'S 
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WHAT WE KINDA MISSED BACK IN 1994, YOU KNOW, BUT NOW IT'S GLOBAL. 
          BUT YOU GOT TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE THAT THE QUARTER OF LIFE AND EVERYONE GOT A PIECE OF THE GAME, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PIECE OF THE GAIN IN THIS DEAL AND WE WILL HAVE A GREAT DEAL. 
          BUT REMEMBER WE ARE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE. 
          WE ARE BUILDING FOR THE BUDGET. 
          WE NEED ALL THE SALE TAX, WE NEED EVERYTHING WE GET HERE. 
          EVERYBODY GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAME TO DALLAS, NOT THE SUBURB, THEY CAME TO DALLAS. 
          SO LET US SELL DOLLARS AND PROMOTE DALLAS, BUT PROMOTE DALLAS AS A WHOLE. 
          THE NORTH, THE SOUTH, THE WEST, A SMALL COMMUNITY MOM AND POP STORE, ESPECIALLY THE MOM AND POP STORE, THE LITTLE BUSINESS. 
          'CAUSE WE GOT A SMALL BUSINESS. 
          MAKE SURE THEY GET IT 'CAUSE THEY WOULD GET THE WORD OUT THE SMALL BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S KINDA LIKE IN BOSTON YOU GO ALL THE WAY AROUND AND VISIT THE DIFFERENT SMALL BUSINESS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IN DALLAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAD CHAIRMAN. 
           SAID YOU'VE GONE BEFORE WHILE I WAS GONE. 
          OKAY, YOU ED FOR FIVE MINUTES THEN ON ITEM A FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANTED TO START BY SAYING, UM, FIRST THANK YOU FOR THIS BRIEFING. 
          UM, IT REALLY SHOWS A TESTAMENT TO YOU ALL'S PREPAREDNESS AND LEADERSHIP THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY STARTED MEETING SO EARLY TO BRING US WHAT YOU ALL HAVE STARTED ON. 
          SO THANK YOU MONICA ROSA, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER OVERNIGHT AND UM, THIS IS VERY GOOD AND I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD BE VERY PLEASED THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME PLANS ALREADY GOING. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY FIFA KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          THIS ISN'T THEIR FIRST RODEO DOING. 
          UM, THIS, UM, IN 1994, I WASN'T HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS LIVING HERE. 
          I WAS A SOPHOMORE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, WHERE CURRENTLY THE LADY LONGHORNS BASKETBALL ARE GOING TO THE FINAL FOUR HOOK 'EM. 
          AND SO, UM, I HAD TO THROW THAT IN THERE FOR YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          AND SO, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRANSPORTATION, UM, EVERYTHING MAYOR PROTO SAID IS ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE AND TRUE. 
          UM, BUT I WILL, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES REMEMBER THAT, UH, WE STARTED TESTING TRANSPORTATION PLANS WHEN THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION HAD WRESTLEMANIA HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          I THINK IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO NOW. 
          AND WE STARTED TESTING AND THAT WAS THROUGH THE NCT COG TO DO SHUTTLE BUSES BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIGHT RAIL OR TRAIN THAT GOES TO, UM, DALLAS STADIUM THAT'S, UM, IN ARLINGTON WHERE THE GAMES WILL BE PLAYED. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN TESTED. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND FOLKS ABOUT ALL OF THAT. 
          BUT, UM, AND IT'S BEEN TESTED FOR MORE THAN JUST THAT EVENT AND IT'S BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY WELL. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WAS A REASON THAT FIFA REALLY ENJOYED, UM, KNOWING THAT DALLAS WAS ALREADY PREPARING AND GETTING READY FOR THAT. 
          SO, UM, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU, YOU MIGHT WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE A LITTLE MEMO OR SOMETHING OUT TO, UM, FROM EITHER THE COG OR FROM YOU ALL TO SHOW HOW THAT WORKED IF POSSIBLE. 
          UM, ECONOMIC IMPACT. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THAT. 
          I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON FOR WANTING TO HAVE, UH, THE FIFA WORLD CUP HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          UM, AND REMEM YOU KNOW, BUT SINCE EVERYBODY WENT TO THEIR AREAS, DON'T FORGET WEST DALLAS. 
          DON'T FORGET NORTHWEST PALACE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE TACO WARS ARE WON AND LOST ON SINGLETON BOULEVARD. 
          SO, UM, DON'T FORGET THAT. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ALL OVER THIS ENTIRE CITY AND THERE WILL BE ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY IF WE DO THAT CORRECTLY. 
          SO, UM, I'M GLAD PEOPLE WERE BRINGING UM, THAT UP BECAUSE FOLKS ARE ALREADY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, I'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE CALLING ME, HOW DO I GET ON THE LIST? HOW DO I PARTICIPATE? AND SO I'VE BEEN PASSING THOSE ON TO VISIT DALLAS AS I GET THEM SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AWARE, UM, ON PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS, UM, IS DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT GONNA NEED MORE HELP? AND IF SO, ARE THERE OTHER, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT WE WOULD BRING BRINGING IN TO DO CERTAIN THINGS? I I KNOW THIS MIGHT BE EARLY STILL, BUT AS YOU'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT IT, AND IF SO, UM, LIKE WOULD THAT BE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS, CONSTABLES, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER, OTHER, UM, CITIES IN ORDER TO HELP? I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, SO, OKAY, SO CHIEF IGEL WAS GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UH, YEAH, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THAT NOW. 
          UM, FROM OUR STAFFING TO ADDITIONAL SECURITY THAT WILL BE HIRED OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT TO MUTUAL AID THAT WILL ALSO BE LOOKING AT, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE DETAILS NOW AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE'LL BRING YOU THOSE, NOT EXACT DETAILS, BUT A PLAN, OBVIOUSLY. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S I THINK IMPORTANT 'CAUSE UH, WE, WE'VE GOT A GREAT DEPARTMENT, BUT THE WORLD CUP IS A LONG TIME AND A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. 
          AND, UM, I KNOW IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THERE'S GONNA BE NO TIME OFF DURING THAT, UM, THAT TIME. 
          AND SO THAT'S ALSO GONNA MAKE OUR, OUR OFFICERS, THEY'RE GONNA BE WORN OUT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY WILL BE, BUT MORE WORN OUT THAN NORMAL JUST BECAUSE OF, UM, THAT INTENSITY THAT GOES WITH THE WORLD CUP. 
          MY NEXT 
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QUESTION IS ABOUT, UM, IT, IT MIGHT SOUND A LITTLE WILD, BUT, UM, CONTINGENCY IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S A NATURAL DISASTER IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF HURRICANE SEASON TIME AND BEING BORN AND RAISED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          I'M VERY USED TO THOSE, BUT, UM, WHAT HAPPENS TO HOUSTON? 'CAUSE USUALLY WE ARE THE ONES THAT HELP OUT, UH, IN THAT SITUATION. 
          ARE WE, I MEAN, YOU, IF, IF YOU'LL STARTED WORKING ON LOOKING AT IT OR IS THAT WE'RE GONNA DIVERT, DIVERT THEM TO SAN ANTONIO INSTEAD, OR, UM, WILL THEY STILL COME TO DALLAS AND CAN WE HANDLE ALL OF THAT? THAT AGAIN, THAT, THAT IS, UH, FIFA'S CALL ON THAT AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED THEIR PLAN TO US YET. 
          UH, BUT ALSO THEY HAVE NOT ASKED US TO TAKE ON MORE GAMES IN CASE SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN IN HOUSTON. 
          SO THEY'LL BE GOING SOMEPLACE, NOT DALLAS. 
          RIGHT, OKAY. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          SO, UM, AND I, AND I KIND OF FIGURED THAT'S WHAT, UM, WHEN IT WAS MENTIONED, UH, LAST TIME I SPOKE, SOMEBODY MENTIONED IT AT A MEETING ORSO THAT, UM, THEY'VE ASKED FOR US TO BE PREPARED TO TAKE ON MORE GAMES IN THE EVENT OF JUST A NEED. 
          AND I WAS LIKE, AH, HURRICANES. 
          I BET YOU THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. 
          SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON IT. 
          UM, I WANT TO THANK THE NCT COG FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE SO FAR AND WORKING WITH ALL OF US IN ORDER TO, UM, HAVE THIS TRANSPORTATION ISSUE TAKEN CARE OF WAY AHEAD OF TIME. 
          AND I WILL COME UP BACK FOR MY NEXT ROUND, MR. MAYOR, 'CAUSE I HAVE, UH, I THINK I ACTUALLY FINISHED. 
          SO THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. RAY. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          WELL DONE. 
          WELL DONE. 
          UM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR I THINK FIVE MINUTES. 
          YEAH, FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON IT. 
          I DON'T, MONICA'S NOT ON ANYMORE, BUT I, I WANT TO GIVE HER KUDOS ALWAYS WHENEVER I GET A CHANCE. 
          BUT, UM, I LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AND I WANTED TO JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE CONTINGENCY PLANS IF THERE WERE ANY, UH, NATURAL DISASTERS IN HOUSTON SPECIFICALLY, NOT, NOT, UH, ON THE ABOR, UH, ABSORBING OF, OF MATCHES, BUT I THINK HISTORICALLY WE'VE, UH, ABSORBED QUITE A BIT OF EVACUEES, UH, FROM THE AREA. 
          AND SO, UM, ARE WE PREPARED WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, UM, UH, WHAT, WHAT FILLED, UM, UH, HOTEL ROOMS, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT PLANS DO WE HAVE IN PLACE? UH, I THINK INEVITABLY WE'RE GONNA BE THE CLOSEST LARGE CITY WITH RESOURCES FOR, UM, THAT TO HAPPEN. 
          AND SO I, I, I, I, THAT WAS MY BIGGEST CONCERN WHEN IT COMES TO, SO INTERNALLY THE CITY'S GOT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, WORKING GROUP LED BY OFFICE, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CRISIS RESPONSE. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT. 
          I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE, I DON'T KNOW IF TRAVIS IS HERE, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY GET YOU INFORMATION, UH, FROM THE CITY AS TO WHAT THE CONTINGENCY PLAN IS WITH ALL THE HOTELS BEING, UH, YOU KNOW, FULLY BOOKED UP. 
          BUT, BUT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. 
          I WOULD, I'D, I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET A BRIEFING ON THAT, UM, FROM THE CITY MANAGER SPECIFICALLY ON HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR PLANS WITH, UH, ANY, UH, SPECIFIC PLANS FOR OUR UN UNSHELTERED, UH, POPULATION AND, AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE WOULD HAVE DEVOTED TO THAT. 
          I MEAN, I, I, I'D LOVE TO, TO SEE, AND I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY, UH, DONE GREAT WORK IN THE PAST TO, TO SHOW US THESE TYPES OF PLANS, BUT, UM, THE ABSOLUTE WORST CASE SCENARIOS, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY, WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE, UM, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS, IS CLEAR ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          LOOKS LIKE I'M ON ROUND TWOS NOW, SO I'M GONNA GO, OR YEAH, ROUND TWO THEN. 
          UM, CHAIRMAN ARGUE YOU'D BE AROUND THREE, I BELIEVE. 
          UH, CHAIRMAN GRACIE, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THREE MINUTES, UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN ABOUT THAT. 
          YEAH, THREE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, CHIEF IGO, I, I JUST WANNA BRING UP, JUST IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, 'CAUSE I HAD A THOUGHT, UM, BASED ON, UM, WHAT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TE DU MENTIONED IN TERMS OF, UH, THE, THE, THE, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, STAFFING. 
          I KNOW YOU SAID, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA GET, SOMETIMES WE GET ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, WE HIRE THEM ON. 
          COULD THIS BE USED AS A RECRUITMENT STRATEGY AS WELL? OR DID I MISS THAT? OR, OR IN TERMS OF LIKE, MAYBE SOME OF THOSE AREAS? AND I DON'T WANT TO, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SECURE AND I JUST THOUGHT, I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO EXPERIMENT, BUT PERHAPS SOME OF THE SECURITY GUARDS WORKED FOR APARTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT COULD BE, UH, RECRUITED TO, UH, SECURE LESS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TERM IS, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF GET 'EM IN AND POTENTIALLY INTRODUCE THEM TO THE FOREST AND, AND POTENTIALLY USE THAT AS A RECRUITMENT STRATEGY. 
          SO I'LL STOP AND JUST YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS, UH, REGARDING OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, BROUGHT TO THE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY NEXT MONTH. 
          BUT ABSOLUTELY, TO YOUR POINT, WE COULD USE THAT AS A RECRUITING TOOL. 
          UH, ONE 
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OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TOO IS TO REALIGN SOME OF OUR RESOURCES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT ARE NOT IN PATROL CAPACITY TO ALSO WORK IN PATROL. 
          SO I FIRMLY BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE THE STAFFING NECESSARY, UM, TO LOOK AT WHATEVER TYPE OF CAPACITY WE'RE GONNA HAVE WITHIN THE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHAIRWOMAN. 
          ARNOLD, DO YOU RECOGNIZE FOR ONE MINUTE, UH, JUST QUICKLY, JUST TWO QUESTIONS. 
          UH, HOW, UH, OF THE $1.5 BILLION, HOW CAN LOCAL FIRMS GET IN TOUCH WITH EITHER FIFA OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND WHAT IS, HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR DALLAS POLICE TO STRATEGIZE? THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          SO I'M GONNA LET, UH, ROCKY KIND OF TALK THROUGH WHAT THAT STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT DOES INCLUDE FIRE. 
          AND THEN I'LL ANSWER YOUR OTHER QUESTION. 
          UH, YES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DEFINITELY IS INCLUDED IN ALL OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MEETINGS. 
          THEY'RE PART OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY WORKSHOP, AND THEY'RE INDEPENDENTLY WORKING WITH FIFA DIRECTLY ON, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEED AT THE IBC, THE CONVENTION CENTER, HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE MANAGED. 
          UH, BUT WE HAVE AN OVERALL SAFETY SECURITY PLAN WORKING WITH DALLAS PD AND DALLAS FIRE ON FAN FEST ALSO, UH, IBC. 
          THOSE ARE TWO BIG VENUES WITHIN THE CITY. 
          AND AS MORE VENUES START COMING IN TO PLAY, THEY WILL KEEP ADDING THAT TO THEIR LIST. 
          AND THEN COULD I GET JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION ON YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE, AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT GETTING THE WORD OUT. 
          HOW DO THESE LOCAL FIRMS EITHER GET IN TOUCH WITH FIFA TO BE ENGAGED OR WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS? SURE. 
          AND AS, AS MONICA WAS SAYING EARLIER, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT EARLY, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION WITH THE, THE FIFA ORGANIZATION IN ORDER FOR THEM TO LET US KNOW KIND OF THE RELEASE DATES OF SOME OF THEIR RFPS AND THEIR OTHER BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT, UM, AS OUR CITY MANAGER SAID, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL, UH, PROVIDE THAT TO CITY COUNCIL AND SET UP A STRUCTURE SO THAT IT'S AVAILABLE BY WEBSITE AND ALL OTHER, UM, OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT PEOPLE CAN DO IT, INCLUDING THE CHAMBERS. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          AND ALSO, ALONG WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, WE MIGHT ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR DALLAS ISD AND OTHER PARTNERS, UH, JURISDICTIONAL, WHERE THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE PUBLIC SAFETY, TO TAKE A LITTLE PRESSURE MAYBE OFF OF SOME OF OUR, UH, UH, BLUE FAMILY MEMBERS. 
          BUT OFTENTIMES FOLKS JUST THINK ABOUT DPD AND THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT FIRE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER OFFICIAL POSITIONS THAT THEY CAN ENFORCE THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A SAFE, UH, ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ELABORATING ON THOSE POINTS, AND ONCE AGAIN, UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE IN SHARING WITH US TODAY, BUT WE NEED TO THINK AND THINK BIG AND THINK DEEP DOWN, UH, DALLAS, SO THAT WE ARE THE MODEL THAT THE WORLD WISHES TO SEE FOR THIS EVENT OF, ESPECIALLY WITH THE $1.5 BILLION WE'LL BE ASKING FOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT IS YOUR TIME. 
          CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR HOW MANY MINUTES? THREE. 
          THREE, THREE MINUTES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, STAYING ON DFR, UM, WILL WE BE PURCHASING ADDITIONAL, UH, THE EMS RESPONDERS, LIKE THE GOLF CARTS WHERE THEY CAN BE ACCESSIBLE? I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN WE CLOSE ROADS OR WHEN WE HAVE LARGE CROWDS, IT'S, UH, DIFFICULT TO GET EMERGENCY VEHICLES THROUGH. 
          AND SO ARE WE THINKING ABOUT SPECIAL EVENTS? UH, ON, ON THE, THE MOBILE, UH, AMBULANCES WE ARE WORKING WITH DFR ON THEIR PLAN. 
          THEY'RE STILL LOOKING THROUGH THAT, PUTTING THE NUMBERS TOGETHER. 
          UH, THEY'RE PART OF ALL THE PLANNING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING SO FAR ON WHAT STREETS WILL BE CLOSED, WHAT THE EMERGENCY ROUTES WILL BE. 
          SO THEY'RE PART OF IT AS SEE CHIEF BALLER, CHIEF PECO THERE. 
          IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY, UM, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
          READY? ARE WE READY? WE, WE'VE BEEN PREPARING, UM, AS FAR AS THE VEHICLES, YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT MORE, MORE THE BOOSTERS AND WE'VE ORDERED SOME, UH, MINI PUMPERS THAT WILL BE IN BY THEN. 
          SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET INTO THEM LOCATIONS AND HAVE VERY, VERY SIMILAR PUMPING CAPABILITY TO FIRE ENGINES. 
          SO WE HAVE A PLAN. 
          WE'VE GOT, UM, PLENTY OF RESOURCES ON DUTY AND, UM, BUT WE'LL ADD OFF DUTY AS WELL. 
          AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE READY. 
          AND, AND, AND CHIEF, I, YOU HAVE GREAT PLANS FOR YOUR SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, BUT THEY'RE MUCH SMALLER IN SCALE, AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES NEEDED AND IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE MADE AWARE. 
          SO AS FAR AS 
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ON ON-DUTY RESOURCES, I'LL SAY THIS, UM, DURING THE TORNADO, IT WAS 904 BUILDINGS AND 13 MILES LONG, AND WE GOT A BIT OF MUTUAL AID, BUT WE USED OUR, ON OUR ON-DUTY RESOURCES AND HANDLED THAT INCIDENT, AND THAT'S PRETTY BIG. 
          UM, SO, AND WE WEREN'T, WE WERE PREPARED, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS COMING, SO WE WERE READY WITH OUR ON-DUTY FOLKS. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'LL BE GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THIS IS FOR DPD, I DON'T NEED A, UM, A RESPONSE IS MORE OF A, OF A COMET, UM, AS WE HAVE OFF-DUTY OFFICERS FROM OTHER SURROUNDING, UH, SUBURBS, JUST ENSURING THAT THEY'RE TRAINED TO DALLAS STANDARDS AND THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH, UH, CROWD CONTROL AND, UH, ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS. 
          IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE AN OFFICER FROM A SMALL CITY, UH, AND INTRODUCING 'EM TO THE, TO THE CULTURE OF DALLAS CAN BE, UH, DAY AND NIGHT. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT TRAINING. 
          AND I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH DART. 
          UH, WE OBVIOUSLY NEED THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE. 
          UH, AND I GUESS THIS IS A DIRECT QUESTION FOR DART, BUT IS, ARE THEY GONNA BE LOOKING AT SECURE PLATFORMS FOR, FOR SAFETY REASONS DURING THE WORLD CUP? AND SO, WE'LL, I'LL, WE'LL GET THAT TO DART. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE, SO, UM, I'M GONNA THROW IT BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER IF YOU CAN RELEASE YOUR PANEL IF THEY ARE DONE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, UH, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM. 
          SO WE 
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WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE, UM, BRIEFING ITEM NUMBER B, UH, BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY, WHICH IS AN UPDATE ON THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS DALLAS, UH, LAST EVENING. 
          UM, I DO WANNA JUST HIGHLIGHT, I KNOW IT WAS LATE, BUT WE DID SHARE AN A MEMORANDUM, UH, ALONG WITH A SET OF, UM, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, WE RECEIVED SEVERAL QUESTIONS FROM MANY OF YOU, UH, VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT, AND WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAD RESPONSES BACK TO, UH, THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT DOCUMENT IN REAL TIME, JUST SO THOSE ANSWERS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR, UM, OUR RESIDENTS. 
          OUR TEAM HAS PROVIDED A PRINTED COPY OF THOSE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS TO YOU, AND, UH, YOU SHOULD HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          UM, THIS PRO THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS A PARTNERSHIP, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS, UH, DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN OVERALL PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS THROUGH CUTTING EDGE COMMUNITY FOCUS, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR NOT ONLY OUR CURRENT, BUT OUR FUTURE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, PERSONNEL THAT IS NEEDED IN OUR CITY. 
          SINCE OUR BRIEF IN LAST MONTH, UM, THE PLANS, UM, HAVE CONTINUED TO BE REVIEWED AND EVOLVED TO REFLECT, UH, ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY COUNCIL DURING OUR LAST, UH, BRIEFING. 
          WE'VE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO FURTHER ENGAGE BOTH OUR INTERNAL AND OUR EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. 
          AND WE'VE HAD PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS, UM, OVER THOSE, UM, OVER THESE LAST FEW WEEKS. 
          I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE ENGAGEMENT OF ALL OF OUR POLICE ASSOCIATIONS, UH, UM, THANKING THEM FOR THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE SPENT ALSO AT THE TABLE WORKING WITH OUR TEAM. 
          I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR, UH, FUNDRAISING PARTNERS AS WELL AS THOSE INDIVIDUALS AT THE STATE LEVEL WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED, UH, TIME AND EFFORT IN MAKING SURE THAT WE BRING BACK AN UPDATE THAT IS TRULY INCLUSIVE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT WE HAVE HEARD. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING WITH YOU IN, UH, TODAY'S BRIEFING, HOW THIS, UM, UH, PROJECT IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR US TO PREPARE FOR THE ONGOING, AGAIN, NEEDS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          ALSO REINFORCE A BROADER COMMITMENT, UH, TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR EFFORTS OF BUILDING PUBLIC TRUST, TRANSPARENCY, AND OUR EFFORTS AROUND MAKING THE CITY OF DALLAS THE SAFEST, LARGEST BIG CITY IN THE COUNTRY. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I'M, UM, PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR TEAM. 
          I THINK INTERIM, UH, POLICE CHIEF IGO IS GOING TO KICK US OFF, AND THEN THE OTHERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE BRIEFING AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. 
          UH, CHIEF IGO, THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR, PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I JUST WANNA DO A QUICK INTRODUCTION OF THE TEAM UP HERE WITH ME TO MY LEFT IS, UH, DIRECTOR JENNY, NICE WANDERER OF OFFICE BOND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, AND THEN DEB OGGI, WHO IS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OVER THAT OFFICE, AS WELL AS OTHER, UH, OFFICES TO MY RIGHT IS, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF HERRERA AND, AND THEN DAN ARROWWOOD WITH HKS ARCHITECTS. 
          SO, WE'RE EXCITED THIS MORNING, UH, TO PRESENT THE UPDATED PLAN FOR THE DPD LAW ENFORCEMENT 
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TRAINING CENTER AT UNT DALLAS. 
          THIS PLAN REFLECTS VALUABLE FEEDBACK FROM OUR LAST BRIEFING AND INPUT FROM BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SINCE THE MARCH 5TH BRIEFING, WE REFINED THE FACILITIES LAYOUT. 
          WE'VE EXPANDED OUR TRAINING CAPACITY, AND WE'VE STRENGTHENED THE ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS TO ENHANCE OFFICER READINESS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR TACTICAL FIELD TRAINING OR INTRODUCING A SECOND PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING COMPLEX TO COMPLIMENT THE UNT DALLAS SITE, THIS DUAL CAMPUS APPROACH WILL ENCOMPASS A COMPLETE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR DPD AND INCORPORATE TRAINING WITH DFR INTO THE FUTURE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AS WE LOOK AT THE TWO IMAGES ON THE SCREEN, THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT WILL BE THE PROPOSED FACILITIES THAT WILL SIT ON A 20 ACRE UNT DALLAS CAMP CAMPUS, UM, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A BASIC PEACE OFFICER POLICE COURSE FOR NEW RECRUITS. 
          THESE RECRUITS WILL START DAY ONE ON THE NEW CAMPUS. 
          IT'LL, UH, HOUSE, ALSO HOUSE IN AN IN-SERVICE TRAINING CENTER AND A THOUSAND PERSON AUDITORIUM AND A MULTI MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER. 
          THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT IS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. 
          THIS COMPLEX WILL BE, UH, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ON 60 ACRES. 
          IT WILL HAVE AN ME IMMEDIATE VEHICLE OPERATION COURSE, EXCUSE ME, EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATION COURSE, SIMULATED TACTICAL VILLAGE IN AN OUTDOORS FIREARM TRAINING CENTER. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          CHIEF HERRERA WILL TALK, UH, ABOUT THE SLIDE ABOUT THE OFFICER TRAINING JOURNEY. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          SO, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE YOU THROUGH A BRIEF JOURNEY OF HOW THIS SPACE WILL BE USED AND HOW WE CURRENTLY USE IT WITH OUR BASIC STAFF AND WITH OUR CURRENT IN-SERVICE STAFF. 
          SO, ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF OUR TRAINING STRATEGY IS THE SEPARATION OF OUR BASIC PEACE OFFICERS, UH, OUR RECRUITS, WHICH ARE TAKING THE BASIC PEACE OFFICER COURSE FROM OUR IN-SERVICE OFFICERS. 
          IT'S, IT'S REALLY FROWNED UPON BY, BY T COLE. 
          THEY DON'T ALLOW US TO SHARE CLASSROOM SPACES, AND QUITE HONESTLY, WE PREFER TO TRAIN OUR RECRUITS AND IN AN AREA THAT'S SEPARATE FROM OUR SWORN TO PREVENT FRATERNIZATION, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO KIND OF LEAN IN AND MAINTAIN THAT VERY STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE AT OUR BASIC ACADEMY. 
          THE, THE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, ABOUT 60% OF OUR, OUR BASIC PEACE OFFICER COURSE IS SPENT IN THE CLASSROOMS. AND SO ONCE THEY BECOME OR FINISH THEIR BASIC PEACE OFFICER, OF COURSE, OR BECOME LICENSED BY THE STATE, THEY THEN START TO, WE START TO MOVE THEM INTO THE EVOC TRAINING, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE WEEKS FOR OUR NEW RECRUITS. 
          THEY'RE OUT, UH, DOING THE DIFFERENT MANEUVERS, TRAFFIC STOPS, UH, CONTROLLED SKIDS, SO ALL THAT STUFF THAT DEALS WITH, WITH VEHICLES. 
          AND THEN THEY'VE TRANSITIONED OVER FOR TWO WEEKS OF TRAINING AT, UH, OUR CURRENT MOUNTAIN CREEK FACILITY FOR, UH, PISTOL RANGE. 
          SO, IN CONTRAST, HOW WE TRAIN OUR IN-SERVICE OFFICERS, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE 40 HOURS OF TRAINING OVER A TWO YEAR CYCLE PER TCO REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE MANDATORY ALERT TRAINING THAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY TWO YEARS, WHICH IS ABOUT 16 HOURS EVERY TWO YEARS, PLUS OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES AND ABLE TRAINING THAT WE DO AS WELL. 
          ON TOP OF THAT, WE ALSO USE OUR EVOC COURSE FOR REMEDIAL TRAINING OR FOR YEARLY UPDATES FOR OUR IN-SERVICE WHEN IT COMES TO VEHICLES. 
          AND LASTLY, UM, FOR OUR FIREARM TRAINING CENTER, WE ALSO HAVE TO DO YEARLY QUALIFICATIONS, UH, FOR OUR OFFICERS FOR HANDGUNS, BACKUP, GUNS, RIFLES, AND SHOTGUNS. 
          SO LASTLY, OUR VISION TO, TO UTILIZE THE NEW SPACE WOULD BE, WOULD BE TO HAVE ALL OF THIS ROOM, UH, IN LEARN IN CAMPUS LEARNING TO BE, UH, DONE AT UNTD CAMPUS. 
          BY 2028, THE EVOC AND SIMULATION VILLAGE AND THE OUTDOOR RANGE WILL BE IN THE DALLAS PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS THAT CHIEF IGO MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. 
          AND THEN THE EFFICIENCY BETWEEN THE SITES WILL BE MANAGED THROUGH SCHEDULING, WHICH IS WHAT OUR CURRENT PRACTICE IS RIGHT NOW FOR OUR RECRUITS AND FOR OUR INSERVICE FOLKS. 
          OKAY, AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER, BACK OVER TO CHIEF IGO TO GO INTO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO AS WE LOOK AT THE IMAGES, THIS IS, UH, REALLY WHAT I'M EXCITED AND PROUD ABOUT TODAY. 
          AFTER YOUR FEEDBACK AND SEVERAL WEEKS OF DISCUSSIONS, UH, NOT ONLY WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, BUT OUR ASSOCIATIONS, OUR TRAINING TEAMS AT THESE FACILITIES, UM, OUR PARTNERS IN THE FUNDING, OBVIOUSLY OUR DESIGN TEAM AND OUR ARCHITECTS FROM 
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HKS, UH, THESE, THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE IMAGE TO THE LEFT, UH, WHAT YOU SEE IN THAT DARK BLUE AREA, UP TO THE RIGHT CORNER OF THAT SLIDE IS THE AREA THAT WE PROPOSED TO PUT THE BASIC IN IN-SERVICE TRAINING FACILITY. 
          AND THEN THE SLIDE TO THE RIGHT IS MORE OF THAT GRANULAR, DETAILED LOOK AT WHAT WILL BE ENCLOSED. 
          AS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, UM, THIS WORK, UH, WITH EXTENSIVE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, UM, CAME UP WITH THIS DESIGN, THIS FACILITY WILL NOT ONLY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR DECADES TO COME, I ENVISION THIS SITE TO BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH UNTD, UH, BEING A PREMIER FACILITY THAT WILL FOSTER RESEARCH STUDIES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN, IN A SITE THAT WILL BE THE FOREFRONT, A FUTURE LAW ENFORCEMENT MODEL THAT WILL TRACK RECRUITS FOR YEARS TO COME. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AND I WILL PASS IT OVER TO DAN. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          THANKS FOR, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, HKS AND OUR PARTNERS AT KAI. 
          ARCHITECTS HAVE BEEN INTENSELY INVOLVED IN GETTING INPUT FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT, UH, WE PUT TOGETHER REALLY KIND OF A SITE DIAGRAM AT THIS POINT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ALL THE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS CAN FIT EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY IN THE SITE THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED OUT AT UNT DALLAS. 
          UH, JUST TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE PLAN, UH, THE ACADEMY ITSELF IS REALLY COMPRISED OF THE, THE RED BLOCKS AND THE BLUE BLOCKS, WHICH IS THE BASIC AND IN SERVICE THAT ARE CO-LOCATED IN A SINGLE BUILDING. 
          UH, THEY'LL STILL MAINTAIN THE SEPARATION THAT, UH, CHIEF HERRERA DESCRIBED, BUT THERE'LL BE A COMMON ENTRY LOBBY SPACE THAT, UH, WILL MAINTAIN THAT, UH, CONTROLLED ACCESS. 
          THE OTHER COMPONENTS ON THE SITE THAT YOU SEE ARE AN AUDITORIUM THAT WE IN ENVISION CONCEDE A THOUSAND FOR EVENTS, NOT ONLY FOR THE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE ACADEMY, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          AND THEN JUST TO THE NORTH OF THAT, TO THE TOP OF THE SHEET AND KIND OF THE GOLD COLOR IS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ANNEX FOR UNT DALLAS, WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR CLASSROOMS AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION AND F UH, FACULTY OFFICES, UM, TO SERVE THAT PURPOSE. 
          AND THEN KIND OF MOVING AROUND TO THE, UH, THE LEFT PORTION OF THE SITE PLAN, YOU SEE A MULTIPURPOSE CENTER. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, HAS COME OUT OF SOME RE RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS AS BEING A, UH, A REALLY, UH, DESIRABLE FUNCTION TO HAVE ON THE CAMPUS. 
          ENVISION ALMOST LIKE WHAT YOU SEE IN A LOT OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS NOW, WHERE THEY HAVE A, UH, INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY. 
          AND THIS WOULD BE SIZED TO HAVE AN INDOOR 200 METER TRACK. 
          AND, UH, OTHER, UH, FITNESS ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD BE IN A, AN ALL WEATHER AN INDOOR CONDITION. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE DESIGNATED AN, AN PLAN FOR A 500 METER, UH, LOOP THAT COULD BE USED FOR OUTDOOR TRAINING, UH, JOGGING, RUNNING, UH, ACTIVITIES AS WELL. 
          WE'VE REALLY, UH, PLANNED THE SITE SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN A SECURE PERIMETER. 
          UH, THE RED LINE THAT YOU SEE IS A FENCE THAT WOULD MAINTAIN THAT SEPARATION FROM REALLY WHAT BECOMES THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC AREA, KIND OF THAT INSIDE CORNER OF THE L WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT PROVIDING ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC INTO THE, UH, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM, THE AUDITORIUM, AND THEN A, UH, A SHARED PLAZA OUTSIDE AS WELL THAT CAN, UH, BE WELCOMING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TO SERVE FOR OTHER CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, ONSITE IN THE SECURED AREA, WE HAVE OVER 500 PARKING SPACES TOTAL OF A LITTLE OVER 600 SPACES ON SITE. 
          UM, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          TAKE IT BACK BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          WE HAD INCLUDED OVER TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS DIAGRAM, JUST FOR CONTEXT, AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE CURRENT ACADEMY OUT AT REDBIRD. 
          AND IN THAT YOU CAN SEE THE, UM, THE BLUE SQUARE, WHICH IS THE EXISTING IN-SERVICE ACADEMY, THE RED SQUARE, WHICH IS THE EXISTING BASIC ACADEMY. 
          UH, GET A LITTLE BIT OF A SENSE OF HOW THOSE LAYOUT ON THAT SIDE, ALONG WITH THE EXISTING EVOC AND OUTDOOR, UH, 
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TRAINING VILLAGE THAT THEY HAVE. 
          AS YOU COMPARE THAT TO THE PROPOSED NEW ACADEMY, THE RED, THE BLUE BLOCKS, AS WE'VE USED FOR PLANNING HERE YEAR, THIS IS ACTUALLY A, UH, A MULTI-LEVEL ACADEMY. 
          SO WE ENVISION THIS BEING AT LEAST TWO STORIES AND, UH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY ON THE SITE SO THAT, UH, WE'RE USING THAT TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE OF THE PLAN. 
          LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WIDE. 
          AND IN THIS SLIDE IS REALLY JUST KIND OF AMASSING DIAGRAM AS WE TALK ABOUT BLOCKING AND STACKING THOSE VARIOUS USES, YOU CAN BEGIN TO SEE THAT, UM, WE STEP DOWN THE SITE FROM KIND OF THAT CENTRAL PUBLIC SPACE AS WE GO OUT TO THE PERIMETER, OUT TO THE, THE EAST AND THE SOUTH, UM, GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER, THAT DARK LINE INDICATING THE, UM, THE FENCE WITH IT WOULD PROVIDE THAT, UH, SECURE PERIMETER AND JUST KIND OF THE CONTEXT AROUND THE SIDE AS FAR AS THE WOODED AREA THAT EXISTS NOW, UH, TO THE EAST AND THE SOUTH, ACTUALLY PROVIDING SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME VIEWS BEYOND, UH, THE ACADEMY SIDE ITSELF. 
          AND WE THINK WE WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THOSE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES, PROVIDE A REALLY FUNCTIONAL, BE AN ASPIRATIONAL FACILITY AS WELL. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, TO JENNY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS TWOFOLD, UH, THE DPR TRAINING ACADEMY THAT WE'VE JUST GONE OVER, AND THEN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. 
          AND SO HERE WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. 
          SO WE WILL BE STARTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY IN MAY TO ADDRESS THE THREE MAIN COMPONENTS, UM, THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PROGRAMMED ON THE UNTD CAMPUS, SPECIFICALLY THE EVOC, THE OUTDOOR SHOOTING RANGE, AND A SIMULATED TRAINING VILLAGE. 
          THE IMAGES THAT ARE SHOWN ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF, OF, OF THOSE TYPES OF COMPONENTS. 
          AND AS A DESIGN PROGRESSES, WE'LL WORK TO INCORPORATE OUR NATIONWIDE BEST PRACTICES TO MEET DPDS NEEDS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO FOR NEXT STEPS, WE WANTED TO SHOW THE TIMELINE OF BOTH, UH, BOTH SITES, AND THAT THEY ARE BEING DEVELOPED CONCURRENTLY AND SHOWING THAT THE TOTAL PROJECT TIMELINE FOR THE DUAL CAMPUS APPROACH. 
          UM, VIEWING THIS AS ONE COMPLETE PROJECT, UH, WE WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS IN A PARALLEL TRACK, AND WE WILL KICK OFF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IN MAY, UH, WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A MASTER PLAN. 
          AND THEN THE DESIGN, UH, WE ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ON THE SCHEDULE. 
          OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH WILL CONTINUE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, SO THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF ANY IMPACTS. 
          UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT A GROUNDBREAKING THAT A SCHEDULE FOR THE FALL OF 26 ON THE UNTD CAMPUS WITH AN OPENING, UM, IN EARLY 2028. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO FOR THE FUNDING STATUS, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE A PENDING COMMITMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION FROM THE STATE AFTER REVIEWING THIS CONCEPTUALS, UH, SITE CONCEPTUAL PLAN WITH OUR STATE STAKEHOLDERS WITH A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF OVER A HUNDRED MILLION. 
          SO THIS IS 10 MILLION MORE THAN WE WERE SHOWING IN OUR LAST PRESENTATION, TAKING US OVER THE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS MARK FOR FUNDING. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. 
          CHAIRMAN, MENDELSON, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES, ITEM B. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          IT IS, IT IS ON. 
          IT IS ON. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SO THIS REVISED PLAN IS A WINNER, AND IT'S READY FOR THE, THE COUNCIL, THE RESIDENTS, AND THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT IT. 
          THE ACADEMY IS ESSENTIAL, ESSENTIAL FOR OUR ABILITY TO HIRE, TRAIN, AND RETAIN OUR PROFESSIONAL POLICE FORCE. 
          THEIR SPECIFICS TO WORK OUT, AND I'LL MENTION A FEW OF THEM TODAY THAT ARE FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION AND FUTURE BRIEFINGS. 
          FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT IS FOR ME TO SHARE MY STRONG BELIEF THAT THE UNT FACILITY IN THE SECOND LOCATION FOR THE DRIVING TRACK, TACTICAL VILLAGE AND GUN RANGE BE DEVELOPED SIMULTANEOUSLY. 
          THESE ARE ESSENTIAL ASPECTS OF POLICING, AND WE MUST HAVE OFFICERS PREPARED FOR THE ROADWAY TO BE ABLE TO COMPETENTLY HANDLE THEIR WEAPON AND BE PREPARED TO ENTER BUILDINGS AND SEARCH SAFELY. 
          DETAILS MATTER, AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND CLASSROOMS STORAGE, THE SAFETY FOR THE CADETS AND OFFICERS THROUGH CONTROLLED ACCESS INTO THE BUILDINGS AND THE SITE. 
          WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE OPERATIONAL COSTS, AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE SITE WILL BE USED AND SCHEDULED FOR REGIONAL CAPACITY. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS ABOUT 
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FUNDING. 
          WE HAVE SECURED BOND FUNDS, STATE FUNDS, COMMUNITIES, FOUNDATION, AND SOME MONEY RAISED PRIVATELY. 
          BUT MUCH MORE IS NEEDED. 
          AND I HOPE PEOPLE WILL VIEW THIS PLAN AND INVEST IN THIS WORTHY EFFORT. 
          WE NEED TO CONSIDER IF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC DOLLARS NEED TO BE ADDED SO THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOT SLOWED DOWN. 
          I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO ASK THIS QUESTION IS, CAN THE CONSTRUCTION BE DONE IN STAGES? IS IT POSSIBLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTING THE BASIC AND, AND SECONDARILY DO IN SERVICE AND, UM, THE AUDITORIUM LAST SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT BASIC DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? COUNCIL MEMBER? THANK YOU. 
          I THINK THAT IS, THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT QUESTION AND FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS, UH, UPDATED PLAN. 
          UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE SITE RIGHT NOW. 
          AS YOU SAW, EACH BUILDING IS ITS OWN COMPONENT AND, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK THROUGH THE DELIVERY METHOD OF BOTH SITES. 
          AND THE FEASIBILITY PIECE WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'LL HAVE A LAYOUT, UM, BUT AS WE DEVELOP THE DESIGN, THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, ET CETERA, WE'LL BE DEVELOPING A PLAN TO DELIVER ALL OF THESE TRAINING COMPONENTS. 
          AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK ABOUT, UM, THE COMPLETE TRAINING JOURNEY. 
          AND, UM, AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH DPD LEADERSHIP, THE POLICE ASSOCIATIONS, UM, AND THE TRAINING TEAM TO PRIORITIZE WHAT THEY NEED WHEN IT, IF I COULD JUMP IN AS WELL. 
          AND, AND I KNOW THAT HE'LL SPEAK TO THE DESIGN PIECE. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEB, FOR THAT RESPONSE. 
          AND SO I THINK WHAT WE HEARD, UH, COUNCIL, UH, CHAIR MIDDLESTON, UM, AND TO THE COUNCIL IN OUR LAST CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS IS HOW IMPORTANT IT WOULD BE, UH, FOR US TO LOOK AT THIS NOT AS TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS, BUT AS ONE PROJECT IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES, AND HOW WE CAN BEGIN TO ADVANCE THAT. 
          SO THE TEAM IS ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE JUST REQUESTED. 
          UM, THAT'S WHY WE WANNA GO AHEAD AND BEGIN THAT FEASIBILITY WORK NOW TO WHERE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT THAT IS DOWN THE ROAD, BUT IT'S A PART OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AS SOON AS WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION FROM THE FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO PUT THAT PLAN IN PLACE, UM, AND BE ABLE TO ADDRESS EVEN YOUR COMMENTS AROUND THE ADDITIONAL FINANCING THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DO. 
          SO WE'LL COME BACK WITH A PLAN THAT SHOWS NOT ONLY THAT PIECE, BUT AS WELL AS KIND OF A FINANCE AND STRUCTURE THAT WE CAN GET COUNSEL ENGAGED ON VERY EARLY. 
          SO WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR GROUNDBREAKING AS PLANNED IN 2026. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO ALSO ANSWER THAT. 
          IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          DID YOU WANT TO, IT LOOKED, WERE YOU GONNA ALSO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? NO, I WAS JUST GONNA TO TRY TO ABOUT THE STAGING OF THE BUILDING SUPPORT THE SAME COMMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          AS FAR AS PINNING DOWN EXACTLY HOW WE CAN, UH, LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PHASE PARTS OF THE PROJECT. 
          WELL, I, I WOULD JUST EXPRESS THAT GETTING THE CADETS OUT OF OUR CURRENT FACILITY AND INTO THE NEW ONE SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY. 
          AND WHILE INSERVICE IS NOT GREAT SHAPE, IT'S NOT TERRIBLE SHAPE, IT'S NOT THE SAME SITUATION. 
          AND THINGS LIKE AN AUDITORIUM ARE A NICE TO HAVE, NOT A NEED TO HAVE. 
          AND SO, UM, I JUST HOPE THAT THOSE PRIORITIES WILL BE CONSIDERED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          PAUL BLACKMAN. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT LOUD ENOUGH? CAN YOU HEAR ME? PAULA . 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR . 
          OH, WELL THANK YOU. 
          AMER ALSO, THANK YOU AMARA, FOR GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, PROCESS. 
          UH, CHIEF, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO, CHIEF, UH, SOME QUESTION TO YOU. 
          HAVE YOU SPOKE TO THE ASSOCIATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT? IF SO, CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT THIS PROCESS? THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          YES, I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS AS WELL AS THE TEAM HAS. 
          UM, THEY ARE COMPLETELY ON BOARD. 
          UH, THEY LIKE THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT, THEIR CONCERNS, UH, INITIALLY THAT WERE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. 
          WE HAVE ADDRESSED THOSE CONCERNS. 
          UH, SO THEY'RE FULLY ON BOARD TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. 
          AND COULD SOMEONE, I THINK IT'S ON PAGE SEVEN, THE THE MOTHER PURPOSE CENTER. 
          CAN SOMEONE KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH THAT FACILITY? GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH. 
          ON THE MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INDOOR TRAINING, UM, AS IT KIND OF DESIGNATED THERE, THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT IS SUCH THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE A, AN INDOOR TRACK, 200 
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METER TRACK. 
          AND THEN AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM ELEMENTS THERE, WE'LL, UH, CONFIRM THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE OTHER FITNESS ACTIVITIES, WEIGHTS, UH, ACTUALLY EVEN A BASKETBALL COURT IN, IN THE MIDDLE. 
          SO THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, I CAN ALSO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. 
          SO IF, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO OUR BASIC ACADEMY, WE HAVE A MAT ROOM, IF YOU'VE SEEN, WITH ALL THE BLUE MATS OUT THERE. 
          SO A LOT OF DEFENSIVE TACTICS ARE DONE IN THAT SPACE. 
          AND AS YOU CAN TELL, OUR ACADEMY CLASSES ARE GROWING. 
          THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE WHERE WE CAN DO MUCH LARGER, UH, DEMONSTRATIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, HOW TO USE THE BATON OR GRAPPLING TECHNIQUES AND WHATNOT. 
          THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, AS DAN MENTIONED, IS OFF TO THE SIDE OF THOSE SPACES AROUND THAT, THAT MAT ROOM. 
          THERE COULD BE A CARDIOVASCULAR ROOM, THERE COULD BE A DOWN ROOM, A WELL, A MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS ROOM WHERE OFFICERS CAN, CAN KIND OF FOCUS AND, YOU KNOW, GET BACK ON TRACK. 
          UH, WE CAN DO WEIGHT ROOMS IN THOSE AREAS. 
          SO A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES FOR THIS SPACE TO INCLUDE. 
          UM, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE DO, UM, OUR AEROBIC ACTIVITY, THE WEATHER IS SOMEWHAT OF A CHALLENGE AT TIMES. 
          SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THE RUNNING INSIDE OF THAT SPACE SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE AEROBIC TRAINING. 
          AND ALSO, I SEE, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE MULTIP ROOM, I SEE MAYBE A LOOP TRACK OF 500 METERS. 
          IS THAT GONNA BE AT A SOFT TRACK? A HOW WOULD, I THINK AS WE GET FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE, SIR. 
          AND IT, IT ALSO WOULD HELP, UM, OUTSIDE. 
          SO YOU COULD HAVE A LONG RUN. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THAT, SO SODER FORD, WHAT ABOUT THE GRADUATION? YOU KNOW, WE GENERALLY HAD GRADUATION, YOU KNOW, CEREMONIES IS, THAT WOULD BE THE SAME FACILITY THERE. 
          WOULD THAT BE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN AUDITORIUM? THAT IS WHAT THE AUDITORIUM WOULD, WOULD BE FOCUSED ON, IS JUST A PLACE WHERE WE CAN HAVE OUR GRADUATIONS, AS YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER MONTH WE'RE HAVING TO KIND OF SEARCH OUT AND FIND GRADUATION SPACE TO HOST OUR GRADUATIONS. 
          BUT THIS ALSO GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT FOR, UH, OTHER CEREMONIES, PROMOTIONAL CEREMONIES. 
          UH, IF WE WERE TO HOST, UH, AGENCIES FROM AROUND THE, THE COUNTRY TO COME IN AND LOOK AT WHAT DPDS DOING, WE COULD HOLD SYMPOSIUMS THERE. 
          UH, BUT ALSO, AS DAN MENTIONED, WE COULD ALSO UTILIZE IT AS A COMMUNITY SPACE FOR, UM, MAYBE TRAUMATIC EVENTS OR, UH, PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND GET WARM OR MAYBE COME AND CHARGE THEIR PHONES, UH, IF THERE'S POWER OUT IN THE AREA. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES FOR THIS SPACE, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THESE NICE TO HAVES. 
          WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IT. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS IN ON THE TRAINING SPACE THAT WE NEED FIRST, AND THAT WILL BE A CLOSE SECOND. 
          AND I GET IS ANYONE FOR UNT HERE? COME ON DOWN. 
          WILL YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF PLEASE? GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME'S DR. WARREN VBA. 
          I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF UNT DALLAS. 
          OKAY. 
          QUESTION, WITH THIS TYPE OF FACILITY, AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, IN A MEETING, UH, WHAT IS YOUR FEELING? HOW DO Y'ALL WORK TOGETHER? HOW DO YOU BUILD A PARTNERSHIP WITH UNT, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET AND TALK TO, TO MANY OF YOU. 
          UM, SO MAYBE IF I CAN HAVE A FEW MOMENTS JUST TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S COME UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN. 
          LIKE, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? UM, WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS PARTNERSHIP LOOK LIKE? AND WHEN I CAME ON TO THIS ROLE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UH, AND WAS BRIEFED, UM, WHAT CAME UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN WAS THIS IDEA OF 21ST CENTURY POLICING, WHICH CAME FROM THE PRESIDENT'S TASK FORCE AS YOU, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, FROM 2015. 
          AND IN TAKING A LOOK AT THAT DOCUMENT, UM, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT, GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT THERE'S A, THERE WAS A STATE OF NEED AND MANY NATIONAL POLICE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATIONS WERE PART OF THAT TO REALLY ELEVATE, UH, THE TRAINING, UH, SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE ALL WANTED. 
          REALLY, I THINK THREE WERE RELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING HERE. 
          UM, ONE IS THAT TO INCREASE PAY TIED TO, UH, ADVANCED CREDENTIALS, WHICH I KNOW THIS CITY ALREADY DOES. 
          LOAN FORGIVENESS TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT TO GO INTO DEGREE PROGRAMS TO SEEK HIGHER EDUCATION. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY HAVE TUITION WAIVERS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE COURSES, BUT ALSO, UM, MAYOR JOHNSON, I, WHEN WE WERE AT THE, UH, KICKOFF, THE DESIGN KICKOFF, UH, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT SB 16 FROM 2020, 
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WHICH WAS A PEACE OFFICER LOAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT MANY, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF UP TO $20,000 OF LOAN FORGIVENESS. 
          THE PIECE THAT'S BEEN MISSING THAT CAME FROM THAT, UM, RECOMMENDATION, THAT TASK FORCE REPORT WAS A WAY TO STRENGTHEN CURRICULUM EVALUATION AND TRAINING BY HAVING POLICE ACADEMIES BOTH IN SERVICE AND BASIC ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. 
          AND SO FOR US, AND I THINK FOR THE CITY, THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING PARTNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY TO ELEVATE OUR POLICE TRAINING IN WAYS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH THE CITY, TO DALLAS POLICE AND TO THE UNIVERSITY. 
          SO ENHANCED VISIBILITY AND RECRUITMENT. 
          UM, IT, THIS IS SOMETHING I DON'T THINK MANY OTHER CITIES UNIVERSITIES ARE, ARE DOING. 
          UM, WE WANT TO HAVE THAT CO-LOCATION SO THAT OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRADUATES, UH, SENIORS CAN BE RECRUITED BY DALLAS POLICE, BY THE CITY OFFICIALS WHO ARE, WHO ARE THERE, UH, ADVANCED TRAINING AND EDUCATION. 
          SO WE'VE MAPPED, UH, CROSSWALKS AND CURRICULA SO THAT THE BASIC CADETS COULD EARN WORKFORCE CREDIT THAT CAN THEN COME INTO A DEGREE PROGRAM SIMILAR WITH THE IN-SERVICE. 
          UH, SO THAT THERE'RE, AND THEN I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT OUR FACULTY ARE PROVIDING THE ANALYSIS, THE EVALUATION, THE RESEARCH TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THE POLICING, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE WITHIN THE, AND ADVISING ON THE CURRICULUM, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, NOT ONLY IN THE TRAINING FACILITY IS STATE OF THE ART, BUT, UH, DOING RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EFFECTIVE POLICING LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE, UH, FORMER COUNCIL ONE, JENNIFER GATE, AND LIAM B WHICH ONE OF Y'ALL COME UP? I WANT TO ASK Y'ALL ABOUT FUNDING MECHANISM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THIS ACROSS THE LINE. 
          HELLO, JENNIFER GATES. 
          UM, I'M HERE WITH LYNN MCBEE, AND WE HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH HELPING WITH THE PRIVATE FUNDRAISING. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND OBVIOUSLY HEARD YOUR COMMENTS AT THE LAST BRIEFING. 
          WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW PLAN AS WELL. 
          IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE. 
          IT MEETS ALL THE NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. 
          UM, AND WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE THIS TO THE PRIVATE DONORS AS AN ENTIRE PACKAGE, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE, THE, UM, THE TACTICAL, UM, SITE OR THE, UH, THE DRIVING RANGE, UM, OR THE DRIVING TRACK AS WELL AS THE GUN RANGE. 
          WERE NEVER A PART OF THE ORIGINAL, UM, FACILITY THAT WAS GONNA BE AT, AT UNT. 
          UM, BUT NOW WE ARE MOVING THAT FORWARD AND WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING, UM, WHAT'S ON THE UNT CAMPUS AS WELL AS WHAT'S ON THE TACTICAL SITE OR THE TRAINING SITE AS WELL. 
          UM, ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS TOWARD TO PRIVATE DONORS SO THEY CAN HELP US WITH THAT FUNDRAISING. 
          UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBER MENON MENTIONED, I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA BE LARGER THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. 
          THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE PUBLIC FUNDING, BUT WE'RE GONNA OFFER IT TO THE PRIVATE FUNDERS AS WELL AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WITH YOUR PARTNERSHIPS, UNTS, UM, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS CRUCIAL FOR OUR CITY. 
          WE ALL KNOW THAT, UM, THE SUCCESS OF, OF ALL COMPONENTS OF THE CITY STARTS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THIS IS GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP US, JUST MAKE US A SAFER CITY, UH, AND IMPROVE THE TRAINING FACILITIES, HELP US RECRUIT WITHIN RETAINMENT. 
          UM, AND I'M EX AND I'M EXCITED THAT WE'VE NOW COME UP AND KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS PAUSE WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE COULD FIT ALL THE COMPONENTS ON AND, AND HOW IT'S GONNA LOOK AND, AND WITH YOUR AGREEMENT AND WITH, UM, I THINK THE LEASE IS GONNA COME FORWARD WITH THAT SIGNED. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE READY. 
          WE'VE GOTTEN, HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY SECURED SOME FUNDING, PRIVATE FUNDING, AND WE'VE HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH OTHER BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND FOUNDATIONS. 
          SO I THINK IF THERE'S, UH, THE SIGN OFF ON THIS ENTIRE PROJECT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES OF PRIVATE FUNDING AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH, UM, SUCCESS STORIES AND, YOU KNOW, WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF, OF REALLY HITTING THE GROUND HARD WITH THIS NEW PLAN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY HAD A GOOD POSSIBILITY OF NAMING RIGHT ON SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS, ESPECIALLY A TRACK, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE MAVERICKS, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE STARS, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE COWBOYS. 
          I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF NAMING RIGHTS ON LOOSE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, SO SPORTS, YOU KNOW, SO PUT IT OUT THERE. 
          UM, I GUESS I THINK ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE MENTIONED, UH, DOING BOTH SITES AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO 
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CAN YOU, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN YOU TRYING TO BUILD A A, A DRIVING RANGE OR DRIVING TRACK, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE FACILITIES, UH, ENGINEERS, UH, DWS TRANSPORTATION IN-HOUSE, UH, PRO UH, ORGANIZATION INSIDE THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT CAN DO THAT. 
          WE CAN MOVE DIRT, WE CAN DO STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          SO IS THIS, IT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE BUILD STREETS, WHATEVER, WE CAN'T DO IT AT THE SAME TIME, WE STILL CAN MOVE IT. 
          SO CAN YOU KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT? WE CAN DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          UM, AS YOU SAW ON THE TIMELINE, UM, SCHEDULE, IT'S REALLY OUR INTENT TO CARRY THIS AS ONE PROJECT AND TWO SITES. 
          SO, UM, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND SELECTING THE SITE IS THE FIRST PART OF IT, AND THEN SPENDING SOME TIME DOING THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING NOW WITH MASTER PLANNING THE SITE. 
          AND THEN, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING PARALLEL TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, UM, ON THE UNT SITE. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS POSSIBLE AND, UM, IT IT'LL BE A MATTER OF JUST WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF WHICH PROJECTS OR WHICH COMPONENTS OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, PROJECTS HAVE PRIORITY, UM, AS WE WORK WITH DPD LEADERSHIP ON THAT. 
          AND AGAIN, OUR INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE WE MOVE, UM, THE NEW RECRUITS AND THE IN-SERVICE, UM, FOLKS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO WHERE THEY COULD BEGIN TRAINING AT AT NEW FACILITIES. 
          AND, AND CHIEF I GO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRYING TO DO BOTH SITES AT THE SAME TIME, HAVE YOU TALKED TO YOUR ASSOCIATION AND SEE HOW THIS CAN MOVE THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DOING THIS SITE, DOING THAT SITE, THERE IS A TIMEFRAME TRYING TO GET TO THE OTHER SITE, WHATEVER. 
          WHEN YOU DISCUSS THAT, WHAT WOULD THE RESPOND BACK TO YOU IF WE CAN DO THIS TOGETHER TO MOVE FORWARD? SO I'M WILLING TO TRY TO SAY WE NEED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD FAST AS WE CAN. 
          UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU MAYOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO THE STATE TO HELP US GET THIS CROSS WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS AND, UM, THE UNT DOLLARS IN THE CITY AS A PARTNERSHIP, BECAUSE THIS WOULD NEVER GO FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THE MAYOR LEADERSHIP TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD COMMUNICATION DOWN IN AUSTIN. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE GOT, WE GOTTA BUILD A PARTNERSHIP AND THEY SAID, AS LONG AS WE BUILD A PARTNERSHIP, THEY GONNA BE ALL IN. 
          SO I GOTTA PUT A QUESTION TO YOU CHIEF. 
          I GO, ARE YOU GONNA BUILD A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUR ASSOCIATION THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AS WELL. 
          AND EVERY INTENT FROM THIS TEAM THAT'S SITTING UP HERE TODAY, UM, WE PLAN ON MOVING THOSE TANDEMLY TOGETHER. 
          UM, AS DISCUSSED, IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          UM, IT'S IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO THE TEAM UP HERE, BUT ALSO OUR OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE FACILITIES WHERE WE'RE AT NOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND GET 'EM INTO THOSE NEW FACILITIES. 
          AND I GUESS A QUESTION TO YOU, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT MONEY. 
          UH, WE ARE THE POLICY MAKERS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET. 
          UM, UM, UM, I PROBABLY WILL NOT BE HERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BREAK THE DIRT, BUT I WILL HOPE I GET INVITED TO TURN THE DIRT A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT ON THE BUDGET AND ON THE PROPOSAL COMING UP, HAVE YOU REALLY DUG DOWN AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS OPTION THAT WE NEED, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE FUND THIS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO THE SAME TIME. 
          SO WHEN WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE US AN ANSWER THAT, HEY, UM, THIS IS A FORECAST, OR HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE START THIS PROJECT, WE'RE NOT GONNA HIT A HEAT CUT? AND ALSO, JENNIFER, YOU WITH A FUNDRAISER, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE HEAT CUTS SAY, HEY, WE GOTTA PAUSE THE BREAK. 
          SO WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE START TURN THAT DIRT, WE CAN GO FORWARD AND WE DO HAVE THE FUND AND, AND, AND THE BUDGET TO GET IT DONE. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UH, MAYOR PRO TIM ATKINSON, I THINK WHAT YOU'VE HEARD IS THAT THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE, UM, TO FINE TUNE THE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING SO WE CAN BEGIN TO DEVELOP NOW THOSE REMAINING PIECES. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE FINANCIAL PLAN IS GOING TO BE KEY. 
          UM, THE FEASIBILITY IS GOING TO HELP INFORM THAT, AND THEN WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF COMING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          I KNOW THAT I, I'D HEARD THIS ALSO FROM, UH, THE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY COUNCIL IN MIDDLESTON. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE WE EVEN BEGIN TO TURN THE DIRT, THAT WE HAVE THAT FINANCING PLAN IN PLACE. 
          SO MY COMMITMENT IS, IS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FEASIBILITY COMPONENTS, UM, WORKING DIRECTLY WITH, UM, THE 
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PROFESSIONAL, UH, DESIGN TEAM THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED AS WELL AS OUR FUNDRAISING PARTNERS, THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO NAIL DOWN HERE VERY SOON AND WHAT ADDITIONAL FINANCING THAT WE NEED. 
          THEN WE'RE GONNA BE COMING TO COUNCIL AND SHARING WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, UH, IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS. 
          SO JUST KNOW THAT THAT IS A PART OF, UH, HOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR THE DELIVERY, UH, OF BEING ABLE TO START STARTING IN 2026. 
          SO, AND WE GONNA KEEP ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDRAISING SUPPORT, SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO STOP ONCE WE GET THE PLAN IN PLACE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND GOOD LUCK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I, I WOULD SAY I'M NOT AS THRILLED AS WHAT, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS, UH, JUST SAID. 
          I, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HOLES IN THIS PLAN, AND I'M, I'M CURIOUS TO WONDER WHY THE SPEED FEELS LIKE IT'S BEING SHOVED DOWN OUR THROAT. 
          UM, WE HEARD FEEDBACK AND I THINK THAT THERE IS, UH, SOME VALID CONCERN. 
          UM, I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF ON, UM, WHAT ANALYSIS HAS BEEN GIVEN TO OTHER, UM, PARCELS OF LAND AND WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE COMPARISON. 
          UM, BECAUSE WITH AN INVESTMENT IN A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE, I, I, I DON'T KNOW HISTORICALLY WHEN YOU CAN POINT TO GIVING THE COUNCIL ONE UNILATERAL DECISION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE WITHOUT US HAVING THE ABILITY TO ANALYZE WHAT IS MOST FEASIBLE. 
          THANK YOU, YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UM, DEPUTY MAYOR, I PUT 10 , I'LL START WITH THIS. 
          UH, MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SITTING THERE, UH, NOW, UM, WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN AND HOW WE MOVE IT FORWARD, NOT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT START AT THIS WORK. 
          UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, THE EXPLORATION, THE EXPLORATION PERIOD OF WHAT WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT FOR POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOR A POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY ACTUALLY DATES BACK TO THE 1990S. 
          AND THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WERE REVIEWED FROM A FEASIBILITY STANDPOINT, UH, FROM, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN AND OUT OF A POTENTIAL SITE THAT THOSE THINGS WERE DONE, UH, BACK DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. 
          AND THAT THERE WERE OPTIONS, UH, BROUGHT, UH, TO THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR DISCUSSION SINCE 2022. 
          UM, THIS OPTION IS THE ONE THAT HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND DISCUSSED, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, THAT THAT'S WHEN THIS POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP DISCUSSION BEGAN WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS TO DO IT ON THEIR CAMPUS AND BE ABLE TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT IT WOULD STILL COMPLEMENT, UM, THE, UM, THE EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE THAT ACADEMIA SIDE BUILDING THE PIPELINE SIDE AND BEING ABLE TO DO IT IN PARTNERSHIP. 
          BUT I DO WANNA JUST MAKE SURE TO NOTE THAT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IN ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE READ, THAT SITE REVIEWS BEGAN BACK IN THE NINETIES AND THERE WERE OPTIONS BROUGHT, MAYBE NOT TO THIS CURRENT BODY, BUT THAT HAS BEEN WORK THAT'S HAPPENED OVER SEVERAL YEARS. 
          WELL, AS A MEMBER OF THIS CURRENT BODY, I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ANY OF THOSE AND ANALYZE, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST RETURN OF OUR INVESTMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS SITE. 
          I HAVE QUESTIONS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE ANSWERED, AND I THINK LEGAL IS LOOKING INTO IT, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S A LAYER OF BUREAUCRACY THAT WE ARE VOLUNTARILY ADDING TO THIS PROCESS WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE A RESOURCE TO AN AGENCY THAT IS A LOCAL AGENCY THAT ANSWERS TO US. 
          UH, ONE IN PARTICULAR, AND I TESTIFIED DOWN IN AUSTIN AGAINST THE DEI BAN ON HIGHER EDUCATION CAMPUSES, SPECIFICALLY, I BELIEVE, UH, DEI PROGRAMS WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY POLICING. 
          THE 21ST CENTURY POLICING THAT WE ARE PROMOTING, THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A CENTER OF, UH, I THINK WOULD BE SOMEWHAT HAMSTRUNG. 
          I, UH, DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE ADDING A LAYER OF BUREAUCRACY. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND, AND, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE RELATIONSHIP MOVING FORWARD OF US BEING A GROUND LEASE HOLDER TO LAND THAT IS HIGHLY REGULATED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE. 
          SO CAN ANYONE TAP INTO THAT QUESTION AND CONCERN? UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND FOR, FOR THAT QUESTION, UM, WE DID, UM, YOU KNOW, SEEK SOME, UM, LEGAL OPINIONS WITH RESPECT TO, UM, WHAT LEVEL OF AUTONOMY WE WOULD HAVE, UM, ON THE SITE. 
          AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL BE COVERED THROUGH THE LEASING DOCUMENTS. 
          UM, THERE'S, UM, POTENTIALLY A, A SMALL GRAY AREA WITH RESPECT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE BUILDING, BUT AGAIN, THOSE FACILITIES ARE OUR FACILITIES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL ADVISE US WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD, WE WOULD HAVE AUTONOMY FOR THAT PORTION OF THE, OF THE UNT CAMPUS. 
          AND I DO WANNA NOTE THAT THE LEASE 
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PIECE, UM, UM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM, UM, IS NOT YET COMPLETE. 
          I KNOW THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S, UM, OFFICE IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UM, THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE UNIVERSITY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO BRING BACK. 
          SO YOU HAVEN'T APPROVED ANYTHING YET AS IT RELATES TO THE GROUND LEASE, AND THERE'LL BE SOME PROVISIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH. 
          I THINK THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT MAYBE COME TO THE BODY FOR DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE ON APRIL THE NINTH. 
          SO YOU DON'T HAVE THAT LEASE, UM, AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU AS OF YET. 
          RESPECTFULLY, I'D LIKE FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEYS TO BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN WITH MORE DEFINITIVE RESPONSES THAN GRAY AREA OR SHOULD BECAUSE, UH, I, I, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THERE IS, UH, A LOT OF GRAY AREA UNTIL WE'VE SEEN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, UM, GIVE, UH, AN AN OPINION. 
          AND, UM, AND I THINK THAT AT THAT POINT IT'S GONNA BE TOO LATE. 
          I, AGAIN, DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD PUT OURSELVES IN THE POSITION TO WHERE THAT'S GONNA BE A PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          UM, AGAIN, I'D LOVE TO SEE OTHER, UH, UM, PARCELS OF LAND THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, IDENTIFIED TO ME. 
          I FEEL WE ARE BEING PUT, THIS IS BEING PUSHED DOWN OUR THROAT FOR A SPECIFIC SITE UNILATERALLY BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN STRONG ARMED, ESSENTIALLY, UH, WITH MONEY THAT IS TIED TO A CERTAIN GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. 
          UM, WITH THAT, I THINK THAT WE'VE ALSO SEEN, UH, THE RESPONSE FROM OUR ASSOCIATIONS TO BE MUCH MORE OF AN APPEASEMENT, UM, CHIEF THAN, THAN THEM TRULY BEING EXCITED ABOUT THIS BEING THE BEST THAT WE COULD DO WITH AN INVESTMENT THIS LARGE AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          I WOULD HOPE THAT WHAT WE WERE DOING IS LOOKING AT THIS BEING A ONCE IN A LIFETIME. 
          WE'RE GONNA DO THIS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO INCLUDE CONCESSIONS FROM TALKING TO THE, THE ASSOCIATIONS. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE THESE FINAL PLANS ALL ARE INCLUSIVE OF CONCESSIONS ON WHAT THEY WOULD VIEW, VIEW AS A, UH, UH, A NUMBER ONE BEST CLASS, UH, UM, HIGH CLASS, UH, FACILITY. 
          THE $5 MILLION THAT Y'ALL HAVE CITED HERE, AND THAT I'VE SEEN, THE EXTRA 5 MILLION DO DOLLARS THAT OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS PROMISED WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET THAT WAS PASSED RECENTLY AT THE SENATE LEVEL. 
          AS ANY, CAN ANYBODY WEIGH IN TO WHY WE CONTINUE TO TELL THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE THIS $5 MILLION THAT I UNDERSTAND HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC BY OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, BUT WHY ISN'T THAT ON INK AND WHAT'S BEING PASSED DOWN AT THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW? SO IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, YOU'RE ASKING STAFF THE $5 MILLION THAT WAS COMMITTED ADDITIONALLY BY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, WHY HASN'T THAT BEEN PUT IN INC. 
          IS IS THAT THE QUESTION? THEY'VE THEY'VE ALREADY PASSED A BUDGET AT THE SENATE MM-HMM . 
          SIDE OF THE LEGISLATURE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS OVER THAT CHAMBER DOWN IN AUSTIN. 
          I WOULD FEEL A LOT BETTER IN TELLING THE PUBLIC AND EVEN BELIEVING MYSELF THAT WE'RE COUNTING ON $5 MILLION, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, A STICKING POINT TO THE, UH, SPECIFIC LOCATION THAT WE ARE, UH, UM, UH, PUTTING THIS PLAN FORWARD TO. 
          UH, THAT'S NOT THE CASE NOW. 
          IT'S NOT INCLUSIVE IN INCLUDED. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW, UH, AN UPDATE ON WHY Y'ALL ARE SO CONFIDENT TO PUT THIS ON PAPER TO THE PUBLIC AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WHEN WE HAVE NO ASSURANCE THAT THIS MONEY HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ALLOCATED. 
          SO I, I'LL JUST ADDRESS THAT. 
          UM, THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAVE BEEN A PART OF WITH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, UM, WAS ABOUT THAT ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION THAT WAS VERBALLY COMMITTED IN OCTOBER OF 2024. 
          AND IN THAT CONVERSATION THAT WAS, UM, MENTIONED AGAIN BECAUSE WE BROUGHT IT UP AS, UM, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD HOW THAT WAS GOING TO FLOW AND THE RESPONSE WAS, UM, DEVELOPING IT INTO, UM, A BUDGET REQUEST AND THAT HE WOULD COME BACK AND SHARE THAT WITH US MORE DIRECTLY. 
          WE HAVE SINCE FOLLOWED UP IN WRITING WITH THE LETTER THAT WENT BACK TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LAST WEEK WITH THAT NUMBER INCLUDED, ASKING FOR THAT TO BE CONFIRMED. 
          THAT LETTER, I BELIEVE, JUST WENT OUT LAST FRIDAY, AND WE CAN DEFINITELY COME BACK AND SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THE RESPONSE AS SOON AS IT IS RECEIVED. 
          BUT THERE WAS A LETTER SENT BACK IN FOLLOW UP, NOT ONLY FOR THAT AMOUNT, BUT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION ON TOP OF THAT FIVE. 
          SO WE HAVE PUT THAT IN WRITING AND WE'RE WAITING ON A WRITTEN RESPONSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I THINK THAT THAT SLIDE NUMBER 11 DESERVES AN EXTRA ASTERISK THAT, THAT WE ARE WAITING ON CONFIRMATION FOR THIS MONEY AND NOT THAT IT'S COUNTED ON. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, I, I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS IS NOT A ONE-STOP SHOP. 
          I DON'T LOVE, AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST PIECE OF FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HEARD FROM OUR POLICE ASSOCIATIONS. 
          UM, IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS PIECEMEALED AND IT'S DONE SO BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT WE ARE, UM, UH, BEING HELD FROM MONEY THAT IS TIED TO A SPECIFIC LOCATION. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THIS LOCATION. 
          I'LL COME BACK FROM AROUND TWO. 
          MAYOR, I DO WANNA JUST MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THAT AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SENTIMENTS AROUND THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS. 
          UM, 
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I THINK IN THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WE HAVE WORKED, UM, NOT IN ANY THREATENING WAY OR ANY TYPE OF, UM, YOU USED THE WORD CONCESSION. 
          IT'S REALLY BEEN ABOUT, UM, WHAT WAS COMMITTED TO IN 2022, WHAT IS IT THAT WE KNOW WAS NOT INCLUDED THAT WE KNOW IS IMPORTANT STILL FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AND HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO DELIVER WHAT THE COMMITMENT WAS, AS WELL AS THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE NEVER INCORPORATED. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THE PLAN HAS BEEN PRESENTED THE WAY THAT IT HAS, THE ADDITIONAL, UM, PIECES THAT ARE NOW BEING, UH, LABELED UNDER THE, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX WERE THINGS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN 2022 WHEN THAT COMMITMENT WAS MADE, UM, BY NOT ONLY, UM, THE FORMER POLICE CHIEF, BUT IN THE COMMUNICATION THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW AND SEE, THAT WENT BACK TO THE STATE. 
          SO IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, IT'S REALLY BEEN ABOUT HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE THINGS THAT DO MATTER TO THEM THE MOST, THAT THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN BUILT INTO THE PLAN, NOT FROM A THREATENING WAY, BUT JUST SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT THEIR COLLABORATION AND THEIR INPUT IS INCORPORATED. 
          AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU OFFLINE AND EVEN SIT BACK DOWN WITH THOSE SAME PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE SAYING, UM, HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, WOULD LOVE TO BE IN THE ROOM SO I CAN TALK THROUGH THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE HEARD FROM THOSE GROUPS LAST WEEK, IF THERE'S SOMETHING ADDITIONALLY THAT WE HAVE MISSED OR THAT WE ARE MISSING, WE DEFINITELY WANNA UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS. 
          FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I, YEAH, I THINK IN TALKING TO THE ASSOCIATIONS AND THINKING ABOUT IT, WOULDN'T IT BE IDEAL IF WE HAD A BLANK CANVAS TO HAVE ONE BIG CAMPUS THAT HAD POLICE AND FIRE TOGETHER WITH OUR RECRUIT TRAINING AND THEN OUR ONGOING TRAINING AND JUST HAD ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL LOCATION. 
          BUT I THINK THE REALITY IS, AND I THINK THERE'S EVEN BEEN SOME THINKING AROUND THAT, ABOUT WHAT THE ACREAGE WOULD INVOLVE, WHAT THE EXPENSE OF THAT WOULD INVOLVE, WHAT THE LOCATION WOULD BE. 
          AND SO GIVEN THAT, THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT AND PROBABLY SET US BACK, I THINK WE ARE WHERE WE ARE. 
          AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE, THE HISTORY THAT THE CITY MANAGER REFERENCED. 
          I MEAN THE, THE LOOKING AT SITES BACK TO THE NINETIES. 
          UH, SO, UM, IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION NOW. 
          I LIKE THE WAY THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED ONE PROJECT WITH TWO LOCATIONS AND, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OGGI DID AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT, I WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. 
          I WANNA SEE IT HAPPEN THE RIGHT WAY, BUT I DO, I DO WANNA SEE IT HAPPEN. 
          I THINK WE'VE GOTTA HAVE MORE URGENCY. 
          SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          ONE IS ON THE FEASIBILITY EFFORT. 
          SO IT WAS SOUNDING LIKE THAT IS RELATED TO THE SITE SELECTION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX, IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT ELSE WOULD GO INTO THAT FIVE MONTH STUDY? UM, UH, THANK YOU, UM, FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          THE, THE FEASIBILITY EFFORT IS REALLY FOCUSED ON SITE SELECTION AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED CAN BE PUT ON A PARTICULAR SITE. 
          UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, THE EVOC, UM, UH, VEHICLE TRAINING NEEDS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ACREAGE. 
          THE CER THE CURRENT, UH, EVOC IS ABOUT 10 ACRES. 
          UM, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS BEST PRACTICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IT PROBABLY NEEDS MORE THAN THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE, THE RIGHT SIZE FOR A GUN RANGE? WHAT IS THE RIGHT SIZE FOR OUR TACTICAL VILLAGE? UM, POTENTIALLY A TACTICAL VILLAGE THAT CAN BE FLEXIBLE TO LOOK AT SCENARIOS, NOT JUST ENVISION TODAY, BUT INTO THE FUTURE. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANNA DO IS FOCUS THAT EFFORT, UM, ON SITE SELECTION SO THAT WE CAN THEN SAY, HERE IS A SITE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE ACREAGE AND THE FOOTPRINTS THAT ARE NEEDED WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF TOPOGRAPHY, UM, ET CETERA. 
          AND THEN, UM, TAKE THAT SITE AND, UH, AND BEGIN TO MASTER PLAN IT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE, WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. 
          WELL, AND I THINK IN ALONG THAT LINE, I'M HEARING THINGS ABOUT A BASKETBALL COURT AND SOME OTHER THINGS, AN AUDITORIUM FOR GRADUATIONS THAT I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY AND WHAT KIND OF ACCESS WE HAVE TO THEIR FACILITIES. 
          I JUST DON'T WANNA SEE DUPLICATION IF WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE DUPLICATION. 
          I KNOW THEY'VE GOT BASKETBALL COURTS. 
          I KNOW THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AMPHITHEATER. 
          I MEAN, IS THAT, DOES THAT FACTOR IN OR HAS THE UNIVERSITY INDICATED WE COULD COUSE THAT SPACE? UM, THEY ACTUALLY ARE IN THE PROCESS OVER, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR, THEIR PLAN TO GROW THE UNIVERSITY AND THEIR CAMPUS. 
          UH, THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE FACILITIES RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO, UH, WE'D BE PARTNERING WITH THEM IN SOME ASPECT ON THOSE FACILITIES, UM, IN, IN WHATEVER TIME WE'RE NOT USING THEM TO ALLOW TO ALLOW THEM TO USE THEM AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ONE OTHER THING THAT I, I NOTICED IN THIS IS THAT 634 PARKING SPACES IS A LOT OF SURFACE PARKING. 
          AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE HEAR FROM OUR ASSOCIATIONS IS ABOUT HOUSING 
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AND WE HAVE THAT IMPERATIVE CITYWIDE ANYWAY. 
          AND SO THE ABILITY TO RECRUIT, AND I WOULD THINK THIS COULD BE A POWERFUL TOOL, IS IF YOU HAD THAT COMPONENT AS WELL. 
          AND WE'VE GOT, UH, WE JUST PASSED A BOND WITH A HOUSING COMPONENT. 
          WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER TOOLS THAT HAVE HOUSING COMPONENTS. 
          AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE SURFACE PARKING THAT WE'VE GOT AND HOW, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO GROUND FLOOR OR TWO FLOOR, AND I DON'T LOVE A PARKING GARAGE, BUT IF WE'RE USING OUR SPACE EFFICIENTLY, MAYBE WE HAVE TO JUST PARK IN GARAGE IT. 
          UM, BUT TO OPEN UP SOME SPACE WHERE WE COULD HAVE THAT COMPONENT SO THAT IF SOMEONE IS HERE FOR THEIR 10 MONTHS OF TRAINING AND THEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS OF FIELD, THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR THEM WHERE THEY'RE, THEY CAN LIVE ON SITE. 
          YOU KNOW, JUST TO, TO ANSWER THAT, THAT ISSUE THAT WE KNOW IS ONE OF THE HURDLES, BARRIERS OR ISSUES THAT EXISTS. 
          IS THAT BEING DISCUSSED? A HOUSING COMPONENT? UM, YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, WE DID, WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT, UM, THIS NEED FOR HOUSING. 
          UM, IT'S CERTAINLY COME INTO DISCUSSIONS RECENTLY AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT AS A, AS A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE CAN THINK THROUGH AND, AND, UM, MAYBE INCLUDE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX OR THINK ABOUT WHAT'S THE ADJACENCIES TO HOUSING, UM, AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT SECOND FACILITY ALSO. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT, UM, ENVISIONED IN PREVIOUS PLANS, BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UM, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RECENTLY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT I'M THINKING IS THINKING ABOUT MINIMIZING THE SURFACE PARKING AND HOW YOU KNOW, THAT SPACE CAN BE USED BETTER, WHETHER IT WORKS WITH CLASSROOM ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR AND PARKING ABOVE, SO THAT WE CAN FREE UP SOME OF THE OTHER SPACE OR USE SOME OF THIS OTHER SPACE TO JUST BRING THAT, THAT COMPONENT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU CHAIRMAN STEWART. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, SO THE WORDS THAT COME TO MIND FOR ME ARE, I AM INCREDIBLY RELIEVED, , WHERE I WAS EARLY IN, EARLY MARCH, UM, WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED, WAS, UM, WAS A BAD PLACE TO SAY THE LEAST. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT INTO THIS. 
          I'M VERY RELIEVED TO SEE THAT OUR RECRUITING, UH, FACILITIES AND OUR IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER ARE ALL GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH BUILT AND IN THE SAME LOCATION. 
          UM, AND WE'RE NOT DOING A PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT. 
          'CAUSE THIS DOES FEEL A LITTLE BIT LIKE A PHASE TWO FOR EVOC AND GUN RANGE. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY, I AM VERY GRATEFUL, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN THIS, UM, IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS AND I THINK OTHERS' CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, NOT PRIORITIZING THE NEW RECRUIT FACILITY. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT WAS REALLY A CRITICAL PIECE AND I BELIEVE, AS OUR MAYOR SAID, A PROMISE THAT WE MADE, UM, TO OUR, UM, TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, I WILL JUST SAY I TOO HAVE DONE SOME DIGGING AND FOUND THE 1991 PLANS THANKS TO TIP HOUSE RIDE AND OMNIPLAN. 
          UM, SO THIS, THESE IDEAS HAVE BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          I ASK AROUND WHY DID WE, YOU KNOW, GET THIS FAR IN THE PLANNING OF, IN 1991, BUT DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD? AND I THINK IT WAS A FUNDING ISSUE. 
          AND SO, UM, PLANS GOT SHELVED AND, UM, IT, IT GOT PUT ON THE BACK BURNER FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND THAT'S TOO BAD. 
          SO, UM, THAT, THAT TO ME WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A LESSON LET LESSON LEARNED. 
          LET'S NOT DO THAT. 
          LET'S NOT GET INTO THIS PROCESS AND GET DISTRACTED AND, UM, LET'S STAY FOCUSED. 
          AND I THINK WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AND OUR FUNDING PARTNERS, UM, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD BE GOOD ON THAT. 
          SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE TIMELINE. 
          UM, SO DO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE CAN GET CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, UM, PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED IN A YEAR AND THAT WE WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON THOSE BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR? SO YES, WE DO. 
          SO WE WERE, UM, REALLY WANTING TO GET THROUGH TODAY, MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THIS WAS DIRECTION THAT WE WERE GONNA GO MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND THEN WE NEED TO FINALIZE THE PROGRAMMING JUST AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, IT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF SIGNING OFF ON, ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW MM-HMM . 
          AND THEN WE'LL BE MOVING INTO THE DESIGN SO THAT WE CAN GET THE, UM, GROUNDBREAKING GOING AND NEXT FALL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX, WE HAVE A REALLY LONG PERIOD FOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. 
          AND I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. 
          I'M SORRY ABOUT THE LONG, OH, THERE'S JUST A LONG PERIOD FOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FROM, SO THAT A PORTION OF THAT 
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DOES INCLUDE PROCUREMENT FOR, UM, TO HAVE TO BRING SOMEBODY ON BOARD. 
          AND IT ALSO INCLUDES A PORTION FOR MASTER PLANNING. 
          SO THE INTENT IS, UH, THE PROCUREMENT WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF BOTH OF THOSE. 
          SO WE'LL ONLY HAVE TO DO PROCUREMENT ONCE AND ONCE THE MASTER PLAN, UH, PROGRAMMING'S COMPLETED, WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO DESIGN. 
          SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE, BUT IT'S JUST ONE PHASE OR ONE COMPONENT OF THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          VERSUS MULTIPLE. 
          I, I JUST DON'T WANT US TO TREAD WATER ON THIS ONE TRYING TO, BECAUSE WE'RE SO FOCUSED ON THE OTHER. 
          I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO KEEP TWO, TWO PROJECTS MOVING, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE GOAL. 
          UM, AND LET ME CONFIRM. 
          DO WE, DOES THE CITY OF DALLAS OWN THE LAND THAT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT EVOK AND, UH, GUN RANGE? SO WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, AT A COUPLE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, BUT ALL OF THEM ARE OWNED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS BACK. 
          UH, I CAN TELL THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME MOVEMENT, BUT I'M STILL NOT, I'M STILL KIND OF UNCLEAR OF HOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DECISION WHEN ON SLIDE FOUR YOU HAVE THE PRICES, TBD, UH, AND I'M TRYING TO BUILD A HOUSE AND PRICES KEEP GOING UP EVERY TIME. 
          AND SO I'M WANTING TO HEAR HOW, AND USING THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS ON SOMETHING WITH THE PRICE BEING TBD THOUGHTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMAN. 
          UM, AS WE'VE NOTED IN THE PRESENTATION SO FAR, WE, UM, WE HAVE FUNDING ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION. 
          UM, SO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE CAN PROGRESS DESIGN, UM, FOR A, A LARGE AMOUNT OF THIS FACILITY. 
          UM, CERTAINLY AS WE LOOKED AT THE, UM, AT THE ORIGINAL, UM, ANTICIPATION OF 140 MILLION, UM, BACK IN 20, UM, 21, 20 22 TIMEFRAME FOR, FOR SOME OF THESE COMPONENTS, NOT ALL OF THEM. 
          AND SO, UM, CERTAINLY THERE, THERE IS MORE NEED TO DO SOME WORK ON OUR FUND, OUR COMPLETE FUNDING STRATEGY, BUT WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE COSTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE COMING DOWN. 
          SO WE THINK THAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO, THE PRUDENT THING TO DO IS TO PROGRESS FORWARD ON THE PLANNING AND THE DESIGN ASPECTS AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK OUR FUNDING STRATEGY DURING THE FEASIBILITY PROCESS AND, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH ADDITIONAL DESIGN WORK ON, ON THE UNT CAMPUS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A HUNDRED MILLION, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT FOR THE UNTD FACILITY, AND SO IT'S REALLY NOT TBD, IT'S ACTUALLY THAT IS OUR CAP. 
          'CAUSE IN OTHER WORDS, I'M, WHAT I'M SEEING IN LOOKING AT ALL THE TIMELINES TO A YEAR IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WITH MASTER PLANNING AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGNING WITH PROCUREMENT. 
          I, I I, I'M SORRY. 
          I'VE BEEN AROUND CITY HALL LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT IT TAKES A YEAR TO GET PAPERCLIPS. 
          OKAY. 
          WE, WE, WE WE'RE CHANGING . 
          I'M, I MEAN, I'M, I'M JUST BEING REALISTIC. 
          NO, AND WE'VE HEARD, I MEAN, I'VE LITERALLY BEEN AROUND HERE WHEN THE CADILLAC HEIGHTS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE TRAINING ACADEMY. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU, YOU, TO ME, YOU CAN'T SAY T-B-D-T-B-D, BUT OH, IT'S GONNA BE A HUNDRED MILLION. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S HOW MUCH WE HAVE WHEN IT'S REALLY GONNA BE PROBABLY NORTH OF 200 MILLION. 
          AND SO LET'S JUST BE HONEST AND REALISTIC HERE. 
          AND, AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED A FACILITY THAT WORKS. 
          AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE PUTTING OURSELF IN A BOX AND SAYING, WELL, WE HAVE THIS MONEY, SO WE HAVE TO DO THIS, WE HAVE THIS MONEY, SO WE HAVE TO DO THAT. 
          IT'S ALMOST LIKE, LET'S DECIDE WHAT WE WANT AND LET'S DO IT. 
          AND IF IT MEANS GIVING SOMETHING BACK, THEN WE MAY HAVE TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK. 
          BUT WE'VE BEEN WAITING WAY TOO LONG. 
          I THINK THERE WAS AN 85 BOND THAT ACTUALLY BOUGHT SOME LAND A WHILE BACK, LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS WAY TOO LONG. 
          AND I JUST FEEL THERE'S A SQUARE GOING INTO A ROUND HOLE. 
          AND I JUST THINK THAT'S MY, I MEAN, THAT IS MY FEELING HERE. 
          AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF A, OF AN ACADEMY 'CAUSE I'VE WALKED IT. 
          AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I THINK IT IS PRETTY BAD SHAPE. 
          IT'S NOT SOME, IT IS BAD. 
          IT, I WOULDN'T WANNA GO TO A COLLEGE IN THAT KIND OF SETTING, MUCH LESS A TRAINING ACADEMY AND YOU DESERVE IT. 
          BUT THE THING IS, IS WE DESERVE TO DO IT RIGHT. 
          AND IF WE WANNA BE A REGIONAL, A, A REGIONAL, A NORTH STAR AND BRING PEOPLE IN, THEN I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE THAT AND NOT TRY TO FIT SOMETHING IN A SPACE BECAUSE THERE'S AN ASTERISK SAYING IT'S ONLY GOTTA BE AT UNTD THAT ISN'T, THAT'S JUST MY FEELINGS. 
          AND, AND I'M SORRY, THIS PROJECT TIMELINE, GOOD 
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LUCK. 
          I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE IN MY DISTRICT AND THE CITY DOESN'T MOVE FAST. 
          WE'RE TITANIC. 
          SO I, I, THAT'S JUST MY FEELINGS AND I KNOW, KIM, YOU WANNA CHIME IN, I WANNA MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          BUT I THINK WE ALSO SHOULD SET UP FOR EXPECTATIONS AND, AND MANAGE THOSE EXPECTATIONS AND DON'T GIVE US SOMETHING. 
          AND THEN WE GET A, A MEMO OR THERE'S A NEWS STORY THAT, OH, WELL, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 
          THAT'S NOT A GOOD WAY TO DO BUSINESS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, SORRY FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          NOT A PROBLEM. 
          UM, I THINK WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING AS STAFF, AND WE DEFINITELY KNOW THAT POLICY DECISIONS HAPPEN WITH YOU AND NOT WITH US. 
          UM, THERE WAS A PLAN AND THERE WAS A COMMITMENT THAT NOT ONLY CAME THROUGH HOW WE MOVED INTO THE BUN PROGRAM IN 2024, BUT THIS CONVERSATION ACTUALLY STARTED IN 2020. 
          WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, BUT THIS WORK AROUND ENGAGING EARLY ON THE DESIGN PIECE, UM, BEING ABLE TO WORK THROUGH NOW A LOT OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT YOU'VE HEARD THE TEAM TALK ABOUT THAT WAS REALLY DESIGNED SO WE WOULD BE READY TO GO AND WE DID NOT WANT TO GET THE BOND DOLLARS. 
          AND THEN WE SIT FOR ANOTHER SIX YEARS AND WE'RE STILL JUST FEASIBILITY AND LOOKING AT IT AND WE'RE STILL NOT MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND SO YOUR COMMENTS AROUND THE DELAY, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME, THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE WITH A PLAN THAT WE WANTED TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND THE, THE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS NUMBER THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU WAS REALLY ABOUT SHOWING WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STOP. 
          UM, THE REASON WHY YOU SEE THE TWO BE DETERMINED IS THAT IF WE PUT A NUMBER OUT THERE AND THEN WE COME BACK AND THEN THAT NUMBER CHANGES, THEN IT WILL LOOK LIKE WE KINDA DID A BAIT AND SWITCH. 
          WE PUT A NUMBER OUT THERE THAT IS A LOWER NUMBER, AND THEN WE COME BACK AND GIVE YOU A BIG NUMBER AND GO, HEY, GOT YOU. 
          SO WE ARE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME BEING VERY OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW TO EVEN GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER. 
          SO WE, WE WERE ASKED TO SHOW HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU HAVE OR WHAT'S BEEN COMMITTED, LET ME CLARIFY THAT. 
          COMMITTED. 
          AND THEN WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO SHOW WHAT IS THE PLAN. 
          AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO BOTH OF THOSE. 
          THE GOAL WOULD BE TO COME BACK AND BE ABLE TO DO THE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING PIECES THAT YOU'VE HEARD THE TEAM TALK ABOUT, THE FEASIBILITY PIECE, AND BE ABLE TO TRUE UP THEN A NUMBER THAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE COULD THEN PUT OUT THERE PUBLICLY. 
          AND THEN FROM THAT, BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OF THIS SHOWING YOU HOW WE PLAN TO GET THERE. 
          UM, WITH THAT 20 KIND OF 26 DATES, YOUR COMMENTS AROUND PROCUREMENT AND ALL THAT I REALLY APPRECIATED. 
          UM, BUT THANKFULLY WE'VE MADE CHANGES AND YOU SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE MADE. 
          SO WE CAN MOVE THROUGH PROCUREMENTS A LOT SOONER. 
          SO I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE HOLD UP IN HOW WE DELIVER ON THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT. 
          WE DON'T WANNA BE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE I DON'T PLAN TO BEATE FIVE YEARS STILL TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          YES. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENTS AROUND IT. 
          SO YOU, YOU'VE GOT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE COMPLEX. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA GO THROUGH PROCUREMENT ON THAT? I MEAN, ARE WE, DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON, ARE WE GONNA USE HKS? LIKE I'M LOOKING AT THESE PHASES AND I'M GOING, I JUST DON'T SEE HOW YOU GET IT DONE IN THIS TIMEFRAME. 
          GETTING SOMEBODY ON STAFF UP TO SPEED AND IN THE ACTUAL WORK DONE, I MEAN, A FEASIBILITY STUDY FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER, BASICALLY WE COME BACK FROM BREAK AND IT'S DONE. 
          DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY READY TO GO? WELL, THIS IS WHAT THE WORK THAT THE TEAM HAS ALREADY BEGUN. 
          AND SO I'LL LET DEV SPEAK TO THE SCHEDULE THAT THEY'VE OUTLINED. 
          UM, THESE ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON THE DELIVERY OF THAT SCHEDULE. 
          SO EITHER DEV OR, OR JENNY CAN JUMP RIGHT INTO THAT. 
          UM, UM, NOW THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, THE FEASIBILITY SCHEDULE, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WILL BE SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE GO THROUGH. 
          UM, PROBABLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION TO GET, UM, GET THE RIGHT TEAM ON BOARD TO DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO WE CAN BEGIN THAT PROCESS. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THINKING THROUGH, AS YOU HEARD FROM JENNY, THE SCOPE OF WORK AND THE POTENTIAL SITES. 
          SO, UM, UM, I I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT WE CAN GET THAT UNDERWAY AND WITHIN THAT SCHEDULE, UM, YOUR FEEDBACK WITH RESPECT TO PROCUREMENT OF THE MASTER PLAN AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, UM, WE COULDN'T REALLY GET STARTED ON THAT UNTIL WE HAVE THE SITE SELECTION. 
          AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN, UM, PROCURE THOSE SERVICES AND, AND EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO BEGIN THAT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IN PARALLEL WITH THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE UNT SITE. 
          SO, UM, IS IT AN ASPIRATIONAL AND AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE? UM, PERHAPS IT IS. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S DOABLE. 
          I I DO THINK THAT IT'S 
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DOABLE WITH RESPECT TO, UM, THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO LAY OUT THESE, UM, THESE FACILITIES BECAUSE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE LAYOUTS AS PART OF THE FEASIBILITY PLAN ALSO. 
          OKAY. 
          AT 1251, YOU SAID IT'S DOABLE. 
           TODAY IT'S DOABLE BECAUSE I IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT EASILY DOABLE, BUT IT'S DOABLE. 
          I HAVE YOU, BUT OUR SYSTEMS ARE NOT SET UP TO MOVE LIKE THIS. 
          THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING, BUT, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS HERE BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING WE'RE GONNA GET TO THE FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND IF IT'S TIED TO THE CONSTRUCTION AT UNTD, WE MAY NOT MAKE IT. 
          AND THAT'S MY THING IS I WANNA FIGURE OUT HOW WE TIE THESE TOGETHER. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, YOU DON'T GET THE OTHER BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR. 
          THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          E EXACTLY. 
          AND WE DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMAN IS THAT WE HAVE THE SAME PASSION THAT YOU HAVE FOR TRYING TO GET IT DELIVERED. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          AND THE, AND THE GOAL IS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEAM HAS, UM, THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. 
          UH, DEV TALKED ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY DO TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT WORK AND, AND BEGIN THAT WE JUST NEEDED TO GET IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND SHARE THIS UPDATED PLAN. 
          I WOULD'VE WANTED TO HAVE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION DONE TWO WEEKS AGO MM-HMM . 
          BUT WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO COME BACK AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS THAT THIS BODY HAD. 
          AND AND HOPEFULLY IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO ANSWER, WE WILL. 
          BUT THE GOAL WOULD BE TO START. 
          AND SO WE ARE NOT TRYING TO TELL YOU ANYTHING OTHER THAN WE FEEL THE PASSION. 
          WE, WE'VE SAT IN THE ROOM WITH THE VERY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY USING THE EXISTING FACILITIES, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY DESERVE BETTER RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO MY COMMITMENT AND THE GOAL WAS TO REALLY DEMONSTRATE TO YOU ALL THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE, UH, THE GOALS THAT WE'VE SET OUT WITH THAT TIMELINE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND, AND IF THE PROCUREMENT PIECES ARE THE PIECES THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH, THEN THAT, THEN YOU NEED TO HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ON THE LAST 30 SECONDS, LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, I AGREE IT, UH, WE HAVE LOTS OF SURFACE PARKING. 
          UM, ALSO LOOK AT WHERE WE CAN SHARE SPACES WITH THE UNIVERSITY IF THAT IS THE CASE. 
          I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, I MEAN, THIS PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE VALUE ENGINEERED BECAUSE I WE'VE GOTTA DO BOTH. 
          WE GOTTA DO BOTH FACILITIES. 
          AND IF THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO FOREGO ONE TO DO THE OTHER IN ORDER TO GET 'EM BOTH OR VALUE ENGINEER IT, THEN SO BE IT. 
          BUT YOU, I WANT YOU TO HEAR ME LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          WE CANNOT SACRIFICE ONE FOR THE OTHER. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. 
          HONOR. 
          CHAIRMAN HONOR, THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, THANK YOU TO THE HONORABLE, UM, JENNIFER GATES AND, UH, MRS. LYNN, MC B FOR YOUR WORK. 
          UH, DEFINITELY WANNA THANK MS. LYNN MCBEE FOR COORDINATING THAT TRIP THAT WE TOOK SOME TIME AGO SO THAT YOU COULD OPEN OUR EYES. 
          AND I WAS EXTREMELY SHOCKED BY THAT EXPERIENCE. 
          AND SO I CONTINUE TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN A NEW TRAINING FACILITY. 
          I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT THAT WAY, THAT WILL ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN AND, AND BE IN GOOD SHAPE AND HAVE GREAT EXPECTATIONS WHEN THEY COME TO THAT LOCATION THAT, UH, THEY WILL BE THE BEST, UH, AND THE BRAVEST THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          BUT I WILL SAY THIS, UH, LAST NIGHT AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, OF WHICH YOU ALL KNOW THAT I'M PRESIDENT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME TO ME AT THE END WAS, WHY DO YOU ALL SEEM CONFUSED ABOUT THE, UH, UH, THE TRAINING FACILITY? HE SAID, WE VOTED ON PROP F FOR THE $50 MILLION. 
          SO WHAT DID, WHAT, WHAT WE, WHAT DID WE VOTE FOR? SO, COULD YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? 'CAUSE I KNOW HE'S LISTENING THIS MORNING. 
          WHAT DID THE, WE DID THE VOTERS VOTE ON WITH PROP F FOR THE $50 MILLION? WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR FROM THAT? SO PROP F WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY FOR $90 MILLION AND IT WAS, UM, BOND LANGUAGE WAS FOR PLANNING, DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, IMPROVING, RENOVATING, REPAIRING, REPLACING, EXPANDING AND EQUIPPING PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, INCLUDING POLICE, SUBSTATIONS, FIRE STATIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES, POLICE AND FIRE TRAINING AND RELATED FACILITIES. 
          NOW, WITHIN THAT PROPOSITION, WE DID HAVE A, A LINE ITEM FOR THE POLICE, UH, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, TRAINING ACADEMY FOR $50 MILLION. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S THE 50 THAT'S, THAT'S KEEP BEING REFERENCED. 
          UM, BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE LARGER 90. 
          SO THAT, THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE VOTERS VOTED ON. 
          WOULD YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME, , WHAT DID THE VOTERS VOTE? WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY EXPECTING BASED ON THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY SAW ON THAT BALLOT? BASED ON THE LANGUAGE, ESSENTIALLY IT'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES 
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WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS UP TO $90 MILLION. 
          THAT WAS THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE. 
          NOPE, GO AHEAD. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND SUBSEQUENTLY, I SEE WE HAD A BRIEFING, I THINK IT MUST HAVE BEEN APRIL, WHERE WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER LAYERS OF FUNDING NOW, AND THE CONVERSATIONS, UH, ARE CONFUSING THE, UH, VOTERS THAT I AM SPEAKING TO. 
          SO I THINK FOR US CITY MANAGER, WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS IF WE COULD GET, AND SOMEONE PROVIDED THIS SHEET, AND I HOPE THESE ARE FACTUALS, UH, FACT SHEET AS OF APRIL, 2025, SO THAT IT'S EASY TO READ FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK WE'RE REALLY GONNA HAVE TO WORK ON THAT AND PUSH OUT INFORMATION SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND ONCE WE SEND THEM TO THE, ONCE WE VOTE ON SOMETHING, I KNOW WE'VE GOTTA WORK ON THAT IN ANOTHER, IN ANOTHER WAY, BUT LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE CLEAR ENOUGH AND EXPLICIT ENOUGH SO VOTERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE VOTING ON ANYTIME WE PRODUCE IT AS A CITY. 
          AND SO RIGHT NOW WITH ALL OF THIS ADDITIONAL CONCERN, UH, CONVERSATIONS, THEY'RE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING AT UNT AND WHAT'S NOT AND WHAT'S OVER AT REDBURN AND WHAT'S NOT, AND WHERE, WHEN ARE WE GONNA GET IT? ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          AND I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTA DO A, A BIGGER, BETTER JOB. 
          NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE IN THIS CAPACITY. 
          MANY OF US WON'T BE ONE BY THE TIME IT FULLY COMES OUT, BUT WE CAN AT THIS POINT ADVOCATE FOR THE NEED TO HAVE A WORLD CLASS FACILITY WHERE OUR, UH, POLICE AND FIRES, WHATEVER THOSE TWO FACILITIES IS, ARE ONE, IT IS, IT IS A WORLD CLASS. 
          WE MISSED THE ONE, I THINK WE WENT TO FORT WORTH. 
          I DIDN'T GET TO GO THERE, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRAG. 
          I WANT OUR RESPONDERS TO BE PROUD OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE AT REDBIRD, THE QUESTION WAS ALSO ASKED, AND I HOPE THIS IS NOT OFFENSIVE TO ANYONE AND IT IS NOT GERMANE, BUT CAN WE JUST BUILD ON THAT AND HELP BUILD THAT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THOSE, UH, TRAINED AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO COME INTO REDBIRD. 
          BUT REDBIRD IS IT, IT HURTS TO SEE REDBIRD, UH, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WE OWE OUR, UH, RESPONDERS A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US JUST BUCKLE DOWN HERE WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN ITS ENTIRETY. 
          MY QUESTION IS ALWAYS THIS, WHAT WOULD A CITY OF DALLAS BE LIKE IF WE DID NOT HAVE OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND WE DID NOT HAVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS? YOU COULD NOT HAVE A CITY WITHOUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE HALLUCINATING TO SAY IT IN THE BEST WAY I CAN. 
          SO FROM MY POSITION, I WANNA CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO'S ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS? WHEN IS IT COMING? WHAT DID WE VOTE ON? HOW DOES IT FIT WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT THE OFFICERS AND THE TRAINEES, TRAINERS, TRAINEES GET WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, WHETHER THEY'RE COMING TO TRAIN OR COMING TO, IF THEY'RE COMING TO THIS SITE TO BE EDUCATED. 
          SO WE GET FUTURE RESPONDERS. 
          BUT FOR, FOR ME LAST NIGHT, I THOUGHT I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR HIM. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION IS CHANGING. 
          BUT WHEN THEY GO, WHEN THE VOTERS GO TO VOTE, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND EXPLICITLY AND NO HIDDEN, HIDDEN LANGUAGE AND INFERENCES ABOUT WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING. 
          SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD TODAY BECAUSE IT WAS, I WAS CONFRONTED WITH THAT LAST NIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY NEED TO RESPOND TO ANYTHING? I JUST, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MAYOR, PLEASE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, UM, TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN ARNOLD FOR HER COMMENTS AROUND THE COMMUNICATION. 
          I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO, IN OUR LAST, UH, TIME BEFORE YOU, WE ASKED FOR QUESTIONS THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY PUT INTO A DOCUMENT AND THEN WE GOT SOME GREAT FEEDBACK. 
          I KNOW FROM OUR, UM, FROM SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT SIMPLIFYING, UM, THE RESPONSES TO WHERE PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP ON THE ANSWERS. 
          SO THE GOAL WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS A LIVE DOCUMENT. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING A MICRO SITE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE JUST FOR THIS PROJECT WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND INFORMATION, BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION SHARED AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL, AND BE ABLE TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT ONCE WE KNOW WE HAVE OUR GO FORWARD. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE, WE GAVE YOU THE DRAFT. 
          AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S HERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE OR NOT INCLUDE, WE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THE WAY WE WANNA GET THE COMMUNICATIONS ALL TIED UP TOGETHER AND THEN BE ABLE TO USE THIS DOCUMENT AS A LIVING DOCUMENT TO CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT. 
          BUT YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELL TAKEN AND I DO KNOW WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC TRULY UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, CHAIRMAN, MORE, YOU GONNA HAVE TO USE THE HONOR SYSTEM. 
          TELL ME HOW MANY MINUTES YOU HAVE. 
          FIVE. 
          FIVE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I ACTUALLY WANNA TO START WITH THAT CITY MANAGER. 
          DEV. 
          THANK YOU FOR, FOR GIVING 
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US THIS PIECE OF INFORMATION. 
          IT'S VERY, VERY CLEAR. 
          UM, I'M IN A BETTER, UH, PLACE THAN I WAS A MONTH OR SO AGO AND I WAS STILL NOT SOLD ON THAT. 
          THIS IS THE BEST PLAN TO PUSH FORWARD. 
          UM, THERE'S, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED A NEW TRAINING FACILITY AND WE'VE GOTTA GET IT RIGHT. 
          UH, WE OWE IT TO OUR OFFICERS, WE OWE IT TO THE CITY OF RESIDENTS. 
          WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR DECADES NOW. 
          SO CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR ACTING WITH URGENCY AND PUTTING THIS BEFORE US. 
          I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS, UH, SAY AROUND THIS HORSESHOE IS WE NEED THINGS TO MOVE FASTER. 
          AND SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. 
          UM, FROM THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD THIS BRIEFING TILL TODAY, HOW MANY ACRES HAVE INCREASED IN, IN THE, UM, THE LAST TIME THAT UNT OFFERED X AMOUNT OF ACRES TILL TODAY? HAS THERE BEEN AN INCREASE IN SPACE? UM, YES, THERE HAS. 
          I I BELIEVE THE PREVIOUS BRIEFING WAS, UH, 14 ACRES AND, UM, WE'RE NOW AT 20 ACRES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND HOW HAS THERE BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE CLASSROOM CAPACITY FOR THE TRAINING FACILITY? THE, THE LAST BRIEFING WE, WE SHARED, UM, ONLY THE IN SERVICE. 
          AND SO, UM, UM, WHAT YOU SEE ON HERE AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE FAQS IS, UM, THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WOULD BE ON THE CAMPUS. 
          AND, UM, THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS ABOUT, UM, A LITTLE BIT SHY OF 300,000 SQUARE FEET. 
          AND, UM, THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT FIVE FOOTBALL FIELDS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF, IF WE'RE BEING OFFERED MORE, UM, ACRES THAT WERE ACTUALLY REFLECTING THAT IN CLASSROOM CAPACITY. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE KNOW IF THESE FACILITIES ARE GONNA BE BUILT WITH, WITH STEEL OR, OR WOOD? AND I'M TRYING TO, THE REASON I ASK THAT, NUMBER TWO, WE TALK ABOUT BASIC TRAINING ACADEMY, THE AUDITORIUM, AND WE KNOW THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FEET. 
          SO DO WE HAVE ROUGH ESTIMATES OF WHAT EACH FACILITY, EACH BUILDING IS GOING TO COST WITH, OF COURSE, TODAY'S CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE NOT, UM, COMPILED THAT DATA JUST YET. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I I'M STILL VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF HAVING EVERYTHING IN A ONE FACILITY. 
          UM, I DON'T WANT TO BE, UM, HELD TO THE, THE STATE DOLLARS. 
          UM, IF THAT'S WHAT'S KEEPING US BACK, THE AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UNT, HAVE WE DONE A, A ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY? IS IT IN A FLOODPLAIN? HOW MANY TREES ARE WE REMOVING IN THAT, UH, NATURE, UH, AREA? I MEAN, THERE'S CREEKS, THERE'S A LOT OF MATURE TREES THERE. 
          AND SO HOW IS THIS GOING TO, UM, AFFECT OUR CCAP AND HOW IS IT GOING TO, UH, HAVE A IN, UH, ARE WE GONNA SEE ANY FEES WITH THE TREE MITIGATION, UM, ON ALL THE REMOVAL THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO HAPPEN? YEAH. 
          UM, OUR PART OF OUR SCHEDULE SHOWS THAT THE, UM, THERE'S UM, DEFINITELY SOME SITE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          WE'LL BE DOING, UM, THE TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY AS ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD INTO, INTO DESIGN. 
          SO, SO THIS SITE MIGHT NOT EVEN WORK. 
          I, I, I THINK THE SITE, UM, WILL WORK. 
          UM, I THINK WE'VE DONE ENOUGH WORK TO LOOK AT THE SITE TO SAY THAT IT, THAT IT, IT WILL WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'M GONNA JUMP AROUND A LITTLE BIT. 
          WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL TRAINING THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE CLASSROOMS, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO HIRE, UM, AS WE ARE POTENTIALLY LOOKING TO HIRE OFF DUTY FROM OTHER CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORLD CUP TO HIRE OFF-DUTY TO BE THE TRAINERS FOR OUR RECRUITS? THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY CONSIDER. 
          I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET COUNCIL MEMBER ON THAT PLAN. 
          UM, FROM THE INITIAL PLANS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH OUR STAFFING WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'M GONNA JUST WRAP UP WITH THIS, UH, MADAM CITY MANAGER. 
          UH, DO YOU FEEL THAT WE'RE READY TO PROCEED? ARE YOU HEARING ANY, ANY HESITATION FROM, UH, A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS? UH, WHAT I, THE LAST THING THAT I WANNA DO IS CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD IN THIS PLAN AND THIS PLAN COMES BACK TOWARD CONSTRUCTION AND THIS COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA SUPPORT AND WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE AGAIN IN THE EVENT THAT, UM, YOU'RE JUST NOT HEARING THE SUPPORT, UH, FOR THE CURRENT PLAN. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN MORENO, UM, LET ME, LET ME BACK UP FOR JUST A SECOND AND JUST SAY THAT WE ALWAYS UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT AS YOU ARE APPROACHING SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE, UM, THAT YOU HAVE 
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TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH HICCUPS, CHANGES, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, SOME OF THE INPUT THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ALONG THE WAY. 
          UM, I THINK BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER IS I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY STAFF. 
          WE HAVE BEEN AT THE TABLE WORKING THROUGH THIS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND EVEN BEFORE THIS TIME, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF. 
          AND I WOULDN'T BRING SOMETHING TO YOU THAT LATER ON THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE PROUD OF. 
          BUT I THINK WHAT YOU HEAR IS, IS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT MULTIPLE WAYS TO DELIVER WHAT WAS COMMITTED AS WELL AS THE PIECES THAT WERE NEVER INCLUDED. 
          AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD A WORLD CLASS FACILITY AT THE SAME TIME, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE AND HOW THOSE TWO FACILITIES WOULD THEN COME ABOUT. 
          UM, AND SO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING, UM, THROUGH THIS, UH, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE, UH, THE ENGAGEMENT ALREADY THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD WITH HKS. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD WORKSHOPS AND THEY ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT. 
          UH, WE DEFINITELY, UH, NOTE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL IF SOMETHING, I DON'T EVEN WANNA USE THE WORD PERFECT 'CAUSE NO PROJECT THAT WE EVER UNDERTAKE IS A PERFECT PROJECT. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE PLANNING, UH, THROUGH THIS, WE'VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK TO SOME OF YOU ONE-ON-ONE. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME, SOME STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S REALLY A DECISION THAT THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO TELL US WHETHER OR NOT, IF YOU WANNA MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, OUR COMFORT LEVEL IS WE'RE AT A GOOD PLACE AND WE DO BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOU SEE AND WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED AS THE OP THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO, UM, THE, UM, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FACILITY, UH, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER, AS WELL AS THE COMPONENTS THAT WE KNOW ARE VERY DEAR TO OUR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS AND RANK AND FILE THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, UH, AS WELL AS THE PIECES THAT WE NEVER PLANNED TO PUT ON THE CAMPUS. 
          SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE, BUT DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT GETTING AHEAD OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE BACK HERE TO PRESENT THIS UPDATED PLAN SO YOU CAN GIVE US FEEDBACK SO WE KNOW WHICH WAY WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED. 
          I DON'T PLAN TO, TO DO ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE COUNCIL DESIRES AND WHAT YOUR FINAL DIRECTION IS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I I HATE THESE NEW MICROPHONES. 
          I'M SORRY, I HAD TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD. 
          UM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, WHAT, HOW MANY MINUTES WOULD YOU BE RECOGNIZED FOR? THREE. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN YET THAT WOULD NEED TO GO FOR FIVE? MR. RIDLEY, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANKS FOR BEING HONEST GUYS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          SO, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE AREA HAS INCREASED BY ALMOST 50% TO 20 ACRES AND IT APPEARS THAT THE PROGRAM FOR BUILDINGS HAS ALSO SUBSTANTIALLY JUMPED SINCE WE WERE JUST BRIEFED A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          COULD SOMEONE HIGHLIGHT THE CHANGES IN THE SIZE AND NUMBER OF BUILDINGS SINCE THAT LAST BRIEFING? I DO NOT. 
          SORRY. 
          LET ME, UH, GRAB MY EXHIBIT REALLY QUICK. 
          S SO LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE DID BRIEF ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER AND THE IN-SERVICE, UH, TRAINING ACADEMY SINCE THAT TIME AND WITH MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, UM, WE'RE BRINGING IN THE PLAN TODAY. 
          THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE BASIC ACADEMY AND THE, UM, ASSOCIATED REALITY BASED TRAINING WITH THAT. 
          UM, THE A THOUSAND PERSON AUDITORIUM WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF THE RECENT DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING. 
          AND, UH, THE MULTIPURPOSE KIND OF REC CENTER TYPE BUILDING HAS ALSO BEEN INCLUDED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET. 
          SO THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE BRIEFED ON THIS, WE, UH, WERE REMINDED OF THE $140 MILLION ESTIMATE THAT DATED FROM 2021 THAT YOU SAID WOULD BE FOR THIS FACILITY, WHICH AT THE TIME WOULD JUST BE AN IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND A CRIMINAL JUSTICE BUILDING. 
          SINCE THEN, WE'VE ADDED A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BASIC TRAINING BUILDING THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF THE CURRENT ONE. 
          WE'VE ADDED A MULTIPURPOSE INDOOR TRAINING FACILITY, ANOTHER 75,000 SQUARE FEET AND A THOUSAND PERSON AUDITORIUM, ANOTHER 25,000 SQUARE FEET. 
          AND WE STILL HAVE NO ACCURATE CURRENT ESTIMATE OF WHAT THESE WILL ALL COST. 
          I THINK WE'RE CLEARLY TALKING OVER $200 MILLION NOW AT THIS LOCATION. 
          MY CONCERN IS THAT BY ADDING THESE BELLS AND WHISTLES, WE'RE INCREASING THE BUDGET SO MUCH. 
          WE'RE ALREADY ONLY AT 70% OF COMMITTED FUNDS COMPARED TO THE $140 MILLION ESTIMATE, WHICH IS NOW 
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FOUR YEARS OLD. 
          I'M CONCERNED THAT BY ADDING ALL OF THESE COSTS, WE'RE GONNA FIND THAT THEY EXCEED OUR FUNDING CAPABILITY AND THIS WILL NEVER GET BUILT. 
          I THINK IT'S TIME TO PRIORITIZE THE FACILITIES THAT WE NEED. 
          IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IT AT UNT, WE CLEARLY HAVE TO HAVE A BASIC TRAINING BUILDING. 
          DO WE REALLY NEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET? WE DO NEED AN IN-SERVICE TRAINING FACILITY, BUT DO WE REALLY NEED A THOUSAND PERSON AUDITORIUM? I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL OF THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES AND THE PEOPLE WHO ATTEND NUMBER, MAYBE A HUNDRED PLUS NOT A THOUSAND. 
          ISN'T THERE, IN FACT, I KNOW THERE IS AN AUDITORIUM ALREADY IN EXISTENCE AT UNT. 
          WHY CAN'T WE SHARE THAT FACILITY? I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT OUR FUNDING CAPABILITIES ARE AND NOT GO SHOPPING FOR THE SHINY GEM THAT EXCEEDS OUR GRASP. 
          I THINK WE'RE BITING OFF MORE THAN WE CAN CHEW. 
          AT THE VERY LEAST, WE NEED TO PHASE THIS PROJECT WITH CERTAIN PRIORITIES FOR BASIC TRAINING BEING INCLUDED IN AN INITIAL PHASE AND LATER PHASES ONLY AS WE CAN AFFORD THEM. 
          COMMENT, UH, WELL, THE, THE THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR FEEDBACK AND, AND YOUR COMMENTS ON, ON THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, THE THOUSAND PERSON AUDITORIUM WAS, UM, A REQUEST FROM DPD BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE SEEING FOR CURRENT GRADUATIONS. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S CERTAINLY A FACILITY THAT, UM, THAT IS WANTED, UM, BUT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, COULD, AS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER S MENTIONED, UM, MIGHT BE, UM, POTENTIALLY DESIGNED NOW. 
          AND SO WE ALLOW FOR THAT DESIGN, BUT CONSTRUCTED, UM, AT A LATER TIME. 
          UM, SO I, I, I, I CERTAINLY, UM, UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENTS WITH RESPECT TO, UM, TO THE FUNDING AND THE COMPONENTS THAT WE'VE SHOWN. 
          UM, BUT, UM, PART OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE HEARD FROM THE LAST COUNCIL BRIEFING WAS, UM, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THIS RIGHT AND WE'RE GETTING EVERYTHING, UM, THAT, UM, THAT OUR, UM, OFFICERS ARE, ARE ASKING FOR. 
          AND, AND THIS PLAN WAS BUILT IN COLLABORATION WITH LEADERSHIP, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, THE TRAINING STAFF AS WELL AS THE FUNDRAISERS. 
          UM, WE, WE CERTAINLY, UM, CAN ADJUST SOME OF THESE ITEMS AS WE GET INTO DESIGN AND WE DEVELOP COSTS. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS THE OVERALL, UM, PLAN THAT, UM, THE 20 ACRE SITE CAN ACCOMMODATE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PUSH FORWARD IN THE DESIGN EFFORT SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET EVERYTHING THAT, UM, THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTS. 
          WELL, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WE NEED AN ATTAINABLE GOAL FOR FUNDRAISING PURPOSES. 
          WE'RE REALLY ONLY AT PROBABLY 50% OF THE ULTIMATE COST. 
          IF IT'S $200 MILLION, THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT TO FIND A SOURCE FOR ANOTHER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND I, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT TRYING TO COLLECT ALL OF THAT, WHICH WE WOULD NEED TO START CONSTRUCTION, IS GOING TO DELAY CONSTRUCTION BY SOME UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME. 
          AND I THINK ONE OF THE CONSENSUS ITEMS I'VE HEARD AROUND THIS HORSESHOE TODAY IS THAT WE ALL WANT A FACILITY AND WE WANTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND I'M JUST CONCERNED BY SHOOTING FOR THE MOON, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE STUCK IN OUR EXISTING TRAINING FACILITY FOR MUCH LONGER THAN NECESSARY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          OKAY, I THINK WE'RE ON TO, UH, THREE MINUTE ROUNDS FOR EVERYONE. 
          SO, UM, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ONE WORD THAT MR. RIDLEY JUST SAID AND IT WAS REALISTIC AND THAT'S WHAT'S LACKING IN THE PLANS THAT Y'ALL BROUGHT TO US. 
          UM, I'M HOPING THAT SOMETHING THIS LARGE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS OBTAINABLE WITHOUT SO MANY CAVEATS AND WHAT IFS. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE US APPROACH THIS LIKE WE DO ANY OTHER INVESTMENT WITH THE RETURN THAT WE HAVE. 
          'CAUSE I AGREE ALSO WITH WHAT MR. RIDLEY SAID, THAT THERE'S A CLEAR CONSENSUS THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR OUR CITY, BUT HOW WE DO IT SHOULD BE DONE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT Y'ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF US. 
          WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME CITY MANAGER THAT WE HAD A SUCH A LARGE FUNDING GAP? AND, 
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AND I GUESS WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT GAP IS SINCE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE AN IDENTIFIED AMOUNT WHEN THERE'S A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND PEOPLE ARE ASKING US TO INVEST A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AND WE JUST WRITE A CHECK. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING. 
          WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING IS, IT'S NOT WHAT I ASKED. 
          WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD A PLAN, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT, THAT HAD THIS MUCH LACKING IN FUNDING FROM THEIR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND WE HAVE BEEN WILLING TO COME FORTH WITH MORE THAN 50% THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED TO INVEST IN IT WITHOUT THE REST OF IT. 
          SINCE MY TIME IN THIS SEAT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED. 
          THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 
          I CAN'T SPEAK TO, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IT HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE THAT'S NOT USUALLY HOW WE OPERATE. 
          WE, WE ARE, ARE, ARE, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND ALSO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE TAX DOLLARS. 
          WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE SEE THESE FE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND THERE ARE SO MANY CAVEATS AND QUITE FRANKLY POLITICAL ANSWERS. 
          I WANT STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWERS. 
          I DON'T WANT YOU TO TELL ME ON A QUESTION, IS IT INEFFICIENT TO HAVE TRAINING AT TWO, TWO LOCATIONS TO GIVE ME A A PARAGRAPH ANSWER THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY EVEN ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
          THE REALITY IS, IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM ANYONE THAT'S IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT WE'VE TALKED TO ABOUT THIS AND THEY SAID HAVING IT AT TWO LOCATIONS IS INEFFICIENT. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THESE QUESTIONS ALSO BE ANSWERED IN A MORE POINTED WAY. 
          YOU ARE ASKING THE POLICY MAKERS TO MAKE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POLICY DECISIONS, BUT YOU'RE NOT GIVING US ALL THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THEM. 
          WHAT IS THE PROJECTED ALL IN COST FOR CONSTRUCTION? I, I'M JUST STILL BAFFLED THAT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO GIVE AND WEIGH IN AS TO, TO COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO'S POINT. 
          HOW DO WE GIVE OUR CITY MANAGER A CLEAR CONSENSUS AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE PRICE TAG IS? HOW DO WE GIVE A CLEAR CONSENSUS OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS PLAN IF WE'VE BEEN GIVEN NO ALTERNATIVE, IF I'VE HAD NO ABILITY TO COMPARE A PLAN THAT WOULD IN FACT HAVE EVERYTHING IN ONE LOCATION, IF I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONTRAST THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PLAN YOU'RE PUTTING FORTH VERSUS THAT OF ANOTHER, HOW CAN I UNEQUIVOCALLY GIVE MY SUPPORT TO THIS PLAN THAT'S IN FRONT OF US? I CAN'T, WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR PERFECT TO BE THE ENEMY OF GOOD. 
          AND IN THIS CASE, I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY ALLOWING GOOD TO BE THE ENEMY OF PERFECT THIS SIZE OF AN INVESTMENT IN WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FURNISH FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE DONE TO THE ABSOLUTE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. 
          AND I'M SORRY CITY MANAGER, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US TODAY IS NOT THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, I'M GONNA LET THE STATE MANAGER RESPOND TO THAT BEFORE I GO TO THE, UM, I'M GONNA GO TO MS. WILLS NEXT FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, MAYOR AND THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM FOR YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST SAY THAT, UM, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT PLAYING POLITICS. 
          WE, WE ARE, AGAIN, BACK TO WHAT I SHARED EARLIER, UM, THAT THERE WERE SOME COMMITMENTS THAT WERE MADE NOT BY ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS BEFORE YOU, UM, NOT BY ME THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DELIVER ON. 
          AND IF THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL IS FOR US NOT TO DO THAT, THEN THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT THIS BODY NEEDS TO PROVIDE TO US. 
          IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH A SOLID ANSWER ON ALL OF THE COSTS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN THAT WE CAN COST OUT. 
          AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE IS WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A PLAN THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH WHAT HAD BEEN AGREED TO AND WHAT WE ALSO KNOW WAS NEVER INCLUDED. 
          SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A PLAN THAT WE CAN COST OUT AND BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND SAY, BASED ON WHAT COUNCIL BELIEVES IS A PLAN THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WE NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TIGHTEN OUR PENCIL AND BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER. 
          THE NUMBER THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE IN 2021, I BELIEVE, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME STAFF IF I'M WRONG, I THINK IT WAS $140 MILLION PRICE TAG. 
          I THINK THAT WAS THE NUMBER. 
          AND THAT NUMBER WAS BASED AT THAT TIME, UH, I BELIEVE ON 20 ACRES. 
          AND SO WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND WE KNOW THAT EVEN IF WE WERE TO DO JUST THAT NOW AND NOTHING ELSE, THAT IT WOULD BE A LOT GREATER THAN THAT 140 MILLION. 
          AND SO AGAIN, WE, WE'VE HEARD EVERYTHING FROM DO BOTH TO ONLY DO THE BARE MINIMUM TO, YOU KNOW, GO FOR THE GO FOR THE, THE BIG, THE BEST, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD CLASS. 
          ALL OF THOSE WILL HAVE A PRICE TAG. 
          AND SO UNTIL WE CAN GET TO WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DELIVER, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO COME BACK AND GIVE ANY CONCRETE NUMBERS BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, WITHOUT CONSENSUS WITH THE COUNCIL, WE GOTTA DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE IS TO REALLY GET THAT FEEDBACK SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. 
          BUT WE'RE NOT DEFINITELY HERE AND I APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENTS ABOUT IT AND THE PASSION, BUT WE, WE WANNA GET IT RIGHT JUST AS MUCH AS THIS BODY. 
          AND I DON'T WANNA BRING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT BEING SUPPORTED, UH, BECAUSE 
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WE DON'T WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH. 
          BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND THE SPIRIT IS, UH, THE SPIRIT IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN GIVEN. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. WILLIS. 
          YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'RE STILL ITEM B EVERYONE FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          OH, THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          MAYOR . 
          UM, SO YEAH, I, I, I WANNA, I APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER'S THOUGHTS BECAUSE IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THIS ALL, UH, IDENTIFIED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE'VE GOT TO DROP A PEN SO THAT YOU CAN CAUSE THINGS OUT AND IF YOU DIDN'T REALIZE IT'S LIBERATION DAY, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT'S GONNA MEAN IN TERMS OF MATERIALS AND LABOR AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN MARKETS. 
          SO THIS WILL BE ONGOING, IT WILL BE A HAMSTER WHEEL IF WE DON'T START MAKING SOME DECISIONS UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE GREAT FUNDRAISERS, THIS TEAM THAT'S BEEN OUT WORKING AT THE STATE LEVEL AND WITH PRIVATE DONORS. 
          WE KNOW WE HAVE A CAUSE THAT OUR PRIVATE DONORS BELIEVE IN, BUT THEY ALSO BELIEVE IN HAVING SOME CERTAINTY. 
          SO, UM, IF YOU'RE A FUNDRAISER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE HOPE, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GAMBLER SYNDROME 'CAUSE YOU'RE BETTING ON THE COME YOU'RE, YOU'RE SELLING, UH, THIS PREMISE AND YOU'VE GOT TO, UM, GET PEOPLE TO BUY INTO IT. 
          BUT WE'VE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME CERTAINTY SO THAT WE CAN START TO PUT NUMBERS AROUND THIS ALSO PROJECT WHAT THE MARKET MAY DO, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW, BUT TO BUILD IN SOME COST AND UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS COMING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S NOT EVEN WHY I WANTED TO HAVE A ROUND TWO. 
          BUT, UM, SO WHAT I WANTED TO, TO ALSO INCLUDE, AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THIS THINKING IS ALREADY BAKED IN, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE REQUIREMENTS OBVIOUSLY AROUND ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, OF EVOC AND THE UM, RBT TRAINING FACILITY AND OUTDOOR GRUNT RANGES AND ALL OF THAT. 
          BUT I JUST WANNA BE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING THE REALITY OF THE DAY TO DAY NEEDS AND JUST, OH GOSH, IF YOU HAD JUST BUILT THIS HERE OR JUST PLANNED FOR THIS THERE, IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER FOR US TO DO OUR EVERYDAY TRAINING AND IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER FOR THE RECRUITS OR THOSE THAT ARE, SO THIS IS WHY I WAS THINKING THAT I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE HAD A WORKING GROUP OR, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S MORE AT THAT KIND OF GROUND LEVEL OF THE EVERYDAY USE THAT MAY NOT BE IN A MANUAL OR IN A REQUIREMENT OR IN SOME OF OUR LEADERSHIP BRIEFING THINKING, BUT RATHER IN, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO ARE DAY IN, DAY OUT USING THE FACILITIES AND WHO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAD THEIR DREAM OF WHAT IT WOULD WOULD BE LIKE OR THE OBSTACLES THEY WOULD REMOVE WHAT THOSE WOULD BE. 
          SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HAVE US HAVE THOSE VOICES GIVE INPUT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME SO WE DON'T GET TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD AND MAYBE THIS IS TO OUR ARCHITECT, SO THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY ON THE, ON THE GROUND LISTENING TO THOSE WHO, UM, ARE, ARE U GOING TO BE USING THIS FACILITY DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANNOYING. 
          UM, MR. BLACKMAN, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES ON ITEM B. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, CAN WE TAKE A PEEK AT SLIDE 11, THE FUNDING STATUS? WE HAVE, UM, ALL OF THIS, AND I THINK IT WAS TALKED ABOUT THIS 10 MILLION, THAT'S THE SECOND AND THIRD STATE GRANT. 
          IS THAT CONFIRMED? I MEAN, ARE WE SURE ON THAT? BECAUSE THEN IT'S REALLY 90 MILLION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND NOT A HUNDRED MILLION BECAUSE I THINK THAT MATTERS. 
          SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE FIRST 20 MILLION OF THE STATE GRANT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. 
          WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED 10 AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GETTING THE NEXT 10, UH, THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN THIS, THIS SECOND AND THIRD ONE, THIS 10 MILLION IS REALLY KIND OF STILL PENDING. 
          SO WE JUST HAVE 90 MILLION COMMITTED. 
          91.5. 
          YEAH, IT'S, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, THAT THE MEETING THAT WAS RECENTLY HAD WITH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, HE CONFIRMED THE FIRST 5 MILLION, UM, AND THAT THE SECOND 5 MILLION IS, IS STILL PENDING. 
          AND HAVE WE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BA'S OR MR. BASIL DO AS LIKE, IS IT IN THE BUDGET? YEAH. 
          UM, THAT, THAT, UM, I NOT AWARE OF. 
          CAN WE GET THAT WHILE WE'RE WAITING BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE ROUNDS AND PERHAPS JAKE CAN RESPOND. 
          HI EVERYONE. 
          YOU CAN SIT DOWN SWEETIE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, JAKE ANDERSON, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. 
          UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT, IT'S NOT CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. 
          UM, AND I CAN GET YOU MORE INFORMATION SHORTLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          SO WE HAVE 91.5 JUST TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW THIS 50 MILLION BOND, WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A, PUT A BUILDING ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY THAT WE DON'T OWN. 
          YES. 
          THE, THE PLAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WE WOULD BUILD THIS ON LEASED, ON THE LEASED PLAN WITHIN UTTS. 
          HAVE WE EVER DONE THAT BEFORE? I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I'D HAVE TO 
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TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          I'M NOT AWARE OF IT, BUT I, I COULD, YOU KNOW, DO SOME DIGGING AND THEN ATTORNEYS, I MEAN, HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK? THAT, I GUESS WE, SOMEBODY ELSE OWNS THE LAND, WE OWN THE BUILDING. 
          IF THE PARTNERSHIP GOES SOUTH, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? ANY, ANYONE? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD HAVE A, A, UM, 40 YEAR GROUND LEASE WITH, UM, 10, UM, FOUR 10 YEAR EXTENSIONS OR FIVE 10 YEAR EXTENSIONS. 
          SO ABOUT 80, IT'D BE 80 YEARS OF A, OF THE $1 LEASE. 
          CORRECT. 
          IF ANYTHING HAPPENS IN THAT TIMEFRAME, THEY DECIDE THAT UN TD NEEDS TO DISSOLVE OR THE RELATIONSHIP BREAKS DOWN. 
          DO WE HAVE CLAUSES FOR HOW THAT BECOMES DEALT WITH? UH, I SEE. 
          OUR LEGAL COUNSEL IS HERE TO RESPOND. 
          BOND. 
          CONNIE CHRISTIE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          HEY CONNIE. 
          UM, YOU ARE CORRECT. 
          WE DO, UM, UH, BUILD IN PROVISIONS THAT PROTECT THE CITY, UM, DURING THE TERM, WHICH WILL BE A 40 YEAR LEASE WITH, SO FOUR 10 YEAR OPTIONS. 
          UM, WE WILL BE THE OWNER OF THE, OF THE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND, UM, SO LONG AS WE'RE SERVING THE PUBLIC PURPOSE, WHICH IS TO CONDUCT, UH, A REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY, THE POLICE ACADEMY, AND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE USES THAT WERE, UH, PERMITTED TO, UH, CONDUCT ON THE PREMISES AND WE DON'T VIOLATE ANYTHING, UM, WITHIN THOSE USE THAT USE CLAUSE, THEN WE CAN ASSERT THE RIGHT TO BE ON THAT CAMPUS. 
          SO, AND SO THAT MEANS WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR O AND M? YES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          JUST, I KNEW THAT WAS IN HERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, SO THAT'S A BUDGET ITEM THAT WE'LL HAVE TO PLAN FOR. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY WE TALK ABOUT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE NEEDS AND THE WANTS AND THE BELLS AND THE WHISTLES. 
          AND DID WE DO THAT FOR THE DPD LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY AT UNT DALLAS? DID WE DO ANY KIND OF STUDY OR FEASIBILITY LOOK OR JUST SEEING OR, UH, WE JUST DID THE SCHEMATIC. 
          SO BACK IN 2022 ISH, THERE WAS A, UM, UM, A, A JOINT VENTURE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, WITH U-N-T-D-D-P-D, UM, AND, AND, UM, AND THE HKS WAS ACTUALLY THE ARCHITECT WHO WAS, WAS, WAS A PART OF THAT. 
          AND SO THEY LOOKED AT A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE SIZE OF, OF WHAT WAS NEEDED AND WHAT, WHAT WAS GONNA BE PUT ON, UH, TO THE CAMPUS. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IN THIS LOCATION IS, IS ESSENTIALLY THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR, FOR WHAT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEY DID, DO, THEY DID LOOK AT IT? YES. 
          OR IS IT, WAS IT CALLED THAT, I'M SORRY? WAS IT CALLED A FEASIBILITY STUDY OR WAS IT DONE? IT WAS JUST A SCHEMATIC. 
          I DON'T, IT WAS CALLED A FEASIBILITY STUDY. 
          I'D, I'D HAVE TO DIG AND SEE WHAT IT WAS, WHAT IT WAS CALLED. 
          BUT THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, RENDERINGS MADE AND IS THERE A DOCUMENT? WAS, WAS THERE A DOCUMENT PROVIDED? I'M SORRY? IS THERE A DOCUMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED OR DELIVERABLE? THERE IS, YEAH. 
          AND IT WAS A SITE SELECTION THAT WAS FOCUSED ON THE CAMPUS AS WE WERE WORKING WITH UNT DALLAS. 
          AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU, CAN YOU PROVIDE THAT? 'CAUSE IT WOULD BE INTERESTING AND, AND I WOULD ASSUME WE COULD DO THE COMPARABLE BETWEEN WHAT WAS PRESENTED AND WHAT THE SITE PLAN IS NOW. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WE COULD RECONCILE IT TO SEE, RIGHT. 
          UH, WHAT, AND MAYBE THAT'LL GET SOME CLARITY ON NEEDS VERSUS WANTS. 
          OKAY. 
          EXACTLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, I THINK WE ARE AT TO, UH, CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          ITEM B. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST QUICKLY, AND I DO WANNA MAKE SURE I CLEAR, CLARIFY SOMETHING ON THIS. 
          WHEN THE CONSTITUENTS ARE READING THE, THE, THE PORTAL, YOU HAVE THE $50 MILLION REFERENCE TO F AND THEN YOU'RE GOING INTO A NOTE 90 MILLION. 
          SO WE MIGHT LOOK AT MAYBE STRAIGHTENING THAT UP, BUT JUST QUICKLY THAT, IF I COULD ASK THIS QUESTION, IF IT IS APPROPRIATE TO ASK CITY MANAGER, THE QUESTION TO ME IS, IF WE DON'T WANNA GO TO UNT, IS IT, DO WE OWN THE LAND WHERE THIS, THIS FACILITY IS NOW? NO, I SAID, I'M ASKING A QUESTION. 
          I WAS ASKING THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A LONG TERM LEASE FOR US. 
          UH, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RED BIRD SITE, YES. 
          THAT IS UNDER A LEASE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WHEN, WHEN MY CONSTITUENTS ASKED ME A QUESTION, I HAVE TO ASK IT NOW. 
          SO THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, WE DON'T OWN IT, AND WE ARE LEASING THAT PROPERTY AND, AND THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO SAY TO GIVE THE PUBLIC INSIGHT ON THAT LEASE. 
          SO THEY DON'T ASK THAT AGAIN. 
          I JUST WANNA BE QUIET FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. 
          . 
          WELL, THEY'RE ASKING COULD WE JUST NOT STAY THERE AND BUILD ON THAT FACILITY AND TO EXPAND THAT SPACE THERE TO GET ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE, IT'S NOT FEASIBLE AT THAT LOCATION FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT I'LL LET THE, THE, UM, THE TEAM CHIME IN. 
          THEY'VE DONE SEVERAL ASSESSMENTS OF THAT SITE AS WELL AS OTHERS I REALLY NEED TO DEFER TO, UH, TO THEM. 
          MS. ARNOLD, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANKS. 
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YES, BECAUSE IT IS A LEASED AREA. 
          THERE WOULD BE A, UM, THERE WOULD BE A LOT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO. 
          IT WOULD BE A VERY LONG TERM PROJECT AND IT WOULDN'T BE DONE IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, THREE TO THREE YEARS WOULD BE AT LEAST A GUESS, UM, FOR US, WE WOULD HAVE TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, ACQUIRE THE SITE, THEN, THEN BUILD ON IT. 
          SO RE REALISTICALLY, IT, IT WOULD BE A HARD, A HARD PLACE TO, TO BUILD UP THE, THE POLICE ACADEMY. 
          ALRIGHT, BUT HOW MANY ACRES DO YOU, WELL, LET ME GO INTO, I'LL DO THAT SOME OTHER TIME. 
          'CAUSE THE QUESTION IS, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE TAKING THREE YEARS TO GET TO UNT AND THREE YEARS THERE, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE WORK OF THE INVESTMENT? SO LET ME, LET ME DO THIS BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT THE TIME IS GETTING BEYOND US, BUT THAT IS A TAXPAYER QUESTION THAT I WAS ASKED NOW TO COMMENT, TO MOVE FURTHER. 
          MAYBE WE WILL GET CLOSER TO THE CONCLUSION, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. 
          I THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE FACT THAT THIS MAY NOT BE THE PLACE OR THE SPACE. 
          UH, I'M THANKFUL THAT THE HONORABLE JENNIFER GATES HAS HAD SOME EXPERIENCE AROUND THIS HORSESHOE WITH THOSE TYPES OF BACK AND FORTH. 
          SO TO THE, TO THE WORK OF, UH, HONORABLE GATES AND MS. LYNN MCBE. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ASK THEM AS WELL OF HOW THIS MAY EVEN IMPACT THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE FUNDRAISING. 
          SO DO WE HAVE A MINUTE WHEN WE COULD DO THAT, MAYOR? IS THAT OKAY? IS WHAT OKAY. 
          THE FACT THAT NOW PART OF OUR CONVERSATION IS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE GO TO UNT AT ALL AND THAT I THINK THIS IS WHERE THE FUNDRAISING TO OFFSET, I, I'M ONLY ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO POINTS OF ORDERS AND POINT POINTS OF INFORMATION UNLESS YOU, UH, POINT OF INFORMATION THATAM. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          STATE YOUR POINT OF INFORMATION. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON, ON TOP OF YOUR GAME. 
          IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO ASK THE QUESTION TO THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RAISING FUNDS TO HELP ME LIKE LINDA B OR JENNIFER STA BY GATES? OF COURSE YOU CAN HONOR LADIES WHO ARE PUTTING FORTH THAT EFFORT. 
          THEY WOULD BE THRILLED, I'M SURE TO, TO INFORM YOU OF THEIR ACTIVITIES. 
          WELCOME. 
          YOU HAVE TO TURN YOUR MIC ON THOUGH, WITH THAT BUTTON. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTION AND THANKS FOR ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE HAVE PUT OUR FUNDRAISING ON HOLD BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO, WITH CLARITY, SAY EXACTLY WHAT THE PLAN WAS. 
          WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT, WE NEED A CLEAR PLAN AND A CLEAR DIRECTION. 
          SO IN TERMS OF THE PRIVATE FUNDRAISING, I CAN SAY THAT I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT. 
          I FEEL LIKE THIS PLAN ACTUALLY INTRODUCES MORE COMPONENTS THAT CAN BE FUNDRAISED FOR, IN OTHER WORDS, SOMEONE MIGHT WANT TO UNDERWRITE THE AUDITORIUM, SOMEONE MIGHT WANT TO PAY FOR THE GUN RANGE. 
          SO THAT'S THE, THE PRIVATE SIDE OF THINGS. 
          IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC SIDE OF THINGS, THAT'S REALLY PROBABLY A QUESTION I CAN'T ANSWER. 
          I DO KNOW THAT THE STATE HAS ALREADY SENT $10 MILLION AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT IS SPENT. 
          UM, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE 20 PLUS, THE 10 ARE, ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR IT BEING AT UNT DALLAS. 
          IF THAT GOES AWAY, I THINK THE CITY WOULD PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE HAVE TO PAY THAT BACK TO THE STATE. 
          AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE THAT MONEY FROM THE STATE. 
          SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I CAN SPEAK FROM THE PRIVATE SIDE. 
          WE NEED A SOLID PLAN. 
          WE NEED SOMETHING THAT HAS ASSURANCES. 
          WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 
          WE WANT EVERYBODY TO, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, UM, WHAT HAS BEEN WORKED ON HERE. 
          AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SURETIES AND WE, WE CAN'T GO OUT TO THE, TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND WE WON'T DO THAT. 
          AND SO I WOULD COMPEL ALL OF YOU TO, TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE, THE BEST PLAN, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? AND SO ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, WE'RE JUST KIND OF IN READY MODE, BUT WE NEED A PLAN ON THE PUBLIC SIDE. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED WITH THE STATE. 
          BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT MONEY IS TIED TO IT BEING AT UNT DALLAS. 
          AND SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO PLAY INTO WHATEVER PROFORMA YOU DID IF YOU WANTED TO MOVE IT ALL TO ONE SITE, TAKE THE $30 MILLION AWAY AND THEN START FIGURING OUT WHAT THE COMPONENTS ARE AND WHAT THAT WOULD ADD UP TO. 
          SO DOES THAT ANSWER, DOES THAT HELP? I THINK, EXCUSE ME. 
          I THINK IT IS HELPFUL, BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S FOR US TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND PUT AND PUT ALL OF OUR CARDS ON THE TABLE SO WE UNDERSTAND AROUND THE HORSESHOE. 
          YEAH. 
          IF THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHERE ELSE CAN WE MOVE THIS LOC THIS HUNDRED PERCENT FACILITY, WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO YOUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AND YOUR COMMITMENT? YEAH, I MEAN I, I THINK AGAIN, THE, THE DOLLARS FROM THE STATE, I CAN'T, I CAN'T COMMENT ON AND THOSE COULD POSSIBLY GO AWAY. 
          I THINK, AND JENNIFER AND I ARE VERY DEDICATED TO THIS PROJECT AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK OUT TO THE DONORS THAT HAVE SPECIFICALLY SAID LIKE WAYNE WHITE, IS IT, YOU KNOW, CONTINGENT UPON IT BEING AT UNT. 
          AND IF IT IS, THEN THAT WOULD BE TEN NINE THAT WOULD GO AWAY. 
          WE'D HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DONORS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE MADE THAT CASE TOO. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEHIND DOING A GOOD PLAN THAT EVERYBODY AGREES ON THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR DPD THAT IS GOING TO GROW OUR, OUR WORKFORCE IN POLICE IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND THAT WE CAN ALL, YOU KNOW, RALLY UP BEHIND. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA BE GOOD IF HALF, HALF THE PEOPLE ARE 
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FOR IT AND THE OTHER AREN'T. 
          AND WE'RE OUT RAISING MONEY FOR SOMETHING AND WE DON'T HAVE CONSENSUS AND BUY-IN, THAT'S GONNA BE A VERY BAD LOOK. 
          IT'S NOT A LOOK OF UNITY. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS AND WE WILL, ONCE WE HAVE WHAT THAT IS, JENNIFER AND I ARE, ARE VERY, UM, EXCITED TO GET GOING. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD SAY AS OUR CITY MANAGER SAID, YOU KNOW, NEED TO DECIDE WHAT, WHAT DIRECTION AND WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO. 
          AND THEN I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO REVISIT WITH DONORS AND SEE WHERE THE CHIPS FALL. 
          I WOULD WORRY ABOUT THAT STATE MONEY THOUGH. 
          THAT WOULD BE THE, THE PIECE THAT I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER. 
          AND YOU MIGHT HAVE A BETTER READ ON THAT, BUT THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          SO CITY MANAGER, IF WE LOSE THE, THE, UH, FUNDRAISING DOLLARS POTENTIALLY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE TAXPAYERS? COULD YOU KIND OF WEIGH IN ON THAT? HYPOTHETICALLY YOU WERE SAYING THIS, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, I NEVER LIKE TO LOSE ANYTHING AND DEFINITELY NOT MONEY. 
          UM, SO WE AGAIN WOULD HAVE TO FIND OTHER WAYS. 
          WE'RE ALREADY THINKING, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE, THE GAP THAT EVERYBODY HAS SO ELOQUENTLY TALKED ABOUT TODAY. 
          UM, THAT, BUT IT, BUT AGAIN, IT'S REALLY ABOUT COMMITMENT AND WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND WE WOULD HAVE TO DEFINITELY PUT TOGETHER A WAY, UM, TO DEAL WITH ANYTHING THAT WOULD, WOULD BE PULLED FROM THE TABLE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY COUNTING ON. 
          UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I CAN GIVE YOU A FULL RUNDOWN ON RIGHT NOW OTHER THAN IT WOULD, IT WOULD SET US BACK FOR A MINUTE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO AND SPEND SOME MORE TIME, UH, WORKING THROUGH THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO I WOULD JUST SIMPLY SAY WE'VE TRY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TRY TO FIND SOME MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE AND MORE THAN LIKELY, I'M GONNA SAY IT WOULD BE ON THE TAXPAYERS. 
          SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR COMMITMENT OF TAKING ON THIS PARTICULAR, UH, CHALLENGE TO SERVE. 
          UH, HATS OFF TO YOU, BUT I HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL OR A COUNCIL THAT COMES, WILL MAKE A DECISION TO SUPPORT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR DOWN THE ROAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I THINK, UH, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, I THINK YOU'RE WRITING US FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MADAM, CITY MANAGER. 
          I THINK YOU'VE HEARD EXPRESSED BY MANY VOICES AROUND THIS HORSESHOE THAT WE ARE HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT ENDORSING A PLAN THAT HAS NO KNOWN BUDGET AND WOULD REQUIRE US TO WRITE A BLANK CHECK. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOUR STAFF OBTAIN SOME AT LEAST PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATES. 
          YOUR ARCHITECT HKS IS A VERY LARGE AND EXPERIENCED ARCHITECTURE FIRM THAT I AM SURE IS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING GENERAL COST ESTIMATES FOR THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES BASED UPON THE SQUARE FOOTAGES AND THE TYPES OF FACILITIES. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PRIVATE SECTOR CLIENTS REQUEST ALL THE TIME BEFORE THEY PROCEED WITH A PROJECT. 
          WE DON'T NEED TO DO A DETAILED DESIGN OF THESE BUILDINGS BEFORE WE REQUEST SUCH COST ESTIMATES. 
          AND IF YOU CAN COME BACK TO US WITH THOSE COST ESTIMATES, WE CAN ASSESS WHETHER WE ENDORSE THE PLAN, WANT TO SCALE IT BACK, WANT TO PHASE IT, BUT WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN IN GOOD CONSCIENCE PROCEED WITH AN ENDORSEMENT OF THIS PROJECT AS IT STANDS TODAY. 
          IS THAT POSSIBLE? I GET THE PLEASURE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND DEFINITELY, UH, TAKE THAT, UH, SERIOUSLY ABOUT COMING BACK WITH THE ESTIMATES. 
          AGAIN, I THINK AS I STATED EARLIER, WE REALLY WANTED TO GET TO WHAT WE THINK WE WANNA DO WITH SOME, UH, ENGAGEMENT OF THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE'D AT LEAST LIKE TO PROCEED WITH, HAVE IN THE TWO DIFFERENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE, UH, THE PARTNERSHIP AT THE UNT WITH THOSE FACILITIES AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. 
          SO WE COULD DO EXACTLY THAT. 
          SO I HAVE NO PROBLEMS DOING THAT IF WE'RE DOING IT BASED ON JUST THE GENERAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED IN THIS PLAN AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE WITH DOING BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, PARALLEL. 
          SO I HAVE NO RESERVATIONS WITH BEING ABLE TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO TODAY WE HAVE THE BASIC ACADEMY FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD YOU HAVE IN SERVICE ACADEMY AND THEN THE GUN RANGE ACROSS TOWN. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES. 
          RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE, I THINK IT'S THREE DIFFERENT IN CHIEF. 
          I'LL LET YOU JUMP IN. 
          I THINK IT'S THREE DIFFERENT SITES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY, UM, OPERATING. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          DID I GET THAT RIGHT, CHIEF? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND SO WHAT YOU'RE 
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TALKING ABOUT NOW IS HAVING TWO LOCATIONS, ONE AT THE UNIVERSITY AND ONE THAT WOULD HAVE ALL THE ANCILLARY, UM, AMENITIES, RIGHT? THE AMENITIES THAT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE OR FEASIBLE TO INCLUDE ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'LL SAY SINCE I'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS ON COUNCIL, IT'S NEVER BEEN, UM, EVEN CONSIDERED THAT THE GUN RANGE COULD BE THERE BECAUSE THEY FLAT OUT SAID THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND EVOC WE ALREADY KNEW WOULD NOT FIT THERE, CORRECT? YES MA'AM. 
          THOSE WERE NEVER PLANNED FOR THE, UM, FOR THE CAMPUS. 
          SO IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT HAVING, UH, THE MAIN CAMPUS AT UNT WOULD ALSO MEAN WE WOULD HAVE A SECOND LOCATION, WHICH OF COURSE NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO CAN YOU SHARE WITH US THE ACADEMIC BENEFITS OF HAVING THIS ACADEMY ON A CAMPUS, ON A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS? YES. 
          AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO PARTNER WITH UNTD RIGHT NOW TO TEACH SOME OF THE COURSES AT THE ACADEMY. 
          THERE ARE SOME, UH, THE, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH RESEARCH WITH THEM. 
          UH, WE CAN ALSO CREATE PATHWAYS FOR OUR RECRUITS TO, UM, WORK WITH UNTD TO OBTAIN THEIR DEGREES, UH, BUT ALSO GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT TO, UM, SENIORS WHO ARE GRADUATING FROM UNTD TO RECRUIT THEM TO WORK FOR DALLAS PD. 
          I AGREE. 
          I THINK THAT IF I WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT THERE AND I SAW THIS PROGRAM, IT MIGHT SPUR SOME QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES THAT I MIGHT NOT HAVE OTHERWISE CONSIDERED. 
          EVEN IF YOU HAD A TABLE AT A CAREER FAIR, LIKE YOU'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT MAKES YOU THINK OF, UM, NEW WAYS, UM, TO START YOUR CAREER AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO I LOVE THAT. 
          AND THAT'S THE THING I'VE ACTUALLY LIKED FROM THE BEGINNING ABOUT HAVING IT ON THE UNT CAMPUS IS SORT OF THAT KEEP IT FRESH WITH RESEARCH. 
          CRIMINAL JUSTICE IS CHANGING ALL THE TIME, BUT THE SECOND PART IS WHAT IT MEANS FOR US IN TERMS OF RECRUITING. 
          UM, THE, THE NEXT QUESTION I WANNA ASK YOU ABOUT IS THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THIS. 
          IF WE DID NOT HAVE THIS AT UNT, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE A COMPLETE SHAME, WE'D WALK AWAY FROM THE 20 MILLION ALREADY COMMITTED FROM THE STATE PLUS THE 5 MILLION THAT'S BEEN SEPARATELY SPOKEN OF. 
          AND I GUESS WHAT I'M HEARING FROM PEOPLE IS THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME IDEA THAT WE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO GO TO THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY AND SAY, HEY, COULD YOU WRITE US A CHECK FOR A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS? AND DO YOU NOT THINK THAT THOSE DONORS AREN'T GONNA GO, YOU'VE ALREADY WALKED AWAY FROM $25 MILLION. 
          ARE YOU CRAZY? I'M NOT PAYING FOR THAT. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST THE 25 MILLION THAT WE WOULD THEN BE ASKING OUR TAXPAYERS TO PAY. 
          IT'S THE WHOLE PROJECT, LIKE THIS ENTIRE DISCUSSION IS THE KIND OF THING THAT'S RAISING UNCERTAINTY. 
          AND THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHO HAS NO UNCERTAINTY. 
          OUR VOTERS, WHEN THIS WENT OUT TO THE BOND, IT PASSES ONE OF THE HIGHEST, UH, HIGHEST PERCENTAGES OF ANY PROPOSITION. 
          THEY KNOW IT AND THEY HAVEN'T EVEN TOURED IT TO KNOW HOW BAD IT IS. 
          BUT I'M TELLING YOU, IF WE DON'T GET A NEW ACADEMY AND SOON OUR CITY WILL BE IN TROUBLE FOR RECRUITING AND RETENTION. 
          WE NEED TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, AT LEAST WITH THE BASIC PART, FIGURE OUT THINGS LIKE THE, THE, THE HALLS AND EVEN EVEN INSERTS THAT. 
          BUT WE'VE GOTTA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BASIC IT IS, THANK YOU. 
          YOUR TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I THINK WE ARE NOW ON TO FINAL ROUNDS. 
          IF YOU WANNA TAKE ONE MORE MINUTE AND WRAP IT UP. 
          'CAUSE I'M GONNA GO TO THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEMP FOR A MINUTE AFTER THAT. 
          SO WE'RE ON ONE MINUTE ROUND. 
          SO IF YOU WANTED TO ROLL IT INTO ROUND THREE, DID YOU OR NO? WELL, I'LL JUST SAY, I'LL JUST SAY THIS ONE MINUTE. 
          MADAM SECRETARY, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN IN AUSTIN WHO HAVE TRIED TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO US. 
          AND I AS LEGISLATIVE CHAIR, DO NOT WANNA SEE ROYCE WEST FACE OR DAN PATRICK'S FACE. 
          IF WE WERE TO TELL THEM WE'RE NOT GOING FORWARD, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE RIPPLE EFFECT FOR OUR CITY. 
          SO WE ASK THEM TO DO THIS FOR US. 
          WE ASK STRONGLY. 
          WE HAVE THANKED THEM FOR THIS. 
          WE'RE ALREADY DOWN THE ROAD. 
          THIS IS A GOOD PLAN. 
          NOT ONLY IS THE PLAN MUCH IMPROVED FROM WHAT WE SAW BEFORE, THIS IS A PLAN THAT WORKS. 
          AND SO I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF IT. 
          I I ASKED FOR SEPARATE MEETINGS, I'VE READ ALL SORTS OF THINGS. 
          THERE WAS INTERIM STUDY THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS, LIKE I'VE BEEN ON THIS. 
          I'M JUST TELLING YOU, 
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WE ARE READY TO GO FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          YOU RECOGNIZE FOR ONE MINUTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WILL END WITH, I I THINK IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS HAS COME, UH, AS SUCH A, A, UH, UNPLANNED PLAN AND MADE US HAVE THIS TYPE OF DISCUSSION. 
          I'M, I'M, I REALLY HATE AS A POLICYMAKER TO BE PUT INTO A BOX AND TOLD THAT A DECISION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REALLY ABOUT APPEASING DAN PATRICK OR SENATOR WEST OR UNT DALLAS. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS ELECTED TO DO. 
          I WAS ELECTED TO DO THE BASIC CITY SERVICES. 
          AND THIS IS ABOUT THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM ON WHERE THERE COULD BE BETTER, UM, UH, PLANS IN WHAT THEN, AND THEN WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. RIDLEY FOR WHAT YOU ASKED THE CITY MANAGER. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT FOR SOME COMPARATIVE DATA, BUT I'D LIKE TO GO A STEP FURTHER AND ASK THAT WOULD BEYOND, UM, JUST ITEMIZING THIS PARTICULAR PLAN IF WE COULD SEE, WE'VE HEARD IT REFERENCED MANY TIMES, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A FEASIBILITY STUDY. 
          I'VE NEVER SEEN A COMPARATIVE, UH, STUDY TO ANY OTHER, UH, LOCATION. 
          AND I'D LIKE FOR THAT TO BE PRESENTED TO US AS WELL. 
          THAT IS YOUR TIME. 
          AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE. 
          SO MADAM SECRETARY, I'M THROWING IT BACK TO YOU. 
          THAT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF ITEM B. 
          I WOULD ASK THAT WE LET THE MEMBERS HAVE FOOD NOW AND COME BACK AND, AND DO EXECUTIVE SESSION, COME BACK AND DO YOUR LAST ITEM AFTER WE EAT FOOD. 
          SO I NEED TO GET SOME LANGUAGE. 
          I THINK I MAY HAVE SOME, I THINK I FOUND SOME IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU. 
          UM, M CITY MANAGER, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND PAUSE YOU. 
          IT'S STILL IN YOUR, UM, IN YOUR WHEELHOUSE THOUGH, BUT IT IS 
          [CLOSED SESSION ]
1:48 PM ON APRIL 2ND, 2025. 
          AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION INTERSECTIONS 5 51 0.071 AND 5 51 0.072 OF THE TEXAS OPENINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA. 
          ITEM NUMBER THREE. 
          AND WITH THAT WE ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          WE WILL RECONVENE AT TWO 30. 
          OKAY, IT, OKAY, IT IS 2 58 ON APRIL THE SECOND. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SESSION 5 5 1 0 7 1, I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAD COMPLETELY CLOSED SESSION UNDER SESSION 5 5 1 7 1 5 5 1 0.02. 
          DETECTIVE OPENING MEETING AT AT 2 59 ON APRIL THE SECOND, 2025. 
          WE HAVE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION. 
          MAD SECRETARY, 
          [C. 25-1125A Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Budget & Overtime Update ]
MR. MAYOR, YOUR BRIEFING, YOUR LAST BRIEFING CONTINUES. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          ASSISTANT MANAGER, HONOR THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL DURING TODAY'S BRIEFING PRESENTATION. 
          STAFF WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF DFR SWORN STRENGTH STAFFING PLAN, UPDATE OVERTIME, UPDATE AND PROJECTIONS FY 25, BUDGET PROJECTIONS AND NEXT STEPS. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING D FOUR'S BUDGET AND OVERTIME AS WE CONTINUE AT FUTURE OPERATIONAL NEEDS BEING PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE, ALSO OPERATIONALLY EFFICIENCY AND MONITORING OVERTIME. 
          WITH THAT, I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO INTERIM FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN BALL AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ALEX RODRIGUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU CHIEF ARTIST, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M INTERIM FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN BALL. 
          AND YEAH, WE, WE PRESENTED THIS OUR PLAN ABOUT 10 MONTHS AGO AND, UM, WE, WE SAID WE WOULD REDUCE THE OVERTIME WITHOUT COMPROMISING EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND IT ACTUALLY WORKED. 
          SO, UM, WE'LL GO OVER THAT. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND SHARING THE GOAL OF BEING THE SAFEST LARGE CITY IN AMERICA. 
          UH, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT. 
          WE GETTING THERE. 
          UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO, I WANT TO THANK THE, THE FOLKS THAT ARE ACTUALLY OUT THERE DOING THE WORK, 
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WHICH IS OUR BRAVE FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS, AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO THIS POINT, THEY'VE HAD TO SHOW FLEXIBILITY. 
          UM, NOT ONLY HAVE WE REDUCED THE OVERTIME, BUT WE'VE BEED OUR RESPONSE AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ADDED UNITS FOR RESPONSE. 
          AND, UM, THAT'S HELPED A LOT. 
          SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO MY RIGHT ALEX RODRIGUEZ. 
          HE'S GONNA PRESENT, UH, HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT AND FUTURE PLANS. 
          AND THEN, UH, TO HIS RIGHT IS ASSISTANT CHIEF DANIEL SALAZAR. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ASSISTANT CHIEF SCOTT PECO AND SUSIE SLIS, UH, PIO AND MEDIA EXPERT. 
          SO HERE YOU GO, ALEX. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF BALL. 
          SO HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CHIEF ARTIS. 
          IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M GONNA GO A LITTLE BIT FAST. 
          UH, SO, UH, I HOPE I DON'T, UH, GO TOO FAST, BUT IF YOU DO, IF I DO, SLOW ME DOWN, CHIEF . 
          AND SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT AS CHIEF ARTIS HAS ALREADY MENTIONED, IS OUR SWORN STRENGTH, UH, OUR STAFFING PLAN UPDATE, UH, OVERTIME UPDATE AND PROJECTIONS, AS WELL AS OUR PROJECTION FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          UH, AS YOU WILL SEE, IT'S ALL INTERTWINED. 
          STAFFING IS AFFECTS OVERTIME. 
          OVERTIME AFFECTS THE BUDGET. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S ALL, UH, RELATED. 
          SO THE NEXT STEPS WILL COVER THAT AS WELL AT THE END. 
          UH, AND SO WE'LL, THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, IT SHOWS WHERE WE, UM, WHAT OUR STAFFING PLAN WAS WHEN WE STARTED THE YEAR. 
          SO THE YEAR BEFORE, JUST SO YOU, JUST TO SET THE CONTEXT, THE YEAR BEFORE WE WERE, WE WERE AUTHORIZED TO HIRE 240. 
          THAT WAS THE GOAL. 
          WE ACTUALLY BEAT THAT GOAL JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          UH, BUT FOR, FOR 25, OUR GOAL WAS TO HIRE 63 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, UH, FIRE RESCUE OFFICERS, AND WHICH WAS A TOTAL OF 203 TO GRADUATE TO ACCOUNT FOR ATTRITION. 
          'CAUSE ATTRITION, AT THAT TIME A YEAR AGO, WE WERE SAYING ATTRITION WAS GONNA BE 140, AND SO WE NEEDED 63 PLUS THE ONE 40 IS THE 2 0 3. 
          WE ALSO HIRED AND ONBOARDED FOUR SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDICS TO BE ABLE TO RIGHTSIZE THAT UNIT AS WELL AS FIRE FIVE FIRE INSPECTORS TO HELP BOOST THE NEW CONSTRUCTION TEAM. 
          AND SO, AS YOU WILL SEE, IT'S A MULTI-YEAR PLAN. 
          UH, THE NEXT, THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DID. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. 
          UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO SHORTEN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATION COURSE FROM 14 MONTHS DOWN TO 12. 
          UH, OUR ATTRITION HAS SLOWED. 
          I'VE MENTIONED A WHILE AGO, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 140 A YEAR AGO, WE WERE SAYING 140. 
          NOW WE'RE SAYING IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE 128. 
          UH, THE PASS RATE OF NEW RECRUITS HAS IMPROVED. 
          UH, THEY, WE WERE HAVING ABOUT A 70% RATE THAT HAS IMPROVED TO ABOUT ALMOST 80% PASS RATE. 
          SO, UH, THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO KEEP MORE PEOPLE ON. 
          UH, WE'VE, ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE HAD REINSTATEMENTS. 
          AND WHAT A REINSTATEMENT IS, IS PEOPLE THAT HAVE LEFT THE DEPARTMENT, LEFT DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY DECIDED, HEY, IT WASN'T AS GREEN AS WE THOUGHT THEY'D COME BACK. 
          AND SO THOSE, THOSE ALLOW US TO GET THE NUMBERS UP QUICKER. 
          UH, AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT COUNSEL HAS APPROVED IN THE PAST HAS BEEN THE EXTERNAL, UH, LATERAL HIRES. 
          AND THAT IS A PERSON WORKS FOR ANOTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY'RE ALREADY CERTIFIED AND THEY CHOOSE TO COME TO DALLAS, UH, AND WHICH WE UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT THEY COME TO DALLAS. 
          SO THAT ALLOWS US TO BEEF UP OUR NUMBERS AS WELL. 
          SO THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER HAS ALLOWED US TO BE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, AS YOU WILL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY SLIDES. 
          THIS IS HOW WE STARTED THE YEAR. 
          SO, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT, UH, BUREAUS WITHIN DALLAS FIRE. 
          THE ONE, THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE ON THIS SLIDE IS THE 1681. 
          THAT IS THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          IF WE WERE DPD, THIS WOULD BE PATROL. 
          SO EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS WHERE THE, OUR EMERGENCY, 24 HOUR OPERATIONS PERSONNEL ARE. 
          THE OTHER POSITIONS, THEY'RE MOSTLY WORK THE STAFF STAFF HOURS. 
          NOW, THE OTHER ONE THAT'S IMPORTANT IN ON THIS SLIDE IS THE, THE GREEN ONE. 
          THAT'S THE 205. 
          THOSE ARE THE TRAINEES THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE. 
          THEY'RE AT SOME POINT IN THE CLASS, AND MANY OF YOU HAVE COME TO OUR GRADUATIONS. 
          YOU SEE, WE GRADUATE 30 TO 40, SOMETIMES AS MANY AS 55 IN A CLASS. 
          AND SO WHEN THOSE GRADUATE, THEY, THEY GO INTO, UH, THE BLUE PART, WHICH IS A 1681. 
          AND SO MATHEMATICALLY, WE NEED TO BE IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE BUREAU. 
          WE NEED TO BE AT, UH, 1726. 
          THAT IS THE NUMBER WE'RE HEADING FOR. 
          AND SO IT'S GONNA TAKE US ONE MORE YEAR TO GET THERE, BUT YOU CAN, YOU'LL SEE IN A LITTLE BIT HOW, WHAT THIS IMPACT HAS HAD ON OUR OVERTIME, JUST GETTING TO THIS POINT. 
          SO WHEN WE STARTED THE YEAR AGAIN, WE STARTED AT 1681. 
          UH, THE NEXT SLIDE IS WHERE WE PROJECT WE WILL BE WHEN WE GET TO, UH, THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH. 
          SO WHEN WE GET TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, AGAIN, UH, THIS SHOWS 1708. 
          SO THAT MEANS WE 
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WILL ONLY BE 18 FIREFIGHTERS, TRAINED FIREFIGHTERS AWAY FROM OUR MAG FROM OUR, UH, RIGHT SIZE. 
          SO WE'RE VERY CLOSE. 
          BUT, UM, AND SO THAT MEANS IN THE, THE NET GAIN FOR THE WHOLE YEAR WAS A PLUS 27 FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          'CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE LOST SOME, WE GAINED SOME, WE LOSE SOME, WE GAINED SOME WE. 
          AND SO, UM, SO AGAIN, THAT EXPECT EXPECTED ATTRITION WAS ONE 40. 
          WE, WE WERE LOOKING AT 1 28. 
          SO WE WERE GONNA GRADUATE 203. 
          SO WE'RE STILL VETTING THIS NUMBER. 
          WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADJUST OUR NUMBERS DOWNWARD, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE'RE, WE'RE NOT READY TO OFFICIALLY SAY WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE IT TO X NUMBER BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THAT WILL SHOW YOU, UH, WHERE, WHERE WE ARE OVERALL. 
          SO THE BLUE LINE ON THIS, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THE BLUE LINE IS WHEN WE WILL GET TO THAT, UH, TARGET OF 1726, AND THAT'LL BE DECEMBER. 
          UH, THE ORIGINAL PROJECTIONS A YEAR AGO, WE WEREN'T GONNA GET THERE UNTIL JAN, AFTER JANUARY 1ST, 2026. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A FULL TWO MONTHS EARLY TO GET TO THAT POINT. 
          AND, UM, SO, AND THEN THE ORANGE LINE, THAT IS ALL OF THE SWORN FIREFIGHTERS IN, IN DALLAS FIRE RESCUE. 
          THAT INCLUDES INSPECTORS, THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE IN DISPATCH COMMUNICATIONS, UH, AS YOU SAW EARLIER IN THAT PIE CHART THAT LOOKED LIKE A PACMAN. 
          UH, SO YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ORANGE LINE AND THE GRAY LINE. 
          THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE IN THE PIPELINE IN THE TRAINING PIPELINE. 
          AND WHEN THEY GRADUATE, THEY'LL, THEY WILL GO INTO THE BLUE LINE. 
          OKAY, SO THEN, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS. 
          SO THE REASON WE ARE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THIS NUMBER IS BECAUSE OF ATTRITION. 
          SO WE USUALLY GET ASKED, THE QUESTION IS, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE? SO, UH, SO THAT DEPENDS ON, ON HOW WE ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
          SO TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE, SOMEONE HAS A MEMBER HAS TO HAVE 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, AND, AND IT'D BE AT LEAST A CERTAIN AGE. 
          SO THAT ANSWER WOULD BE 453 PEOPLE. 
          BUT HISTORICALLY, UPON RETIREMENT PEOPLE, OUR AVERAGE AGE IS 57, AND THE AVERAGE AGE OF YEARS OF SERVICE IS 29. 
          SO IN THAT GROUP, THERE'S 116. 
          SO THAT ANSWER COULD RANGE FROM 116 TO 453, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE PENSION, WHAT HAPPENS, UH, WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO, UH, THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO OVER TO THE OVERTIME. 
          UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THIS PROBLEM DIDN'T START YESTERDAY. 
          IT'S, WE WERE IN IN 2022. 
          UM, WE, WE DID HAVE OVERTIME AND, AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT CAUSED THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN IT, IT CAME ON AND OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ASKED CHIEF ARTIS AND MYSELF AND MR. FORTUNE AT THE TIME, HE SAID, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET OVERTIME TO ZERO? AND, YOU KNOW, MATHEMATICALLY I GAVE HIM AN ANSWER. 
          UH, BUT I ALSO TOLD HIM, BUT WE, CHIEF ARTIS AND I BOTH TOLD HIM, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET TO ZERO BECAUSE THERE'S A BREAK EVEN POINT BETWEEN, UH, BETWEEN OVERTIME AND STAFF. 
          SO IF WE EVER GET TO THE POINT, AND CHIEF BALL WILL BACK THIS UP, IS WE EVER GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE NOT HIRING ANYBODY OVERTIME, THEN WE'VE GOT TOO MANY PEOPLE. 
          AND SO WE HIT WE, THE BREAK EVEN TO THE SWEET SPOT IS IN BETWEEN, UH, HAVING, HIRING SOME PEOPLE ALMOST EVERY DAY. 
          AT, AT THE TIME WE WERE PLAYING THIS, THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, WE WERE HIRING BETWEEN 70 AND 80 PEOPLE A DAY, EVERY, EVERY DAY. 
          NOW WE ARE DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE WE, IT'S BETWEEN 20 AND 30 IS WHERE WE'RE AT, AND IT'S GONNA COME DOWN EVEN FURTHER. 
          WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE, THIS IS GONNA CONTINUE TO COME DOWN. 
          UH, AND SO, BUT YOU CAN SEE NOW, UH, WITH THE CLASSES THAT HAVE GRADUATED LAST YEAR, AS I MENTIONED, WE HIRED 240, THAT, THAT WAS BIGGER THAN WE'VE EVER, THAN, WELL, NOT EVER, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST CLASSES WE'VE EVER HAD. 
          AND SO, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE TWO 40, UH, SO WHEN THOSE CLASSES HAVE STARTED TO, TO GRADUATE, AND THEY'RE GETTING OUT TO THE FIELD. 
          AND SO THAT'S BRINGING OUR NUMBERS UP. 
          IT, IT'S ALLOWING US TO HIRE, TO HIRE LESS PEOPLE. 
          UH, AND SO WE ONLY HAD, WE HAD 28.9 MILLION, OR EXCUSE ME, 20, 28 0.3 MILLION BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR. 
          RIGHT NOW, AS OF THIS MONTH, WE'RE PROJECTING THAT TO BE 26.9 MILLION. 
          SO JUST ABOUT A $1.3 MILLION SAVINGS. 
          SO ALTHOUGH WE'VE, WE'VE SPENT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON SALARIES, UH, WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF ABOUT 1.1 NET GAIN FOR THAT. 
          UH, AND SO, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU THE QUARTERS. 
          UM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUARTERS, SO WE WERE A LITTLE, UH, NOW CHIEF BALL WASN'T CONCERNED, BUT I WAS CONCERNED WHEN I SAW THIS NUMBER BECAUSE WE WERE OVER BUDGET THE FIRST QUARTER. 
          AND SO HE, CHIEF BALL IN HIS LEADERSHIP, HE TOOK, HE GOT, GOT US TOGETHER, WE, WE CREATED AN OVER, OR HE CREATED AN OVERTIME TASK FORCE. 
          SO WE REVIEW THE OVERTIME EVERY PAY PERIOD, AND WE LOOK AND SEE WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER. 
          AND SO WE COULD CHANGE THE NAME POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE TO BE A, A PROCESS IMPROVEMENT TASK FORCE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE FINDING OUT WHY ARE WE SPENDING THIS MONEY. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED, BUT ALSO YOU CAN SEE AT THE, THE BOTTOM NUMBER THERE AT WHERE YOU SEE THE 1635 IN THE FIRST QUARTER, THAT'S THE NUMBER IN THAT ERB, THAT BLUE CIRCLE. 
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AND IT GOES UP TO SIX, UH, 1677 IN THE SECOND QUARTER WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, NEXT QUARTER IS GONNA GO JUMP UP TO 1697. 
          AND THEN AT THE END OF THE QUARTER, UH, FOR FOURTH QUARTER, RIGHT BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, IT WILL BE AT 1717. 
          AND SO WE, OUR OVERTIME, OUR OVERTIME WILL COME DOWN EVEN FURTHER. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE PROJECTING THE 26.9 MILLION. 
          SO, AND THEN THE VERY NEXT SLIDE, UH, NORMALLY, I MEAN, IT'S VERY HARD TO COMPARE DOLLARS TO DOLLARS WHEN YOU LOOK OR YEAR TO YEAR WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT JUST DOLLARS BECAUSE OF SALARY INCREASES, MARKET BASED ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND SO, SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU BY HOURS, HOW MANY HOURS DID WE WORK? SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DOLLARS, WE HAD ABOUT A 19% DECREASE IN OVERTIME. 
          BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE HOURS, IT'S A 37.4% DECREASE, EVEN THOUGH OCTOBER STARTED OFF, WE STARTED OFF BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL, SO TO SPEAK, BUT WE GOT IT. 
          CHIEF BALL GOT IT UNDER CONTROL VERY QUICKLY. 
          AND SO IT'S BEEN COMING DOWN. 
          AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE ON OUR, OUR NEXT STEPS, OUR PLAN IS TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AS CHIEF TIS MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING, UH, AS WE LOOK TO OUR FUTURE OPERATIONAL NEEDS, AND THAT INCLUDES LOOKING AT WHAT THE POPULATION GROWTH IS PROJECTED TO BE, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY REVIEW. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON, ON ATTRITION, UH, AND, AND ADJUST AND FINE TUNE OUR HIRING PLAN. 
          UH, AND THEN WE'LL MONITOR OVER TIME EACH PAY PERIOD AS, AS CHIEF BALL HAS PUT INTO PLACE. 
          AND LAST OF ALL, AND CERTAINLY NOT THE LEAST, IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE, THE PILLAR OF SAFE, UH, FOR THE CITY MANAGER AS SHE HAS ADOPTED OR Y'ALL HAVE ADOPTED IN THIS CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          UM, SUBJECT TO ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. 
          DEPUTY  OUT THE BALLOT OF FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE EXCELLENT NEWS. 
          I, I SAW THAT Y'ALL MISSED SOMETHING ON NEXT STEPS, AND THAT'S TO SHOW YOUR WAYS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO OVERTIME. 
          UM, I AM VERY, UH, HAPPY TO SEE YOU COME IN AND, AND REALLY, UM, SHOW SOME ACCOUNTABILITY IN THIS INTERIM ROLE. 
          UM, QUITE FRANKLY, UH, UH, THIS ALONE IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD THINK ELEVATES YOUR CHANCES AT, UH, REMAINING AT THE HELM. 
          AND I WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR TAKING THAT INTERIM ROLE SO SERIOUS. 
          UM, WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THAT WE HAD THE CAPABILITY OF DOING IT, UM, SORRY, CHIEF ARTIS, BUT, UH, WE DID HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF DOING IT, AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF ACCOUNTABILITY WE NEED. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE'RE COMING UP TO SOME VERY HARD FINANCIAL TIMES, AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF DIGGING IN WITH A SCALPEL THAT WE NEED TO SEE DONE IN THESE DEPARTMENTS, NOT EXCUSES. 
          I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY FROM YOU, SO THANK YOU BECAUSE, UH, THIS HAS NOT COMPROMISED THE GREAT SERVICE THAT WE GET FROM DFR. 
          I'VE NEVER HEARD THROUGH THE PROCESS OF YOU GETTING THESE NUMBERS DOWN THAT ANYONE HAS FELT ANY WAY ABOUT THE DFR, UH, NOT, UH, RESPONDING IN THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD OR NOT BEING SUPPORTED IN THE WAY THAT THEY ARE HERE AT CITY HALL. 
          SO IT JUST, IT REALLY DOES COMBAT A LOT OF FALSE NARRATIVE, UH, WITH OUR OTHER AGENCY THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT APPLES TO APPLES, BUT THE POINT THAT'S BEING MADE IS THAT SOMETHING CAN BE DONE IF THERE'S A WILL TO DO IT, AND IT TAKES LEADERSHIP LIKE YOURS TO GET THAT DONE. 
          SO THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL, WANNA SHOOT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF, UH, OF SAYING THAT. 
          MY COLLEAGUE JUST SAID EVERYTHING, UM, BUT I WILL JUST, HE SAID IT WAY BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE, AND I AGREE WITH YOU. 
          I AGREE COMPLETELY, AND CONGRATULATIONS, IT'S WELL DONE. 
          AND KEEP GOING IN THAT TRACK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR ARNOLD, FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO GIVE. 
          UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN GO BACK IN TIME WHEN WE, IN THE CLASSROOM YEARS AGO, AS THEY SAY BACK IN THE DAY, THE QUESTION WAS, WHAT DO YOU WANNA BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? IT WAS EITHER FIREFIGHTER, A FIREMAN IS WHAT WE SAID, OR EITHER POLICE OFFICER. 
          SO WHEN I GREW UP, PROBABLY THAT'S ONE OF THE TWO CHOICES I WOULD MAKE. 
          SO TODAY, FROM YOUR PRESENTATION, I'LL GO WITH, HMM, I'LL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, BUT I THINK FIRE FIREFIGHTER WOULD BE FOR TODAY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR WORK, AND WE DO KNOW SERIOUSLY THAT YOU MUST WORK HAND IN HAND WITH POLICE AND THAT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT HAS HELPED ME IN THIS POSITION TO BE ABLE TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLKS UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU ARE VERY KEY TO THAT ELEMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          SO HEARING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE RECRUITING AND HAVING YOU EXPLAIN HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW THE RECESSION IMPACTS YOU AND DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING HAS BEEN VERY ENLIGHTENING. 
          AND I DID WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSCORE THAT AS WELL. 
          BUT JUST AS THEY SAY, KEEP ON KEEPING ON. 
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AND THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR DALLAS AND WHATEVER IT IS WE CAN DO, I'M SURE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND AND MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. 
          GRACE, FIRE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          AND AGAIN, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU ALL GOOD WORK AS WELL, UH, ON THIS AND CONTINUE TO DO THIS. 
          AND I WAS, UH, TALKING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND OFTENTIMES, UH, YOU ALL AREN'T MENTIONED IN THAT. 
          SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE IN THE COMMITTEE, NO DISRESPECT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, PEOPLE, UM, BUT I'M SAYING IN THE, IN THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S ALWAYS USUALLY THE OFFICERS, UH, THE POLICE OFFICERS AND, AND USUALLY FORGET ABOUT, UH, UH, THE FIREFIGHTERS. 
          SO AGAIN, I JUST PUBLICLY WANNA RECOGNIZE YOU AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE CONTINUED WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO HELP US ADDRESS OUR BUDGETING ISSUES IN PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. 
          MR. R YOU SPOKE OF A SWEET SPOT TO BALANCE OVERTIME VERSUS PERMANENT STAFFING. 
          WHERE IS THAT AND HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN WE GET THERE? UH, I CAN ANSWER THAT. 
          I MEAN, YOU, WITH OUR CALCULATIONS, WE CAN SORT OF KNOW, BUT YOU, YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU GET THERE AND THEN YOU MODIFY THE STAFFING. 
          BUT IN OUR, IN, IN OUR MINDS WHEN WE ARE, WE'VE GOT OVERTIME FOR MAYBE BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 A DAY, THAT PROBABLY PUTS US IN THE RIGHT AREA. 
          IF WE HAVE NONE, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE DAYS THAT WE'VE GOT TOO MANY. 
          SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME TO, LIKE ANY DAY THAT WE ARE, ANY DAY THAT WE'D BE OVER, THAT'S TRULY THROWING MONEY AWAY. 
          SO WE'LL PLAY IT BY EAR, BUT WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF OPTIONS TO CONTAIN IT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE IN THAT AREA. 
          SO YOUR PLAN IS TO REACH THAT SWEET SPOT? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S OPERATIONS, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMS IN AND SO AFTER, AFTER RIGHT SIZING OPERATIONS, WHICH WE'RE ALMOST THERE, WE'RE GETTING THERE, BUT WE'VE GOT OTHER AREAS WE CAN, UH, LOOK AT ALSO. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          CHAIRMAN STEWART, FIVE MINUTES. 
          I'LL JUST ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR, UH, FINDING, UM, THE SWEET SPOTS IS WHAT WE WE'RE, WE KEEP CALLING IT SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. 
          AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, UM, AS YOU DO THIS TO FIND WAYS TO ARTICULATE OR MEASURE THAT SWEET SPOT. 
          I THINK YOU ALL SORT OF KNOW IT INTUITIVELY WHEN YOU GET THERE, BUT IF YOU CAN FIND A WAY TO QUANTIFY THAT IN SOME WAY, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD GOING FORWARD SO THAT YOU COULD PASS THAT ON TO PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE AND SAY, THIS IS, THIS IS HOW WE CALCULATE THIS, THIS IS HOW WE KNOW WHEN WE WE'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 
          AND THEN PERHAPS OTHER DEPARTMENTS COULD, COULD BENEFIT FROM THAT AS WELL. 
          SO YEAH, CONGRATULATIONS FOR, UM, WHERE YOU'VE GOTTEN TO AND, AND I FIRST I WAS THROWN OFF GUARD WHEN YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE ZERO OVERTIME. 
          AND THEN, AND THEN I THOUGHT, OH YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, YOU, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE ALMOST TOO MANY PEOPLE ON STAFF, WAY MORE EXPENSIVE TO HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE ON STAFF. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I THINK, UM, I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT OVERTIME OVER THE YEARS. 
          I USED OVER, I, I REQUESTED OVERTIME WHEN I WAS A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A PIT, ESPECIALLY FOR UPTOWN LATE NIGHT HOURS. 
          AND, UM, SO I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I EVER THOUGHT WE WOULD GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE WOULD BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND THAT'S HUGE PROGRESS. 
          IT REALLY IS. 
          IT'S HUGE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. 
          THANK YOU CHAIRMAN HARLEM. 
          THREE MINUTES. 
          I FORGOT ONE THING TO CHIEF ARTISTS FOR YOUR HISTORY OF BEING IN THE POSITION OF CHIEF. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO CALL YOU CHIEF, BUT I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH EVEN WHEN YOU WERE IN THAT POSITION. 
          UH, BUT I WANT TO RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE CALL ON CHIEF BERRY SO MUCH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I PUBLICLY THANK HER BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS THERE WHEN WE NEED HER. 
          NOT TO OVERLOOK ANYONE ELSE, BUT WE KIND OF CALLED HER ABOUT 24 7 . 
          SO CHIEF BERRY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND, AND, AND, UH, BEING A PART OF JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE NEED IN TERMS OF HOW CAN, HOW DO WE DO THIS? WHAT DO WE NEED? SO I KNOW I'M A LITTLE BIT LATE FOR RECOGNIZING FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, BUT WE STILL WANT YOU TO KNOW WE ARE GONNA RECOGNIZE YOU 365 DAYS A YEAR AS LONG AS YOU'RE HERE WORKING FOR US IN THIS CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S FIRE RELATED, BUT I DID WANNA MAKE SURE WE ACKNOWLEDGED HER ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SIN. 
          NO. 
          OH, MS. MIDDLETON, YOU TRYING TO GET ON? GO AHEAD CHAIRMAN. 
          FIRE MINUTES. 
          WELL, I'LL JUST SAY I FEEL LIKE I ALREADY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK A LOT ABOUT, UM, YOUR STAFFING. 
          AND THE THING THAT I JUST WANNA ADD IS 
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THAT IT'S MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN PEOPLE REALIZE. 
          EVEN WHEN YOU HEAR, OH, THERE'S THREE SHIFTS, THEY WORK ONE DAY ON, TWO DAYS OFF. 
          WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS IS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE OVERTIME BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE DAYS WORK. 
          AND SO, UM, THE COMMITMENT I HOPE THAT WE WILL, UH, MAINTAIN IS TO KEEP THE FOUR FIREFIGHTERS, UM, FOR THE TRUCK. 
          YES. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE QUALITY OF THE RESPONSE THAT YOU HAVE. 
          UM, ALSO FOR EVEN THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE OF WHAT WE DO. 
          AND CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH. 
          AND SO I, I THINK YOU'RE DOING AN EXEMPLARY JOB EVERY MONTH WE GO THROUGH, UM, WHAT STAFFING LOOKS LIKE, RECRUITING AND RETENTION. 
          AND, UM, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE BEEN MEETING THE MARK AND EXCEEDING IT. 
          AND SO JUST THANKS FOR THAT GOOD WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SEEING NO ONE ELSE. 
          MADAM 
          [Open Microphone Speakers (Part 2 of 2) ]
SECRETARY, I THINK THAT'S OPEN BACK SPEAKERS, RIGHT? YES, MR. MAYOR, GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY, I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES. 
          SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY TO QUORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL IMP PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS. 
          YOU'LL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION. 
          INDIVIDUALS BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR THOSE IN PERSON SPEAKERS. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME, THE TIMER ON THE MONITOR ON 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 YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME AND ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON. 
          ONLY WE WILL ZOOM WITH MICHAEL GIBSON. 
          MICHAEL GIBSON IS NOT PRESENT. 
          CHERRY LYNN WILSON. 
          GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME, ALLOWING ME TO COME IN. 
          I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT MY HOME. 
          I LIVE AT 29 35 FREE OAK DRIVE. 
          THAT'S MY HOME. 
          I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN NY WITH MY SON FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS BECAUSE MY, UH, CONTRACTOR DID NOT, HAS NOT FINISHED MY HOME. 
          AND I'M HERE TO, TO ASK FOR HELP TO GET BACK INTO MY HOME AND TO, I HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE OUTTA MY HOME SINCE JUNE, UH, 2023. 
          THE CONTRACTOR I, THE I CONTACTED WHO WORKED WITH ME IS, IS, UH, JASMINE ANDERSON. 
          UM, IT'S AN UNFINISHED HOUSE. 
          WORK WAS DONE ON THE HOUSE THAT WAS NOT IN THE CONTRACT. 
          ALL THE MONEY FOR THE THAT WAS IN BUDGET IS NOW GONE AND THE HOUSE IS NOT FINISHED. 
          AND ANYWAY, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO DO, I'M ASKING YOU TO HELP ME GET BACK INTO MY HOME ACTUALLY. 
          SO, UM, THAT WAS, I HAD TO PAY A $600 FINE BECAUSE WHEN THEY DEMOLISHED, TOOK A ALL THE STUFF OUTTA THE HOUSE AND DEMOLISHED AND I PAID FOR, UH, THE, UM, TO, TO HOLD IN IT AND ALL THAT AWAY. 
          WELL, THEY DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT. 
          AND I, I ALSO HEAR PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS THAT THROW STUFF INTO THE HOUSE, BUT I, TO THE, THE DUMPSTERS, BUT THE, THAT I HAD TO PAY THE FINE BECAUSE THEY WASN'T DONE RIGHT. 
          IT WAS LEFT UNDONE. 
          AND SO I HAD TO, UH, DO THAT, WHICH WAS $600. 
          I DID PAY THAT. 
          AND, UM, UM, OKAY, WAIT A MINUTE. 
          THE MONEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BEEN SPENT. 
          UH, I HAD LUMBER OVER AT, I MUST HAVE BEEN LET YOU KNOW THAT I BOUGHT A LUMBER, UH, AHEAD OF TIME THAT MRS. ANDERSON ASKED ME TO. 
          WE PUT IT UNDER PROPERTY, BUT IT WAS, UH, I PAID FOR THE AMOUNT THAT HE ASKED FOR WAS FOR $10,000 TO COMPLETE IT. 
          THE, UH, THE BUDGET OF THE LUMBER TO DO THE HOUSE AND 
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THE ROOFING IS NOT DONE. 
          I'M SURE RAIN AND WATER GETS INTO IT AND, AND WEATHER, BUT THE ROOF IS STILL NOT DONE. 
          'CAUSE I SAID IT'S NOT UP TO CODE. 
          I WAS TOLD IT WASN'T UP TO CODE. 
          SO I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, NICOLE MICAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M HERE. 
          CAN YOU READ? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I MUST EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT I HAVE A SEVERE HEARING LOSS. 
          I HAVE CO A COCHLEAR IMPLANT, BUT I MIGHT NOT GET ALL THE WORDS YOU'RE SAYING. 
          I'M TRYING. 
          I I JUST SAID THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR TIME. 
          YEAH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SIT DOWN NOW, BUT WE'RE JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN AND SPEAKING TO OH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I GOT THAT RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND WE'LL, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEONE, UM, COME TALK TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, WE'RE GONNA, WE ARE LOOKING FOR HER. 
          SHE'S IN FOUR AND SO WE COULD GET WITH THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NICOLE. 
          MICAH? UH, YES, I'M HERE. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU. 
          HOWEVER, I CANNOT SEE YOU. 
          YOUR VIDEO MUST BE DISPLAYED. 
          OH, OH, HANG ON ONE SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SORRY. 
          UH, HI. 
          SO GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO YOU ALL WANT ME TO GO AHEAD OR I'M SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S, SEEMS LIKE IT'S TRYING TO DISPLAY NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, LET ME KNOW WHERE YOU GUYS, IF EVERYTHING'S OKAY, WE STILL CAN'T SEE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I HAVE IT, UH, THIS IS NOT MY VIDEO. 
          HANG ON. 
          LEMME SEE IF IT'S YES. 
          OKAY. 
          TO GONE THROUGH. 
          WE CAN SEE YOU. 
          YOU MAY CONTINUE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, YES, I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF, I THINK IT SHOULD BE UNDER ITEM 62, UH, BANNING HORSE STRONG CARRIAGES. 
          UM, BASICALLY I'M NOT GONNA GO AND SAY THE SAME THINGS I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY AWARE OF. 
          UM, BUT JUST BASICALLY I JUST WANT TO JUST KIND OF SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. 
          THIS IS A VERY OUTDATED PRACTICE, UM, AS YOU I'M SURE IN DIFFERENT ARTICLES AND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SEEN THAT PEOPLE, RESIDENTS HAVE GETTING INJURED HORSES, THEY'RE NOT IN THE BEST ENVIRONMENTS. 
          UM, SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          AGAIN, I KNOW THESE ARE THINGS, YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY OUTDATED AND THERE ARE BETTER MEANS TO HELP PROTECT THE ANIMALS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. 
          AND I KNOW ALSO, UM, THE AREA IS NOT, IS VERY CONGESTED TOO. 
          SO IT CAN ALSO BE IMPACTFUL AND STRESSFUL FOR THE ANIMAL AS WELL AS CREATING A VERY NOT THE BEST ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST VOICE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. 
          AND I KNOW AS ANYTHING THERE'S CHANGE, CHANGE IS ALWAYS GREAT AND POSSIBLE AND WE HAVE ALWAYS UPDATED WITH EVERYTHING GO IN LIFE. 
          SO THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE. 
          UM, I KNOW THERE'S OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE DONE LIKE ELECTRIC CARRIAGES, SO I COULD STILL BRING TOURISTS INTO THE AREA. 
          SO IT'S STILL OTHER WAYS AND OTHER MEANS THAT CAN BECOME, THAT YOU GUYS COULD, UH, CAN THINK ABOUT AND, AND GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. 
          BUT, UM, THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS NOT BENEFICIAL FOR ANYONE INVOLVED. 
          THAT SHOULD BE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOUR NEXT SPEAKER LAIA LONDON. 
          LAKO LONDON 1104 BUCKEYE DRIVE, RACISM. 
          AND THE MESQUITE WAS NOT THE TOPIC, THE TOPIC WAS JA BOND ANDERSON. 
          HE HAS CONTRACTS WITH THIS CITY. 
          HE TOOK MY AUNT MONEY IN CURL AND KING ON IT. 
          HE, TO DOWN A HOUSE THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GUT OUT WE'RE VERY CONFUSED THAT HE TOOK ALL HER SAVINGS, HE TOOK ALL THE BANK MONEY AND THIS MAN TELLS HER THAT IT WAS A BAD BUSINESS DEAL. 
          NO, IT WAS A SCAM. 
          YOU SCAMMED THE 81-YEAR-OLD OUTTA HER HOME. 
          SHE BEEN THERE SINCE 1977. 
          WE HAVE ALL OUR THANKSGIVINGS THERE, ALL OF THEM RIGHT THERE SINCE I WAS LIKE EIGHT, FIVE, PROBABLY EVEN LESS THAN THAT. 
          WE WENT TO ST. 
          JOHN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S HOW LONG SHE HAS LIVED AT THAT, THAT UH, PLACE SINCE 1977. 
          SHE BOUGHT THAT HOUSE. 
          BUT THE PROBLEM IS MOND ANDERSON, HE GETS ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE SAYING HE HAVE PERMITS, HE EVEN HAVE A TRAILER IN HER YARD, IN HIS BUSINESS NAME. 
          HE WAS TELLING HER TO SEND HIM MONEY TO PAY SOMETHING THAT HIS BUSINESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING, AND HE'S FIVE MONTHS BEHIND. 
          SO WE WENT AND MOVED EVERYTHING OUT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HIS STUFF. 
          THAT'S 
          [05:00:01]
HER STUFF. 
          SHE ALREADY ALMOST DON'T HAVE A HOME, YOU KNOW? SO WE ARE TRYING TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE BECAUSE WE WANT HANDCUFFS ON THIS MAN. 
          YOU KNOW, HE CALLED MY PHONE AND SAID, I HEARD YOU LOOKING FOR ME. 
          I MEAN, WHAT I HEARD, THAT'S WHAT IT CAME OUTTA HIS MOUTH. 
          I HEARD YOU LOOKING FOR ME. 
          YOU DID A POST ABOUT ME. 
          I DID. 
          BECAUSE FINALLY MY FAMILY WAS LIKE, HEY, CAN YOU HELP US WITH THIS MAN? SO THE THING IS, SHE'S 81 YEARS OLD WITHOUT A HOME. 
          A YEAR AGO HE BULLDOZED HER HOUSE AND NOW HE FIND OUT THAT HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DO IT. 
          SO WE'RE CONFUSED THAT HE SAID HE BEEN COMING OUTTA HIS POCKET. 
          YOU SUPPOSED TO, WHEN YOU HAVE A CONTRACT SAYING THIS SET AMOUNT OF MONEY, HE HAD A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY, $75,000. 
          YOU SUPPOSED TO MAKE A $75,000 HOME, YOU DON'T STEAL 75,000, $80,000 FROM A SENIOR. 
          THEN HE TOOK MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING HER GO IN HER SAVINGS ACCOUNT, GETTING, I MEAN, SHE, SHE THE NICEST PERSON EVER IN THE WORLD. 
          MAN, MY, MY, MY AUNTIE DON'T BOTHER NOBODY. 
          SHE DON'T, SHE DIDN'T REALLY WANNA COME DOWN HERE, BUT SHE KNOW THAT I WOULD COME DOWN HERE AND SHE KNOW I WOULD DEFEND HER TO THE T SHE'S 81 YEARS OLD, LIVING IN 40 IN HER SON'S HOME BECAUSE THIS MAN DID WHAT HE DID. 
          THEN HE TOOK 12 MORE THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM HER SON PRACTICALLY A MONTH AGO. 
          SAID HE WAS GONNA FINISH THE ROOF. 
          HE ONLY DID THE BACK THEN Y'ALL WAS FINDING HER AND HE HAS PERMITS ON THE HOUSE. 
          THE FINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOING TO JASMINE AND ANDERSON. 
          SHE WENT TO COURT FOR TRASH IN THE YARD AND THE PERMITS HAS JASMINE ANDERSON ON IT. 
          HE TOOK THE TRASH CAN BECAUSE HE WAS TIRED OF THE PEOPLE PUTTING TRASH TRASH IN HIS DUMPSTER. 
          SO WE WANT HIM TO DO WHAT HIS RIGHT. 
          WE NEED HIM TO BUILD THAT HOUSE OUTTA HIS POCKET. 
          WE CAN'T HELP IF HE AIN'T GOT ENOUGH. 
          'CAUSE HE SAY HE AIN'T GOT NO MORE. 
          HE NEED MORE MONEY. 
          THAT'S YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU ROCHELLE WILSON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, ROCHELLE WILSON. 
          UM, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY MOTHER 29 35 RIO IN WHAT WE CALLED OUR FOREVER HOME. 
          NOW THAT HOME IS GONE BECAUSE OF JASMINE ANDERSON. 
          THERE WAS A BUDGET. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU HAVE BLACK AND WHITE, 'CAUSE I PRIDE IN MYSELF AND BEING A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OWNER. 
          SO ANYTIME I DO BUSINESS AND I HAVE BLACK AND WHITE INVOICES, I GO BY THAT INVOICE. 
          I PRESENT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE SHOULD GO BY. 
          IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, THEN WE DISCUSS THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          BUT WE DON'T GO AND MAKE OUR OWN DECISIONS AND GUT OUT HOMES AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY FROM THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WAS NOT ADDED. 
          SO THAT'S MY MAIN COMPLAINT. 
          IF WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE THAT IS ACTUALLY REPRESENTING THE CITY THAT'S GOING AROUND THAT'S MOST SUPPOSEDLY BE HELPING THE 81-YEAR-OLD PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY AND THEY'RE REALLY NOT BEING TRUTHFUL, THEN WE REALLY HAVE A, SOMETHING BIG TO WORRY ABOUT. 
          IF WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD AND THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE DOWN, ALL I'M ASKING IS TO BE DONE RIGHT. 
          AND SINCE IT WAS NOT DONE RIGHT, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY EXECUTED IT. 
          IF NOT, WE'RE GONNA BE IN A WORLD OF TROUBLE HERE AND ALL OUR HOMES ARE GONNA BE GONE, ARE FOREVER HOMES. 
          SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU LOOK INTO THIS GUY AND ANYONE ELSE THAT CALL THEMSELVES HELPING OUT IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND HELPING OUT THE HOUSING, THE LOW INCOME. 
          I'M ASKING AND BRAGGING AND PLEADING THAT YOU GUYS LOOK INTO SOMETHING, VET THEM, MAKE SURE THAT THIS PERSON IS NOT TAKING CARE OF SOMEONE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S HANDLING SOMEONE THAT TRULY BELIEVES THAT IF I SAY THE CITY OF DALLAS, I'M UPHOLDING TO THAT NAME. 
          THAT'S WHAT SHE DID. 
          SHE'S, SHE LISTENED TO HIM SAYING, I'M REPRESENTING THE CITY OF DALLAS AND HELD HIM TO THAT. 
          AND SHE, SHE KEEPS ASKING ME OVER AND OVER, HOW COULD THEY DO THAT TO ME? WELL, MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW. 
          SO I'M JUST ASKING. 
          MAYBE YOU GUYS NEED TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON SOMETHING. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT I JUST KNOW THIS VERY UNNECESSARY WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN BLACK AND WHITE TO ACTUALLY GO OVER IT AND NOT DISCUSS IT WITH HER BEING THAT SHE'S HEARING IMPAIRED, SOMEONE NEEDED TO BE THERE SO SHE UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING. 
          IF NOT, SHE'S VERY NAIVE. 
          SHE'S NOT THE ONLY 80-YEAR-OLD THAT IS NAIVE AROUND OUR TOWN. 
          [05:05:02]
THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          THIS CONCLUDES YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MEETING. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. 
          BUT, UM, BEFORE, UH, I CONCLUDE THOUGH, I JUST WANNA LET THE FAMILY THAT CAME DOWN HERE ON THIS ISSUE KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE CITY, UM, TALK TO YOU GUYS TO GET THE, THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF ANY OF THIS. 
          I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST, ANY OF US HAVE HEARD OF IT, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 
          'CAUSE UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S UNSETTLING, WHATEVER I HEARD YOU SAY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO THAT'S GONNA BE. 
          THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST TALKING. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF ROBIN WAS HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          SHE JUST STEPPED OUT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO ROBIN BENTON LAYS UPSTAIRS TALKING, I THINK, UM, WITH YOUR MOTHER NOW. 
          SO THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING DOWN. 
          THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING PATIENT AND WAITING THROUGH OUR WHOLE MEETING TO, TO TELL US ABOUT THIS, UM, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE I CITY COUNCIL TODAY. 
          UH, MADAM SECRETARY, I, I'M GONNA SAY AT 3:36 PM THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU.
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