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WHO? GOOD[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on April 3, 2025.]
MORNING.I NOW CALL THE APRIL 3RD, 2025 PART BOARD MEETING TO ORDER AT 10:00 AM THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION SENATOR, MR. MICHAEL CASE.
TO ASK AND, UH, MR. PRESIDENT HERE, JOIN US.
AND IF I CAN ASK, UH, MR. HAYES IF, JOIN US RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE.
HERE, SIR, AREN'T WE? I LIVE WITH DEDICATION.
ALL RIGHT, YOU ALL, UH, JUST WANTED TO, UH, RECOGNIZE VERY SPECIAL PERSON MR. MICHAEL HAYES.
THIS IS SOMEONE YOU ALL, I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I FIRST STARTED, BEEN ON THE JOB EIGHT MONTHS AND THEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO WORK WITH HIM OVER AT RIVER SEAN RECREATION CENTER.
AND OUR FOCUS OVER THERE WAS TO FOCUS ON KIDS THAT WAS LIVING IN THE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR REFERRED TO AS HOUSING PROJECTS.
AND WE WAS UP UNDER THE WALK CONSENT DECREE TO MAKING SURE WE'RE SERVING ALL RESIDENTS.
AND MICHAEL WAS RIGHT THERE WILLING TO WALK IN THE HOUSING PROJECTS TO GET THE KIDS TO JOIN THE PROGRAM.
PICKED THEM UP IN THE BUS EVERY DAY, MADE SURE THOSE KIDS WERE GETTING THE PROGRAM AND THE AFTERSCHOOL TUTORING THAT THEY NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR LIFE.
'CAUSE THEIR PARENTS WEREN'T AROUND.
A LOT OF THESE PARENTS WERE MAMA AND DADDY WAS AND THE GRANDMAMMA WAS TAKING CARE OF 'EM.
MICHAEL WAS RIGHT THERE TO MAKE SURE THOSE KIDS WERE BEING SERVED.
SO I JUST WANT, WITH TODAY, ON APRIL THE 16TH, MICHAEL MICAH HAYNES HAS RETURNED FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AFTER 31 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE.
IN 1993, HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AS A BUILDING CARETAKER AT RIDGEWOOD BECHER CENTER.
AND THEN IN 1995, HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE POSITION OF RECREATION PROGRAM ASSISTANT AT RECREATION CENTER.
IN 2003, HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE POSITION OF RECREATION PROGRAM SPECIALIST AT JAMIE C TURNER RECREATION CENTER.
IN 2015, HE WAS PROMOTED TO RECREATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT PLEASANT ROPE PLEASANT OAKS, FOLLOWED BY MARTIN MARTIN WEISS RECREATION CENTER.
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE ASSISTING WITH THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SEVERAL SPECIAL PROJECTS SUCH AS THE INAUGURAL OR MOTHER'S DAY LUNCHEON, THE JAN C TOURNAMENT.
UH, HE, HE DEVELOPED AND PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THE LARGEST STATE'S LARGE BOXING TOURNAMENTS, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE BATTLE IN BIG D MICHAEL HAYNES CONTRIBUTION WITH CRITICAL TO SUCCESS OF THE DALLAS CHARTER RECREATION.
HONOR AND LEGACY WILL REFLECT HIS CONTRIBUTION IN YOUTH SPORTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
MICHAEL HAYS HAS SERVED AS A COMMITTED COLLEAGUE, RECREATION PROFESSIONAL FRIEND, MENTOR, WHO WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS DEDICATION TO YOUTH TRUSTWORTHINESS, INABILITY, POSITIVE DEMEANOR AND PASSION TO SERVE THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THAT SINCERE APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO MICHAEL HAYNES FOR 31 YEARS OF DEVOTED ENTIRELY SO GENEROUSLY GIVEN TO THE PARK AND ION DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS, THAT THE PARK TION BOARD COMMENCED MICHAEL HAYNES FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AND WISHES HIM CONTINUE SUCCESS IN APPLICANT.
AND THEREFORE, I JOHN D. JENKINS, DIRECTOR ON BEHALF OF THE DALLAS PARK RECORDS DEPARTMENT DO GIVE OUR EXTEND SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
HAPPY RETIREMENT WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR 31 YEARS OF VALUABLE SERVICE.
THE NEW BEGINNINGS AND HAPPY MEMORIES WITH MUCH RESPECT, GRATITUDE, AND FONDNESS, YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATIONS PARK PRESENTED APRIL THE 16TH, 2025 TO YOU, SIR.
I GOT ONE OTHER THING TO BRING BACK A MEMBER, BUT YEAH.
YOU DON'T GET TO KEEP THIS, BUT EVERYBODY ASK ME.
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I WANT ALL WANT TO HOLD TO SEE WHAT'S, WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR DESK? THAT'S THAT BIG D TOURNAMENT THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER THAT MADE IT ONE OF THE BEST TOURNAMENT'S, LARGEST TOURNAMENT IN THE COUNTRY.I KNEW THIS WOULD BRING YOU BACK MEMORY.
I THOUGHT I WAS A BOXER BUT I WASN'T
MICHELLE, THE SERVICE THE LAST FEW YEARS AT MARTIN WEISS, WE APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH.
UM, MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS.
UH, NEXT WE'RE GONNA, UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES, BUT BEFORE WE DO, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT THE BOTTOM OF THE, OF THE SHEET, THE DATE FOR THE SIGNATURE IS WRONG.
IT, IT, IT SAYS, UH, DATE 3 6 20 20 20 2000 2 0 2.
JUST, JUST JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WE'RE GOING MOTION MOVE WITH, UH, CHANGE JUST NOTED.
I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MR.
QUESTION I JUST RESPOND 11 MINUTES.
UM, SO IN ITEM AGENDA ITEM TWO ON OUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION, UM, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE, UH, OUR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND OUR STAFF DEVELOPMENT DO, AND I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THE DIRECTOR SCHOOL, SO I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT DIRECTOR SCHOOL.
SO, UM, I CALLED NRPA EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PAPER ADMINISTER THAT PROGRAM.
AND, UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT MORE ABOUT WHAT IT IS.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT IMPROVE IT.
UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROGRAM.
A TWO YEAR THING GO TWO SEPARATE WEEKS.
SO WHAT WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL APPROVE THESE MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED.
BUT MY, MY, UH, MY QUESTION MAY ALTER THE MINUTES, SO I DON'T WANT TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS IS UNTIL I GET AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION.
LET ME GET MS. ROSS IN HERE RIGHT NOW SO SHE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU.
'CAUSE SHE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL OR STEVE BAKER, KEISHA OR YES.
MS. ROSS CAN PROVIDE YOU ALL DETAILS AND IF YOU WOULD, MR. DICKER, WOULD YOU KIND OF REPEAT WHAT YOU YEAH, SURE.
SO, UM, I, I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT DIRECTOR SCHOOL.
SO I JUST CALLED PAUL, SPOKE WITH TAYLOR, WHO RUNS THE SCHOOL.
AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE NATURE OF IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.
IT'S A WONDERFUL, WE'RE SOON PEOPLE THERE AND A TWO YEAR PROGRAM WHERE YOU GO A WEEK AND A WEEK IS, UH, 3,400 A YEAR PAYS FOR ALL THE LODGING AND BOARD.
AND IT'S A CERTIFICATION THAT IT'S REALLY GOOD.
AND I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE HONORS BECAUSE I KNOW IN UNIVERSITIES YOU HAVE HONORS, HIGH HONORS AND HIGHEST HONORS FOR K LAW MAGNET, THE BLOG
SO I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE LEVELS OF DISTINCTION.
UH, 'CAUSE IT'S AN AMAZING CERTIFICATION AND WHEN I ASKED HER THAT, SHE SAID THAT THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE OFFERS THAT YOU REALLY, YOU GET A PLAQUE AND A BADGE.
AND SO WHAT I WAS CURIOUS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WITH, FOR THESE PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS TO GET IT ABSOLUTELY RIGHT 'CAUSE IF IT'S WRONG, IF SOMEONE PUTS IT ON A RESUME.
AND SO I, THERE WAS A BASICALLY A QUESTION THERE CAN SAY THERE'S, THEY DON'T HAVE AN HONORS PROGRAM,
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SO WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE REFERENCE THAT, SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.UM, I'LL HAVE TO INQUIRE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
SO WE DID SEND TWO EMPLOYEES TO DIRECTOR SCHOOL FOR THE SEASON OF 2024 AND SOME AND 2025.
SO BOTH KEISHA RANDALL AND
WE RECOGNIZED THEM, I BELIEVE THE LAST SMART BOARD MEETING IN REGARD TO WHAT QUALIFIES AS A HONORS GRADUATE.
I DON'T HAVE THE CRITERIA FOR THAT, I JUST KNOW THAT'S WHAT WAS REPORTED AND THAT'S REFLECTED ON THEIR, UM, PLAQUE THAT THEY RECEIVED.
SO THE PLAT DOES SAY WITH US, ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE MY ONLY CONCERN WAS IF WE GET IT WRONG AND IT'S WRONG IN THE MINUTES, THEN IF THEY GO ON AND GET THE, BECOME ANYONE WHO BECOMES A DIRECTOR AND THEY, THERE'S SOME DISCREPANCY FOUND, THEN THAT COULD HARM THEM.
AND SO IT'S, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
IF, IF THAT'S ON THE PLAQUE THAT THEY RECEIVED, RECEIVED, YES.
THEN THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE WOULD SAY WHAT SHE SAID, BUT I COULD ON THE PLAQUE IN CASE WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CRITERIA, I'M SORRY, WHAT THE, UH, RECOGNITION LEVELS ARE IN DIRECTOR SCHOOL, BUT IT, IT IS INDICATED, REFLECTED ON YOUR, IT'S ON THE PLAQUE THAT'S GONNA GO THROUGH.
ALRIGHT, WE GOT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE'VE GOT, UH, CONSIDER AGENDA.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM ON CONSIDER AGENDA TODAY.
AND IT IS THE KEYS PARK, JOHN C. PHILLIPS, TOMMY ALLEN, AND DISTRICT FOUR AND A.
MR. DICKEY, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
OUR FIRST ITEM IS, UH, UH,
THIS IS A 20 YEAR NAMING OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OUR BOARD NAMING POLICY FINANCING IS ITEM NO COST ION TO THE CITY.
MS. MONDELL, ANY DISCUSSION? SEE NO.
UH, VARIOUS DISTRICTS AUTHORIZED AN INCREASE TO THE SPECIFIC AQUATIC FEES AT ALL.
$26 AQUATIC FACILITIES IN DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
ESTIMATED REVENUE OF $185,536 OF MOTION.
MR. GOLDSTEIN, SECOND FROM GOD.
AND MR. CHAIR, JUST TO, FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE WE SAYING WE WANNA RAISE THE FEES ON THE PRODUCT CENTERS RIGHT NOW? YES, SIR.
SO THE, MY, MY ONLY, MY ONLY HESITATION WITH THAT IS I ALWAYS BRING UP, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT A DISTRICT FOR, WHICH COULD BE A GRANDMOTHER WHO MIGHT BE LOOKING OUT FOR 5, 6, 7, 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND THEY'RE PAYING FOR THESE KIDS TO HAVE SUMMER PROGRAMMING.
AND I, IT IS ALWAYS MY GREATEST CONTENTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MUNICIPAL RESOURCES THAT WE GIVE RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN STILL AFFORD.
SO I'M JUST WANTING TO GET AN, AN IDEA OR A COST ESTIMATE IS HOW DOES THIS BREAK DOWN IN COMPARISON TO OTHER MAJOR ASSETS THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE? AND WE CHARGE HIM TOO MUCH.
AND IS IT STILL ACCESSIBLE TO THE EVERYDAY AVERAGE CITIZEN? WE DO HAVE, UM, MR.
SO, UM, FAMILY AQUA CENTERS, COMMUNITY POOL, UH,
SO WE WE'RE KEEPING THOSE FEES, THEY'RE
SO WE ARE VERY ACCESSIBLE TO PARTICIPANTS, UM, AND SPEND THEIR TIME THE SUMMER WITH US.
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AND AS A REMINDER, WE OFFER SCHOLARSHIP FOR OUR SWIM LESSONS.AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE MADE AWARE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE THANK Y'ALL FOR JUST PUTTING THAT IN PERSPECTIVE AS WE GET READY TO VOTE ON THIS, THIS COST MOTION.
ALL THE DISCUSSION ALL I'M SORRY SIR.
MR. CARIN, I JUST SAW YOUR HAND SIDE.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IN SOME RECENT LEARNINGS IS THAT THE, THE PRICE OF PRIVATE RESERVATIONS ARE, ARE DOUBLING, WHICH I'M TOTALLY GOOD WITH.
IF WE'RE GONNA RAISE PRICES ANYWHERE FOR OUR AQUATIC CENTERS.
IT'S, IT'S THE PRIVATE EVENTS.
IS THAT THE BIGGEST INCREASE, UM, IN THIS PLAN OR IS THERE, UM, OTHER INCREASES? UM, AS WELL? THAT WILL BE THE LARGEST ONE.
AND THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COVERS STAFF COST LOSS, UH, PRIOR EVENT.
AND, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FACILIT PERFECT.
YEAH, I'M TOTALLY GOOD WITH THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, SIR.
AND NOW WE'LL GO MR. SLAUGHTER.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK STAFF AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, MR. CONCERN WAS THAT YOU SEE THAT IT TOOK THIS TIME AND, AND THEY DID THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES AND THOSE GRANDMOTHERS AND THOSE COMMUNITY MOVES AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT AND, AND AND, AND THEY TOOK SO MUCH TIME AND SO MUCH EFFORT OVER
UM, I REALLY HAVE TRUST AND FAITH IN, IN THE PROCESS WHEN WE DO PLANNING OF DESIGN AND ADMIN FINANCE.
AND, AND SO THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN IN PLANNING DESIGN DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT ADMIN AND FINANCE.
BUT, UM, FOR, FOR WHAT I'M TOLD, I REALLY DO HAVE THE TRUST AND
UM, JUST A QUICK, IF YOU COULD JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY, THE, UM, THE FEES THAT COMES INTO PLAY AND THEN AT, AND HAS OCCURRED OVER THE AMOUNT OF THE SUMMER, DOES THAT GO BACK INTO HELPING THE MAINTENANCE OF THE POOLS? UH, ALL ALL OF THE REVENUE GENERATED POSTS.
I ALSO HAVE A, OKAY, LEMME BE CLEAR.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE NO, THESE ADDITIONAL REVENUES, A PART OF THAT IS GOING BACK INTO A MULTI-YEAR FUND TO HELP US.
THEY CAN GO TOWARDS IMPROVEMENTS, THEY CAN HELP US OFFSET SOME THESE BASIS.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS WE ALWAYS HAVE WHEN WE COLLECT REVENUE, WE KNOW IT'S GOTTA GO.
PART OF IT HAS TO GO BACK FOR THE, THE BIG BROTHER.
RIGHT? SO THEN, AND THEN WE ONLY GET PART OF IT.
SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DISCUSSION, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MY, MY OTHER QUESTION, YOU KNOW, I I I UNDERSTAND THAT QUESTION.
IT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP ALL THE DOLLARS WE CAN IN OUR SYSTEM, SO HOPEFULLY WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THOSE SHARES.
UM, JUST TO REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THAT SPLIT, UM, WHAT'S THE SPLIT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN GENERAL FUND AND WHAT WE GET TO KEEP? I HAVE, 'CAUSE ALL OF 'EM HAVE DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES.
LIKE THE WEEK ROOM MAY BE 70 30 GOLF OFFICE, UH, 50 45.
WE KEEP 50%, BUT WE CAN GET THAT OUT.
DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOBBY TO GET WORK FOR US, UH, TO COME BACK IN THE, SINCE WE GENERATE THE REVENUE? UH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PERSONAL ISSUE OF MINE THAT LIKE WE RAISE THE REVENUE, WE NEED THE MONEY.
UM, GENERAL FUND TO ME IS A BIG MORASS THAT, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T DIRECTLY BENEFIT PARKS.
SO I, I'VE ALWAYS IN MY SEVEN PLUS YEARS ON THE BOARD, ONE THAT IS A, IS A PRIORITY OF MINE TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMEHOW TO KEEP MORE OF THE MONEY.
IS IS THERE A TREND OR THERE IS A TREND BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, WHEN THE BOARD BROUGHT THIS UP A COUPLE YEARS, Y'ALL WANTED US TO LOOK AT BEING ABLE TO KEEP MORE REVENUES.
WE HAVE TO FIRST MEET OUR REVENUE OBLIGATION.
ANYTHING ON TOP OF THAT WE CAN KEEP? AND SO, SO GOLF WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
IF YOU, WE CHANGED THE TWO, WE FLIPPED IT.
I MEAN THE, THE, WE KEEP THE 55.
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AND THEN WE GET TO SIT AT 45.A AND OPPOSED ALL MOTION PASSES THIS.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S OUR VOTING AGENDA FOR TODAY.
OUR NEXT ITEM LEAVING FROM, UH, BRIDGE THE CROSS PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S SPELLED OSST CROSS, HUH? YEAH.
DROPPED THE E MY DAD PLAYED IN COLLEGE.
GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT AND ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THIS MORNING.
WE ARE SO EXCITED TODAY TO HAVE BRIDGE THE CROSS HERE.
UM, THIS PARTNER IS SOMEONE THAT'S VERY SPECIAL TO US AND WHAT THEY DO, UH, OUT OF THE CLIFF, UM, OF COURSE THEY SERVE A UNDERSERVED POPULATION, UM, IS BRIDGING CROSS PROGRAM, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TOTALLY DEDICATED, UM, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, TO OUR DEPARTMENT AS IT RELATES TO OUR COLLABORATION.
SO TODAY WE HAVE DAVID HIPPY, UH, ONE OF OUR AMAZING PARTNERS TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION TO FOR TODAY.
UH, THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE PARK FOR, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE HERE.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CRYSTAL CROSS, UH, IN SINCE, UH, 2011.
UH, THIS ORGANIZATION VERY SPECIAL, WILL MAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL IS OBVIOUSLY, UH, GREATER PROMOTE AND RAISE VISIBILITY ORGANIZATION.
UM, THIS IS, UH, A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HISTORY, ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO IN SOUTHERN DALLAS, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HIGH WE CAN EXPAND OUR PARTNERSHIP WORK.
THIS IS JOHN C. PHELPS PARK, THREE 300 SOUTHERN OAK.
THIS IS A PLACE WE'VE CALLED HOME FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING FOR THE LAST SIX, SEVEN YEARS.
PREVIOUS TO THIS SPACE, WE WERE SILOED ACROSS, UM, DIFFERENT AREAS AND FIELDS OF SOUTHERN.
UM, BUT AS OF NOW, THIS IS OUR NEXT SLIDE.
SO, BRI LACROSSE, WE ARE, ARE A SPORTS SPACE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NONPROFIT.
OUR MISSION IS TO USE THE SPORT LACROSSE TO BROADEN THE HORIZON
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS BASICALLY IS THAT IF YOU'RE A PART OF THE LACROSSE LANDSCAPE, THE LACROSSE, UH, POPULATION, WHETHER A FAN, A PARENT, A PLAYER OF A COACH, UH, THERE'S A SPECIAL NETWORK WITHIN LACROSSE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO EXPAND TO KIDS OF COLOR AND KIDS, UH, FROM LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.
WE PREDOMINANTLY SERVE SOUTHERN DALLAS.
UM, THAT OUR PROGRAMMING DOES EXTEND A LITTLE BIT FARTHER OUT BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY ORGANIZATION SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS THAT PROVIDES LACROSSE PROGRAMMING.
UH, IN ADDITION TO SOUTHERN DALLAS, WE ALSO RECENTLY EXPANDED INTO AUSTIN, UH, IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
UM, SO WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS GROWING.
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, TRYING, UH, EXPANDS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PROVIDE THROUGH OUR PROGRAMMING.
UH, THE HISTORY OF BRIDGE GO BACK GOES BACK TO 2003, UH, WHERE OUR FOUNDER STARTED PROGRAMMING IN SOUTH DALLAS.
UH, SINCE THEN, WE HAVE GROWN TO, UM, OVER 800 YOUTH ACROSS SOUTHERN DALLAS SERVING YEAR ROUND PROGRAMMING, YEAR ROUND PRO, UH, EXCUSE ME, UM, UTILIZING YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING, UH, FOR OUR KIDS.
SO WHILE LACROSSE, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT SPORTS IS AN INCREDIBLE ECOSYSTEM FOR LEARNING.
UH, ONE THAT IS MAYBE DIFFERENT FROM THE CLASSROOM AND ONE THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE HOME.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE HAVE PLAYED SPORTS, OBVIOUSLY, UH, IT VERY MUCH EMBEDDED IN IN DALLAS PARKS RECREATION.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT ECOSYSTEM, UH, IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO, UH, UH, AND VERY INTEGRAL TO CHALLENGE DEVELOPMENT.
SO OUR PROGRAMING FOCUSES ON HIGH QUALITY, UH, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMES.
WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE SOCIAL, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMES CAN LEAD TO LONG TERM OUTCOMES FOR KIDS.
OUR ULTIMATE GOAL AND ULTIMATE SUCCESS OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS EVERY STUDENT ATHLETE WHO COMES THROUGH OUR ORGANIZATION MAXIMIZES THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PROVIDE.
SO IN ADDITION TO ACROSS PROGRAMMING, WHICH WE RANGES FROM CLINICS AND COMPETITION, UM, WE ALSO RUN PROGRAMMING AROUND ACADEMIC SUPPORT, RESOURCES, ALL READINESS, FINANCIAL AID.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE AN IN-HOUSE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR OUR OUTGOING SENIORS.
UH, WE'VE RAISED OVER $50,000 FOR SENIORS OVER THE PAST FIVE, SIX YEARS.
UM, AND IN ADDITION TO ACADEMIC AND LACROSSE, UH, WE PROVIDE A HANDFUL OF ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES AS WELL.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS TO ENGAGE IN THE WORLD OUT AROUND THEM OUTSIDE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THAT CAN BE TRIPS, FISHING TRIPS.
UH, WE'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, SMALLER EVENTS LIKE BUSINESS
SO OUR POPULATION IS SOUTHERN DALLAS.
AND AS MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UH, THAT HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN A MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY, LOW INCOME COMMUNITY OF COLOR.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT THE RESOURCES WITHIN THE LACROSSE LANDSCAPE CAN BENEFIT THE KIDS THAT WE SERVE IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE ARE A VERY DIVERSE ORGANIZATION, THOUGH WE DO NOT SAY NO TO ANY, UM, STUDENT ATHLETE THAT COMES TO US.
SO WE DO PULL FROM A VERY LARGE G REP AREA, UH, AND WE WANT ALL KIDS TO BE WELCOME INTO OUR ORGANIZATION.
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BUT WE DO HAVE A, UH, A FOCUS IF YOUR HONOR, FOCUS ON SOUTHERN I SLIDE, UH, SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS.UH, THAT'S A STATEWIDE TITLE, UM, BY OUR MARITY BOYS, OUR EAGLES.
UH, THIS WAS COMING OFF OF, UH, A YEAR OF COVID, UM, BACK ONTO THE FIELD, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, GET OUR, UH, STUDENT ATHLETES ENGAGED, COMPETING, PRACTICING, UM, PRIOR TO THIS PHOTO, UH, AND THIS SEASON, OUR KIDS HAVE BEEN, UH, OWEN 22, I BELIEVE.
WE HAD NOT WON A GAME IN, IN OVER TWO YEARS.
UM, SO NOT ONLY DID WE MAKE IT THROUGH COVID, WE GOT BACK ON THE FIELD, UH, AND WE MANAGED TO WIN STATE TITLE.
UM, THIS WAS A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT FOR OUR WHOLE ORGANIZATION.
UM, BRIDGE CROSS IS NOT KNOWN FOR, FOR A LOT OF WINS.
UH, IT IS ON A COLUMN THAT WE, UM, PARTICULARLY EMPHASIZE.
UM, BUT THIS WAS A PARTICULARLY SPECIAL DAY.
AT THE SAME TIME TOO, OUR GIRLS ALSO WON STATE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE AS GREAT OF THE PHOTO UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, OUR GIRLS ALSO WON STATE NEXT SAME YEAR.
THAT WAS A VERY SPECIAL STORY BETWEEN THE TWO OF VARSITY PROGRAMS. UM, ULTIMATELY GETTING TO THE HIGHEST, UM, ECHELON OF THEIR, OF THEIR CONDITION, OUR IMPACT.
I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT OUR BIG FOCUS, UH, IS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
WE WANT OUR KIDS TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE COME TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND HAVE PLACE TO BELONG.
UM, WE PROVIDE THEM A REINFORCEMENTS FOR TEAMWORK, FOR POSITIVITY, FOR SELF-EFFICACY, FOR CONTRIBUTION TO A COMMUNITY.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE INFLUENCES INTERVENTIONS CAN LEAD TO GREATER LONG-TERM OUTCOMES.
UM, SOME LITTLE NOTES IN HERE ABOUT THOSE LONG-TERM INCOMES.
UM, LAST YEAR, 80% OF OUR, OR OVERALL 90% OF OUR KIDS, UM, ENROLL IN COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, WE DO HAVE OVERALL HIGH PROGRAM SATISFACTION.
OUR RETENTION RATES QUITE HIGH.
WE DO KEEP KIDS IN OUR ORGANIZATION AT THE CULTURE BRIDGE VERY WRONG.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THIS CASE COME INTO OUR ORGANIZATION STARTING AS YOUNG KINDERGARTEN AND THEY HAVE A PLACE TO BELONG ON ALL THE WAY THROUGH ON STATUS.
UM, TWO, UH, VIDEO ARE NOTABLE.
DEPUTY HAVE 12 ALUMNI PLAYING LACROSSE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE TWO ALUMNI WHO HAVE GONE ON TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL LACROSSE CAREERS.
UM, LACROSSE IS NOT THE ULTIMATE GOAL FOR OUR, UH, FOR OUR KIDS AFTER THEY GRADUATE AND LEAVE OUR PROGRAM.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE KIDS WHO PURSUED THE SPORT.
AND I OFTEN SAY THAT IF KIDS NEVER TOUCH LACROSSE AFTER THEY GRADUATE, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.
WE WANT 'EM TO AGAIN, MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES AND US.
SOME OF OUR ALUMNI, UH, OUR ALUMNI GO ON TO GREAT PLACES, A SMALL ROLE IN THEIR LIVES.
UM, BUT WE DO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE.
UM, IT'S ONE THAT, UM, HAS HELPED KIDS GO ON TO SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT MAYBE THEY DID NOT HAVE, UM, ACCESS TO OTHERWISE.
LACROSSE IS A VERY UNIQUE LANDSCAPE IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SPACE.
AND SO THROUGH OUR ORGANIZATION, THROUGH PROGRAMMING OUR KIDS LEARN ABOUT SCHOOLS THAT THEY WOULD'VE NEVER HAD.
UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO KNOW ABOUT, UM, THE LATEST EXAMPLES OF CURRENT 2025.
SHE GRADUATED THIS MAY, SHE'S OFF TO BATES, CALLED IN.
THAT IS A SCHOOL SHE NEVER HEARD ABOUT.
UH, SHE'S GONE OFF THERE GOING OFF THERE TO PLAY LACROSSE.
UM, THIS A SCHOOL SHE HAD NEVER HEARD ABOUT, UM, IN A CONFERENCE CALLED NCAP CONFERENCE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE CONFERENCES ACADEMICALLY AND LACROSSE, LANDSCAPE MATH THERE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO ALUMNI GOING OFF, WE ALSO HAVE ALUMNI COMING BACK.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF IS A NUMBER OF ALUMNI WHO COME BACK TO DALLAS AFTER COLLEGE, AFTER A STATE SOMEWHERE, UM, IN TRADE SCHOOL OR, UH, JUST A CHANCE TO MAKE, GET AWAY FROM A LITTLE BIT.
WE DO HAVE MANY OF OUR ALUMNI WHO COME BACK TO DALLAS AND SERVE OUR ORGANIZATION.
UM, CURRENTLY I HAVE BELIEVE TWO THIRDS OF MY
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, IT'S THAT MIDDLE.
IT'S THAT, OH, IT'S THAT BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO.
UH, SOME OF OUR BOYS OVERBOOKING A LAKE.
WE DO AN OVERNIGHT CAMP OUT AT UT.
WE ACTUALLY HOSTED NOW AT TEXAS STATE.
UM, THIS IS AN OVERNIGHT CAMP THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.
WE TAKE KIDS OUT TO A COLLEGE CAMPUS FOR A WEEK, UM, AND GET A CHANCE FOR THEM TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES ON THE COLLEGE LANDSCAPE, PROVIDE 'EM WITH COLLEGE READINESS PROGRAM, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE LIFE ON CAMPUS.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE THROW A LOT OF WORK.
UH, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THIS IS OUR HOME.
WE'VE BEEN THERE SINCE, UH, EARLY 2018.
STRATEGICALLY, WE CAME TO A DECISION TO BECOME A COMMUNITY PROGRAM WITHIN OUR LANDSCAPE OF SPORTS-BASED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.
YOU'RE EITHER COMMUNITY BASED OR SCHOOL BASED.
AT THE TIME OF OUR, UH, UM, UH, OUR FIRST HALF OF OUR, UH, UH, OUR HISTORY, WE WERE A SCHOOL BASED ORGANIZATION, UH, HOUSED IN THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, AND THAT WAS KIND OF OUR EXPANSION PLAN.
UH, WE DECIDED THOUGH THAT THAT WAS NOT THE BEST LONG TERM, UH, OUTCOMES FOR US, AND THAT WE PIVOTED TO A COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM, MEANING WE NEEDED TO FIND A CENTRAL HOME.
UH, I BASICALLY ONE DAY WROTE WHEN WE REALIZED WE NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION, I DROVE AROUND ALL THIS OTHER DALLAS LOOKING FOR A HOME.
I, UH, TURNED RIGHT ONTO ILLINOIS, FOUND JC PHILLIPS PARK, REACHED OUT TO PARKS, SAID, HOW CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN? HOW CAN THIS SPEED OF HOME NUMBER WE COMBINATIONS WERE MADE? WE
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HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS IN THOSE EARLY DAYS, AND WE DEF AND WE MADE, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.UM, OUTSIDE OF, UM, THE, THE LANDSCAPE OF WHAT
UM, RIGHT NOW, JCC PARK SERVES, UH, WE WORK THERE MORE THAN 300 HOURS DURING THE YEAR.
WE'RE THE PRIMARY, UM, USER OF THE FACILITY COMES ALONG THE WAY, BUT THIS IS OUR OWN.
AND, UM, OUR FOCUS IS TO EXPAND OUR GROWTH AND AND DEPTH INTO THE, INTO THE FACILITY IN PARK.
UH, OUR CURRENT USAGE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, OVER MORE THAN WE'RE UTILIZING THE SPACE, MORE THAN THREE HOURS, UH, UH, PER YEAR, PREDOMINANT USER OF THE, UH, OF THE SPACE.
UH, WE'VE ALSO MADE SOME OF OUR OWN FINANCIAL INVESTMENT INTO THE SPACE, UH, IN THE OLD AS WELL, LITTLE OVER OR ALMOST $15,000.
UM, WE ALSO USE THE ING START PARK KIND OF AS A SATELLITE FOR SOME OF OUR PROGRAMMING.
WE'RE THERE, UM, FEW DAYS A WEEK DURING, DURING THE YEAR.
OUR CURRENT IS AS A ONE YEAR IFICATION AGREEMENT TO EXPAND THAT INTO SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL THAT ALLOWS US GREATER LATITUDE WITHIN, UM, CHASE.
UH, WE, I HAVE A FEW PROPOSED ACTION ITEMS PREPARED.
THE IDEA IS THAT THERE'S A TIERED STRUCTURE TO THIS, THAT SHARED PROCESS, UM, THAT ALLOWS US SOME, UH, GRADIENT, UH, IN WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FIELD, INTO SPACE, UH, AND EXPAND THE ACCESS AND, AND THE ACCESSIBILITY WE HAVE TO, UM, THE SPACE AS WELL AS MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND UPDATES TO SOME OF THE AMENITIES IN THE AREA.
UM, ONE OF THOSE IS THE BREADTH OF THE TIME BEING, UH, CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE MAINTENANCE, UM, UPGRADES OR MAINTAIN AND MAKE UPGRADES TO THE FIELD.
UM, SOME, UH, FAIL MAINTENANCE, WINTER RIDE ORATION, TOP DRESSING.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME STORAGE A LITTLE BIT, UH, AVAILABLE ON THE FIELD.
UH, THE NEXT PHASE WOULD BE, UM, RE THERE AN ISSUE AROUND LIGHTING.
LAST YEAR, REALLY TWO YEARS AGO, THE LIGHTS WENT DOWN.
UM, WE COULD USE SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTS FOR THE NEIGHBORING FIELD.
UM, THE ADJACENT BASEBALL FIELD, UH, WE'D LOVE TO INSTALL WATER FOUNTAIN.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE DRY OUT THERE.
UH, WE'D HOPE TO GET OUR KIDS SOME WATER.
UM, THE REC CENTER, THEY'RE A GREAT FACILITY READY FOR US.
UM, BUT BEING INSTALL WATER FOUNTAIN WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, IN ADDITION, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE JC F UH, AT A DESIGNATED LACROSSE ONLY SPACE.
UM, WE ARE THE PREDOMINANT USER.
THERE IS ANOTHER, UH, SMALL ORGANIZATION THAT UTILIZES IT.
BUT, UM, ACCESS AND THAT LEVEL OF, UM, OVERSIGHT OF THE SPACE WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
UH, AND LATER ON, UH, IT'S MID LONGER TERM, UH, GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS OF OURS, UH, INCLUDE UPDATING, UM, SOME OF THE LARGER AMENITIES THAT OBVIOUSLY ARE MORE POSSIBLY AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL, BUT BARRIERS AROUND THE SPACE.
UM, A PLACE FOR PERMANENT, UH, PORT THE JOHNS, IF YOU WILL.
UM, UPDATING THE RESEARCH, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO LONGER TERM UPGRADES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, COLLABORATE WITH THE BAR SPORTS MORE.
PHOTO, UH, THOSE HELMETS IN THE MIDDLE, THOSE ORANGE HELMETS.
LACROSSE BECAME A VERY CLASSIC SPORTIVE.
UH, AND SO WE BOUGHT THESE, UH, THE BOYS, UM, DARKY BOYS BRAND NEW, UH, ORANGE HELMETS.
I, I, WE HAVE PLAYING WHITE HOMES AND I WOULD SAY THESE THINGS ARE ALL CRU OUT.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.
AND OF COURSE, I KNOW IF YOUR PROGRAM, BECAUSE YOU ARE, YOU ARE MY NEIGHBOR AND, AND IS AN AWESOME PROGRAM.
WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU DO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
UH, WITH THAT, WE'LL GO WITH, UH, MR. CONNOR.
I WANNA PERSONALLY COME IN, BRIDGE THE CROSS IN THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT DAVID HIGBY AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING, THE SOUTHERN DALLAS.
I'VE KNOWN, UH, DAVID FOR ABOUT A DECADE.
I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND COMPASSION, COMMITMENT AND
I THINK THAT MINI C IS BEING, UM, EXCLUSIVE, UM, AND AND LIMITED TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
AND IT'S, UH, AMAZING TO SEE WHAT THE BRIDGE IS COMMITTED TO CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE.
OPENING DOORS, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, THE GAME VEHICLE TO EMPOWER KIDS.
UM, AND THE GREATEST THING IS HE'S DOING IT INSIDE OF THE DALLAS PARK RECREATION SYSTEM.
SO, UM, AS WE'VE HEARD, BRIDGE IMPACT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE FIELD.
THEY'RE NOT JUST TEACHING THE CROSS, THEY'RE STILL INSTILLING DISCIPLINE TEAM WORK IN A SENSE OF BELONGING.
AND I HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS.
AND RENEE, I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU'RE BRINGING THIS TO US, IS THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE THERE TO HELP DAVID AND HIS TEAM OUT, BUT COULDN'T, COULD NOT SUPPORT THIS MORE IN THE WORK I'M DOING.
I TODAY, HEY, YOU'RE GOOD MR. BLAIR.
OH MY GOD, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I FULLY SUPPORT
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LIKE THIS IN OUR SYSTEM.ARE YOU MR. CONNOR? UH, MR. SLAUGHTER? YES.
FIRST OF ALL, MR. RENEE, AND THANK YOU, SARAH.
THIS IS, THIS IS BEEN AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT SPORTS, WE THINK KIDS JUST WANNA PLAY BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL.
BUT WHAT'S SO, WHAT THE ENTHUSIASM THERE FOR ME IS YOU COULD HAVE TAKEN THIS ANYWHERE, ESPECIALLY NORTH DALLAS, YOU KNOW, ANO YOU TOOK IT TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
SO THAT SHOWS ME, UH, YOUR HUMANITY.
AND JUST TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE, ONE OF THE GREATEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN THE WORLD WAS AN ALL AMERICAN TER CREW.
AND HE BOUGHT THE EQUIPMENT ON HIM, PUT SHOULDER PADS, AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA BE A BALLERINA.
I SAID, WHAT'S THE REST OF IT AFTER THAT? SO, GOD BLESS YOU.
UH, WE APPRECIATE THIS, UH, IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, NOT ONLY THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT I THINK ALL OF DALLAS SHOULD APPRECIATE SOMETHING LIKE JUST NOT SUPPORT THIS WHOLEHEARTED.
SO THANK YOU TO GOD AND CHIEF
UH, I GOT INTO A WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY I SUPPORT, UH, ENCOURAGE STAFF TO WORK, UH, SUPPORT YOU FOR ALL THREE PHASES, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UH, AND IN ADDITION, IN TERMS OF SUPPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED OR IF IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT WE HAVE TIME AT MONEYGRAM THAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO UNDER THE CONTRACT WE DON'T USE.
UH, AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARD GETTING TO OUR THOUSAND HOURS OF USE.
WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT OUR YOUTH SPORTS PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON IT.
UH, BUT THERE IS AVAILABILITY AT MONEYGRAM, NOT THIS YEAR, BUT IN THE COMING YEARS.
AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO FIELDS AT MONEYGRAM, UH, THAT ARE DEDICATED TO LACROSSE, UH, HIGHLAND PARK USES.
UH, SO I WOULD JUST WONDER, UH, OR ASK STAFF TO LOOK INTO, COULD WE, IF THERE'S INTEREST FROM YOU ALL TO PLAY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE WORLD CLASS FIELDS AND MAYBE IT'S FOR TOURNAMENTS OR WHATEVER, TO HAVE SOME AVAILABILITY OF USE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AVAILABILITY THERE THAT NOT THIS YEAR, BUT IN THE FUTURE IF WE WERE TO PUT IT IN.
AND, UH, MAYBE THIS A CRAZY IDEA.
BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD CONSIDER IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM, SEE IF, UH, YOU ALL MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE MONEY GROUND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
IT MAY NOT BE BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE NORTHWEST DALLAS, UH, BUT IT IS CLOSE TO INTERSTATE 35.
AND, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE STAFF TO SEE IF WE CAN SOMEHOW WORK WITH YOU ALL.
SEE IF YOU ALL COULD USE OUR MONEY GROUND, SIR.
THANK YOU MR. D, MS. MONDELL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY LACROSSE AS A, AS A WONDERFUL SPORT IN THE EAST COAST AND, AND TO, I SEE IT, YOU KNOW, GOT A LOT OF MOMENTUM IN THE PAST 10 TO 15 YEARS HERE IN DALLAS AND, AND GROWING UP IN THE EAST COAST WITH THAT, IT LEFT LACROSSE FEEL.
UM, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT AND, AND TO REALLY SUPPORT IT FROM YOUR LENS OF, OF EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY IS EVEN MORE COMMENDABLE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR INSIGHT AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND I DEFINITELY WOULD SUPPORT, UM, WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH YOUR VISION.
THANK, AND, UM, GOVERNOR LUMAN, GOOD MORNING.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I SUPPORT YOUR PROGRAM AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHT WITH THOSE YOUNG FOLKS, UH, IN THIS SOUTHERN SECTOR.
I THINK THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, THAT COULD TAKE THEM IN MANY PLACES.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE LIKE TO THINK OF LACROSSE AS SOMETHING BEING MORE OF A SPORT IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY, BUT WE ALSO SEEN WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE BROUGHT THE, UH, THE STARS, WHICH USED TO BE IN MINNESOTA.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES HERE.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I SUPPORT WHAT YOU AND THANK YOU AND CONTINUED SUCCESS.
UH, WE'LL GO BACK TO MR. CONNOR.
THIS IS A QUESTION MAYBE FOR JOHN AND RENEE.
SO WHAT ARE NEXT STEPS? CAN WE BRING THAT, THAT PRESENTATION BACK UP, SEE THE ASKS, THOSE THREE BUCKETED LISTS WITH THE ASK.
LIKE, I MEAN, I LOVE THE OVERVIEW.
I'VE KNOWN BRIDGE FOR A LONG TIME.
LIKE I SAID, FANTASTIC, BUT RIGHT.
WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THIS IS YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL? A CALL TO ACTION IS THAT DEFINITELY THEY'RE ON BOARD THE MAINTENANCE DIVISION.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, DAVID SMITH IS NOW, UH, MANAGING IN THAT AREA AS AN INTERIM.
AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO HIM ABOUT WHAT CAN WE GET DONE THIS FALL.
SO MY GOAL WILL BE TO GET MOST OF THESE ITEMS ESTABLISHED AND, UH, INSTALLED IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
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ABOUT SUPPORTING, UM, MR. HITE.THE ONLY, UM, PROBABLY CHALLENGES WILL BE ADDITIONAL LIFE.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GET MORE FUNDING.
BUT AS FAR AS THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ON THAT LIST, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO MAKE THAT WORK.
AND ALSO OUR GOAL IS TO GO INTO A MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT.
SO WE WANNA MAKE THIS A, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HIS HOME, THIS IS THEIR HOME.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ESTABLISH THAT THE ONE ONE YEAR ATION AGREEMENT, IT'LL BE A MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT THAT WE'LL BE WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, BRIDGE CROSS.
SO THAT IS DEFINITELY OUR GOAL.
SO I LOOK AT THIS LIST AND I SEE THINGS THAT ARE EASIER TO DO.
YOU KNOW, ENHANCED FIELDS, MAINTENANCE ON RYE, AERATION, YOU KNOW, THE STORE GARAGE, CROSS GOALS IN THE FIELD, BATHROOMS, WATER FOUNTAIN, BUT THEN NEEDS, THERE'S SOME PRETTY BIG ASS ON HERE.
SEATING, YOU KNOW, THE DOME POST BARRIERS, LIKE YOU SAID, THE UM, THE, UH, MINING.
BUT CAN WE, CAN, CAN THESE BIGGER TICKET ITEMS IN THE DESIGNATED JC PHELPS ACROSS FROM THE ATHLETIC FIELD, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF GETTING THIS DONE? THAT LOOKS LIKE A PART OF NEGOTIATION PROCESS.
IT'S PART OF THE MULTIYEAR CONTRACT.
SO THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU.
THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST STEP WHERE WE WANNA BRING POTENTIAL LONG-TERM PARTNERS TO THE BOARD.
SO YOU FAMILIAR WITH THEM BEFORE WE JUST COME TO YOU WITH A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
YOU'LL BE FAMILIAR AND IT MAY BE SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR BEFORE WE COME BACK BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE READY TO GO TO THAT EXAMPLE.
BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THESE TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES AND THE TYPES OF DIVERSE PROGRAMMING AND PARTNERS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM.
AND THIS ONE, I JUST LOVE IT BECAUSE IN A, IN A UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY'RE IN THE AREA WHERE FOLKS DON'T THINK ABOUT LACROSSE AND THEY ARE EXPOSING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE WILL, WE RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF US ENTERING INTO A PARTNERSHIP.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THIS TO FRUITION.
YEAH, I MEAN WE TALK ABOUT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE FIRST TEE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, HAD PARTNERSHIP WITH BEFORE AND I MEAN THIS IS JUST A BLUEPRINT OF SUCCESS THAT WE COULD REPLICATE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND LIKE I SAID, ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP WITH THIS.
WELL EVERYBODY HERE, JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS PROGRAM IS.
SEEING NO OTHER HANDS, UH, ON THE VIDEO WARRANT, BUT, UH, THANK YOU SIR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
I DO WANNA END WITH LOOKING, THERE ARE COPIES OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT THAT IF SOME FLOATING AROUND HERE, I WOULD LOVE FOR ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
ALRIGHT, NEXT, UH, WE MOVE TO OUR WORKSHOP, UM, UH, BUDGET BRIEFING AND WORKSHOP BY MS, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RACHEL BARRY.
MORNING MS. BARRY IS COMING TO THE TABLE.
I JUST WANT TO JUST KIND OF GET THE PREPARED, GET THE BOARD PREPARED FOR THIS WORKSHOP TODAY.
JUST THE START, WHICH I FEEL LIKE MAY BE MANY, BUT TODAY'S FOCUS, I LIKE US.
I THINK WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT WE KIND OF LAY OUT THESE ARE THE CORE PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE, WE PROTECT.
'CAUSE THIS IS A NEW BUDGET PROCESS AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW THIS IS NEW.
SO WE DON'T, I DON'T, I CAN'T, I NEVER CAN PREDICT THE BUDGET
AND I, I, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE COUNCIL MAY RESPOND TO THIS PROCESS THIS YEAR.
HOWEVER, WE TRY TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THESE CORE SERVICES WE GOTTA PROTECT REGARDLESS OF HOW THIS PROCESS RATES OUT.
I HAVE AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE TOO THAT WE DO HAVE SOME INEFFICIENCIES IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE DO HAVE SOME OPERATIONS THAT WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT, IS THIS THE BUSINESS WE SHOULD BE IN? BECAUSE THIS IS NOT OUR EXPERTISE.
WE'RE GOOD AT THESE 10 THINGS HERE, BUT, BUT ARE WE THE EXPERTS IN KNOWING HOW TO, LEMME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
LIKE I NEED TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE RESTRUCTURE OUR RESERVATIONS OPERATIONS BECAUSE YEAH.
ARE WE GOOD AT MAKING SURE WE CAN, WE CAN RENT, UH, ALLEN ATHLETIC FIELD? YES.
ARE WE GOOD AT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE SPECIALIZED VENUES LIKE A WINFREY, THESE, UH, UH, THESE EVENT WHAT I CALL TRULY EVENT CENTERS WHERE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE, UH, PRIVATE, I MEAN HAVE
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A NON-PROFIT, I MEAN, PRIVATIZE PART OF THE BUSINESS WHERE SOMEBODY ELSE WHO KNOWS HOW TO NOT JUST RENT A BUILDING, THEY KNOW HOW TO UPCHARGE AND PROVIDE OTHER SERVICES LIKE WEDDING, UH, EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH A WEDDING.EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH, HEY, YOU NEED CURTAINS, YOU NEED THIS, YOU NEED LINEN, YOU NEED TABLE AND CHAIRS, YOU NEED, I MEAN, I CAN GO ON AND ON.
THAT'S NOT OUR EXPERTISE AND THIS, AND TO ME, WE'RE LEAVING SO MUCH MONEY ON THE TABLE 'CAUSE WHY COULDN'T I DO THESE CORE FUNCTION WHEN IT COMES TO RESERVATION AND ALLOW ANOTHER COMPANY TO DO THESE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT'S NOT OUR EXPERTISE, BUT WE'RE LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE THAT I COULD BRING INTO THIS PARK SYSTEM.
THEY COULD GO BACK TOWARDS OUR CORE SERVICES.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANT US TO BE THINKING ALONG THOSE LINES WHILE YOU SAW US PUT CERTAIN STUFF OUT THERE THAT I'M LIKE, WE NEED TO EITHER REIMAGINE HOW WE DO THIS SERVICE OR WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THIS IS NOT OUR CORE SERVICE AND MY JOB IS TO PROTECT OUR CORE SERVICES, NUMBER ONE.
'CAUSE I GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL SAW TODAY, LIKE MR. HAYNES, THOSE TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE SERVING THOSE KIDS THAT WHEN OTHER WAYS BE SERVED, I GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING SERVED.
BUT WHEN WE GOT PRIVATE PRIVATE TYPE EVENTS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE MAX REVENUES OFF OF THOSE EVENTS SO WE CAN GO BACK INTO OUR CORE SERVICES.
UM, WITH THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.
UM, BUT UM, RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
WE'RE GONNA JUST BASICALLY, SO WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR, WHAT OUR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR, WHAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ARE THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING THIS YEAR.
UM, AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, SOME OF THOSE ITEMS TEND TO FOLLOW WITH SKEW OVER HERE.
SO HERE WE ARE BACK WITH SOME OF THOSE SAME ITEMS. UM, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF LOOK AT THE, WE DISCUSSED THE PROGRAMS AND HOW OUR PRIORITY BASED BUDGET TURNED INTO ONE DIVISION INTO HOW MANY PROGRAMS THAT HAS PERMIT INTO.
UM, SO WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND THEN JUST KIND OF, UM, LOOK AT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD IN ORDER TO BALANCE THIS YEAR BUDGET AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD AT NEXT YEAR'S.
SO WHAT WE'LL HAVE TODAY, UM, WE'LL DO THE BUDGET SUMMARY.
UM, WE'LL KIND OF GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE CHALLENGES.
AS JONATHAN SAID, SOME OF THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, STILL CONTINUE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE OPERATIONAL CHANGES.
WE HAVE TO REMAIN, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THE SUSTAINABILITY FINANCIAL FOR THIS DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE'LL GO OVER THOSE PROGRAMS, THE CHANGES, THE ENHANCEMENTS,
SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, THE CITY, UM, DOES APPROVE OUR BUDGET TWO YEARS AT A TIME.
AND SO THE BUDGET WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IS THE BUDGET NUMBER AT 1 21 8 27 1 52.
THAT IS OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.
THAT IS THE NUMBER WE ARE WORKING WITH.
SO WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS IS WE DID GET SOME MONEY FOR OUR O AND M AS WE REQUEST EVERY YEAR IS WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THE BOND PROGRAM.
SO WE DID, UM, GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR FAIR FARM, LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE STIPEND ADJUSTMENTS AND MAINTENANCE ADJUSTMENT FAIR PART.
AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS SOME KIND OF SACRED CODE ADJUSTMENT THIS YEAR IT WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY HEAVY ON FUEL COST AFFECTED THE CITY.
SO THEY MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR BUDGET, FUEL COST PROGRAMMING, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE CONSIDERED SACRED CODES.
SO WE AS A DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR WENT THROUGH AND KNEW THAT WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONSTANTLY NEEDED IN THIS DEPARTMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THAT AND THE FAIR PARK MAINTENANCE WE WENT THROUGH AND HE SELF-FUNDED THOSE ITEMS BY FOUR EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S WHAT WE SELF-FUNDED OURSELVES LOOKING AT THE DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT WORK.
SO IT WILL, THIS IS JUST A VERY QUICK BREAKDOWN OF WHAT OUR 24 BUDGET IS CURRENTLY OPERATING.
UM, WE'LL SEE THAT THE 1 21 IS BROKEN DOWN THERE.
WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE EXTENDED $64 MILLION AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO THE $57 MILLION TO FINISH THE YEAR.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS OUR HEAVIEST PART OF THE YEAR.
A LOT OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS, A LOT OF OUR AQUATIC FACILITIES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THE HOPE WOULD BE THAT WE'D HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THAT FUND.
BUT YOU KNOW, AS COSTCO, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE SIT EVEN IN MIND THOUGH, THAT WE DO SOME ADVANCE PURCHASES.
SO IT MAY LOOK SPEED THAT WE HAVE ADVANCED PURCHASE ON THE
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ITEMS SO THAT WE'RE NOT SO HEAVY, UM, AFTER THE PROGRAMS ARE FINISHED.SO THE BUDGET CHALLENGES, UM, OUR MEETING CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR US.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TEMPORARY STAFFING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE AQUATIC FACILITY AS A TURNOVER RATE FOR THE POSITIONS THAT WE DO HAVE IS A LITTLE BIT SLOW.
SO WE DO HAVE THE TEMPORARY STAFFING THAT CONTINUES TO AFFECT, AFFECT US EVERY YEAR.
UM, THE AQUATICS TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN REDUCING THOSE YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR THAT THAT WILL PROBABLY BE REDUCED ALSO.
AND WE ARE WORKING FOR LOOKING FOR A TURNOVER.
THE CURRENT POSITIONS, WE, UM, ALSO WE STILL HAVE TO ADDRESS SOME OF OUR OVERTIME ISSUES.
OF COURSE, UNDERSTANDING THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, THERE ARE ALSO EVENTS,
MOST OF THOSE ITEMS ARE DONE ON OVERTIME, INCLUDING
THE TAKE, UM, THE CHALLENGE, UM, THAT CONTINUES TO BE A LARGE CHALLENGE.
OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR.
UM, THAT
AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME CHILDREN REPLACEMENTS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR ONES RENT ABUNDANCE OF THESE.
UM, AND THEN WE DID HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL
UM, YOU NEED ADDITIONAL SECURITY FROM PARK STAR TRAILS.
YOU KNOW, CAMERAS FOR OUR TRAILS FROM THE FACILITIES IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE DON'T HAVE GOOD FUNDING FOR THAT.
SO THESE ARE ADDITIONAL COSTS.
SO THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE WILL TRY TO COVER A PORTION OF THIS WITHIN OUR BUDGET BY HOLDING BACK PORTION OF THIS QUARTERLY MEETING THAT WE MAKE TO FAIR PARK.
WE'LL TRY TO HOLD A PORTION OF THAT BACK SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THESE UTILITY ISSUES.
BUT THE REMAINING OF THAT WILL, UM, AFFECT OUR BUDGET.
SO OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO ADDRESS OUR SUSTAINABILITY.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING SOME STAFF ADJUSTMENTS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HITS US IS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THESE TIME AND SEASONAL CONDITIONS, THE CURRENT SYSTEM CHANGES THE STATUS OF THOSE
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BENEFITS COST, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR SOME ACCURACY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS SITTING IN OUR BUDGET, UM, THAT THEY COME BACK FROM ONE POOL AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIX SOME OF THOSE, DO SOME WORK.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT WILL FALL IN A BETTER PLACE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE, UM, ALL OF THIS EXTRA FUNDING THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO HOLD OFF TO THE SIDE.
UM, WITH, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE LOOKING TO REDUCE THAT.
TEMPORARY STAFFING PRODUCTS IS LOOKING TO DO A FASTER TURNOVER ON HAVE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO USE SO MUCH TEMPORARY STAFFING, UM, AS THAT'S A 38% COST, WHAT WE CURRENTLY PAY, UM, DILUTED, UM, QUITE A FEW POSITIONS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
UM, KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE NOT, THESE ARE
SO DO WE NEED TO FILL THEM OR CAN WE FIND A BETTER WAY TO USE THE POSITIONS WE HAVE? AND THAT'S THE
WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR BETTER WAY TO USE THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE.
OF COURSE, WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR EASE TO HELP US OFFSET OUR PROGRAMS. UM, AS MR. JENKIN MENTIONED, WE, WHEN WE DO THESE RATE INCREASES OR THESE FEE INCREASES, WE ARE LOOKING BACK A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS THAT WE CAN MANAGE SOME OF THESE MAINTENANCE COSTS SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT DUE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON OUR OWN AND NOT ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR THOSE ITEMS. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS YOU HEARD THE AQUATICS, UM, THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE FEES THAT HAS CHANGED FOR THE, TO HELP US WITH OUR BUDGETS, UM, OPERATIONAL CHANGES AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE WAY WE DO SOMETHING.
AND THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF HOW
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WE DO OUR MOWING CYCLES, YOU KNOW, DURING THE SUMMER.IS THERE A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THAT? WE DO TO GET MORE OF A SAVINGS ON THOSE TYPES OF ITEMS. SO THAT'S HOW WE STAND THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY TRENDING OVER BUDGET, FAIR PARK, UTILITY, EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN FLOOD THAT WITHIN OUR OWN RESOURCES.
SO MOVING ON TO 25, 26, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE PRIORITY BASED BUDGET PROGRAMS AND HOW WE'RE SHIFTING THE WAY WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGETS.
SO ALL OF THIS IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SERVICE AREAS THAT WE HAVE HERE, WHAT YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT, AT THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS IS BASICALLY CARE IS NOW TURNED INTO, UM, NINE SEPARATE PROGRAMS AND YOU WOULD'VE RECEIVED THOSE, UM, THOSE WERE SENT OUT IN AN EMAIL TO YOU.
SO THOSE WERE THE PROGRAMS WE WERE LOOKING AT.
SO IF YOU GO DOWN THIS LIST, YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, CARE OF MAINTENANCE NOW HAS SEVEN PROGRAMS. UM, AND RECOGNITION IS NOW TURNED INTO FIVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND WHAT THE CITY IS LOOKING AT DOING, EVEN THOUGH THE BUDGETS TEND AT SOME POINT TO KIND OF REMAIN THE SAME, THOSE BUDGETS ARE NO LONGER HERE IS RECREATION.
YOU KNOW, WITH $27 MILLION, IT IS NOW HERE FIVE RECREATION PROGRAMS THAT TOTAL $27 MILLION.
SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, YOU KNOW, TODAY, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ARE, THESE ARE NOT ACTUALS.
THE BUDGET OFFICE HAS NOT COMPLETED THAT OVERALL ALLOCATION TYPE PROGRAM.
UM, THEY'RE DOING KIND OF A RESET TODAY.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS TWO WEEKS LATER.
THIS IS NEXT WEEK, LATER NEXT WEEK.
WE SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR US SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF PUT A VIEW NUMBER TO WHAT THE PROGRAMS END UP.
AND THAT IS BASED ON THE ALLOCATION OF OUR EXPENSES AND THE ALLOCATION OF THE COST THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR PERSONNEL.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY'RE SPLITTING THESE UP.
THEY KIND OF REMAIN THE SAME AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, AS YOU LOOK AT FROM THIS LINE TO WHAT WE HAD BEFORE, EXCEPT THAT FOR 25 26, OUR BUDGET IS BASED ON $125 MILLION, UM, INCLUDING WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED FOR O AND M AND THE COST PER OUR
DON'T BE DECEIVED BY THE, OH MY GOSH, IT'S A LOT MORE MONEY THAT IS COMING FROM GOING IN AND SACRED CODE ADJUSTMENTS EVERY YEAR, MERITS, AND THEN ACROSS THE SAME COST CONTINUE TO GROW FUELS PROGRAMING, YOU KNOW, THOSE FLEET COSTS.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE INCREASING EVERY YEAR AND THAT INCREASES OUR BUDGET.
THAT'S KIND OF AN AUTOMATIC ON THE BUDGETING SIDE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THIS PRIORITY BASED BUDGET.
YOU'LL KNOW THAT YOU RECEIVED ENHANCEMENTS THAT WERE ALSO RANKED INSIDE OF THE BUDGET.
WE WILL INCLUDE OUR ENHANCEMENT WE'LL LOOK AT TO SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND WHAT WE NEED.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE ARE THE TWO MAIN ENHANCEMENTS, UM, FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY AND FAIR PARK.
UM, THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENT, WHICH IS, UM, O AND M, BUT CONSIDERING THAT THAT IS A, THAT IS A COST THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH BOND PROGRAMS, WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO SELF-FUND THAT.
WE WOULD BE LOOKING TOWARDS THE CITY TO FIND THAT SAVINGS TO ACTUALLY HELP US FUND THE O AND M THAT IS LISTED IN Y'ALL ON Y'S LIST.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED ON FUNDING THESE TWO ENHANCEMENTS, WHICH ARE BASICALLY OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY.
UM, WE KNOW HOW THIS IS, AND I KNOW THIS DESCRIPTION IS RATHER LENGTHY, BUT WE'RE REALLY, REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON HERE, UM, PROVIDING MORE SECURITY VIA MOBILE CAMERA TRAILERS VIA, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AND WATCHING THOSE CAMERAS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THIS ENHANCEMENT.
AND THAT'S LIKE 750,000 BUCKS.
UM, THE FAIR PARK ENHANCEMENT.
WHILE WE KNOW THERE ARE OTHER THINGS HAPPENING WITH HER PARK, WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE NOT JUST ON THIS CRITICAL THAT WE NEED, BUT JUST THE ONGOING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL GREAT TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE A CRITICAL REPAIR, BUT IF YOU DON'T WORKING ON THIS ONGOING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, UM, WE'LL BE FACED WITH THE SAME ISSUE HERE DOWN THE ROAD.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF FAILING
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BE DONE IN THOSE BUILDINGS.SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT FUNDING.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO
UM, KEEPING IN MIND THAT AS WE DO THESE ENHANCEMENTS, AS THEY ARE SELF-FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IT'LL START TO TRY PUSHING THOSE OUT NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR 25, 26, ESPECIALLY FOR FAIR PARK.
AND THROUGH BY 25TH, 27, WE WOULD HOPE TO HAVE THE FULL 2.2 MILLION THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THESE, THESE FUNCTIONS GOING.
SO, UM, YOU'RE GOING TO, THIS IS, THESE ARE PROPOSED EFFICIENCIES.
IT IS, UM, DIRECTOR
UM, AND, AND WE'RE SIMPLY HAVING TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW THE CITY IS ALSO LOOKING FOR A WAY TO SAVE FUNDS.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE PENSION ISSUES TO ADDRESS, THEY HAVE MEET AND CONFER TO ADDRESS.
WE HAVE ALL THIS SAFETY HIRING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
SO FOR US, IT'S KIND OF, WE NEED TO COME BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT TO OURSELVES AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO SO THAT WE'RE NOT SO DEPENDENT ON THEM TO TRY TO HELP US FUND THESE ITEMS. SO KNOWING THIS, SO WE'VE EXAMINED OUR PROGRAMS AND AS DIRECTOR JENKINS SAID, WE HAVE TO REIMAGINE HOW WE DO SOME OF OUR SERVICES AND HOW WE PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE SERVICES.
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT OUR BUSINESS.
SO SEE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME CHANGES ON THIS AND THIS WILL BE ONGOING AS WE LOOK TO SEE WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH, UM, THROUGH SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING.
SO PLEASE DON'T BE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS LIST AND THINK THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY, BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE THAT WE FIND SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO.
SO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS KEY, KEY QUADPLEX.
UM, THIS IS JUST CHANGING THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS.
WE'RE JUST GONNA ROLL THOSE STAFF INTO REC CENTER OPERATIONS.
MAINTENANCE IS ALREADY TAKING CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE ON THOSE ITEMS. AND SO THIS IS KIND OF THE WAY WHERE WE CAN JUST LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, WE CAN SAVE THIS MONEY WITH THESE PEOPLE HERE.
AND THEN RECREATION DOESN'T HAVE TO HIRE THOSE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE.
THAT BECOMES A SAVINGS FOR US.
UM, SOUTHERN STATES, UM, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON OUTSOURCING, BUT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THIS IS NOT OUR CORE PROGRAM.
THIS IS NOT WHAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT DOES.
SO THIS WOULD BE IDEAL FOR AN ITEM THAT WE COULD OUTSOURCE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONE OF OUR CORE PROGRAMS. SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, RECREATION, THEY'RE LOOKING AT JUST DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THIS ALL GOES TOWARDS STAFFING OFF ALSO, UM, AT SAMUEL FARM, THEY'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF MAYBE THEY CAN RUN THE SAMUEL FARM, THE PERSON DO ACTIVITIES AT SAMUEL FARM AND AT CITY PARK SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SAVINGS THERE, UM, TO CONTRIBUTE.
AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE, ALL OF OUR STAFFING, AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, AND SAID, LET'S RIGHT SIZE THIS.
LET'S TAKE OUT THE DUPLICATION, LET'S NOT FILL POSITION.
IF WE TAKE THIS PERSON AND PUT THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE, LET'S STOP THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS PORTION OF IT AND LET'S LOOK TOWARDS HAVING A SAVINGS ON THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE DOLLARS WEIGHTED TO.
AND SOME OF THESE SAVINGS WERE, WE'RE STARTING IN THIS YEAR.
SO THEY WILL HELP US BALANCE THIS YEAR.
AND THEN MOVING FORWARD ALL THE WAY THROUGH 26, 27.
WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP HERE, OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA LOOK FORWARD FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCIES IN ON THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN AVOID SOME OF THE DUPLICATION AND DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT.
UM, SO WE'LL CONSIDER THAT AS MOVING MOVE FORWARD.
SO THIS ONE IS BASICALLY WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TENNIS AND THIS IS MOSTLY RELATED TO THE TENNIS CENTERS.
UM, THESE HAVE TURNED INTO THESE TYPE OPTIONS INSTEAD OF PAYING PERCENTAGES OF REVENUES.
SO THIS DOES TURN INTO MORE OF A, UM, WE CAN ABSORB THAT IN THE CONTRACT SIDE AND WE CAN MONITOR AND MAKE SURE THAT THE LEASES COME IN.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT'S WORKING ON THAT PROGRAM.
WE'LL JUST ABSORB THAT IN OUR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
AND I WANNA SAY UPFRONT, THIS IS A HUGE CHANGE.
THIS IS NOT FEE NUMBER THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT AS DIRECTOR JACOBS MENTIONED.
UM, WHAT WE ARE ENVISIONING IS ONLY REDUCING THIS AND IT WILL BE A VERY, UH, SMALL NUMBER IN PERSONNEL WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING IS THOSE EVENT SERVICES THAT WHEN COME TO MIND, THE WINFREY POINT, CEDAR PRESS TYPE EVENTS, WHERE MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IF WE HAVE A VENDOR OUT THERE, THIS VENDOR CAN BRING IN CATERING, THEY CAN BRING IN THEIR OWN TYPES, AND THAT OF COURSE TURNS INTO A PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE THAT COULD COME BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT.
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SOMETHING WE DO.WE DON'T, AND THE CATERING, YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, RENT, YOU KNOW, LINENS, WE DON'T DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY THAT WOULD DO THAT OR THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THIS WILL GREATLY REDUCE THIS NUMBER.
I APOLOGIZE FOR SCARING ANYBODY ABOUT THAT.
YOU DIDN'T, IT IS NOT THIS NUMBER.
BECAUSE AS HE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE STILL HAVE ATHLETICS.
WE STILL HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED TO DO, OTHER BUILDINGS WE NEED TO RENT.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND I WOULD BE REMISS IN SAYING, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THE LIST YOU NEED TO RANK.
AND I WOULD BE REMISS IN SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, UM, CUTTING, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT COMMUNITY POOL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AQUAS MASTER PLAN COMING IN.
AND THEN WHAT DO THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY POOLS LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE THOSE THINGS WILL BE CHANGING ACCORDING TO THE MASTER PLAN.
SO THERE'S MAYBE SOMETHING WE CAN DO THAT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT, CHANGING OUT THOSE POOLS THAT IS ALSO NOT AN OVERNIGHT ITEM THAT WOULD BE YEARS IN THE MAKING.
BUT WE DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WILL LOOK FOR SOME EFFICIENCIES THERE IF WE DO HAVE SOME DEFINITIVE ANSWERS ON OUR ROBOTICS MASTER PLAN AS IT UNFOLDS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UM, SO THESE ARE KIND OF THE NUMBERS WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET CLOSE TO SELF-FUNDING BE WHEN PERHAPS NOT FULLY SELF-FUND THESE ITEMS, BUT THIS IS THE CLOSEST THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO, SO MS. PERRY, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO DO IS, BEFORE WE GO THIS, I JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD AS RELATES TO THE BRIEFING BEFORE WE GO INTO TALKING ABOUT THEIR PARTICIPATION WITH THIS WORKSHEET.
AND SO BEFORE YOU START, I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING.
AS WE LOOK AT THE 20, 26, 27 PROPOSED OFFICIALS, IT WOULD TAKE TIME FOR US TO WORK THROUGH THIS.
THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE A PROPOSED IN THIS, BUT THIS UPCOMING BUDGET, BECAUSE THIS WOULD TAKE TIME.
AND I JUST ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTAND THIS PART OF TRYING TO LOOK FOR EFFICIENCIES, EVEN THOUGH I SENT Y'ALL AN EMAIL TALKING ABOUT MY REORGANIZATION, BUT I WANTED ALL THESE AD WHERE I, I RETHOUGHT THAT BECAUSE I'M LIKE, BUT NO, I DON'T.
I I JUST HAVE TO GET AWAY WITH SUPERINTENDENTS INSTEAD OF ADSD, BUT I STILL NEED MY DEPUTY DIRECTORS 'CAUSE I NEED THEM TO BE MORE STRATEGIC.
YOU GOTTA FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN GET SPONSORS IN HERE, HOW WE GET MORE PARTNERS IN THE PARK SYSTEM, HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE REDUCE COSTS AND BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND GET RID OF INEFFICIENCIES.
I NEED THOSE FOLKS AT THAT LEVEL.
BUT I DID SAY INSTEAD OF ME HAVING THE, UH, THE, THE ADDITIONAL, UH, TWO ADS, I'M ELIMINATING THAT MORE SUPERINTENDENTS.
AND SO I'VE LOOKED AT, WE HAVE TURNED OVER EVERY ROCK, UH, 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE CORE SERVICES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADAPT TO THE REALIZATION.
AS MS. BERRY MENTIONED, THE REALIZATION IS THE CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING HOW TO FUND WHAT POLICE OFFICERS, HOW TO ADDRESS THE PENSION ISSUES.
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TIGHTENING OUR BELT AS WELL.
AND IF THAT'S THE WAY WE CAN SELF-FUND THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES LIKE SECURITY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
AND IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN SELF-FUND PART OF FAIR PARK, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IS A POOR SERVICE, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KEEP THAT CONSIDERATION.
EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE HARD CHOICES AND SHE MENTIONED THE POOLS, WE GOTTA FINISH THE MASTER PLAN.
THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL INSTRUCTED US TO DO.
THERE WOULD BE NO DECISION MADE ON THE POOLS UNTIL THE MASTER PLAN'S COMPLETED AND ALLOWS YOU ALL TO APPROVE THAT MASTER PLAN.
UM, YEAH, SO FIRST OF WE'LL CALL OUT MR. UH, PRESIDENT AL.
SO THAT THIS, THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT EXERCISE WE'LL DO AS A BOARD.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HEARD SOME REALLY KEY WORDS, EFFICIENCIES, INEFFICIENCIES, CORE SERVICES, SELF-FUNDING, AND ALL OF THESE HONESTLY WILL GO INTO PLAY.
I, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND, I THINK WE NEED TO, THESE ARE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CRUX AND DIRECTOR JENKINS IS GETTING INTO THE REALLY WEEDS OF IT, WE'LL HAVE TO TRUST HIS JUDGMENT ON, YOU KNOW, REALLOCATE PRIORITIES.
THAT WHERE WILL HE ALLOCATE RESOURCES, CUT THOSE INEFFICIENCIES AND GIVE IT TOWARDS FG WHILE
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MANAGING THE CORE SERVICES.SO, SO TRULY I THINK, UH, UH, DIRECTOR JENKINS LOT, WILL, WILL, WILL, HAS A BOARD HAVE TO TRUST IN TERMS OF WHAT, HOW YOU WOULD ALLOCATE THOSE RESOURCES WHILE WE PROVIDE YOU THE BIG DIRECTION RATHER THAN GETTING ON THE WEEDS OF IT.
SO, SO HOPE, UH, SO VERY IMPORTANT TASK.
AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT MY COMMENT IS.
LOT MORE TO DO, BUT MORE FOR YOU DIRECTOR JENKINS THAN US AS A BOARD HERE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE'LL GO TO MR. WOOD, I
UM, I, I HAVE A, I THINK THAT IT WAS VERY TIMELY TODAY THAT WE HAD THE PRESENTATION FROM THE LACROSSE GROUP.
UM, THAT THAT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS DOING SOMETHING THAT WOULD COST US A WHOLE LOT MORE TO DO AND JUST A MODEL THAT WE COULD DO ACROSS OTHER AREAS OF THE PARK, UM, SYSTEM AND DEPEND ON SOME PARTNERS AND WE MAYBE, UM, ELEVATE THE FACILITY AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE FEW THINGS THAT THEY ASK FOR.
YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE ONLY HAVING TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF STAFFING THE ENTIRE THING, UM, AND OFFERING ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT, ALL OF THAT STUFF, I THINK THAT IT, YOU KNOW, COULD SAVE US A LOT OF MONEY.
SO MAYBE, MAYBE WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SOME MORE PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THAT IN DIFFERENT AREAS, UM, THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAMMING.
UM, AND CONCENTRATE ON, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING SOME OF THE BEST WORLD CLASS FACILITIES AND, YOU KNOW, WORLD CLASS PARTNERSHIPS, UM, WITH SOME SPECIALISTS IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND NEXT WE'LL GO TO MR. DICKEY.
UH, I WANT TO COMMEND DIRECTOR JENKINS FOR BEING OPEN TO TAKING ANOTHER LOOK.
THE, UH, BUDGETARY IMPACT OF THE OCTOBER 9TH MEMO CHANGES.
UH, THAT'S, THAT, THAT IS, I I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD THAT YOU'RE OPEN TO THAT WAS, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST GOOD MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND, UM, I WANT TO, UH, EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE ENHANCEMENTS.
SAFETY AND SECURITY IN A FAIR PART OF THOSE TWO ARE HUGELY IMPORTANT, AT LEAST TO ME PERSONALLY.
AND I HAD A QUESTION ON THE PROPOSED EFFICIENCIES, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAMUEL FARM.
UM, WHAT, WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT ON WHAT WE DO THERE? WHAT, HOW WILL THAT AFFECT WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING AT SAMUEL FARM? AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION OF HOW IT, SAMUEL FARM CITY PARK.
THAT'S AN INTERESTING TANDEM THERE.
UH, CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOUR THINKING IS THERE? THANK YOU.
UH, YEAH, SO THE, THE INTENT WAS WHEN WE ACQUIRED CITY PARK TO HAVE MANAGER IN TRANSITION TIME OVERSEE THE OPERATIONS AT CITY PARK AS WELL AS, UM, AT SAMUEL FARM.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LARGER SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR EACH FACILITY FOR EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THE 59 OR, UM, WHAT 59 4 0 3? WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT ON WHAT WE'RE DOING? WHAT WOULD CHANGE WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AT SAMUEL FARM WITH OUTDOOR VENTURES THERE TO SAVE THAT MONEY? IT'D GIVE US A GREATER OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING, RAISE ADDITIONAL REVENUES.
SO, SO I'M MISUNDERSTANDING, I THINK, SO YOU WE'RE NOT CUTTING THE BUDGET OF HOW WE RUN SAMUEL FARM BY 59,000.
PARDON? THAT WOULD BE JUST A PERSONNEL COST.
THE SAVINGS OF USING ONE PERSON AT TWO LOCATIONS RATHER THAN TWO PEOPLE.
SO WE WILL LOSE, UH, ONE PERSON WHO CURRENTLY HAS A JOB, NOT HAVE A JOB.
NO, THOSE ARE VACANT POSITIONS.
WE TO ANY POSITIONS THAT WERE FIRMLY OPEN.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THE ASK FOR TODAY FROM THIS EXERCISE.
WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GOING ASK TO DO AGAIN? SO, MS. HAMMOND, SO WHEN WE GET TO THIS WORKSHOP PART, KIND OF ORGANIZED IN JUST A WAY WHERE
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ALL THE CORE SERVICE YOU, YOU'LL SEE IN THE WHITE RIGHT HERE, AND THEN THE STUFF THAT'S IN THE G LIKE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER TO HELP FUND THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT'S IN THE YELLOW ON THIS SHEET AND SEE IF YOU ALL KIND OF AGREE WITH KIND OF WORK THROUGH THAT TODAY.DO YOU AGREE WITH OUR PROPOSAL? ALL RIGHT, SO COUPLE OF THINGS ON THAT.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER IF I HAD SUCH A BINDER THAT HAD ALL OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER SO WE COULD LOOK AT THEM.
AND ALSO, UM, I THINK LIKE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE, THESE ARE BASIC DESCRIPTIONS, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE LIKE A REAL BUDGET.
UM, SO WE KNOW LIKE WHERE WE'RE MOVING MONEY FROM TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHERE, WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR, KIND OF A COST COMPARISON.
I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO, EVERYTHING I'M GONNA SAY IS BASICALLY SAYING IT'S HARD TO MAKE SOME OF THESE DECISIONS WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTED REAL TIME.
ESPECIALLY WE, YOU WANT US TO DO IT LIKE IN THIS SETTING AND THERE'S SOMETHING HERE ON THE SCREEN AND SOMETHING IN MY HAND.
IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE IN MY COMPUTER THAT YOU GUYS BEEN OUT BEFORE.
LIKE IT'S A LOT OF LOT GOING ON
SO IT'S HARD FOR ME AND IT MAY JUST BE ME AND I APOLOGIZE TO MY OTHER PARK BOARD ROOMS. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KIND OF PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.
AND THEN IT ALSO, AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, RACHEL, LIKE I HEARD A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T REALLY, SO IT'S REALLY THIS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY LIKE, I FEEL LIKE ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE IN ONE PLACE BECAUSE WE CAN'T MAKE A, A REAL DECISION IF IT'S LIKE, WELL THIS IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING, BUT THIS ISN'T REALLY THIS.
AND SO I'M A LITTLE JUST KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH IT.
UM, I WANNA BE VERY CAREFUL WITH MY NEXT QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'VE LIKE HAD ANOTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT THE WHOLE FAIR PARK SITUATION AND WE'RE BEING ASKED TO LIKE MOVE $3 MILLION OF
SO NOTHING AGAINST FAIR PARK, BUT I'D LIKE TO CHOOSE, KNOW OF
SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, I LIKE TO KNOW THE FULL PICTURE AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THIS 3 MILLION SCHOOLS GOING HERE, BUT THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
AND I JUST FEEL LIKE, AND THIS MAY BE WHAT YOU'RE BATTLING TOO, THAT YOU DON'T KNOW, AND SO YOU WANT US TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS, BUT I KIND OF AGREE WITH, UH, PRESIDENT ARUN.
LIKE WE, I THINK YOU KNOW MORE THAN WE KNOW.
YOU KNOW, MORE THAN I KNOW FOR SURE.
THE NEXT SEAT IS COMING IN TWO WEEKS, SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAN ON YOU YOUTUBE.
THERE'S SO MANY, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEST BASED ON THE INFORMATION I'VE RECEIVED HERE.
AND SO LAST, AND I GUESS I'M NOT REALLY THINKING BUDGET.
UH, SO IT SEEMS, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY OVER BUDGET AND WE HAVE TO CUT.
SO HOW MUCH ARE WE OVER BUDGET? SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BALANCE OUT WHAT WE HAVE.
SO NOT BUDGET, BUT WE ARE LOOKING, UM, AND NOT BEING ABLE TO DISCUSS VERY MUCH SINCE IT IS FAIR PARK.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO SAVE, UM, THE UTILITY COSTS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE BUDGET.
UM, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT A FAIR PARK, UM, INABILITY TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS ON HOW WE PAY THOSE.
LIKE HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING? I GET, YEAH, SO MS. SALMON, I, UH, SO THERE'S A, I THINK IT'S LIKE $1.3 MILLION, UH, THAT'S WE'RE DEALING WITH, WITH THE UTILITY FAIR PARK.
AND JUST TO KINDA ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, I I'M DEFINITELY LIMITED BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF MEDIATION RIGHT NOW BETWEEN FAIR PARK FIRST THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND UH, OBG.
SO I'M VERY LIMITED WHAT WE CAN SAY.
UH, HOWEVER, REGARDLESS IF I WAS IN MEDIATION, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THE GROUND IN FAIR PARK RECENTLY, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PRESSING NEEDS OUT THERE.
SO REGARDLESS WHAT HAPPENS THROUGH THE MEDIATION, WHAT I DO KNOW IS I NEED TO GET ON THE GROUND, START TAKING CARE OF THESE THINGS OUT OF FAIR PARK.
NOW THE STATE SAY THAT MAKES SENSE MY TWO SECONDS.
BUT I THINK TO YOU ALL'S POINT ALSO IS JUST FINDING OUT AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE FROM A LIABILITY STANDPOINT.
SHOWS US HOW MUCH WE CAN RECOVER.
SO ARE WE REALLY 1.3 OR ARE WE REALLY MORE LIKE 500? YOU KNOW, LIKE SO THOSE ARE NUMBERS WE WON'T KNOW, RIGHT? SO IT'S LIKE, LIKE MAKE THE DECISION IN THE AIR FIGURING IT OUT.
WELL THE MEDIATION AS PART OF THAT TION PROCESS IS GOING TO ADDRESS, RIGHT.
YES,
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WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY AS MUCH AS WE CAN BECAUSE THEY DO KIND OF WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD KIND OF SAYS REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS, THESE ARE KIND OF YOUR CORE THINGS YOU WANT TO SAY, THESE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES.
'CAUSE BEFORE THE WAY WE WOULD PRESENT THIS TO YOU ALL, WE WOULD ALWAYS PRESENTED THERE SEVEN SERVICES.
THIS TIME THEY WANTED US TO BREAK DOWN THE SEVEN SERVICES INTO WHAT ALL IS REALLY IN THOSE SEVEN SERVICES.
AND THEN THEY SAID, WELL YOU GOTTA BREAK IT DOWN 'CAUSE THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING IT THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY NEW HERE.
AND I, WE JUST TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES THE CITY'S FACING FINANCIALLY THAT WE SAY, HEY, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE, THE, THE, UH, SECURITY'S IMPORTANT TO THE BOARD.
WE NEED TO, WE KNOW WE GOT SOME IN OF EFFICIENCIES, SO LET'S FIGURE OUT WE CAN FUND THAT INSTEAD OF US ALWAYS GONNA TALK.
I'M JUST BEING HONEST BECAUSE WE ALWAYS SAYING WE GOTTA GO THROUGH THE COUNCIL, WE GOTTA ASK FOR A BUDGET ENHANCEMENT AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE N LET'S JUST ADMIT WE GOT SOME BE EFFICIENCY FOLKS JUST FUND IT OURSELVES.
AND I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS ASKING.
LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IN NUMBERS, RIGHT? BECAUSE SECURITY IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE LINE SHARE OF THE BUDGET, RIGHT? THEN WE HAVE TO EVEN BE STRATEGIC IN HOW WE USE SECURITY, RIGHT? SO I THINK LIKE IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP WHEN WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT NUMBERS AND HOW THEY AFFECT, THAT'S JUST HOW LONG WE CAN DO THAT.
I MEAN WE CAN, BECAUSE THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IN QUESTION HERE WHEN IT COMES TO NUMBERS REALLY AREN'T GONNA BE THE STUFF GREEN AND WE NOT, WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE NUMBERS
AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THIS MUCH.
BUT WE, I MEAN TRUST ME JUST A PRIORITIZATION.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND WHAT WE'RE ASKING DAVE, IS REALLY IS THE PRIORITIZATION.
'CAUSE WE, WE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH TO KEEP COMING BACK AND FORTH.
I GUESS I JUST, YOU KNOW, I GET NERVOUS ABOUT SAYING THIS IS THE PRIORITY ON, ON THE RECORD IN BLACK AND WHITE WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT I'M REALLY COMMITTING YES.
SO THAT, I JUST WANT THAT NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE AN ASTERISK BY ALL THESE THINGS IN THE PRESENTATION, WHATEVER I SAY, I'M GONNA PUT AN ASTERISK BY MY DECISIONS TODAY.
'CAUSE ONCE WE ACTUALLY ASSIGN NUMBERS TO IT, I RESERVE.
I THINK WE NEED TO, IT'S POSSIBLE BE NOW IN THE NEXT MEETING TO SEND US KIND OF MORE DETAILED BUT NUMBERS THAT WE CAN IT ONE US WON'T LOOK AT IT, BUT AT LEAST MR. VICKY WILL, UM,
SO I WOULD AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT OUR INSTINCTS ARE.
BUT YES, ANALYSIS, YOU CAN ALSO AGREE ON FAIR PARK.
I THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ALWAYS THE PRIORITY AND I'M NEVER GONNA BULK AT WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR EXPERT OPINION IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR PART, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CURRENT ENVIRONMENT.
BUT THE MORE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET, AND I PROTECT YOU ALL SENDING THE, THE MEMO UPDATES THAT YOU HAVE, BUT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN GET THAT'S APPROPRIATE DURING THIS PROCESS TO, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE FULL PICTURE, UM, I THINK IS IS REALLY HELPFUL ON SECURITY.
I WOULD JUST STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE HAVE A NEW POLICE CHIEF, LIKE I ALWAYS WONDER IF THERE'S, I'M SURE THERE'S EFFICIENCIES IN TERMS OF WHAT DPD CAN DO STRATEGICALLY TO HELP US, UM, TAKE CARE OF THE PARKS AND TRAILS.
AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT UNDER THE NEW LEADERSHIP, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE, THE DEPUTY STATE MANAGER OVER POLICE AND FIRE AND THE NEW POLICE CHIEF, UH, UNIT INTO THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, THAT, THAT WE'RE GETTING IN WITH WHOEVER THAT CHIEF IS ASAP TO, TO JUST HAVE A, A COHESIVE PLAN.
SO IT'S NOT JUST, UH, SAFETY AND SECURITY, IT'S THROWING ON THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WITHOUT YOUR DVD DOING ALL THEY CAN.
I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GUYS LOCKSTEP WITH THE NEW, UH, LEADERSHIP.
AND THEN MY OTHER INSTINCT IS THAT I, I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE WHETHER MARKETING COMP, WHAT LEVEL OF MARKETING COMPS CAN BE OUTSOURCED, WHETHER THERE'S EFFICIENCIES THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, A FIRM TO MANAGE THE DAY TO DAY.
UM, I KNOW THAT BRIAN'S TAKING IT ON TO LOOK AT STRATEGY THERE.
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CONTINUE TO ANALYZE WHAT THERE'S EFFICIENCIES TO, AGAIN, OUTSOURCE INTO SOME LEVEL OF OUR, OUR DAY-TO-DAY MARKETING COMMUNICATORS.AND THOSE ARE ALL MY THOUGHTS, BRIAN.
UH, DR. NEWMAN, I'M LOOKING AT THIS, UH, CHART AND WHAT I, I I, I'VE HEARD, UH, UH, DIRECTOR JENKINS MENTIONED THE, THE WHITE PART HERE IS THE CORE PORT, THIS PART THE GREEN THAT IS INEFFICIENT AND THEN WE KNOW IS THE PART THAT YOU'RE SAYING WANT TO AWAY WITH, I GUESS WHAT I NEED TO FUND, WE NEED TO FUND.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING, COULD WE HAVE HAD A, A LEDGER TO GO WITH THESE SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU EXPLAINED THIS ALREADY, BUT YET AT THE SAME TIME, 10 MINUTES LATER, I'M, I'M GOING, OKAY, WHAT'S THE WHITE, SO I'M WONDERING, WE WE HAD A LEDGER THERE SO THAT TOO, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LABEL PERSON LOOKING AT IT, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING, UM, YES.
AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL.
UH, I GUESS MY TAKE ON THIS IS, UM, I JUST HATE TO SEE, AND, AND ONE OF THE CUTBACKS, I KNOW THE AQUATIC FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAMMING, BUT THAT WE'RE TALKING MORE ABOUT PEOPLE, NOT NECESSARILY THE DOMAINS ON THIS.
SEE, THE SERVICE OPERATES AND MAINTAINS NINE TO NINE POOLS SERVICE APPROXIMATELY 22,000 POOLS.
AND WHEN I SAW THIS, WHEN WE RECEIVED THIS, I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY OR AROUND MONDAY, UM, I SAW THAT WE TALKING ABOUT JUST CUTTING POOL SERVICE OR PEOPLE, WELL, WELL JUST ONCE AGAIN FOR THE DISCLAIMER AND THAT'S, AND TO DR. NEWMAN POINT AS WHERE WE SHOULDA HAD AN ASTERISK ON HERE TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL UNDERSTOOD THE POOLS IS NOT BEING CONSIDERED UNTIL WE COMPLETE THE MASTER PLAN AND THE BOARD AND THE CREWS THAT MASTER PLAN.
AND THAT'S GOING TO TELL US IF, IF ANY POOLS ARE GONNA BE CONSIDERED CLOSED OR NOT, OR REPLACED.
BUT I I BUT FOR THIS EXERCISE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING BACK, GOING BACK ON MAINTENANCE, NOT CLOTHING POOLS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLOTHING POOLS.
WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT EITHER WE'RE GONNA CUT STAFF IF WE HAVE TO OR, OR, OR IT WAS, IT WAS, IT IS ONLY INCLUDED ON YOUR, ONCE AGAIN, THAT DISCLAIMER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THERE.
BUT YOU ALL COULD START THINKING ABOUT THIS.
'CAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YEAR 26, 27.
SO, SO THIS WILL BE UPDATED ONCE THAT MASTER PLAN IS COMPLETED.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHY IT TECHNICALLY REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ON THIS SHEET
LET'S THINK, BE THINKING ABOUT IT.
ALRIGHT, SEE ANOTHER QUESTIONS.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA START OUR, SO YOU WANT US, I CORRECT YOU WANT US AS A PART BOARD GO DOWN INDIVIDUAL ITEM TO PART NUMBER AND WHAT WE WELL, I'M GONNA DEFER TO MS. BARRY AND TO, UH, HANDLE THIS EXERCISE TODAY.
UM, SO, SO YES, AS AS DIRECTOR JEN, THIS IS, UM, OUR FOREFRONT.
OUR CORE SERVICES ARE IN THE WHITE.
UM, WHAT YOU SEE ON THERE IS THE PR RANK.
THIS MEANS STAFF HAS GONE THROUGH, WE'VE LOOKED AT, WE EVALUATED THEM, WE'VE LOOKED AT, UM, KIND OF THE GRADING THAT WE WERE GIVEN BY THE BUDGET OFFICE.
AND THEY JUST LOOKED AT THIS AND HONESTLY WENT BACK AND JUST SAID, WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO THE PARK SYSTEM? AND THIS IS THE RANKING THAT CAME OUT.
THIS CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS IF YOU WANT TO MOVE A FEW NUMBERS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO THAT.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO CONCUR WITH THE RANKING AS YOU SEE IT.
AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TODAY.
EITHER PROVIDE ME A RANKING OR YOU CAN SEND ME THE RANKING BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
AS IT SEEMS THAT WE WILL BE HAVING ANOTHER ONE ON THE 17TH, UM, THAT IS PART OF OUR NEXT STEPS.
THIS IS JUST A FIRST LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE PUT IT, IT IT IS NOT A SOLIDIFIED BUDGET.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE NUMBERS YET.
SO I, I UNDERSTAND IT, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER WITHOUT HAVING THE FULL NUMBERS, BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THAT NEW SYSTEM TO GIVE US BACK THAT INFORMATION ON WHAT YOUR
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PROGRAMS LOOK LIKE.WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? THEIR BUDGET, BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY ARE USING NEW SYSTEM, NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
IT'S GOT SOME AI COMPONENTS BUILT INTO IT.
SO THEY ARE EVALUATING OUR PROGRAMS FOR US AND THEN IT'S FOR US TO COME BACK, CONCUR, DISAGREE, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME GREAT NUMBERS TO PROVIDE Y'ALL WITH THIS FULL LIST THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOUR CORE SERVICES ARE GOING TO COST.
THE SLIDE BEFORE KIND OF JUST SAID, GENERALLY REP PLANS IN LINE WITH WHERE WE ARE MINUS WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO AS AN EFFICIENCY TO FUND OUR ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE HERE.
UM, I THINK THE QUESTION CAME UP, YOU KNOW, WERE WE DOING ANYTHING ON MARKETING? UM, YES WE ARE.
THAT IS CONSIDERED PART OF THE OVERALL PERSONAL COST.
SO THAT WOULD BE A LOOK AT HOW WE CAN OUTSOURCE SOME OF THOSE.
AS DIRECTOR JENKINS SAID, UM, THIS IS REALLY FOR 26, 27 LOOKING TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, BUT IN ORDER FOR SOME OF THESE ITEMS TO HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO KIND OF START TALKING ABOUT IT NOW, LOOKING AT IT NOW.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE RANKING, UM, THE ONLY REASON WE MENTIONED COMMUNITY POOLS IS BECAUSE IT'S A PROGRAM, WE HAVE TO PUT IT OUT THERE BUT WOULDN'T CONSIDER THE RANKINGS.
IT IS KIND OF DOWN THERE, BUT IT'S DOWN THERE BECAUSE OF THE MAINTENANCE COST AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND WE JUST NEED TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE NEW MASTER PLAN GIVES US ON THOSE ITEMS. SO DON'T NECESSARILY LET THAT STOP YOU FROM SAYING, OKAY, I DON'T WANT YOU TO CONSIDER COMMUNITY POOLS AND THEN JUST, AND THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE AND WE'LL LOOK AT A NEW WAY TO FUND THIS.
AND AS DIRECTOR JEN SAID, WE'RE NOT LOOKING IF WE CAN'T FUND THE FULL 2.25 MILLION OR TWO, UM, OTHER PARK MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, POINT, IF WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SECURITY, THEN WE CAN MAKE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES.
BUT THIS IS NOT THE FINAL PRODUCT.
WE DO NEED TO TURN IN A RANKING.
UM, SO THEY DO WANNA KNOW THAT THERE'S
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE TO DATE.
IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, IF YOU WANT MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THIS, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
WE WOULD JUST WANT TO HAVE YOUR INFORMATION BY THE NEXT, UM, MEETING SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF TURN THAT IN AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOUR RANKINGS WERE COMPARED TO STAFF.
AND LEMME JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING 'CAUSE MS. RACHEL, MS. BEARD JUST TOUCHED ON IT REAL QUICK.
ONLY DIFFERENCE WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY VERSUS ALL THE, PROBABLY THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THAT WE DID THE BUDGET IS YOU LOOKED AT ABOUT, YOU LOOKED AT SIX SERVICES OR SEVEN SERVICES, YOU LOOKED AT SOME PROPOSED ENHANCEMENTS.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN GOOD YEARS.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU LOOKED AT.
YOU SAID, HEY, THESE ARE, AND YOU STILL HAD TO RANK OUR CORE SERVICES.
YOU SAID, WHAT ARE THE CORE SERVICES? AND THEN YOU HIT THE RANK, THE ENHANCEMENTS, AND IF IT WAS IN A YEAR TO HIT BUDGET REDUCTIONS, YOU WOULD'VE HAD TO RANK WHICH ONES WOULD BE CONSIDERED A BUDGET REDUCTION.
ONLY THING THEY DOING DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR IS JUST FROM, FROM A HIGH LEVEL IS, AND SO I CAN MAKE SURE THIS MEETING IS EFFICIENT FOR YOU ALL.
IN THIS CASE, I HEARD YOU ALL SAY, Y'ALL TRUSTING ME, I TOOK CARE OF YOUR CORE SERVICES.
OKAY? AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT WASN'T ON HERE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AS A CORE SERVICE, LET US KNOW.
AND THEN THE REAL QUESTION TODAY IS, DO YOU EVEN AGREE BECAUSE THIS IS A WORKSHOP.
DO YOU EVEN AGREE WITH THE STUFF I GOT IN GREEN THAT I NEED TO REALLY BE CONSIDERING FOR YOU THESE EFFICIENCIES? THAT'S REALLY THE DIRECTION WE NEED FROM YOU ALL TODAY IS, UH, BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M BEING VERY CONSCIOUS OF YOU ALL TIME, BUT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND YOU ALREADY TOLD ME YOU DO AGREE WITH THE ENHANCEMENTS.
AND I, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT.
ENHANCEMENTS, I THINK OPERATING MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A BIG MAINTENANCE OPERATING PROGRAM GUY FOR SINCE I GOT HERE.
THAT'S DEFINITELY, WE, IIII THINK A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET SHOULD BE THERE JUST BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT WE NEED, RIGHT? AND I, AND I'M ON THE TRENCHES ALL THE TIME, BUT SECURITY, ONE OF OUR BIG THINGS AND, AND OF COURSE REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT FAIR PARK, WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF FAIR PARK.
SO, AND CAN WE GET THIS SENT TO THE REMOTE FOLKS? THIS HASN'T BEEN SENT TO ALL OF US, SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO EVEN SEE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT.
MR. WOOD, I YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT WE HAVE.
MAYBE WE'LL GIVE YOU JUST SECONDS AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
BUT IN YOUR, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, IN YOUR EMAIL, THERE WAS THAT PAGE ON 12, 13 AND 14, THAT GIVES YOU THAT SAME LIST EXCEPT IT DOESN'T GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS.
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FOR EXACTLY WHAT WE COULD DO OR, OKAY.DON'T GET THAT TO YOU JUST A MINUTE.
YEAH, ON PAGE 12, 13, 14, UM, DEFINITELY THE, I I THINK THAT ENHANCEMENTS, OF COURSE IT'S GOTTA BE DONE, IT'S GOTTA BE TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WHAT I SEE IS WE JUST GOTTA LOOK AT, AND I LOVE THIS BECAUSE AT LEAST WE KNOW IT SEPARATES, I KNOW IT'S A LOT, BUT AT LEAST IT SEPARATES EVERYTHING INTO CATEGORIES SO YOU CAN SEE IT BECAUSE WE JUST GET KIND OF CARES, HERE'S CARES, HERE'S THIS ADMIN AND HERE'S MAINTENANCE.
AND WE KIND OF HAD A BIG NUMBER AND WE KIND OF DIVIDED UP, BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT BACK POTENTIALLY, RIGHT? WE REALLY GOTTA KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA CUT BACK, YOU KNOW, IF WE SAY CUT BACK CARES, WHAT, WHERE CARES ARE WE CUTTING BACK? THEN WE'LL HAVE COMMUNITY POOL BEING CLOSED WITHOUT US HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF THIS.
AT LEAST WE HAVE THIS THAT KIND OF TELLS US EVERYTHING ITEM BY ITEM BY ITEM AND WHAT IT MEANS.
IT IS A LOT TO PROCESS, BUT I LOVE IT.
I, I JUST, I AGREE WITH MS. MONDS AND NEWMAN THAT WE MAYBE NEED SOME NUMBERS ON IT TO HELP US KIND OF MORE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE CUTTING BACK, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF OUR CORE, UH, ITEMS. UM, YOU KNOW, CITY, YOU KNOW, MY, MY, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE RANKINGS OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT RANKING, OR IS IT THE PARK? YOU GUYS DID IT OR YOU JUST KIND OF, THOSE ARE YOUR RANKINGS OF THE DEPARTMENTS, THE PARKS, THE DEPARTMENTS.
I WAS KIND OF THE PRIVACY, UH, CITY PARK DOWN IN NUMBER 16 JUST BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THAT QUITE A BIT.
SO IT WAS JUST KIND OF THE PRIVATE, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU GOTTA FIND THE RANKING THERE.
BUT UM, I THINK ARE BOARD MEMBERS ON BOARD WITH MARK NUMBERS ON THIS TODAY? KIND OF GOING THROUGH EXERCISE? I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT.
I THINK SOME OF YOU ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT.
ARE WE GOOD ON DOING THAT MISS? UH, WE'LL GO FIRST MR. CONNOR.
YOU GO, YOU LINE ON THIS LIST.
I'M PREPARED TO DO, I PLEAD THE FED.
YOU, YOU'RE FIRST MS. CONNOR, YOU HAD, YOU HAD YOUR DIVE.
OH, I, I DIDN'T THAT FROM BEFORE.
ARE YOU GONNA BE FIRST TIME MR. MC? IT SAYS MY MIC IS ON.
NO, I JUST WANTED TO ASK OR JUST, UM, MAY FOR THE MIC I'LL CALL MR. MCGON AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK SECOND ROUND.
UM, WAS RESERVATIONS ALSO THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONS? THAT WAS NUMBER 18.
AND THEN ALSO I WOULD JUST KNOW, GO THROUGH THE LIST.
UH, NUMBER 12 IS MS SINCE IN YELLOW BUT ALSO WHITE.
I THINK THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE ITEMS OF YOU BUILT TO MOVE IT DOWN TO THE GREEN.
OKAY, SO ALSO AS THE GREEN JUST RIGHT? CORRECT.
JUST THE, JUST THE VENUE PART OF RESERVATIONS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I SAY REALLY THE GREEN IS WHAT REALLY NEED COMES ON THAT Y'ALL SEE SOMETHING IN THAT I CONSIDER CORE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THAT AIN'T A CORE, BUT I THINK I AM PRETTY SURE WITHOUT YOU HAVING TO GO THROUGH A FINE TOOTH TODAY, IF YOU JUST READ THE DESCRIPTION, I THINK YOU WOULD PROBABLY AGREE THAT MOST OF THAT STUFF I GOT IN THE WHITE IS CORE.
REAL QUESTION FOR ME TODAY IS, IS DID YOU AGREE WITH THE DEGREE AND I, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE THINGS AND PLUS THE RESERVATIONS THAT IF FROM MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, IF THERE'S GONNA BE A TOUGH DISCUSSION ON BUDGET, THESE THINGS ARE LIKELY TO BE CONSIDERED THE STUFF AND AGREE.
JUST SO, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I, I KNOW THE COMMUNITY POOLS IS A PRETENTIOUS, A LONGSTANDING ITEM, BUT JUST COULD YOU GIVE US OR ME PERSONALLY, I GUESS A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHY THE COMMUNITY POOLS WERE ABSOLUTE DEAD LAST IN THE YES, SO, SO WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO LOOK AT THE, WHAT, WHAT DO WE CONSIDER SOME INEFFICIENT REGARDLESS OF YOUR, NOT YOU, I'M JUST SAYING REGARDLESS OF WE KNOW PHILOSOPHICAL, WE AGREE IF POOLS NEED TO BE PROVIDED TO YOU.
BUT THE REAL QUESTION FOR US AS A DISCUSSION, WE HEAR MANY TIMES AROUND THIS TABLE, IF YOU ASK ME TO GRADE STUFF ON WHAT'S ONE OF MY MOST INEFFICIENT OPERATIONS, AND BE HONEST WITH YOU, WHEN I HAVE A POOL THAT'S 60 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE AT SOMETIMES FIVE PEOPLE THAT MAY COME PER DAY AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE SERVE THOSE FIVE PEOPLE.
BUT IF YOU ASK ME TO BE HONEST ON IF I ONLY GOT SO MUCH MONEY, WHERE SHOULD THE MONEY GO TO SERVE THE MASSES
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THEN YES, THE COMMUNITY POOLS, NOT THE AQUATICS FACILITIES WHICH HAVE HUNS OF PEOPLE IN 'EM EVERY DAY.YOU GOT, I GOTTA PRIORITIZE AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY'RE RANKED WHERE THEY'RE RANKED BECAUSE IT IS NOT A MATTER THAT PEOPLE WANT TO, DON'T WANT TO USE IT.
JUST THAT THESE ARE OLD FOOD THEN NOBODY WANTS TO PLAY USED.
AND IF WE COULD BUILD NEW POOLS, THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T UTILIZE THEM, BUT NO ONE WANTS TO USE A BATHTUB.
WELL FOR THE RECORD, I, I'LL ALWAYS ASK YOU TO BE HONEST,
FROM A GENERAL PERSPECTIVE, I CAN SAY I AGREE WITH
MARI PRIORITY I THAT YOU GOOD? YEAH, SINCE YOU'RE ASKING REAL QUICK FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ONLINE, THE DOCUMENT WAS EMAILED TO YOU, SO IF YOU OPEN IT UP, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
OKAY, JUST, UH, FOR THE RECORD, UM, I, I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE NAMES I THERE, BUT I DO, UM, I FIND IT INTERESTING, UH, JUST AS YOU
AND I FEEL LIKE THE, THE, THE BIGGEST AND THE MOST IMPACT WE HAVE AS A DEPARTMENT IS WHAT WE DO AROUND THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY AND THE FUTURE.
ON MY PERSONAL, I KNOW THAT I WILL RANK THOSE HIGHER THAN WHERE THEY ARE IN THE WHITE.
LIKE I DO THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT, THAT ARE LESS IMPORTANT THAT ARE RANKED ABOVE THAT.
AND I JUST KIND OF WANNA LEVEL SET FOR THE PROOF THAT WE ARE ARE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.
AND SO LIKE I GET TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE DIRECT
I, I AGREE, BUT LIKE I KNOW THESE PROGRAMS WHERE WE GIVE MOST, LIKE WE JUST SAID THE
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS KNOW THAT, THAT I'M GONNA ALWAYS KIND OF COME FROM A PLACE OF WHAT SERVES THE COMMUNITY MOST AND SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE TOP 10 DO.
BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN MOVE AROUND THAT ACTUALLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT MORE.
MS. HAMMOND ALSO ON THE SCREEN I HAD NUMBER PAGE 10 PUT BACK UP.
THOSE ARE THE CUTBACKS IN THE, IN THE GREEN AREA, SO YOU'LL KNOW THE NUMBER IF THAT HELPS YOU.
BUT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, THOSE ARE GREEN AND WHAT THE PROPOSED CUT IS IS EXCEPT FOR RESERVATION, THE SIX 60 IS ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN THAT.
BUT, SO THAT THE ONLY NUMBER THAT'S WRONG, IT'S GONNA BE LOWER THAN THAT.
SO DOES THAT, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY RULES, COMMUNITY POOLS NOT INCLUDED AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE OTHER
AND, AND YOU, YOU EXACT THE, THE COUNCIL COULD DECIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE AIN'T WAITING ON THE MASTER PLAN.
WE WANT TO CONSIDER THIS FOR, FOR THE CITY MANAGED.
UM, YOU GOT REAL JUICED UP THIS GROUP ON, ON THE COMMUNITY POOLS ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, SIX MONTHS A YEAR AGO.
AND I, I GENERALLY DIDN'T AGREE IF YOU'VE GOT A 60-YEAR-OLD ASSET THAT'S BUY PEOPLE A DAY GOING TO IT AND YOU CAN USE THAT MONEY AND YOU'RE SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO KEEP IT UP, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT.
SO, UM, I SET THAT BACK THEN I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY COMING FROM SOME, THE ONLY, THE ONLY COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF AQUATICS AT ALL.
UM, SO DO WHATEVER WITH THE TOOLS.
UM, SO ON, ON THE WHITE, HOW MANY OF, HOW MANY OF THE WHITE ARE, UM, ARE REVENUE GENERATING? ARE ANY OF THE WHITE, UH, COMBINATION? YEAH, COMBINATION.
SOME OF 'EM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, ESPORTS, UH, YEAH, PARTNERSHIPS.
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ONCE AGAIN IT REALLY THEJUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SOME OF 'EM ARE NOT, UH, REVENUE GENERS.
YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH MS. HAMMOND U SPORTS.
ARE ANY PART OF U SPORTS REVENUE GENERATED? YES.
YEAH, I WOULD MOVE THAT RANK UP A BECAUSE OF WHAT MS. MOND SAID B BECAUSE OF THE, THE CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY IN CLASS BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY REVENUE GENERATES REVENUE PERSONALLY.
UM, SO YEAH, I MEAN I WOULD LOOK AT IT ON HERE.
TRYING TO WEIGH THE, THE, THE BOTH SIDES OF THIS.
NO HARD DISCUSSION WHEN YOU HAVE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS CUTTING THINGS, NOBODY GONNA BE A FAN OF CUTTING ANYTHING, BUT IF YOU HAVE THINGS THAT ARE GENERATING REVENUE FOR THE DEPARTMENT, THEY CAN OFFSET OTHER KINDS OF CUTS.
I WOULD PUT THAT HIGHER ON THE LIST.
UM, I WANNA BACK UP WHAT MS. HAM HAS SAID ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR GRANT FUNDED AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER CAMPS.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO.
BUT I THINK WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY ON THE PHONE.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, SINCE THESE ARE GRANT FUNDED, UH, THE FACT IS, AND IT'S A QUESTION, IS THE FACT THAT IT'S PRIORITY IS NUMBER 21 DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BECAUSE THEY ARE FUNDED THROUGH COMMUNITY BILLING BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT, DID THE, BASICALLY THE, THE LOWER RANK OF IT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT OUR DEDICATION TO IT OR OUR ABILITY TO DO IT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
THE REASON THAT IT, IT IS AT THAT RANKING IS BECAUSE WE WERE ASKED TO INCLUDE THESE CPG FUNDS, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT PART OF OUR OPERATING PROGRAM PER SE, THEY DID WANT US TO SHOW THAT WE HAD FUNDING OUTSIDE OF OPERATING.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED IT TO SHOW THAT WE DO HAVE THOSE FUNDS, BUT THAT DOES NOT AFFECT THE OPERATING DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT KIND OF DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT TO OUR OPERATING BUDGET.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY SAY OR COMMUNICATE IT'S AT NUMBER 21 PRIORITY FOR US.
IT JUST HAS TO DO WITH THE TECHNICAL, RIGHT? THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S, AND WE DID NEED TO INCLUDE IT FOR THE BUDGET OFFICE REQUEST TO INCLUDE GRANT FUNDED PROCESS.
WELL OUR TWO COMPUTERS ARE, THAT'S WHY THIS WHAT'S GOING ON? HE'S PRESSING HIS BUTTON.
I PRESSING MY BUTTON'S COMING UP ME AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
ALRIGHT, THE OTHER MR. CONNORS
SO I SEE HE FIRST SPEAK BLINK COUNTER POPS UP.
YOU ABOUT TO RUN OUTTA ROUNDS BY, WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, WE'LL GO TO MS.
UM, I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL I WOULD AGREE WITH, UH, HOW THIS IS ALL PRIORITIZED AND UH, DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN HEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN, UH, CARVE SOME MONEY OUT OF THE, THE OP OR THE AGING, UH, AQUATICS.
'CAUSE I THINK WE, WE ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SAVINGS THERE, BUT, UM, OTHERWISE I THINK IN GENERAL I THINK WE'RE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH ALL OF THESE PRIORITIES.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL GO TO MR.
UH, SO JUST EXTRAPOLATING FROM THE, THE PREVIOUS COMMENT MADE ABOUT THE RANKING AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE BUDGET FOR THINGS ON THE WHITE AS FAR AS WHAT ORDER THEY'RE IN THAT NUMBER IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD BE AFFECTED ALL OR IS IT ONLY THE ORDER PUSHING IT INTO A, YOU KNOW, A GREEN OR A YELLOW THAT AFFECTS IT? YOU? FROM MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND I CAN'T PREDICT CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION OR THE COUNCIL'S ACTIONS MM-HMM
BUT I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE THEY VERY UNLIKELY THEY TOUCH ANY OF THIS STUFF THAT'S IN WHITE.
RIGHT? SO, SO IF SOMETHING'S A FIVE VERSUS A 13, THAT DOESN'T REALLY PUT IT IN A MORE AREAS OR BETTER POSITION WHEN IT COMES TO.
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ANOTHER QUESTION IS, UM, I'M GONNA REWORD THAT.I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU I'M GONNA FIGHT LIKE HELL
SO IT'S WHAT MATTER NOW TAKING THE COURT SERVICES.
UM, AND SO IT VERY LIKELY WILL NOT MATTER, BUT, BUT IT, UM, AND THEN GETTING BACK AGAIN TO THE, THE GREENS MOVING CONSERVATION GREEN THIS YEAR, BUT ALSO IT'S ABSENT FROM THAT LIST THEN IS THE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS.
SO WAS THERE A EFFICIENCY SAVINGS NUMBER ASSOCIATED BETWEEN, SO I CAN JUST TELL YOU WHAT MY THOUGHT PROCESS, UH, AND, AND I THINK WHEN MR. GOLDSTEIN TOUCHED ON IT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT SOME SAVINGS THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS.
IT MAY BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND, MAYBE 200.
BUT I'M, I'M LOOKING THERE BECAUSE TO MR. GOLDSTEIN POINT, MR. CONNOR IS WORKING ON WHAT IS THE BEST WAY, THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO DELIVER OUR MODEL.
NOT THAT IT'S OFF THE TABLE, BUT WE KNOW THERE'S SOME CORE THINGS WE DO WILL OVER THERE.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO OUTSOURCE.
I'M DEFINITELY AS FAR AS SUFFICIENCY, INEFFICIENT SCOPE, UM, ALL FOUR ACTUALLY MAKING THINGS THAT WE'RE SELLING BETTER VERSUS SELLING THEM HARDER.
NO, THIS WAS ME THIS TIME I'M GONNA TO ASK YOU, DID WE ONLY HAVE ONE ROUND THREE? ONLY HAVE ONE.
THERE'S THREE STARS ON YOUR TEAM RIGHT NOW, MR. CONNOR, FOR THE THIRD POUND ROUND? NO, IT'S MY SECOND ROUND ON MARKETING.
DO WE, UM, I I AGREE WITH, UM, IT'S FUNNY SAID NO, NO, NO ON THERE.
LIKE HERE TIME'S UP A SECOND AGO.
I AGREE WITH MR. GOLDSTEIN ABOUT MARKETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF MR. CONNOR COULD COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, WITHOUT GETTING WEIGHED INTO THE WEEDS ON THIS, DO WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR MARKETING SPECIFICALLY? WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE, DO WE KNOW LIKE HOW MANY STAFF DO WE HAVE IN MARKETING? HOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S OUR TOTAL HEADCOUNT? WHAT'S OUR TOTAL SALARY SPEND? SO TO, TO YOUR QUESTION AND I'M, UH, PATRICK AND RACHEL ANSWER THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, BUT UM, AS THE BOARD KNOWS, WE ARE ABOUT, AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE THE ASSESSMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING AND WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
WE'RE PROBABLY WEEK TO TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM INITIATING THAT EFFORT AND THAT, AND THAT EFFORT IS GOING TO LOOK IN A HOLISTIC WAY AT EVERYTHING WE DO IN THERE.
NUMBER OF STAFF, NUMBER OF DOLLARS SPENT, NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE CURRENTLY PERFORM.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REAL PRODUCT FROM AN EXPERT IN THE BUSINESS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS BOARD ABOUT WHAT WE SEE AS, AS A REASONABLE WAY FORWARD.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO, I REALLY WANT THAT PRODUCT AND I'M PLEASED WITH WHO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SELECT FOR THAT WORK.
UM, AND I'M VERY, UH, CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GONNA GET A REALLY GOOD PRODUCT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE TO IMPLEMENT CHANGE.
SEEING NO OTHER HANDS OR, UH, UM, FUNDS PUSH, I, I GUESS WE WILL WAIT TO GET THE NUMBERS ON HERE THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM IN THE NEXT MEETING.
CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND SEND THEM THE NUMBERS IN ADVANCE AND THEN ALLOW THE BOARD TO GO AHEAD AND START KIND OF RANKING? SO WE CAN DO IS AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THOSE NUMBERS, LIKE I SAID TODAY, AS OF TODAY, WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.
WE ARE ALREADY INPUTTING INTO THE SYSTEM TODAY.
UM, LET'S MAKE SURE WE CLEAR THAT UP.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT THE BOARD STATEMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE NUMBERS ON OUR OWN OPERATION, BUT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF THE BUDGET IS COME, THE BUDGET OFFICE IS COMING UP WITH THEIR NUMBERS, THEIR NUMBERS.
WE'RE TALKING CURRENT NUMBERS, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA BE USING FOR THIS EXERCISE.
THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE.
WE GOT, YEAH, THE BUDGET OFFICE IS GONNA PROVIDE THEIR NUMBERS THEY THINK IS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SERVICES.
WE KNOW THE NUMBERS WE HAVE RECEIVED THROUGH ENHANCEMENTS OR IN OUR BUDGET AND THAT'S THE ONES WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. BARRY, EDWARD.
MOVING TO, UH, PARK AND RECREATION BOARD TODAY ON REPORTS.
MR. HONOR HAS REPORTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS AS WELL.
I WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY SUNDAY,
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SUNDAY, SUNDAY TO THE, UH, WHAT ARE WE CALLING IT? RIBBON CUTTING OR GROUND RIBBON CUTTING FOR ADVENTURE LANDING SUNDAY, APRIL 6TH AT THREE O'CLOCK.WE'VE GOT T-SHIRTS WHERE ALL THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS REGISTER AT THE QR CODE.
UM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A COMPLIMENTARY GAME OF
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, SO WE'RE EXCITED.
UM, SOME OF YOU WILL GET NOSEBLEED COMING THAT FAR NORTH
BUT, UH, YEAH, REALLY EXCITED.
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT'S HAPPENED IN OUR DISTRICT IN A VERY, VERY LONG TIME IS THIS, THIS PROJECT.
SO AGAIN, RYAN AND JOHN, THANK YOU FOR THIS, PUSHING THIS OVER, BUT BIG DAY SUNDAY, THREE O'CLOCK.
ANY, ANYBODY ELSE? UH, MS. HAMPTON.
I, I HAVE TO DO MY PLUG WITH GLENDALE.
SATURDAY MORNING, 9:00 AM WE FINALLY GET TO NOW
SO SATURDAY MORNING NOON, I DON'T HAVE T-SHIRTS.
BUT ON APRIL 11TH, UH, JOIN ME AND MY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAD WEST AND, UH, DR. GARCIA THE DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSION.
WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING A, OUR, OUR TRAIL WE ARE WORKING ON FOR LIKE FOUR YEARS.
IT FEELS LIKE IT'S FINALLY TO, UH, BE COMPLETED.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A, WE'RE GONNA CUT A RIBBON AT MOSS PARK AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BIKE RIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END OF THE TRAIL, WHICH IS AT BECKLEY.
UM, IF YOU WANNA RIDE WITH US AND THEN WE'LL DO ANOTHER RIBBON CUTTING DOWN THERE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME BURGERS ON, UH, AT THE END OF THE END OF THAT RIDE.
SO IF YOU WANNA JOIN US APRIL 11TH ON A FRIDAY AT 3:30 PM SO OUT BY, I THINK ALREADY OUT BY CASE YOU WANNA COME ON APRIL 11TH, FRIDAY.
AND OF COURSE, UH, BIG BIRTHDAY, UH, CLEAR.
ALWAYS CELEBRATE BIG, UH, BIRTHDAY.
WE GOT OAK BIRTHDAY AT LAKE CLIFF PARK.
THAT'S ON APRIL 13TH FROM NOON TO UH, FIVE.
THAT IS A SUNDAY, APRIL 13TH TO SUNDAY.
SO WANNA BE KIND DAY CLIFF, BUT BY, UM, OUR FRIENDS OF ALL PARKS DOWN THERE.
BUT IT IS A BIG, IT'S A BIG DEAL.
QUITE NICE EVENT THAT DAY, YOU KNOW, BUT WE, WE GOT MORE.
WE HAVE UH, SOME VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENTS, CLEAN UP EVENTS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND I'LL SEND YOU GUYS THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE, IT'S MY PARK DAY ON APRIL THE 12TH AND I'LL SEND YOU THAT, THAT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE DALLAS LIVE IN THE PARK THREE MUSIC SERIES.
WE HAVE SEVERAL, UH, PARK DATES AND I'LL SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU GUYS ALSO.
UH, SEEING NO OTHER NEW BUSINESS.
I NOW, UH, THE NEXT PART FOUR MEETING IS ON, UH, THURSDAY, APRIL 17 AT 10:00 AM AT THE DALLAS ZOO.
I THOUGHT THE ARBORETUM DALLAS ZOO, SORRY.
THAT'S JUST A NEW ANNOUNCEMENT JUST NOW.
SO WHATEVER YOU SAW BEFORE DALLAS, DO THAT.
IS THERE AN ONLINE OPTION? I DON'T THINK ANY PROMOTE.
YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT IF THERE WAS NOT A YES.
ALRIGHT, SCENE, NO NEW BUSINESS.
I NOW ADJOURNED THE, SORRY, UH, SCENE.
I NOW ADJOURNED THE, THE, UH, THE PARK FOUR MEETING AT 11:59 AM.