* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD EVENING. [Citizen Homeless Commission on March 17, 2025.] THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE CENSUS HOMELESSNESS COMMISSIONS REGULAR BOARD MEETING. TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL THE 17TH. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED FOR ALL YOUR VIRTUAL BUREAUS. I NEED FOR YOU TO KEEP YOUR CAMERA FACE VIEW TO BE PRESENT IN THIS MEETING. IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO TURN THIS MEETING OVER TO OUR CHAIR, LINDA GARNER. THANK YOU. RENITA. UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE. THANK YOU. CHAIR GARNER. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE IF YOU'RE PRESENT OR IF YOU'RE VIRTUAL, SAY, PRESENT. VIRTUAL DISTRICT ONE. COMMISSIONER. KEYS DISTRICT TWO. LINDA. A GARNER CHAIR. PRESENT INHOUSE. DISTRICT THREE IS VACANT. DISTRICT FOUR. COMMISSIONER HAW. PRESENT. INHOUSE. THANK YOU. DISTRICT FIVE. COMMISSIONER SANTOS. PRESENT REMOTE. THANK YOU. DISTRICT SIX. COMMISSIONER FLORES. PRESENT. VIRTUAL. THANK YOU. DISTRICT SEVEN. COMMISSIONER BROWN. VICE CHAIR. SHE'S CURRENTLY TRYING TO LOG IN. DISTRICT NINE. REVEREND BOONE. PRESENT AND HOUSE. THANK YOU. DISTRICT 10. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. PRESENT AND HOUSE. THANK YOU. DISTRICT 11. COMMISSIONER CLOTHIN, HALL, PRESENT AND HOUSE. THANK YOU. DISTRICT 12. COMMISSIONER JACOB VIRTUAL. THANK YOU. DISTRICT 13. COMMISSIONER EINSTEIN. PRESENT IN-HOUSE. THANK YOU. DISTRICT 14. COMMISSIONER SHAN. PRESENT YOUR THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. WE HAVE A FORUM. UH, THANK YOU RITA. UH, RENITA. UH, SO WE HAVE A FORUM PRESENT. LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED. UH, WELCOME COMMISSIONERS. WELCOME STAFF. UH, WELCOME DR. WOODY. UH, WELCOME TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ALINA. AND I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME, BUT LISA LOY. LISA, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. LISA LOWEN. UH, YOU'RE STILL OHS STAFF, RIGHT? YEAH. EXCELLENT. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE THE BIRCHFIELD FAMILY HERE WITH US TODAY. UM, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE BAILEY BIRCHFIELD, AGE 12. HE IS FROM BOY SCOUT TRO 7 1 9. UM, HE IS EARNING HIS CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY BADGE TODAY, SO I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE IT. SO LET'S ALL GIVE HIM A HAND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, JUST A QUICK REMINDER, EVERYBODY TURN OFF YOUR RINGERS AND, UH, ON YOUR PHONES. PHONES. UM, AND THEN SPEAK UP FOR THE ENT MIC THAT WE HAVE IN THIS ROOM. SO, UH, AS USUAL, WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING WITH A READING OF MISSION STATEMENT AND DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CAC. THE CITIZEN HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION IS AN ADVISORY BODY. THE PURPOSE OF THE CAC IS TO ASSURE PARTICIPATION FROM AND INCLUSION OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH PAST OR PRESENT EXPERIENCE WITH HOMELESSNESS, TO DEVELOP POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT OF CITY SERVICES WITH REGIONAL SERVICES TO ENHANCE SUFFICIENCY, QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMUNITY-WIDE RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS. THE CHC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE ONE, ADVISE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL ON ISSUES AFFECTING HOMELESSNESS. TWO, ASSIST THE CITY IN EVALUATING NEW AND EXISTING PROGRAMS. THREE, COORDINATE WITH OTHER LOCAL AND REGIONAL BODIES ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. AND FOUR FORMS, SUCH OTHER D DUTIES ASSIGNED BY THE CITY MANAGER, UH, OR THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL. SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC SPEAKERS. UH, MR. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE REGISTERED TO SPEAK AT TODAY'S MEETING? MADAM CHAIR. WE HAVE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES, UH, FROM OUR PRIOR MEETING, WHICH WAS FEBRUARY 20TH. UH, DO YOU HAVE MOVE FOR, UH, MOTION? YES. COMMISSIONER STOOD FOR MINUTES BY FEBRUARY MEETING SECOND. SO, COMMISSIONER I FOR A SECOND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. HEARING NONE, LET'S TAKE A VOTE. UH, ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THE CITIZEN HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 20TH, 2025. SAY, AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. UH, MOTION PASSES. AND HERE ON, UH, ITEM FOUR, UH, WE HAVE A BRIEFING MEMO FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SOLUTIONS. UH, WE HAVE A CONTRACT FORECAST. THIS IS A, UH, CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM FOR APRIL 23RD. [00:05:01] UM, SO THAT MEANS THAT COUNCIL'S GONNA BE VOTING ON THIS IN, UH, A WEEK TWO. A WEEK. A WEEK, YES. OKAY. AND THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR TO EVERYONE, UM, AS WE'VE HEARD SEVERAL UPDATES ON, UM, S REAL TIME AND THEN CURRENT NOW STREET HOME. SO, UH, DIRECTOR CAUSLEY, YOU HAVE THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, CHRISTINE CROSLEY OFFICE ON THE SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. UM, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE ITEM THAT WE BRIEFED TO THE CITIZEN HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION AND TO HOUSING PUBLIC SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE, UH, BACK IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. UM, THAT TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, MONEY THAT IS GOING TO GO TO CONTINUE THE STREETS HOME INITIATIVE, UM, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR, UH, RENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREET. UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, WE SAID THAT WE HAD THREE TRANCHES IN FUNDING, AND THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE SPLIT UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT, UH, TWO DIFFERENT TIMELINES. THE FIRST ONE WENT IN FEBRUARY, THAT WAS $2.5 MILLION. THAT WAS ARPA FUNDING, BUT IT WAS ARPA FUNDING THROUGH THE CITY. UM, THAT WAS, UH, ARPA REDEVELOPMENT FUNDING. SO IT HAD A FEW, UM, IT HAD FEWER RESTRICTIONS AROUND IT SO WE COULD GET THAT CONTRACT DONE FASTER. AND THEN THE TWO CONTRACTS THAT ARE COMING UP, UM, WHICH ARE FOR THE ONE AND THE 1.9, UM, ARE BOTH, UM, JUST STRAIGHT ARPA FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE CITY HAS IT, AND WE'LL PASS IT THROUGH. AND SO, BECAUSE THOSE ARE PURE FEDERAL CONTRACTS, THEY NEEDED A LOT MORE, UH, WORK. AND SO WE SAID, OKAY, SHOW GOOD FAITH. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AN EMERGENCY. LET'S GET THE 2.5 OUT THAT WE CAN IN FEBRUARY. AND THEN WE'LL COME LATER IN THE SPRING WITH THE FUNDING THAT IS, UH, PURE OUR CODE BECAUSE IT'LL TAKE US LONGER TO WRAP OUR HANDS AROUND THAT, THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE. SO THAT'S NOW READY TO GO. UM, AND THAT WILL COME FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION AS THE TAIL END OF THIS PACKAGE. THAT'LL SEND A TOTAL OF, UH, ABOUT 5.5 MILLION, I THINK, TO THE COC TO BE SUBCONTRACTED OUT TO HOUSE MORE PEOPLE FROM THE STREET. OH, I TURN BACK OVER FOR QUESTION. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, ALL RIGHT. SO FOR DISCUSSION, UM, THIS PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN LISTED AS A VOTING ITEM, UH, BUT SINCE WE CAN'T DO THAT, IT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA, UH, FOR THE DISCUSSION, YOU CAN EITHER SAY YOU SUPPORT OR DON'T SUPPORT THIS, UH, AS, UH, FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL, UH, SINCE IT'S GONNA BE, UM, ON THE AGENDA NEXT WEEK. SO I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR DISCUSSION, AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH DR. HONG. I HAVE HAVE A QUESTION. , IS THAT FUNDING GUARANTEED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNOR GIVEN CURRENT CLIMATE AND STATE OF THINGS? THAT'S VERY GOOD QUESTION. UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN GUARANTEE ANYTHING, IT'S ALREADY ON THE BOOKS AND OBLIGATED WITH THE SCHOOL. AND SO TO THAT EXTENT, YES. UM, NOW THERE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID HAVE IN FEBRUARY A POINT WHERE THEY DECIDED TO FREEZE ACCESS TO ALL THE FEDERAL FUNDS AND NO ONE COULD DRAW DOWN EXISTING GRANTS. THAT HAS SINCE BEEN TAKEN, THAT'S SINCE BEEN FIXED. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HONOR WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO. THANK YOU. AND COMMISSIONER HONG WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU SUPPORT IT? I SUPPORT IT AS LONG AS WE GET THAT FUNDING RIGHT. OKAY. YES. NEAT. YEAH. UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? WHAT ENTAILS SUPPORTIVE SERVICES? YOU HAVE, HAVE IT IN THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE RENTAL SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THERE, AND THEN THE NUMBER TWO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR THERE? IS THERE CASE MANAGEMENT INVOLVED? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OHS IS GONNA MANAGE, OR ARE YOU GONNA OUTSOURCE THAT TO OTHER PARTNERS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, UM, ARE THE CASE MANAGEMENT THAT COMES WITH THE HOUSING. SO I THINK YOU GUYS HEARD US TALK ABOUT THE BEST PRACTICE OF CARING VOUCHER, UH, A VOUCHER OR RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITH CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. IT IS THE DIRECT CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S BROUGHT IN AS A TERTIARY SERVICE. SO EVERYTHING FROM HMIS AND LET'S, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, GETTING YOUR DATA INPUTTED AND THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING ON YOUR RENTAL NEEDS. MAYBE YOU GET A JOB AND THE NEED GOES DOWN OR YOU LOSE A JOB AND THE NEED GOES UP. UM, MAYBE IT WAS 12 MONTHS AND YOU'VE HAD SOME HARD KNOCKS, AND SO IT'S 24 MONTHS NOW. UM, OR, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE NEED TO GET YOU PAIRED UP WITH A, A BARBER, OR YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN A FOOD HANDLER'S CARD, UM, OR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. SO IT REALLY IS EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. MM-HMM . AND IS THAT OHS DRIVEN, OR IS THAT PARTNER DRIVEN? SO IS THAT YOUR CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM? MM-HMM . OR THAT FALLS UNDERNEATH OHS, OR IS THAT, THAT'S PARTNER. SO ALL OF THIS FUNDING GETS TO GET SOLE SOURCED TO HOUSING BOARD, UM, AS THE ONLY AGENCY IN THE AREA THAT CAN DO THIS KIND OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE WORK, WHERE WE SEND THE FUNDING TO THEM AND THEN THEY SUBCONTRACT IT OUT TO THE WHOLE [00:10:01] SYSTEM. GO. YEP. UH, COMMISSIONER EINSTEIN, UH, THANK YOU. PROJECT. YES. OKAY. YES, I WILL PROJECT. UM, SO ONE OF THE, UH, FOCUSES IS ON, UH, VISIBLE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, PARTICULARLY IN DOWNTOWN. YES. UM, BUT THEN YOU SPECIFY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO FULLY DECOMMISSION DOWNTOWN AND MOVE INTO THE REST OF THE CITY. WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE REST OF THE CITY? IS IT IN THE MOST NEEDED AREAS? IS IT IN ALL THE, HOW, HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? OR IS THERE A PARTICULAR PLAN FOR THAT? UM, SO YEAH, GOOD QUESTION ON THAT. UM, AND I KNOW THAT THIS BODY'S HAD SOME QUESTIONS BEFORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE'VE HAD SOME, SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, WELL, IS THERE A, A LIST OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE WHOLE YEAR? UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE ONE BECAUSE THINGS ARE EVER SHIFTING. BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN THE SYSTEM. SO LIKE A, A DEMOCRATIC LEAD, I GUESS. NOT A ROYAL WE, UM, BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE OUTREACH IN THE SYSTEM AND, UM, FOLKS ON THE COMPLIANCE SIDE AS WELL, WHO ARE FOREVER OUT IN THE CITY MAKING NOTE OF WHERE THINGS ARE AND KEEPING TABS ON THE ENCAMPMENTS AND, AND WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT WE CAN, AFTER WE, UH, AFTER WE FULLY DECOMMISSION DOWNTOWN, GO, OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? BUT ALSO WHAT'S NEXT? WILL WE, BASED ON WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE? SO THESE RESOURCES ARE TO FULLY DECOMMISSION DOWNTOWN AND GET THAT STARTED. BUT THEN OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT MORE RESOURCES FOREVER ROLLING INTO THE SYSTEM. WE'VE GOT THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS COMING UP THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT, HEY, AS A SYSTEM, WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY WHAT DO WE NEED RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT DO WE NEED MOVING FORWARD TO KEEP THE SYSTEM RUNNING. SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD ALL THE RESOURCES IN THE WORLD, I THINK WE'D GO OUT AND BEAT MISSION THE WHOLE CITY IN A YEAR OR TWO. UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REASSESS EVERY SINGLE TIME WE FINISH AN ENCAMPMENT, REASSESS THE RESOURCES AND REASSESS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY. OKAY. YEP. AND COMMISSIONER EINSTEIN, ARE YOU IN SUPPORT OF, UH, FOR COUNCIL TO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE THIS, UH, THIS AGENDA ITEM? I'M IN SUPPORT. OKAY. AND COMMISSIONER RYAN, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T CATCH YOU. IT'S OKAY. UH, ARE YOU IN SUPPORT OF, UM, YES, I AM IN SUPPORT. I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. UH, WE'RE THAT'LL BE ON THE SECOND ROUND. THE SECOND ROUND. OKAY. YEAH. SO ANY OTHER, UM, COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, WE HAVE TWO MINUTES. SURE. UM, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. UH, THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. UM, ON A APRIL 9TH, THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, IF ANY OF US READ IT ABOUT, UH, PRESIDENT TRUMP ESSENTIALLY, UH, ENDING AN SCRIPT, INDIRECT AGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS THAT, UH, IT'S ESSENTIALLY A FEDERAL, UH, SORT OF PUSH FOR HOUSING FIRST. UM, ARE THERE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING BETWEEN THE CITY AND HOUSING FORWARD HERE AND DALLAS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF, UH, THE WORK WE'RE DOING AND CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, ABOUT A DRAMATIC SHIFT AT A FEDERAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF FUNDING AND POLICY AND ALL THAT? UM, MAY I ASK, UM, IS THERE A, CAN YOU FRAME THAT IN SPECIFIC STRATEGIC ITEM? SO THAT'S OKAY. SPEAK TO THAT. SURE. OKAY. AS WE VOICE, OUR SUPPORT OF THIS AGENDA SEEMS TO BE CLEARLY, UH, CONNECTED TO, UH, MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE HOUSED. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, WHAT SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY DRAMATIC SHIFT IN, UH, FEDERAL POLICY? SO, UM, YES. I MEAN, THE ENTIRE CONTINUUM OF CARE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK QUITE REGULARLY SINCE FEBRUARY, UM, ABOUT WHAT THE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE WILL LOOK LIKE. UM, FORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT THE AWARD THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WILL NOT BE HONORED. NOW, AFTER THAT, OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE LANDSCAPE WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT WE HAVE SOME TIMES. UM, AND IN TERMS OF, OF USAGE, YOU KNOW, UNITED STATES CENTER AGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS, WE WORKED WITH THEM. THAT WAS THE WHITE HOUSE PILOT THAT WE WERE PART OF FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. UM, AND IT'S NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH IT RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT OUR CO OUR OUR PARTNERSHIP HAD ENDED BY THAT POINT. UM, SO I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK WE DID WITH THEM. UH, AND NOT SURE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM, BUT, UH, YEAH, WE'RE FOREVER LOOKING AT WHAT MIGHT COME NEXT. YES. I SUPPORT THE, UM, SO, UH, SO COMMISSIONER BERG IS IN SUPPORT OF TY. YES. TY. OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO VIRTUAL LAND. UM, IT LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER JACOB, YOU HAVE YOUR, UM, VIRTUAL HANDOUTS. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. [00:15:01] THANK YOU. UM, THANKS FOR THIS UPDATE, UH, DIRECTOR CROSSLEY. UH, AND AS WE LOOK, UH, AT FUNDING IN OUR EFFORTS TO, UH, ERADICATE HOMELESSNESS IN DALLAS, UH, IT, UH, ONE THING THAT I APPRECIATE IS, UH, BOTH OHSS AND HOUSING FORWARDS INTENTIONALITY ON, UH, DATA TO DRIVE, UH, STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING. AND WHILE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DEBATE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THE METRIC OF THE PIT COUNT SHOULD DRIVE ALL OF OUR DECISION MAKING. WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THE RESULTS OF THE JANUARY PIT COUNT MM-HMM. AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WILL DO TO DRIVE THE STRATEGIC, UM, AND EFFICIENT USE OF THIS FUNDING. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JACOB. UM, SO YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, WE, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DATA DRIVEN, OF COURSE. UM, AND WE ALSO KNOW AS A CONTINUUM AND AS THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT AND HOW WE CAN WEAVE TOGETHER OTHER DATA WITHIN THAT TO TELL A STRONGER STORY. AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE, THAT HOUSING BOARD IS ALSO AWARE OF AND WE TALK ABOUT. SO, UM, THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS ADDRESS, UH, I THINK THE SAVE THE DATE JUST CAME OUT. I'M LOOKING AT DR. WOODY'S MAY 10TH. MAY 20TH. MAY 20TH. THANK YOU. UM, AND I, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE, THAT THE, THE PRESENTATION WILL WEAVE TOGETHER A RICHER STORY OF DATA. IT WILL INCLUDE, OF COURSE, THE POINT, TIME COUNT, BECAUSE THAT IS A, A USEFUL, UH, A USEFUL DATA MODELING TOOL. BUT AS YOU'VE SAID, AND AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED HERE, AND IN, IN MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE REALMS, IT'S NOT THE END ALL BE ALL. SO IT IS, WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS A MUCH STRONGER, UH, I THINK TAPESTRY THAT TELLS A, A STRONGER STORY. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, I MEAN, I WILL, UH, GIVE SUPPORT TO THIS, UH, . THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, JACOB, UH, ANY OTHERS IN VIRTUAL LAND? OKAY. UM, I'LL JUST SPEAK QUICKLY AND THEN WE'LL GO ROUND TWO. UH OH, WE HAVE, OKAY, TWO MORE. SORRY. IN-HOUSE, UM, WE'LL START WITH FINISH YOUR STILL HAND. HI. UM, I AM WONDERING ON THE BIG SCALE, UH, FINISH YOUR , SPEAK UP. THAT'S ME TALKING UP. OKAY. I SPEAKING. I AM, YEAH, I AM. UM, WONDERING ON THE, ON THE BIG SCALE AND GOING UP AS FAR AS I CAN GO WITHOUT GOING TO THE WHITE HOUSE, HAVE, HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY INFORMATION FROM HUD ON WHAT THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE LIKE THE MAJOR BANK FOR US, RIGHT? HAVE THEY ISSUED ANY INFORMATION ON ANY FUTURE CHANGES AND HOW ARE WE, UM, PIVOTING TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT? SO CAN YOU BRING THAT IN REFERENCE TO THE AGENDA ITEM? UH, THAT QUESTION? WELL, THE MONEY THAT WE GET IS, IS FROM, GENERALLY SPEAKING FROM HUD, CORRECT? YEAH. THIS MONEY IS, OKAY. SO HOW IS, HOW ARE, UH, THEY PROPOSED? ARE THEY TELLING US ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HAS CHANGED IN THEIR ABILITY TO FUND PROJECTS LIKE THIS? NOT AT THIS POINT. UM, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, OUR CONTRACT OR OUR AWARD FROM HUD IS A BIANNUAL MM-HMM . AND SO, UM, RIGHT NOW IT SHOULD GO THROUGH NEXT YEAR. AND WE HAVE NO INDICATION THAT THAT FUNDING IS NOT GOING BE, SO THAT'S SAME. OKAY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT. IT WAS THE SAME AS USAGE. OKAY. WAIT, SO USAGE DIDN'T COME WITH ANY FUNDING. USAGE WAS JUST A PARTNERING WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, TO HELP CATALYZE WHAT WAS ALREADY THERE. OKAY. AND SO THAT PARTNERSHIP WAS GREAT, AND IT GAVE US, UH, IT GAVE US A FULL-TIME STAFFER, RACHEL WILSON, WHO NOW WORKS FOR HOUSING FORD. SO WE GOT TO KEEP HER. YAY. YEAH, SHE'S STILL HERE. UM, BUT IT DIDN'T GIVE US ANYTHING ELSE. IT REALLY JUST HELPED CONNECT PIECES THAT WE ALREADY HAD OR, OR FUNDING THAT WE MAY BE WEREN'T AWARE OF. DEPART. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. JUST, JUST A QUICK REMINDER, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO, YOU KNOW, STICK TO THE, THE ITEM WE DISCUSSED, AND EVERYBODY HAS GREAT QUESTIONS. JUST KIND OF TIE IT IN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE ANSWERS ARE APPROPRIATE TO THE SPECIFIC ITEM. AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO COMMISSIONER . THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE FOR US. I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD AS SUPPORTING THE ITEM. THANK YOU. AND COMMISSIONER SILK DID YOU OR ? YES, I DID SUPPORT IT, YES. ALRIGHT. AND I'LL, UH, YOU GOOD? YES. I'M SO, UM, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND VOICE MY SUPPORT. UH, AND I ALSO WANNA ADD THAT JUST THE, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES AND INITIATIVES AND PILOT PROGRAMS OF THE CITY, UM, [00:20:01] HAS UNDERTAKEN, AT LEAST IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, HAVE BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE, UH, CONTINUING IN A HEALTHY DIRECTION. UH, AS FAR AS HOMELESSNESS POLICY GOES, I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF, OF, UH, COUNCIL APPROVAL HERE. SO, UH, WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO ROUND TWO. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO ONE MINUTE ROUND TWO. UH, I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. UM, AND JUST TO, TO CALL OUT THAT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND YOU'RE HAVING TO IDENTIFY, UM, THE DATA DRIVEN RESPONSES THAT ASSOCIATE WITH, UM, WHAT THAT BASELINE IS AS FAR AS WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S SO HARD WITH HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S JUST HARD TO TRACK THAT DATA. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, BUT THEN, UH, MY QUESTION IS, UH, SPECIFIC TO THIS, UM, PART OF THE, THE MONEY THAT WILL BE USED FOR THIS, WILL THERE BE PART OF THAT TO, TO GO INTO HIS IS WHAT YOU MENTIONED, WILL THERE BE SOME KIND OF BASELINE MAP TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHERE THESE ENCAMPMENTS WERE, HERE'S HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ENGAGED, JUST SO WE CAN IDENTIFY PER PERSON FOR ENCAMPMENT HOW MANY DOLLARS WERE SPENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THAT? MM-HMM. IS THAT THAT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY? I DO, YEAH. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE A, A GEO MAPPING, UH, TECHNOLOGY LIKE THAT, BUT WE DO KNOW, UM, MATHEMATICALLY WHAT IT COSTS PER PERSON, UH, TO DO THIS WORK. AND SO THAT'S, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I THINK, AND THEN YOU TELL ME IF I'M OFF BASE, UH, THERE'S THE COUNTY HEALTH REPORT THAT CAME OUT, UH, THEY DID A REFRESHER IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, 2024, TALKING ABOUT THE COST TO HOW SOMEONE THREW THIS, WHICH IS ABOUT, I WANNA SAY 28,000 OR 27,000 PER PERSON, WHICH OF COURSE IS A ONE-TIME COST, RIGHT? THEN THEY'RE IDEALLY SIX, THEY'RE BACK IN THE SYSTEM VERSUS DOING NOTHING, WHICH COSTS THE SYSTEM AT THAT TIME, 43,000 PER PERSON. AND OF COURSE, THAT COMPOUNDS OVER YEAR. SO YOU'RE ADDING, YOU KNOW, INTEREST TO SHOW, UM, BECAUSE THAT PERSON REMAINS UNHOUSED. SO IT'S FAR MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO HOUSE FOLKS. UM, AND THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL STUDIES THAT, THAT SAY THE SAME THING. THAT'S NOT A UNIQUE MATHEMATICAL FORMULA TO DALLAS. UM, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WITHIN THESE SPECIFIC CONTRACTS, WHAT WE LOOK AT HERE IS WE TRACK THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HOUSED AND IF THEY'RE STAYING HOUSED AFTER 12 OR 24 MONTHS. UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF SERVICES, SERVICES UTILIZED, SO THERE'S WHAT THE SPECIFIC CONTRACTS TRACK, AND THEN WHEN YOU PUT THEM WITH THE BIGGER $30 MILLION PACKAGE, WHAT THAT TRACKS, AND THEN THAT IS ALL TRACKED VIA THE DASHBOARD ON HOUSING BOARD THAT TELLS YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HOUSED RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS, WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING THEY ACCESS AND RETURN RATE OF RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS STILL ABOUT 8%. PERFECT. THAT REALLY HELPS WRAP IT UP. AND I DO HAVE, DO COMPLETELY SHARE REPORT. I JUST SUPPORT, I JUST WANT, FOR MY, MY BRAIN. I JUST, I JUST WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO REPORT ON IT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE AND AFTER. DEFINITELY. YEAH. WELL, I THINK THAT BEFORE IS THE PIT COUNT, UH, EVERY YEAR. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IN HMIS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING DIVERGENT FROM HOMELESSNESS, AND HOW MANY ARE BEING RAPIDLY REHOUSED, HOW MANY ARE BEING PERMANENTLY HOUSED. UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT, HOW DO YOU ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO, WHO YOU DON'T SEE, RIGHT? HOW DO YOU ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO SAY NO? UM, AND THAT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'LL BE A, AN A PERFECT ANSWER AT SOME POINT. UM, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT I THINK IT'S OVER 60% OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME INTO OUR HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM GENERALLY SELF RESOLVE WITHIN A YEAR. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED A VERY, VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF HELP. AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EVEN FINANCIAL HELP, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST FIGURING OUT THE SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY, YOU KNOW, COMPLICATED. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE LIKE GOING TO THE DMV AS A FULLY FUNCTIONING PERSON, AND YOU GOTTA TAKE A WHOLE DAY FOR THAT SOMETIMES VERSUS HAVING YOUR ARM TIED BEHIND YOUR BACK. NO ONE'S TELLING YOU WHAT'S GOING ON. YOU HAVE NO TIME TO TAKE OFF OR NO CAR, AND YOU'VE GOTTA FIGURE THIS OUT. UH, ANYONE ELSE FOR ROUND TWO? ONE MINUTE. OKAY. I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE. AND I JUST WANNA, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, I JUST WANNA CHECK IN TO OUR VIRTUAL ATTENDEES. UH, COMMISSIONER SANTOS, COMMISSIONER FLORES, AND COMMISSIONER BROWN. UM, IF YOU WANNA JUST GIVE A QUICK STATEMENT ON WHETHER, UH, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER VOTE BEFORE, GETS THIS AGENDA ITEM ON WEDNESDAY. UH, WE'LL START WITH YOU COMMISSIONER SANTOS. SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION, BUT WHETHER I'VE SPOKEN TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT WHAT, UH, NO, NO, NO. I, I JUST WANNA GET A QUICK, UH, POSITION STATEMENT FROM YOU ON WHETHER YOU SUPPORT THIS ITEM FOR YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER TO PASS OR NOT. THIS IS HAPPENING WEDNESDAY AT THE VOTING COUNCIL VOTING MEETING. YES, YES, OF [00:25:01] COURSE. THANK YOU. OKAY, MARK. OKAY. AND, UH, PRESSURE FLOES. YES, AS WELL. AND I, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH HIM AHEAD OF THE MEETING. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN, UH, MADAM VICE CHAIR BROWN? YES, I'M IN FULL SUPPORT. WE JUST WANT MORE COMMUNITY TRANSPARENCY, HAVE MORE INFORMATION SET WE CAN SHARE WITH EVERYONE SO WE KNOW WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE GOING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADDING LIKE WHAT THE OTHER CONDITIONS WERE MAKING SURE THAT , UM, I'M SORRY, I WASN'T ABLE TO STRATEGIC PLAN. CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU NOT, NOT WELL. CAN YOU SPEAK, UH, CLEAR, CLEARER INTO YOUR, UH, I'M COMPUTER. I DUNNO IF, BUT YES, I'M IN SUPPORT. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND WITH THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE MINDFUL OF TIME AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. UM, ITEM FIVE. UM, THIS WILL BE THE BRIEFING MEMO WITH PROPERTIES UPDATE, UM, PRESENTED BY DIRECTOR CHRISTINE CROSLEY. I'M GONNA STAY PUT HERE. SO, UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, CHRISTINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, PROPERTIES MEMO. SO YOU WILL NOTICE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. UM, THE PROPERTIES MEMO NOW ONLY HAS FORT WORTH AVENUE ON IT. THERE ARE TWO REASONS FOR THAT. UM, NUMBER ONE, WELL, AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT'S DIFFERENT, BUT NUMBER ONE VANTAGE POINT ROLLED OFF, UH, LAST SESSION. WE GOT TO ABOVE, UM, I THINK 90%, UH, FULL. AND, UH, HHS SAID, OKAY, AS LONG AS WE'RE ABOVE 10% OR WE'RE ABOVE A 10% VACANCY RATE POOL, LET US KNOW IF THE VACANCY RATE DROPS BACK DOWN. SO THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE ON THE LIST ANYMORE. THAT WAS SOLELY A HOUSING PROJECT. UM, THE OTHER TWO FOR 41 50 INDEPENDENCE DRIVE AND 29 29 SOUTH HAMPTON, UM, WE HAD, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE DEAL WITH PROPERTIES AS A CITY. AND SO WE HAD SOME NEW GUIDANCE AND THOSE ARE GOING TO GO OVER TO GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE MANAGEMENT AND BE DEALT WITH AS REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES UNDER THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT. SO GPFM IS THE SAME DAY AS HHS, IT'S IN THE AFTERNOON. UM, AND THEY WILL BE DEALT WITH THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE. SO IF THEY NEED ANY PROGRAMMING SUPPORT OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WILL STILL PULL OHS IN, BUT IT'S NOW GOING TO BE MORE OF A REAL ESTATE ITEM. UM, I CAN'T SAY WHAT THAT'S GONNA DO. ALL I CAN SAY IS STAY TUNED, UH, FOR 41 50 AND FORT WORTH AVENUE. THAT ONE IS STAYING HERE BECAUSE THE REAL ESTATE PART IS PRETTY MUCH ALMOST DONE. UM, AND WE'RE ALMOST ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH THAT PROCESS, SO WE'RE JUST KEEPING IT WITH OHS AND HHS PRINTOUT. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THAT ONE HAS QUITE A FEW THINGS IN THE PROCESS. UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND JUST PUSHING EVERYTHING THROUGH TO THE END OF THAT ONE, EXPECTING IT TO CLOSE SOON. NOW WHAT'S DIFFERENT ASIDE FROM THAT IS AS YOU FLIP THROUGH, YOU WILL SEE SOME THINGS THAT HHS HAD REQUESTED THAT WE REFRESH. SO YOU'VE GOT THE MAJOR HOMELESSNESS PROJECTS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. WE USED TO DO THAT. WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN, UH, JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE NEXT TO SOMETHING. AND IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE DISTRICT 14 AND TWO, UH, DISTRICT 14 IS ADJACENT TO A BUNCH OF EXISTING DOWNTOWN SHELTERS AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAMPTON AND, UM, 41 15 DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT FOUR IS ADJACENT TO ONE OF THOSE. AND THEN THERE ARE SOMEWHERE WE ARE WORKING WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER ON IDENTIFYING SOMETHING. SO IT MIGHT SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, TBP BECAUSE WE'RE IDENTIFYING PROJECT OPTIONS, WHICH IS HAPPENING IN NINE AND FIVE. AND THEN THE LAST THING, IF YOU GO TO THE LAST PAGE, UM, HE IS LOOKING AT, UH, VARIOUS PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE HAVE EITHER WORKED WITH IN THE PAST, UH, OR ARE LARGER, UM, THAT, UH, WERE REQUESTED BY THE CITY. THEY WERE SAYING, HEY, WE JUST WANNA SEE WHERE VARIOUS THINGS ARE AT. SO THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT LAYER OF THE, MAINLY THE SAME PROPERTIES. I MEAN, ST. STU FIVE IS NOT ONE OF OURS. UH, BUT WE WANTED TO SAY, HEY HERE, THE HEAVY HITTERS, AND THIS IS WHERE THEY ARE VISUALLY IN YOUR DISTRICTS. AND SO MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT DOING A HEAT MAP OF JUST ALL SERVICES, SHELTER, WHAT HAVE YOU ACROSS THE CITY. AND THAT WILL BE HUNDREDS. I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY THAT ARE EVEN SMALLER THAT MAYBE WE DON'T WORK WITH NECESSARILY. AND THAT WILL BE MORE OF A HEAT MAP MAPS, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO SHOW EVERY SINGLE.IN EVERY SINGLE STREAM. SO THAT'S COMING. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH, UH, WITH DATA DRIVES, BUSINESS INITIATIVES. NOPE, THAT'S YOU GUYS. DVI DATA BUSINESS INITIATIVES, , THE CITY DEPARTMENT, NOT THE C ALTHOUGH YOU GUYS AGREED TO, SO , BUT THAT'S, SO THAT'S WHAT'S DIFFERENT. AND THAT'S, UH, WHAT WILL BE DIFFERENT MOVING FORWARD ON THE 22ND. OKAY. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION, UM, [00:30:01] TIME HERE. WE GOT PLENTY OF TIME. UM, SURE. UH, SO WE'LL DO TWO MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS. UM, START VIRTUAL, ANY COMMISSIONERS, UH, VIRTUAL DO YOU HAVE IN, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, OUR DIRECTOR? OKAY. UH, WE'RE GONNA GO IN-HOUSE. ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER CLINTON. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, TWO MINUTES. OKAY. SO DIRECTOR CROLEY IDENTIFYING PROJECT OPTIONS. LIKE, IS IT, DOES THAT SPECIFICALLY JUST REFER TO HOUSING PROJECTS? NOT NECESSARILY. THE INITIAL, THE INITIAL CHARGE OF CITY COUNCIL WAS TO IDENTIFY SOME TYPE OF SHELTERING SPACE IN EVERY DISTRICT. UM, MOVING FORWARD, IT REALLY IS. SOME AREAS ARE, ARE RIGHT FOR THAT, AND SOME MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC OR HAVE A GRASSROOTS PROJECT. IT'S ALREADY LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. AND SO INSTEAD OF QUASHING WHAT MIGHT ALREADY EXIST IN THE DISTRICT AND SAYING, NO, THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE MORE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THAT AREA'S LEADERSHIP AND SEEING WHAT THEY HAVE, UH, WHAT THEY CAN LOOK AT AND WHAT WE CAN HELP THEM DEVELOP IN THAT AREA. SO THAT'S THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE EXPLORING PROJECTS, WE'RE EXPLORING THEM WITH THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT WE, SO EINSTEIN, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. THE DISTRICT 12, UM, IS UNDISCLOSED, IS THERE, IS THAT FAMILY? OKAY. THAT'S A, IT'S A FAMILY. YEAH, IT'S A FAMILY. THAT'S WHY SHELTER. SO WE DON'T DISCLOSE. PERFECT. UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HERE HAVE QUESTIONS? UM, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING MORE DETAILED THAN THIS? UM, NO. I MEAN, WE KEEP IT VERY HIGH LEVEL ON THIS ONE. YEAH. IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC ONE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, WE CAN GO INTO IT. BUT WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WITH, WITH THE HEAT MAPS IS ALSO KIND OF SHOW THAT TO YOU. UM, IS THERE, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU NOT SEEING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE? UM, IF, IF I HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, IT WOULD BE, I COULD BETTER ORGANIZE MY QUESTIONS. UM, SO LIKE IT, SO HOW ABOUT SOME, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO GET A HEAT MAP AND, UH, CONSOLIDATING ALL THESE SERVICES? WHAT'S YOUR PTA ON THAT? UM, I NEED TO CHECK WITH MY STAFF ON THAT. I KNOW A YEAR, SIX MONTHS. OH NO, IT'S LIKE IN A MONTH OR TWO. OH, OKAY. YEAH. 'CAUSE IT'S WITH ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. BUT THAT WILL JUST SHOW, JUST SHOW YOU WHAT PROVIDERS EXIST WITHIN THE CITY, ACROSS THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW, WILL THAT INCLUDE CITY OF JUST CITY OF DALLAS PROVIDERS OR WILL IT ALSO INCLUDE THE NONPROFITS? THAT WILL INCLUDE ANY NONPROFIT THAT'S REGISTERED OUT THERE? THAT IS, I MEAN, WE'LL TAKE AWAY, WE WON'T HAVE DV ON THERE 'CAUSE WE CAN'T SHOW THAT LOCATION. BUT LITERALLY ANYTHING IN THE CITY THAT POPS UP ON OUR MAPS THAT SAYS WE PROVIDE DETOX HERE AND, YOU KNOW, WOMEN'S SHELTER HERE AND WE PROVIDE, I DON'T KNOW, SOCIAL SERVICES OVER HERE, THAT WOULD ALL SHOW UP IN A COLOR COACH WAY. WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE PARKLAND HOSPITAL WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE A MULTITUDE OF SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR, UM, HELP HELP PEOPLE HOMELESSNESS? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. UM, IDEALLY THAT WOULD SHOW UP AND I'LL CERTAINLY BE LOOKING FOR THAT. YEAH. UM, BUT AT THIS POINT I'M STILL WORKING ON WHAT ARE THE INPUTS THAT YOU WANNA SEE? WHAT DO YOU WANT THE MAP TO LOOK LIKE? WHICH IS WHY, I MEAN, EVERY ITERATION OF THIS TAKES TIME. WE HAD AN OLD ONE A WHILE AGO AND IT WAS SO DENSE WITH SERVICES THAT YOU COULDN'T GET IT TO LOAD AS A PDF. LITERALLY HAD TO JUST PRINT IT OUT AND GIVE IT TO YOU. SO WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN AVOID THAT AND HAVE IT BE MORE INTERACTIVE INSTEAD. UM, THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE, WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS MAP. WE'LL SEE WHAT WE GET BACK AT THE END. OKAY. I FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULD BE A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM PRESENTATION. YEAH. JUST, UM, MAYBE TO RECEDE INPUT ON THAT FROM HERE. YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. SO ONCE YOU GET THE, THE DATA VERSION, I GUESS MM-HMM . PEOPLE ARE STILL USING THAT WORD. UM, MAYBE WE COULD, UM, TAKE A LOOK AND, UM, YOU GUYS OFFERING INPUT, ALL THAT. YEP. WE WOULD LOVE THAT. OKAY. GREAT. OKAY. UM, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM? MR. WRIGHT? I'LL BE FAST. SO ONE OF MY PASSIONS IS STUDENT TRAFFICKING AND INTERVENING WITH THAT. AND A LOT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T REPORT WHERE THE SAFE HOUSES ARE AND WHERE THIS, AND WHERE IS THAT. AND SO HAVING AS A COMMISSIONER, HAVING, UM, KIND OF LIKE A, A ROADMAP PER SE. PEOPLE CALL ME ALL THE TIME TO BE CASE MANAGER ON VERY HIGH LEVEL THINGS AND VERY SENSITIVE THINGS. AND SO ALMOST EQUIPPING US, THIS COULD BE A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM. UM, BUT WITHIN MY DISTRICT OR WITHIN ANYWHERE, WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS ME AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, I HAVE THIS FAMILY, WHERE CAN THEY GO? OR THIS SHELTER SCHOOL, WHERE THEY, WHERE CAN THEY GO? IS THAT GONNA PLAY INTO THIS MAPPING SYSTEM? YOU KNOW, WILL, WILL I BE ABLE [00:35:01] TO KNOW EACH SCENARIO, WHAT TO DO, LIKE WHAT THE PLAYBOOK IS? YOU KNOW, HOW CAN I INTERACT A PLAYBOOK, WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ORIENTED TO ME? SO THIS IS JUST GONNA BE A VISUAL TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW, HOW SERVICES ARE GROUPED OR HAVE EVOLVED ACROSS THE CITY. I WOULD SAY FOR THAT, YOUR BEST BET IS STILL GONNA BE THE OUR POLLING . OKAY. GOT IT. THAT GETS REFRESHED TWICE A HERE. GOT IT. OKAY. UM, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION THEY WANNA ADD? UM, AND VIRTUAL COMMISSIONERS? YOU GUYS WANNA ADD ANYTHING? OKAY. UM, ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. UH, THIS WILL BE ITEM SIX. THIS IS A TASK FORCE UPDATE. UM, WE'LL START WITH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TASK FORCE, UH, CHAIRED BY JAMES FOG. THANK YOU CARE, YOUR HONOR. UM, THE, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TASK FORCE THAT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THIS MEETING. AND, UH, WE ARE HAPPIEST, MAYOR, WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE MARCY JACKSON AND HER TEAM FOR GETTING US THAT GRAPHIC NOW THAT WE CAN ADD THE DATA TO SO THAT IT'S READY TO GO, WHICH IS FOR PUTTING YOUR STATS UP ABOUT YOUR DISTRICT. UM, WE'VE ALSO PUT TOGETHER A SAMPLE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON MORE OF THAT. UM, WE WILL COME IN NEXT MONTH TO TALK ABOUT FLOWCHART AND HOW THE CONTINUUM OF CARE WORKS THANKS TO DIANA AND EINSTEIN'S WORK WITH, WE CROSS LEADING, GET THAT TOGETHER. SO WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT THE MOMENTUM WE HAVE, BUT ONE THING THAT'S COME UP, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT WHERE DO WE PUT THESE THINGS SO EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THE COMMISSION. IS THERE A DRIVE SOMEWHERE PEOPLE GO TO? BECAUSE OTHERWISE THIS STUFF GETS LOST IN PEOPLE'S EMAILS, RIGHT? SO WE AREN'T AWARE OF WHERE THESE THINGS SHOULD BE PLACED. SO I CAN SAY, IF YOU NEED IT, IT'S HERE. THERE'S JUST AN, YOU KNOW, OH, I HAVE IT, I'LL FORWARDED TO YOU, KIND OF THING. SO THAT'S A QUESTION. WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON HOW REGULARLY THE UPS, UH, WEBSITE'S UPDATED AND WHO OWNS THOSE UPDATES. SO WE'RE AWARE OF HOW THAT'S HAPPENING. AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE MONTHLY DATA WE WERE PROMISED ON A MONTHLY BASIS YET. SO THERE'S SORT OF, THOSE ARE OUR OPENING QUESTIONS GOING AFTER THE MEETING TODAY. IT'S LIKE ONE OF THESE THINGS. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. UM, AND I THINK MY, MY TEAM'S BEEN AMAZING. UH, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH FUND. WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS TO HELP ALL GET COMMUNICATING, BUT I THINK WE'RE NOW DOWN ALMOST LIKE NUTS AND BOLTS. I MADE IT WORK. UM, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING THIS PRESENTATION? UM, I JUST HAVE A QUICK ONE, AND I THINK YOU AND I DISCUSSED THIS, UH, UH, A LANDING PAGE, A PAGE ON OUR CHC WEBSITE WHERE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN CONSOLIDATED IS AVAILABLE. YEAH. WITH THAT QR CODE THAT WE CAN SCAN, CITIZENS CAN SCAN, WE CAN COPY PASTE. UM, THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S AVAILABLE. AND I THINK WE'RE NOW A POINT, LIKE THERE'S THE OPERATING FILES FOR THOSE OF US WHO WOULD DO IT PUBLIC FACING. YEAH. AN INTRA LIKE IS THERE A ONE DRIVER USE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WE NEED GUIDANCE. YEAH, THAT'D PROBABLY BE A, UH, GET WITH OHS STAFF TO, TO, YES. THOSE QUESTIONS WE HAVEN'T REALLY RELATED TO LIKE, HOW DO WE NOW GET THIS ALL HAPPENING IN REAL TIME? I, I AGREE. YES. 'CAUSE THIS IS GOOD. THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD TO SHARE. EVERYONE HAS THESE QUESTIONS AND WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AND FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL. UM, OKAY. ANY OTHER, UM, QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS TASK FORCE? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE. UH, MADAM VICE CHAIR TRAN BROWN. UH, HERE'S THE RACIAL EQUITY TASK FORCE AND HAD A BIG EVENT ON MARCH 6TH. UH, SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE? YES. UH, WE HAD AN AWESOME UPDATE. THANK YOU, CHAIR. WE HAD AN AMAZING TURNOUT, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAD IT AT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER, AND WE HAD CHRISTINE CROSLEY JOINED US. WE HAD THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. I BELIEVE HER NAME IS JESSICA, I CAN'T REMEMBER. I CAN'T THINK OF HER LAST NAME. BUT SHE WAS ALSO WITH US, UM, ALONZO, WHO ALSO DOES A LOT WITH STREET TO HOME INITIATIVES, UM, AND ANOTHER LADY WHO ALSO DOES STREET TO HOME INITIATIVES. I CAN'T THINK OF HER NAME RIGHT NOW, BUT SHE WAS AWESOME. UM, AND A GREAT CONNECTIVE TISSUE. WE HAD A OVERWHELMING RESPONSE. UM, WE DID FOLLOW UPS AND ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS WAS, OF COURSE, THOSE 3 1 1 CALLS, UM, GOT WITH THE TEAM AFTER THE STREET TO HOME INITIATIVE. AND I 45 AND MLK IS CLEAN. UM, I DROVE BY THERE MYSELF. UM, AND THAT WAS, UH, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT A LOT OF THEM HAD, UH, A ISSUE WITH, IS THAT THEY HAD PUT THE CALLS IN AND NO ONE HAD BEEN COMING IN SERVICE. AND SO WE HAD BARRY [00:40:01] AND LISA THERE, AND IT WAS LIKE GREAT CONNECTIVE TISSUE. AND THE COMMUNITY WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED TO KNOW THAT A LOT OF THEIR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND CONCERNS WERE NOT ONLY BEING HEARD, BUT THEY WERE ALSO BEING ANSWERED IN A TIMELY MANNER. UM, WE WERE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO LISTED, UM, HARD QUESTIONS AND HARD ASK AND HARD NEEDS. UM, SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED WHO HAD THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS GOT IN TOUCH WITH THOSE PEOPLE. I'LL HAVE VERIFIED IT. AND I HAVE BEEN ON SITE FOR THE SITES THAT WERE REQUESTED, AND WE ARE TRULY OFF TO THE RACES. THAT WAS OUR VERY FIRST ONE. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THEM QUARTERLY. UM, BUT WE ALSO NOW WILL HAVE, UM, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO DETAIL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THEY WANNA FRAMEWORK IT. 'CAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, UM, IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW FOR ALL OF US. UM, BUT IT WILL BE A PILOT PROGRAM THAT'S GONNA BE ATTACHED TO IT BECAUSE IT GOT SUCH A OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND OUR FRIENDS IN THE CITY WERE VERY IMPRESSED. SO IT'S OPENED UP A VERY LARGE DOOR FOR US TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND AND HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT WE NEED. AND OF COURSE, DIRECTOR CROSSLEY HAD OUR BACK 10 TOES DOWN. I HAVE TO SAY THAT, UM, MS. RENITA WAS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. SHE MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS ABOVE BOARD FOR US. SO HER AND MS. ANGELA, WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS CAME IN AND WAS WHIPPING FAST. SARIAH, , UM, JASMINE, EVERYBODY CAME IN AND GOT TO BUSINESS AND IT WAS GREAT. WE HAD FOOD SPONSORED FROM OUR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER LIAISONS THERE IN SUPPORT. SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY A GOOD CONVERSATION. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAD INTO THE NEXT QUARTER WITH THE NEXT ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING THE RACIAL EQUITY TASK FORCE PRESENTATION? ANYONE HERE, ANYONE VIRTUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING OR HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY. UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO DATA DRIVES INITIATIVE. TAP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THAT VICE CHAIR BROWN. IT, IT WAS, IT WAS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. UM, UH, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO DATA DRIVES INITIATIVE, TASK FORCE, UM, WHOOFF, UH, CO-CHAIR, YOU'LL DO THE PRESENTATION. YES, THANK YOU. CHAIR GARNER. UH, WE DID NOT MAKE QUORUM FOR OUR LAST MEETING, SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET, UM, FOR THE MEETING THAT WE HAD SCHEDULED BEFORE THIS ONE. WE'LL GET THAT RESCHEDULED TO MEET BEFORE MAY 15TH CHC MEETING. BUT WHAT WE WERE, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NEXT IS, UH, THE OVERALL STRATEGY, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, HOW CAN WE, WHAT, WHAT WOULD WE MEASURE IN AN OVERALL STRATEGY OF STREET TO HOME? AND THEN WE GOT, UH, YOU KNOW, AN UPDATE ON SOME REORGANIZATION THAT I THINK WOULD AFFECT THAT, UM, CONVERSATION IN A BIG WAY. SO WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT TOO. , YOU WANNA BE SPECIFIC ON THE UPDATE? YES. OH, IT'S THE, UH, THE MEMO THAT WE GOT, UM, UH, MOVING THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FROM UNDER OHS TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. UH, SO WE'LL KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT WE THINK THAT, THAT LOOKS LIKE. THEY GAVE SOME METRICS IN THE MEMO THAT ARE SUPER ENCOURAGING. UM, SO DIG INTO THAT. EXCELLENT. SO, UH, ANY COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DATA DRIVES INITIATIVES? TASK FORCE PRESENTATION. YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOUSE, NO HANDS RAISED, LOOKING OUT IN VIRTUAL LAND, THANK COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS. UM, I JUST WANNA ADD THAT YES, WE'VE RECEIVED A MEMO, UM, OF THE REALIGNMENT FROM, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, KEN TOLBERT. UH, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S THE DECOMMISSIONING STRATEGY, SO TO SPEAK. UM, IT'S NO LONGER IN THE HANDS OF OHS, IT'S GETTING MOVED TO, UH, THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CRISIS RESPONSE DEPARTMENT, UH, WHICH IS MANAGED OR DIRECTED BY KEVIN O. AND YES, THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT METRICS FOR WHEN A CITIZEN PUTS IN A 3 1 1, UM, THAT, UH, ARE PRETTY CLEAR IN THE MEMO THAT, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING I GUESS WE'LL BE MM-HMM. TACKLING. THANKS FOR OUT. SO. OKAY. ANY NO QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? ALL RIGHT. UH, ITEM SEVEN, DISTRICT SPECIFIC HOMELESSNESS CONCERNS AND, UH, COMMISSIONER OBSERVATIONS. THIS IS THE C ONE B ONE, TEACH ONE. UH, THIS IS WHERE, UH, [00:45:01] WE MENTOR EACH OTHER AND SHARE THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE HAVE, WHICH ARE DIFFERENT ACROSS THE CITY, DIFFERENT ACROSS THE DISTRICTS, UH, DIFFERENT ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS USUAL, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO REACH OUT TO ANOTHER COMMISSIONER IF YOU WANNA GO VISIT, UH, CHECK OUT THEIR NEEDS. AND I, I CAN SAY THAT, UM, I VISITED WITH EVERYONE SAN UH, THAT, BUT NOT REVEREND BOONE AND, UM, MATT JACOB. AND I CAN TELL YOU IN THE LAST YEAR WHEN I HAD, UH, WHEN I VISITED WITH COMMISSIONER BRON, THEM TO MY DISTRICT, THE CHANGE TO DISTRICT TWO IS INCREDIBLE. AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME, UH, I'D LOVE TO SHOW YOU, UH, THE POLICIES THE CITY IS AND HOUSING BOARD HAVE PUT INTO PLACE ARE CLEARLY EVIDENT. AND, UM, IT'S A MAJOR WIN, I THINK. SO, UH, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT DISTRICT TWO WITH ME, IT'S AN OPEN INVITE, SO JUST TEXT ME. I'VE GOT EVERYBODY'S NUMBERS, SO ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY IN INVITES, CHANGES? UM, WRIGHT, UM, I'M SPEAKING WITH DANNY MURANO WITH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, AND HE WANTS TO HOST THE COMMISSIONERS AND INVITE, UH, DIRECTOR CROSSLEY AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, UM, TO, TO TOUR HIS TWO HOTTEST ENCAMPMENTS. HE'S ACTUALLY DONE A LOT OF WORK CLEARING OUT SOME RECENTLY. UM, AND, UH, DANNY MENO, HE, HE'S THE LEASE SECURITY AT TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, AND HE DOES ALL THE CAMPUS MONITORING NOW, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM ON AAMP AND STUFF. ANYWAYS, SO HE'S SENDING ME SOME DATES. UM, SO I CAN GO AHEAD AND SHARE THOSE WITH YOU IF YOU WANNA FORMALIZE IT IN THE EMAIL AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T SURPASS, I'M SORRY, UH, THE TOMA EXACTLY. SO I'LL LET YOU TAKE A LEAD ON THAT. UM, BUT HE, I'M EXCITED TO FINALIZE THAT. UM, AND WE'LL DO THE, THE TWO, WE'LL, WE'LL GO LOOK AT TWO ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE STILL REALLY HOT AND ACTIVE. WE'LL LOOK AT ONE THAT E SUCCESSFULLY CLEARED OUT. UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO A GEO MAP AND, AND MAP WHERE HE'S BEEN MONITORING AND, UH, AND PUT SOME DATA BEHIND IT. AND THEN WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO A LITTLE BRIEFING JUST SO THAT WE CAN ALL GET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS. EXCELLENT. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY UPDATES IN THEIR DISTRICT? WANNA SHARE? WANNA DO AN INVITE? OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER ? YES, THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE A, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT, UH, PARK CENTRAL GROUP THAT HAS, UH, GOTTEN TOGETHER OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO HELP, UH, WORK PARALLEL AND IN CONJUNCTION AND QUARTER ROLE WITH THE CITY JUST TO HELP IMPROVE JUST THE LOOK IN THE FIELD OF PARK CENTRAL, UH, 6 35 AND BOY. AND SO, UH, ONE OF THE PROPERTY MANAGERS THERE HAS ORGANIZED, UH, DIFFERENT GROUPS AS WE REVIEW AND ADOPT THE, ADOPT A, UM, ADOPT A LOT AND ADOPT A, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ADOPT AREAS FOR THAT DISTRICT. UM, AND HE'S WORKING WITH THE CITY AND WITH DISTRICT 10, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART TO SET UP A PIT THERE IN THAT AREA ALL THE WAY FROM FOREST AND 75 HOPEFUL PARK IN 75. JUST THAT WOW. TEA RIGHT THERE TO INCLUDE TI SO THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED TOO. SO IF YOU WANNA SHARE AN EMAIL THAT WE, I CAN FORWARD EVERYBODY. OKAY. SO, UH, OTHER COMMISSIONERS CAN COME CHECK IT OUT. GREAT. UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. UH, MOVING ON. UH, THANK YOU ALL BY THE WAY. UH, WE ARE ON ITEM EIGHT, SO THIS IS GONNA BE, UM, EVERYBODY GET YOUR PHONES OUT WITH YOUR CALENDARS. UH, THIS IS THE DISCUSSION WE'RE PLANNING THE CITIZEN HOMELESSNESS RETREAT, UH, THE DATE, VENUE, SPEAKERS, AND TOPICS. UH, SO BASICALLY I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS IN JUNE, UH, BEFORE COUNCIL RECESS AFTER THE COURSE OF THE ELECTION. SO DUST IS SETTLING. UM, THE TOPIC, UH, AM STRONGLY PUSHING FOR AND HOPE THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE IN SUPPORT OF IS HMIS. I WANT THIS THE HMIS DAY, UM, FOR US, FOR COUNCIL FOR THE PUBLIC, SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THIS BIG TOOL THAT WE USE TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, UH, WITHIN OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE. UH, SO THAT'S THE TOPIC THAT I'M SUGGESTING. WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK YOURS YET. UM, GIE WILL BE THE BRISCOE CENTER THE SAME AS LAST TIME. SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR OPEN DATES. SO THE BULK OF THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE, I'M JUST GONNA GO COMMISSIONER BY EACH COMMISSIONER. LET ME KNOW THE DATES THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY CANNOT DO FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. UM, AND THEN WE'LL START THERE. SO, UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO ROUND ROBIN, UH, START TAKING NOTES, UM, WITH MC. KEITH'S ABSENT. SO, UM, I WOULD BE NEXT. AND I'M OPEN TO ANY DATES. I HAVE NO RESTRICTIONS. A MOMENT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, [00:50:01] YOU'RE ON RECORD. UH, DURING ANY UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES, I'M AVAILABLE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. MAD, WHAT ARE WE THINK WEEKDAYS AUGUST BEFORE THE QUESTION? WEEKENDS OR WEEKDAYS? UH, WE CAN DO, LET'S DO BOTH. THAT'S GREAT. UM, AND ACTUALLY YOU, I'M GONNA ASK YOU NEXT, SO DISTRICT THREE IS VACANT, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO DISTRICT FOUR, COMMISSIONER HAW. UM, WHAT DATES CAN YOU ABSOLUTELY NOT DO BY THE 18TH? JUNE 18TH, 11TH, AND JUNE 11TH? UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY PREFERENTIAL DATES? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. UM, ANYTHING WANNA ADD? ARE YOU OPEN TO SATURDAYS? I WOULD PREFER NOT, BUT YES, MA'AM. . OKAY. I'LL PUT OPEN TO SATURDAYS, SO WE'LL ADD THAT. SO JUST, IT'LL BE A GENERAL QUESTION IF YOU'RE OPEN OR NOT. SO SATURDAY, AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, UH, SO DISTRICT FIVE, MR. SANTOS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT YOUR CALENDAR IN JUNE. UH, CAN YOU LET ME KNOW WHICH DATES YOU ABSOLUTELY CANNOT DO? JUNE IS COMPLETELY OPEN. THANK YOU. OKAY. ARE YOU AVAILABLE FOR SATURDAY? SHOULD IT BE SCHEDULED ON A SATURDAY? YES, I AM. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER FLORES STILL IN. OKAY, SO SHE'S LOGGED OFF. UM, DISTRICT SEVEN, MADAM VICE CHAIR, UH, BROWN. DO YOU HAVE ANY DATES IN JUNE THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY CANNOT? DO I, I CAN'T DO ANY DATES IN JUNE. I'LL NOT BE HERE. YOU'LL NOT BE HERE IN JUNE? NO, MA'AM. MAYBE THE FIRST SECOND, BUT I'M MOST LIKELY GONNA BE RUNNING AROUND THOSE DAYS BECAUSE WE WON'T BE HERE. I HAD, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S SO MUCH GOING ON THAT WE ALL NEED TO BE, DON'T YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE BETTER IF WE HAD IT AFTER THE DUST, LIKE COMPLETELY SETTLED? IT MAY BE LIKE IN AUGUST, ONCE THE NEW COMMITTEE, WHOEVER THE NEW COMMISSIONERS MAY POTENTIALLY BE, IF SOME PEOPLE ARE COMING OFF OR SOME PEOPLE ARE, UM, STAYING ON AND GETTING NEW PEOPLE. THAT WAY WE CAN DO LIKE PROPER ONBOARDING. AND WE WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO GET A REAL UPDATE AS TO WHAT OFFICE OF HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS AND WHAT OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS GONNA LOOK LIKE FOR US. UM, I THINK I WANNA KEEP IT TO JUNE. UM, IT REALLY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO FEBRUARY, MARCH. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET NEW COUNSEL, UH, WE STILL HAVE HOLDOVERS. UM, AND, UH, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY DATES IN, AND I DON'T WANNA DO JULY BECAUSE THAT'S COUNCIL RECESS. UM, ARE THERE ANY DATES IN MAY THAT YOU'RE AVAILABLE? SO YOU SAID JUNE, UH, FIRST AND SECOND, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? I'M SO SORRY. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU. UM, JUNE 1ST AND SECOND I'LL MOST LIKELY BE HERE. OKAY. BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THE DAY WHERE I, WHERE I CAN ACTUALLY BE IN PERSON AND ACTUALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF INFORMATION TODAY. YEAH, UNDERSTOOD. UM, OKAY. SO I'M JUST GONNA PUT YOU DOWN FOR JUNE 1ST OR SECOND IF IT, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT WE JUST CAN'T GET THIS DONE IN JUNE, THEN AUGUST WILL BE, UM, OUR NEXT STEP. OKAY. SO, NOT TO COMPLETELY POO YOUR IDEA AT ALL, UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS SOONER OR LATER. UM, UH, AND I WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE THERE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WANT YOU TO BE INCLUDED. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. UH, DISTRICT EIGHT IS VACANT. UH, DISTRICT NINE, UM, IS, UH, REVEREND MITCHELL BOONE. WHICH DATES CAN YOU ABSOLUTELY NOT DO IN JUNE? I CANNOT DO JUNE 3RD, JUNE 8TH THROUGH 10TH. JUNE 17TH, JUNE 24TH THROUGH 26TH, 27TH, 28TH, 29TH, 30TH. OKAY. SO 24TH THROUGH THE 30TH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUPLE LIMITATIONS THERE. JUST A FEW. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, DISTRICT 10, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. THE ONLY RESTRICTION I HAVE IN JUNE IS JUNE 26TH. I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND. AND, UM, TO POINT BACK TO AUGUST, I'M OUT OF TOWN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF AUGUST, AND THEN PIVOT DIRECTLY INTO GETTING KIDS BACK INTO SCHOOL. SO AUGUST WOULD NOT BE, UM, I MOST LIKELY WOULD NOT BE ABLE [00:55:01] TO ATTEND AUGUST. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT, UH, DISTRICT 11, COMMISSIONER KOFF, UH, FOR JUNE. I AM OUT OF TOWN. JUNE 22ND, JUNE 30TH, BUT AVAILABLE OTHER THAN THAT TIME. JUNE 22ND. YES. JUNE 30TH TO JUNE 30TH. OKAY. OUT OF 10. THANK YOU. UH, MATT. MATT. OKAY. UH, DISTRICT 13, UH, COMMISSIONER EINSTEIN. WHAT DATES CAN YOU ABSOLUTELY NOT DO? UH, THE SECOND THROUGH THE FOURTH, THE 18TH, 23RD, 24TH, 25TH, 27TH. AND THE ONLY SATURDAYS I COULD DO ARE THE 14TH AND THE 28TH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER ILHAN, DISTRICT 14TH. THE ONLY DAY THAT I, UH, CAN'T GO IS 23RD, BUT I WORK WEEKEND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. OKAY. SO I, THAT'S REALLY NOT A GOOD DATE. OKAY. THAT'S NOT A GOOD TIME. ALRIGHT. NO, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER IN ONE CALENDAR, ALL THAT INFORMATION, AND THEN WE'LL WORK MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. SO FROM HERE, WE ARE GONNA TRY, OH YES. SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE THE 19TH ON OUR CALENDARS, COULD WE NOT JUST HAVE IT ON THAT DAY AND MAYBE START EARLIER AND LATER? UH, WELL THEN, UM, VICE CHAIR BROWN TO MAKE IT, UH, SHE'S ONLY, YEAH. UM, VICE CHAIR BROWN. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. UH, YES. MR. EINSTEIN SUGGESTED OUR, UH, JUNE MEETING, JUNE 19TH. DO YOU THINK YOU COULD DO A FULL DAY THEN? MA'AM? THAT IS JUNETEENTH. THAT'S A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. IT IS, YES. OH, THAT IS TRUE. THAT IT'S STILL . WELL, WE REALLY, IT'S ON OUR, I HAVE IT ON MY IT'S CALENDAR. IT ON OUR CALENDAR. YEAH. AND SO YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE CANCELED BY JULY FOR SURE. I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE, WE'LL GET TO THAT. I PERSONALLY AM OKAY WITH DOING A JULY MEETING, BUT IT'S COUNCIL RECESS AND SOMETIMES STAFF ISN'T AVAILABLE, SO, WE'LL WE'LL, WE WON. WON'T BE MEETING YOUR TEAM EITHER, RIGHT? I MEAN, I WOULD THINK YOU ARE. WE CAN'T MAKE IT A FULL DAY MEETING THEN. I DON'T MAKE A PARTIAL DAY MEETING. YEAH. WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT THIS TOGETHER. WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. UM, SO WE'LL GET A DATE AND, UM, PUT THAT OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS. UM, IT'S ALSO PENDING, UM, THE PRESENTERS TOO, SO. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM. UH, ITEM NINE, ITEMS FOR NEXT FUTURE MEETINGS BY COMMISSIONERS. I'LL START. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, UH, THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE, UH, PRESENTS ON THE NEW, ON THE REALIGNMENT. UM, ANYONE ELSE? UH, COMMISSIONER, I'M ALREADY ON . I'M SORRY. THE FLOW CHART. I'LL, I'M ALREADY ON FOR NEXT. OKAY. YEAH. SO YOU'RE GONNA BE ON THAT. YEAH. UM, ANY OTHER ERS HAVING POST AGENDA ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR OUR NEXT MEETING? UH, YES, CHRISTINE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THERE IS AN ITEM ON THE DALLAS STREET RESPONSE, MR. REOR COMING IN EARLY MAY TO CITY COUNCIL, A FULL BRIEFING. SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. AND I THINK FOLLOWING THAT WILL GET US TO MAY FOR THE CHC. SO IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THEM ON YOUR AGENDA, SO KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING UP. AND SO I WOULD SAY, WELL, AS SOON AS WE KNOW WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE, RENITA CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. GREAT. UH, SURE. COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE A DATE FOR WHEN, UH, DSR IS GONNA BE, UH, PRESENTED AT COUNCIL? UM, SORRY, I HADN'T HEARD IT AS AN ACRONYM BEFORE. IT TOOK ME A MINUTE. SORRY. I JUST HAVE A LOT READ IT AS AN ACRONYM, SO I DIDN'T NO, THAT'S, I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE, AND THAT'S GREAT. CITY DALLAS, YOU, WE DO A LOT OF ACRONYMS. OKAY. I'M GONNA CALL IT DSR NOW. UM, NO, I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA BE AT RANITA. DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA, I THINK IT'S THE FIRST, FIRST VOTING AGENDA OR FIRST BRIEFING AGENDA IN MAY. AWESOME. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, . UM, ANY OTHER PROPOSED ITEMS FOR NEXT FUTURE? THANK YOU. UH, DIRECTOR LEY. RIGHT. I, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, IF I CAN GET HIM, MY FRIEND ANDREW. WELL, THE, OUR CALLING PROGRAMS PLACEMENT, AND HE DID THE APP AND I KNOW HE, HE LIVES OUT OF TOWN, BUT I KNOW HE'LL BE HERE IN MAY IF HE'S HERE THAT WEEK. IT WOULD BE SO GREAT FOR HIM TO DO THAT IN PREPARATION FOR THE H-M-I-A-I-S. THAT'S OUR BUSINESS. HE'S [01:00:01] OUR CALLING. UM, BUT ANYWAY, JUST AN IDEA. OKAY. THANK YOU S MUCH. UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH PROPOSED ITEMS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS? I'M LOOKING AT VIRTUAL. UM, OKAY. UH, SEEING NONE. NEXT ITEM, ITEM 10. UH, THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING MEETINGS. UH, WE HAVE HHS ON APRIL 22ND AT 9:00 AM THAT IS ON TUESDAY? YEAH, TUESDAY. TUESDAY MORNING. UM, AND THEN WE MEET ON MAY 15TH. UH, SAME ROOM, 1:00 PM UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? UM, ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING MEETINGS? I, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY, WHERE IS, UH, VICE CHAIR BROWN? DID YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? NOT SEE HER. OKAY. UM, VICE CHAIR BROWN. I'M JUST GONNA ANNOUNCE FOR HER IF THAT'S OKAY. AND FIND THIS. UH, ARE YOU BACK? YES. THERE YOU ARE. OKAY. ER BROWN. UM, DID YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN UPCOMING GALA? OH YES. SO GALA IS THIS SATURDAY AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, UM, WE DO HAVE A SPONSOR THAT EXTENDED THE TABLE FOR, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND ATTEND, UM, IT'S OUR FIFTH ANNUAL, NOT MY SON GALA. UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING. I THINK. UH, I THINK DR. WOOD'S COMING AND I KNOW BRENDA OVER AT THE POT IS COMING, SO, UM, IF ANY OF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO COME, PLEASE JUST SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE. SEND TEXT MESSAGE OR UM, AN EMAIL AND I'LL GET YOU OVER ONE OF THOSE. UM, GRANT TICKETS. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR BROWN. UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING MEETINGS? OKAY. UH, OKAY. JUST KNOW, YOU KNOW, PUT ON YOUR RADAR IN YOUR CALENDARS. MAY 20TH, UH, FOR THE STATE OF THE HOMELESS ADDRESS. AND, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I FEEL LIKE THIS IS NOT REALLY, BUDGET SEASON IS COMING UP. BUDGET SEASON. I CANNOT STRESS IT. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE BUDGET TOWN HALLS SESSIONS. THIS IS SO, SO, SO IMPORTANT. UM, EVERYONE WANNA TELL COMMISSIONERS TO GET OUT THERE AND TELL PEOPLE WHO THREE ONE ONES IN BECAUSE THE DATA DRIVES THE INITIATIVES AND IT DRIVES WHERE WE ALLOCATE MONIES. AND, UH, BUDGET VOTE IS IN SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? YES. YEAH. MM-HMM . THEY HAVE TO HAVE SO FAR OUT WITH PREP. THEY WERE ALREADY PRE-SESSIONS TO THE SESSIONS. SO THAT IS HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. UM, SO JUST GONNA PUT THAT ON EVERYBODY'S RADAR. AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THIS MEETING. WOW. UM, TIME. THE TIME IS NOW 1410, UH, AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. WE CAN TELL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.