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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on May 1, 2025.]
MORNING.WE, UM, I NOW CALL THE MAY 1ST, 2025 PARK BOARD MEETING ORDER AT 10 0 2.
AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST DAY OF MAY DISTRICT.
ALWAYS SAYS APRIL SHOWERS BRINGS MAY FLOWERS.
SO WE GOT PLENTY RAIN THE LAST SEVEN, EIGHT DAYS, SO HOPE YOU GOT TO ENJOY THAT RAIN DAY.
YEAH, MY LINE SAYS OFF ON RAIN DAY, SO IT'S PERFECT FOR ME.
UM, BUT YES, WELCOME TODAY, UM, NOT THE SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? OUR SPECIAL RECORD FIRST? YEAH.
UH, LET'S GO TO THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION THIS MORNING.
I, JODY, I STAND BACK HERE AND SEE YOU.
I SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR YOU THIS MORNING, WHEREAS ON MAY THE 13TH, 2025, JODY COMERS IS RETURNED FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
AFTER 26 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN 1999, SHE BEGAN HER CAREER WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AS A RECREATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND JC ZARAGOZA RECREATION CENTER.
IN 2006, THIS HOMER WAS PROMOTED TO THE POSITION OF RECREATION SUPERVISOR AT RIVERTOWN RECREATION CENTER.
IN 2014, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO THE POSITION OF RECREATION AREA SUPERVISOR AT BACHMAN THERAPEUTIC RECREATION CENTER.
MS. COMER'S DE DEDICATION WAS A SPECIAL EVIDENT IN HER ADVOCACY FOR SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAMMING AND BACHMAN RECREATION CENTER SUCCESSFULLY OPERATE A COMMUNITY BASED SPECIAL NEEDS INITIATIVE FROM A SINGLE FACILITY.
DEVELOPABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE CREATING I EXPERIENCES FOR THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND GROWTH OF THE ADULT DAY PROGRAM TO HELP PARTICIPANTS DEVELOP VITAL LIFE SKILLS AND PROMOTES FULL ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
MS. COLEMAN'S CONTRIBUTION WERE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
AND HER LEGACY WILL BE DEFINED BY HER PASSION FOR ENSURING THAT EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER HAD ACCESS TO PROGRAMS THAT ENRICH LIVES AND TAR ADVOCACY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
THOMAS HAS SERVED AS COMMITTED COLLEAGUE, RECREATION, PROFESSIONAL FRIEND ADVOCATE, WHO WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR A DEDICATION, DEVOTION AS A RECREATIONAL PROFESSIONAL MENTOR ADVOCATE WHO EXEMPLIFY COMMITMENT, COMPASSION, AND EXCELLENCE, SERVE THE CITY OF DALLAS, BE RESOLVED BY THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD AND DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THERE SINCERE APPRECIATION EXTENDED TO MS. COMMERCE FOR 26 YEARS, THAT DEVOTED AND TIRELESS WORK.
SO GENERALLY GIVEN TO THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS, THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD, COMMENDS JODY COMERS FOR A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN WHICH TO SERVE CONTINUES SUCCESS.
AND THEREFORE, I JOHN D. JENKINS, DIRECTOR ON BEHALF OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DO HEREBY EXTEND A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO JODY S CONGRATULATIONS.
HAPPY RETIREMENT, WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR 26 YEARS OF VALUABLE SERVICE TO NEW BEGINNINGS AND HAPPY MEMORIES WITH MUCH RESPECT, GRATITUDE, FONDNESS, YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AT THE DALLAS AND PARK ION RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
THOMAS, DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS? WELL, I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYONE OR, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO YOU GO, WHERE TO STAND OR WHERE, BUT OH, REALLY? IF YOU, BECAUSE THEY'RE ON TV, IF YOU JUST STAND AND LOOK AT THE CAMERA, RIGHT? THERE WOULD BE, I JUST WANNA THANK THE CITY OF DALLAS BECAUSE THROUGH 26 YEARS I'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH PERSONAL, UM, ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE.
LET ME, UM, TAKE THE TIME AND SO THAT
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I WOULD COME BACK AND BE READY TO SERVE.AND WE ALL THINK THAT, OH, WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES, BUT I ONLY HAVE TO BE AT THE REC CENTER ONE DAY TO KNOW THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN'T DO.
AND I WOULD LOVE, MY ULTIMATE GOAL WAS TO SEE IF WE COULD HAVE A REC CENTER IN EACH SERVICE AREA SO THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD BE SERVED.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU, JOHN.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CHRISTIE, A LOT OF PEOPLE AND MY STAFF.
I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT MY STAFF.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO SHOULD GET THE PRAISE, NOT ME.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT MAKE THE PROGRAMS WHAT THEY ARE TODAY.
SO, THANK YOU AGAIN, PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
MS. I JUST WANT TO SAY PERSONALLY, BACHMAN, I'M A BACHMAN KID.
THAT REC CENTER'S DEAR TO MY HEART.
ACTUALLY, I USED TO GO TO THE REC CENTER BEFORE THE BUCHMAN WAS THERE.
BUT JODY COMMERCE DOES SOMETHING THAT, THAT UNLIKE A LOT OF REC CENTERS, SHE AFFECTS AN ENTIRE POPULATION ACROSS THE CITY.
AND WHAT SHE DOES AND THE AMAZING JOB THAT SHE DOES THERE FOR A SPECIAL GROUP, OUR RESIDENTS, IN ADDITION TO EVERYBODY ELSE, IT'S JUST STUNNING.
AND I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST ONE THE, UH, 4TH OF JULY OR RATHER HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS, YOU'VE TURNED IT INTO A HAUNTED HOUSE THERE.
AND SO, AND THEN THE, THE, AT CHRISTMAS TIME, IT'S JUST AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF DO, AND YOUR LEADERSHIP REALLY AFFECTS THIS COMMUNITY.
AND THE BACHMAN AREA, IT'S BEEN UNDERSERVED FOR YEARS.
WE HAVE A WHOLE POPULATION THERE OF, OF NON-SPECIAL NEEDS WHO LIVE IN APARTMENTS THAT WERE BUILT FOR SINGLES AND HAVE NO RECREATION SPACE OTHER THAN A POOL AND A CLUB ROOM.
AND THAT RECREATION CENTER AND THE WAY YOU RUN IT SERVES THAT POPULATION.
AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND SAY THANK YOU.
I DON'T HOW REPLACE, BUT YOU'RE JUST AN AMAZING PERSON AND A GREAT LEADER OF YOUR GREAT STAFF TOO.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
YOU HAVE SORELY MISSED BY ALL OF US.
AND THANK YOU, MR. UH, NEXT WE'LL GO TO, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS, HAVE SPEAKER AND I WILL READ THE SPEAKER GUIDE.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THIS CHAIR, O AND A PAPER WHO MAKES PERSONAL IMPART THINGS, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR BECOMING BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE PRIVATE COURT WILL BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY.
AND BARR, FROM THE MEETING, YOUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DAVID RE SO MAY I ASK OKAY.
FOR HER TO COME UP AS WELL, MR. CHAIR UP, YOU? YES, IT IS.
SO I'M NOT THAT MUCH A PUBLIC SPEAKER, SO I'M GONNA READ WHAT I WROTE AND HE'S GONNA KIND OF GIVE A A FEW DETAILS.
PLEASE NAME, UM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, UH, SYLVIA REEVES.
SO MY NAME IS SYLVIA REEVES, AND THIS IS MY HUSBAND DAVID REEVES.
AND WE'RE PROUD TO REPRESENT MENTOR CONNECTOR, A COMMUNITY DRIVEN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH DALLAS PARK AND REC SINCE 2017.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF HELPING DALLAS PARK AND REC HOST IMPACTFUL EVENTS THAT TRULY ENGAGE OUR YOUTH AND FAMILIES FROM CAREER FAIRS THAT CONNECT TEAMS WITH PROFESSIONALS IN INDUSTRIES THEY NEVER IMAGINED.
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THAT OPENED THEIR EYES TO POSSIBILITIES BEYOND THEIR ZIP CODE.WE'VE MADE IT OUR MISSION TO PLANT SEEDS OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY.
WE'VE ALSO SUPPORTED TALENT SHOWS, RECREATIONAL NIGHTS AND SEASONAL EVENTS THAT GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE A SAFE SPACE TO BE SEEN, CELEBRATED AND INSPIRED.
RIGHT NOW, OUR WORK WITH DALLAS PARK AND REC CONTINUES AS WE SERVE ON THE TOPS TEAM COALITION.
AS CO-CHAIRS, WE HELP WITH COORDINATION, YOUTH OUTREACH, AND BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS, AND ENSURE THESE EVENTS REMAIN FRESH, ENGAGING, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ACCESSIBLE.
WHETHER IT'S HELPING BRING IN SPEAKERS, MOBILIZING VOLUNTEERS, OR CONNECTING WITH FAMILIES DIRECTLY, MENTOR CONNECTORS STAYS ON THE GROUND TO MAKE THESE MOMENTS COUNT.
LOOKING FORWARD, WE'RE EXCITED TO DEEPEN THIS PARTNERSHIP THROUGH AN INITIATIVE CALLED BEYOND THE BLOCK.
THIS IS MORE THAN A PROGRAM, IT'S A MOVEMENT.
IT'S OUR WAY OF BRINGING TOGETHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK ACROSS DALLAS SO WE CAN MOVE FROM WORKING IN SILOS TO WORKING IN SYNC.
THE FOCUS IS CLEAR ADDRESS CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND GUN VIOLENCE BY WRAPPING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN CONSISTENT MENTORSHIP, POSITIVE OUTLETS, AND REAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO ONE ORGANIZATION CAN DO THIS ALONE, BUT TOGETHER.
MENTOR CONNECTOR, DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION, FOUR OH CLIFF BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DALLAS SCHOOLS, PARENTS, AND MANY OTHERS.
WE CAN BUILD A STRONGER SAFETY NET AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR EVERY CHILD IN OUR CITY.
CAN WE PLAN FOR HER THAT THAT HAS TO COME AFTER
THANK YOU FOR DOING, UH, HERE.
AND IT, IT IS COOL TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES.
UH, WE'VE DONE WORK TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE ABOUT 2017.
THEN COVID HIT AND CRYSTAL BROUGHT US BACK IN.
BURNSVILLE AND BRANDON BROUGHT US BACK IN.
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING FROM THE HBCU COLLEGE FAIR TO THE, UH, PURSUIT DALLAS.
IT WAS LIKE A TEAM TECH AND ENTREPRENEUR EVENT WHERE THE MAYOR STAR COUNCIL, I SEE LANE, UH, AND HARRISON BO STILL ON THE BOARD.
SO WE HAD A PRIVILEGE, NOT PARTNER WITH THEM, BUT IN ALLOWING THEM TO BE MENTORS TO A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT WE WORK WITH IN ALL THESE DOWNSIDES TO THESE SCHOOLS.
SO IT'S COOL TO SEE IT COME FULL CIRCLE AND BE ABLE TO DO MORE WORK TOGETHER WITH THIS BEYOND THE BLOCK MOVEMENT.
SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING AND EVERYBODY'S SPEAKING THE SILOS, DOING THIS WORK SEPARATE, BUT WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL GUY, WE GET TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER.
SO MAKE IMPACT AND, UH, CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER.
SO REALLY EXCITED TO BE, TO HAVE DONE THIS WORK WITH Y'ALL AND TO SEE, OKAY, ALL THE, ALL PIECES ARE IN PLACE AND WORKING WITH EVERYBODY SEPARATELY, BUT NOW COME, IT REALLY TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD.
SO IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO COME TOGETHER TO TRULY RAISE ALL OUR CHILDREN.
SO THANK Y'ALL FOR LETTING US SHARE IT.
EXCITED TO BE A PART OF PARK BOARD.
I CAN'T SAY IT, THAT PARK RECREATION.
THAT'S YOUR DAD OFFICIALLY AT TOP BAND.
RIGHT ON YOUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARCUS WOOD, ONE NINE MARCUS WOOD.
I LIVED IN DISTRICT NINE, MARK AND RAISED IN DISTRICT FIVE.
HERE GO LIEBER TRAIL FOR THE DARK, BRIGHT LIGHT RAIL STATION PARK.
I'VE PASSED OUT HANDOUTS FOR EACH ONE OF YOU, WHICH I'M HOPING TO GET YOUR CHART.
THE DESIGN WAS STARTED AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
THINK IT'S ABOUT DONE MAKING SIGNATURES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CONTRACT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AWARDED BY FEBRUARY OF THE 15TH OF THIS YEAR.
YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY, 3.2 MILLION THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE DELAYED.
SO I'M AFRAID THE BIDS ARE GONNA COME IN TOO SHORT 'CAUSE OF ALL THE INFLATION, BUT FIND THE MONEY.
YOU FIND MONEY FOR FUTURE LANDING AND OTHER THINGS.
FIND IT FOR THIS AND ALSO REACH OUT.
AND YOU CAN EXPECT ADVOCATES OUT OF DISTRICT EIGHT AND DISTRICT FIVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS TRAIL DOWN INTO THE BERG AREA.
BUT YOU GOT TO HAVE COG INVOLVED.
AND COG IS THE DEEP POCKETS, AS WE ALL KNOW.
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TRAILS AND BRIDGES OVER 75 OVER MAJOR HIGHWAYS.LET'S GIVE THE BIRTH PART STATION DOWN TO CRAWFORD.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT THANK YOU MR. WOODS.
UH, I'VE NEVER SEEN NO ONE, UH, BESIDES, UH, THE HOOK.
YOU KNOW THAT, THAT BUILD WITH EVERYTHING, UM, WHAT YOU DO ONLY FOR THE CITY, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND PLEASE BELIEVE ME, I HAVE APPROACH, STAFF AND RESPECT
SO THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING.
I'LL MOVING TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
UH, FIRST ITEM NUMBER ONE IS, UH, NRPA GRANT APPLICATION CITYWIDE AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR THE NATIONAL ATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION.
NRPA OUT OF SCHOOL TIME MEN YOUTH MENTORING GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,000 A AND F COMMITTEE CONSIDERED ON MAY 1ST, 2025.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER TWO, UM, GRAND PRAIRIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTRACT CITYWIDE AUTHORIZE A THREE YEAR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH GRAND PRAIRIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE PLAN PROTECTION SERVICES.
19 C $810,000 FINANCING GENERAL FUNDS SUBJECT CHINA ATION A AND F COMMITTEE CONSIDERED MAY 1ST, 2025.
SECOND BY MR. GOLDSTEIN ON, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, ARCADIA AND OE NON RECREATION CENTER.
DISTRICTS THREE AND FOUR AUTHORIZED A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH BROWN RENTALS.
WATERFORD ARCHITECTS INCORPORATED A ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEER ENERGY ENGINEERING SERVICES, BUT NOT DESIGN, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, BIDDING AND NEGOTIATIONS AND CON CONSTRUCTIONS.
ADMINISTRATION FOR THE RENOVATION OF TWO RECREATIONAL CENTER FACILITIES, INCLUDING ARCADIA REC CENTER AT 54 20 ARCH DRIVE, $80,699.
AND ELOISE LUNDY RECREATION CENTER AT 1228 RIVERDALE, CBT SMITH STREET, $142,498,000 NOT TO EXCEED $223,197 FINANCING PARK AND RECREATIONAL FACILITY DEFUND 2024 BOND FUND.
PD UH, COMMITTEE CONSIDERED MAY 1ST, 2025.
HAVE A MOTION, MR. SLAUGHTER, SECONDED BY DR. NEWMAN.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, SECOND ON DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S OUR VOTING AT AGENDA OF THE DAY.
UH, NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO OUR BRIEFING, UH, TEAMS ORGANIZATION FOR THIRD, FOR SUCCESS TOPS.
MR. STEVE BAKER, INTERNAL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FORWARD, UH, TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE, UH, REGARDING THE TEAM, UH, TEAM ORGANIZING PREPARED SUCCESS PROGRAM.
UM, WITH ME, I HAVE, UH, VERNON TELL WHO IS OUR PROGRAM MANAGER, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE, UH, TEAM OF TOPS PROGRAM TO ASSIST.
UH, PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
YOU WANNA PROVIDE A, A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, GIVE YOU KIND OF THE HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM, UM, WHAT OUR CORE LOOKS LIKE, UM, THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING, THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED, UM,
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UH, IN ADDITION TO MENTOR CONNECTORS OR CLIFF AND WOOD GROWTH, UPGRADER DALLAS.IT'S GONNA GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'VE GOT FACILITIES THAT WE OPERATE AND, UM, AND THE, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR GROWTH MOVING FORWARD.
SO IN 2019, UM, KIND AS IN A RESPONSE TO THE EXPIRING TEAM CURFEW THAT WAS IN PLACE, UM, HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND THE PARK BOARD, UM, RECOGNIZING THERE WAS A NEED TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO, UH, PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT FOR TEENS AND PROGRAMMING IN THAT NATURE.
SO WE RECEIVED A MIDYEAR APPROPRIATION, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN OFFERING, UH, WHAT WE, WHAT WE JUMPED RIGHT INTO AS TEAM LATE NIGHT.
AND SO WE OFFERED A, UH, A TEAM LATE NIGHT PROGRAM ON EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER IMMEDIATELY.
AND, UM, CONTINUED THAT ON FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, THEN COVID HIT KIND OF HIT A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMP IN THE ROAD THERE, UM, IF WE GET INTO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
UM, AND THEN LAST YEAR WE DID EXPERIENCE, UH, FOUR OH HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS REDUCTION, UM, TO OUR BUDGET IN THIS PROGRAM.
UM, BUT WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
SO WE WOUND UP ABSORBING THAT INTO OUR GENERAL, UH, DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF, OF EACH OF THE RECREATION CENTERS, TARGETS, UM, YOUTH, UH, BOYS AND GIRLS WHO WERE BOTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF, UH, 13 AND 17.
AND WE BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF FIVE DIFFERENT PILLARS, UH, THAT RNA WILL EXPAND ON AND
UM, NOW, UM, ENCAPSULATING THE TEEN TECH CENTER, UH, FORCE, I'LL TELL YOU, BOXING GYM, UM, RUNNING SUMMER CAMPS AND ALL OF THOSE NATURES OF, OF PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES AS WELL.
SO IT'S EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT AS WE'VE GONE ALONG AS WELL.
SO THE PROGRAM TIMELINE HERE, UH, REALLY JUST KIND OF MIMICS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I, THAT I HAVE MENTIONED.
UM, 2019, WE LAUNCHED THE, THE TEEN LATE NIGHT PROGRAM.
COVID-19, UH, PANDEMIC CAME IN, UM, WHICH GOT US THINKING ABOUT HOW ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO TRY AND INTRODUCE, GET PEOPLE BACK OUT THERE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE CONCEPT OF THE TEEN ALL ACCESS PASS CAME INTO PLAY.
AND THEN, UM, FORTUNATELY IN 2021, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, LAUNCH THE, THE TEEN ALL ACCESS WITH OUR GREAT PARTNERS THAT WE FORMED.
WE WERE ABLE TO INTRODUCE A TEEN SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM AT, UH, FOUR LOCATIONS.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE MAYOR'S SUMMER OF SAFETY, JUST PROVIDING SAFE OUTLETS FOR, UH, TEENS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TO KEEP THEM BUSY AND GIVE THEM, UH, CONNECTION TO THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS SOME PROVIDE ACCESS TO MANY OF THE GREAT, UH, ASSETS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY.
UH, WE BEGAN OUR SOFT LAUNCH WITH THE BACHMAN ROWING CLUB, UH, TO TRY AND INTRODUCE, UH, PROGRAMMING, UM, AND UNDERSERVED AREAS IN THAT AREA.
UM, OUR PARTNER, UM, UH, PATRICK RENDER, UH, BROUGHT FORTH THE PROGRAM, UM, DOING OUTREACH TO DALLAS, ISD SCHOOLS, UM, BRINGING THEM OVER TO THE REC CENTER, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE REALLY, UM, ENCOURAGED ABOUT THE, UH, PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING WITH THAT.
AND THEN, UH, WE KIND OF HAD A SOFT LAUNCH, UH, WITH THE BEYOND THE BLOCK PROGRAM, UM, THAT I HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO, UH, VERNON TO TAKE US THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US HERE.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE STRESS ON THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER, UH, THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
UM, SO OUR, OUR FIVE PILLARS, UM, ARE WHAT DRIVES OUR PROGRAMMING.
SO WE HAVE EDUCATION AND CAREER TRAINING, HELPING WELLNESS MENTOR AND LEADERSHIP PREVENTION AND, UH, INTERVENTION AND RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES.
I'M GOING HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP, SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, UM, BRING THESE PROGRAMS FORWARD.
SO, EDUCATION AND CAREERS TRAINING CONDUCTED A COLLEGE FAIR THAT, UH, WE BROUGHT IN 649 TEAMS IN ATTENDANCE PROGRAM.
UM, 36 VENDORS, 16 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES.
AND, UM, OUT OF THAT, UH, 649 STUDENTS, 35 STUDENTS ACTUALLY ACCEPTED ON THAT DAY FOR THE PROGRAM TO, TO THOSE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, MENTOR CONNECTOR, UM, AS WE PREVIOUSLY WAS A PART OF THAT PROGRAM TO THE SCHOOLS AND PUSHED THE PROGRAMMING AND, UM, UM, RECRUIT STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.
UH, EACH SUMMER WE HAVE A TEAM FITNESS PASS THAT ALLOWS TEENS TO ACCESS OUR, UH, FITNESS FACILITIES AND THEY CAN, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS DURING THE DAY, UM, WHICH IS FREE TO THEM.
UM, SO THEY CAN ACCESS FITNESS, FITNESS FACILITIES, FACILITY, UH, MAKE SURE
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THEY STAY HEALTHY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER SO THAT PASSES IS FREE.UM, AND THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM FROM BETWEEN 1212 NOON RECREATIONS ENTERING IN.
WE DO SHIFT PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.
UM, CURRENTLY WE ARE HOST, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE, UH, SOLUTIONS, UH, TO OFFER SUMMER CAMP, UH, INTERNSHIP AT, AT OUR SITES.
UM, THEY ARE GETTING PAID THE SAME PAY RATE AS A RECREATION ASSISTANT, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE, LIKE, UH, THEY GET THE SAME PAY RATE, BUT THEY GETTING AN EXPERIENCE AND JOB, UM, JOB OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN HOW TO BECOME, UH, PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYEES.
SO WE ARE, UM, EXPANDING THEIR PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
IN FACT, I JUST FOUND OUT THIS YESTERDAY, UM, THAT LAST YEAR THEY WENT FROM EIGHT WEEKS THIS YEAR THEY WERE ABLE TO GO TO 20 WEEKS THIS YEAR.
VERY EXCITED PREVENTION AND, UH, PREVENTION INTERVENTION.
WE POSTED, UH, AT HAY WILLIAMS RECREATION CENTER.
WE POSTED TO THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION WORKSHOP WHERE WE HAD, UH, VOLUNTEER TEACHERS, UH, FROM ROCK OBAMA ACADEMY COME IN AND TALK TO THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS, UM, DURING THIS PROGRAM WHERE THEY HELPED THEM SOLVE CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS, GOT SOME MENTORSHIP AND SOME, UH, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, WE HAD 150 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE PARENTS BEING INVOLVED.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY WANNA TRY TO BRING IN.
THE PARENTS GET INTO THE BALL.
'CAUSE WE KNOW ONCE WE GET THE PARENTS ON BOARD RECREATION AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WE HOSTED OUR FIRST, UH, SORRY, NEXT SLIDE.
UH, WE HOSTED OUR FIRST TEENS GOT TALENT SHOW AT SENIOR RECREATION CENTER.
HAD 3 27 STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE, 11 PERFORMERS AND 2017 RESOURCES THAT WE, UH, BROUGHT, BROUGHT IN AS WELL.
UM, WE WAS IN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALL STARS PROJECT.
UM, DALLAS, SHANA AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ASSISTED WITH THEIR PROGRAM, UM, AND MAKING SURE IT WAS ACCESS.
AND WE ALSO, UH, BRINGING THIS PROGRAM BACK AGAIN WITH THE, THE BLOCK PROGRAM TO EXPAND THAT AS WELL.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME TOURS THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT OUR TEAM, LATE NIGHT PROGRAMS TO RECRUIT STUDENTS INTO THE COMMISSION.
UM, I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, WE ARE, UH, BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENTIONAL WORKING WITH THE DALLAS YOUTH, UH, COMMISSION THIS YEAR.
WE HOST TODAY 3 0 3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AT BE ST.
UH, ONE OF THE STUDENTS THAT, UH, THAT IS IN THE PROGRAM.
HE ACTUALLY, THIS PROGRAM WAS ACTUALLY DEVELOPED BY STUDENTS, THERE BY STUDENTS, AND IMPLEMENTED BY STUDENTS WHO WAS JUST THERE TO KIND OF GUIDE THEM AND HELP THEY KNOW, MAKE SURE THEY HAD, THEY NEEDED ASSISTANCE.
WE WAS THERE TO PROVIDE THEM ASSISTANCE.
UM, LAST YEAR THE EVENT WAS HELD AT CN HILLS RECREATION CENTER.
THEY HAD FIVE TEAMS. UM, BUT THIS YEAR, WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH TOPS, IT WAS ABLE TO BRING IN SIX, UH, 17 TEAMS, UH, WITH, UH, BETWEEN, BETWEEN PARENTS PARTICIPATING IN 51 INDIVIDUAL, UM, PARTICIPATE, UH, DURING THIS EVENT AS WELL, WE WAS ABLE TO HAVE THE STUDENTS, UH, FILL OUT THE, UM, THE TEAMS, UH, SURVEY THAT THE CITY BEEN PUT DOWN SINCE ABOUT BY NOVEMBER.
SO WE WAS ABLE TO HAVE THEM FILL OUT A SURVEY WITH EVENTS, GET SOME INPUT FROM THE STUDENTS, UH, ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT ISSUES THAT THEY'RE HAVING, HOW WE CAN HELP SOLVE THOSE NEXT TIME, PLEASE.
SOME OF OUR CORE PROGRAMS, UH, AS STEVE MENTIONED, OUR TEAM, OUR ACCESS PASSED LAST YEAR.
WE, UH, REDEEMED 14, UH, 14,250, UH, REDEMPTIONS, UH, FROM OUR PARTNERS.
UM, WE GAVE ABOUT 4,450 PASSES.
UM, AND THESE, THIS TEAM, LIKE HAS PASSED, UH, STUDENTS ALONG WITH 400 INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR FAMILY TO GO TO DALLAS, READ 'EM, UM, UH, SORRY, READ TO DALLAS ZOO, UM, AND SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN DALLAS.
SO THEY CAN KIND OF BROADEN HORIZON.
I SAY THESE PROGRAMS ARE FREE.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GO TO THE RED REGISTER CENTER, REGISTER, THEY'LL GET KEY FIVE, BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS. OUR TEAM LATE NIGHT PROGRAM IS HELD EVERY FIRST FRIDAY AT 14 LOCATIONS.
UM, AND IT'S PROGRAM PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE A SAFE SPACE FROM, UM, FROM SIX NINE EVERY FRIDAY.
AND DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, WE GO EVERY FRIDAY, UM, FROM 69, WHERE WE
NICE TO KEEP THEM UNDER TROUBLE.
UM, WE EXPAND ON IT AS WELL, BUT BEYOND THE BLOCK'S GONNA BE PART OF THAT ADMISSION AS WELL.
SUPPORT FROM OUR MENTOR CONNECT FOR.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR TEAM SUMMER CAMPUS
UM, AND THEY GO ON FIELD TRIPS, PRESSING CRAFT, SPORTS GAMES.
UM, THEN WE BRING IN VENDORS AND SPEAKERS AS WELL TO ASSIST TEAMS. SUMMER, THOSE, UH, WE HAVE FOUR LOCATIONS, BUT THOSE LOCATIONS SLIDE PLEASE.
JUST TO EXPAND ON SOME OF OUR, UH, CORE PROGRAMS. SPOKE ABOUT THE COLLEGE FAIR, AND WE CAN 49 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE.
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OUR TEAMS GOT A TALENT SHOW.ONE OF OUR, UH, MOST EXCITING PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS OUR COLLEGE TOURS.
UM, WE TOOK, UH, IN THE SPRING, WE TOOK 37 STUDENTS, UM, UH, FROM COLLEGE TOUR.
FALL, WE TOOK 33, TOOK THEM DOWN TO TEXAS A M COLLEGE, PRAIRIEVIEW UNIVERSITY, UM, SAM HOUSTON UNIVERSITY.
AND SO WE BASICALLY GOT A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE COLLEGE, COLLEGE TO EXPERIENCE.
UM, WE WENT TO TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY.
UH, OUR TOUR GUY WAS ACTUALLY A STUDENT, A GRADUATE STUDENT, SOUTHERN, UH, PSYCHOPATH HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, HE'S ACTUALLY, UH, IN GRAD SCHOOL THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO THE STUDENT GOT, GOT INTO THE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE OF WHERE YOU CAN COME FROM, WHERE YOU CAN BE.
SO THAT'S THOSE KIND OF EXPERIENCES THAT WE WANNA SHARE WITH STUDENTS.
AND SO THERE WAS, I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HIM THERE.
SO THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.
UM, AGAIN, WE WORKED WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND INITIATIVE.
UM, THEY WAS, WE PROVIDE THE TRANSPORTATION.
THEY BOUGHT THE FOOD FOR THE STUDENTS WHILE THEY ACTUALLY GET, GOT A CHANCE TO KEEP THE CAMPUS, UH, THE CAMPUS CAFETERIA, UH, WAY BACK.
SO THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IS REALLY, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WELL, SO THE STUDENTS CAN EXPERIENCE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY THEY MAY NOT HAVE.
UH, ONE OF MY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY IS OUR TEAM TECH CENTER, UM, WHICH IS PARTNERSHIP WITH BEST BUY.
UM, MATTER OF FACT, ME AND MY COWORKER JUST GOT BACK FROM MINNESOTA FROM CONFERENCE.
AND SO WE GOT A CHANCE TO, TO MEET OTHER, UH, TEAM TECH CENTER MANAGERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
INSIGHT
UH, WE ALL KNOW WHERE THE WORLD'S GOING TO.
UM, AND SO WE KIND OF GIVE THEM, EXPOSE THEM TO, UM, PROGRAMS SUCH AS, UM, ALL GIRLS DRONE, UH, ALL GIRLS DRAMA CLASS, UM, TEEN HUNDRED PERCENT CLASS, UH, DJ CLASSES, SOCCER CLASSES IN YOUNG STEM PROFESSIONALS, WHICH IS AN ALL GIRLS CODING CLASS.
AND THE, UM, TEEN TECH CENTER IS OPEN FROM, IT'S OPEN FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THROUGH THIS, UH, 12 TO 17 YEARS OLD.
AND THIS SUMMER WE ALSO, WE DO AN ANNUAL GEE SQUAD EVENT, WHICH IS TWO DAY EVENT, BEACH SQUAD ACADEMY WITH BEST BUY.
COMES OUT, BRING THEIR STAFF, AND THEY, WE SUPPORT, THEY SUPPORT THE TEAMS, UM, FOR A TWO DAY EVENT.
SO IT REALLY WORKS THAT, AGAIN.
ANOTHER, OUR, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR FACILITIES THAT WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF IS OUR COURSE TODAY, BOXING GYM.
UM, IN THIS PROGRAM, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT COLLEGE PROGRAM, UH, WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT COME IN EACH DAY AND WORK WITH THE STUDENTS, UM, ON INCREASING SKILLS IN BOXING.
UM, THEY GO ON TOURNAMENTS, UM, AND PARTICIPATE IN ACROSS, NOT EVEN LOCALLY, BUT ACROSS THE NATION.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD, UM, SOME OF OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL, NATIONAL TITLES AND JUNIOR OLYMPICS, UM, AND KANSAS CITY.
UM, SO WE HAVE ABOUT, ACTUALLY ABOUT 15 BOX OF TOURNAMENT PER YEAR.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A FREE, UH, EIGHT WEEKS SUMMER PROGRAM THERE EACH YEAR AS WELL.
SO, UM, AND, UH, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, OUR NEXT, UH, COLLECTIVE PROGRAM IS OUR ABOUT, ABOUT ROY PROGRAM.
THE COACH, PATRICK PATRICK HAMMERMAN FACILITY MENTIONED SHE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF HELPING THIS PROGRAM DRUG DEVELOP, WANT THANK HER AND HER STAFF.
BUT, UH, MR. HAMMER BROUGHT THIS PROGRAM TO US, UM, BECAUSE HE WANTED TO EXPOSE STUDENTS TO EXPOSE DIVERSE POPULATION OF STUDENTS THROUGH ROWING, UM, AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE THERE FOR THEM.
SCHOLARSHIPS, UM, TRAVEL, UM, AND LEARNING HOW TO ROW, LEARNING HOW TO USE, UH, URBAN MACHINES, WHICH IS PRACTICAL ROW MACHINE THAT THEY HAVE TOOK INTO SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN, IN DISD CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL, THE COLLEGE, UM, AND SEVERAL OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO GO INTO THEIR PE CLASSES, UM, AND LEARN HOW TO PRACTICE ON A ROPE BEFORE THEY GET ONTO THE WATER.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO GROW THIS PROGRAM AND WORK WITH
UM, IN FACT, THEY JUST, I JUST GOT WORD FROM JODY TODAY THAT THEY CAME BY, UM, USUALLY LAST WEEK AND BROUGHT ABOUT 50 STUDENTS TO THE TOUR.
UM, B ROY CLUB ALSO CAME TO OUR TEEN LATE NIGHT PROGRAM TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE PROGRAM.
SO WE CAN START RECRUITING MORE STUDENTS.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE BEEN TASKED TO, UH, TRY TO COME BACK SOME OF THE VIOLENCE THAT GOING ON IN THE SUPER BLOCK AREA OF OAK CLIFF.
UM, SO THE PROGRAM IS CALLED BEYOND THE BLOCK.
WE ARE WORKING WITH FOUR OH CLIFF AND INTERCONNECTOR, UM, TO PROVIDE US ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, UM, TO COMBAT STREET VIOLENCE, GAIN ACTIVITY, UH, STUDENT ABSENTEEISM.
UM, ON AVERAGE A-A-D-I-S-D STUDENT MISS ABOUT EIGHT 18 DAYS
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A YEAR.UM, SO THAT, SO WE TRYING TO GET INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, GET INTO THE HOMES AND FIND OUT WHY ARE THESE STUDENTS MISSING, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THE FAMILIES, SUPPORT THEM THAT CAN BE IN CLASS, BECOMES ACCESSIBLE ADULTS.
SO WITH THIS, UH, BEYOND THE BLACK PROGRAM, UH, WE ARE, ARE GONNA BE WORKING AT, WE TARGETING, UM, A FEW SCHOOLS IN THE OAKLAND AREA.
UM, BRIDGE, DOUGLAS CLIFF, OR THE HEART PLEASANT GROVE.
AND THESE, THESE LOCATIONS ARE LOCATED NEAR THE FOLLOWING REC CENTERS, UM, IN THOSE AREAS.
SO WE CAN WORK WITH THOSE REC CENTERS AND SCHOOLS AND PARENTS.
UM, SO WE CAN KIND OF COME, COME BACK SOME THE THINGS GOING ON IN
SO, BUT WE JUST HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY TO FORMALIZE SOME, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ING THE YOUNG BLACK PROGRAM, WHICH PILOT PROGRAM.
UH, SO THIS IS SLIDE JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU GUYS SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH,
UM, SO I WANNA JUST KIND SHOW YOU GUYS SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH IN THIS, IN THIS SPOT.
IT NEEDS SOME OF OUR ALL ACCESS PASS, UH, S UH, MOVING FORWARD.
SOME, SOME OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT, UH, FOR GROWTH.
UM, WANTING TO INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE, OUR DAILY ATTENDANCE, UM, OUR DAILY PROGRAMMING.
UM, WE WANNA DO THAT BY USING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN THE TEAMS TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE TEAMS. THAT'S GONNA BE OUR MAIN THING THAT WE TRY TO REALLY FOCUS ON, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEENS, REALLY CAN'T CONNECT WITH THEM.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH MENTOR CONNECTORS, WE ARE GOING INTO MADISON.
WE'RE GOING TO KIMBALL GOING TO THOSE SCHOOLS AND MEET WITH THE TEACHERS, MEET WITH THE STUDENTS SO THAT WE CAN LET THEM KNOW THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.
UM, WE EXPAND ON OUR, UH, OUTREACH EFFORTS WITH OUR, OUR PARTNERS, UM, AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, UM, USE THAT DATA SO THAT WE CAN SECURE FUTURE FUNDING FOR OUR, TO INCREASE OUR PROGRAMMING, UM, AND RESOURCES.
WE CAN REACH AS MANY TEAMS AS POSSIBLE.
OUR NEXT STEPS, UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, FURTHER TO DEVELOP OUR PILOT PROGRAM BEING ON THE BLOCK, UM, TO REDUCE ABSENTEEISM.
UM, THEN EVENTUALLY SERVE COMMUNITIES WITH SPECIFIC PARTNERS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
INCREASE OUR DAILY TEAM PROGRAM OFFERINGS, FOCUSING ON YEAR ROUND PROGRAMS. UM, THEN WE ALSO, ONE SPONSORSHIPS, UH, ENHANCE OUR PARTNER.
ENHANCE OUR PARTNERS FOR LATE OUR LATE NIGHT PROGRAMS. UM, THEN WE WANNA STRENGTHEN EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS, SECURE NEW PARTNERS, UM, FOR THE DALLAS PARKS RECREATION PARK, OUR PRESENTATION.
UH, FIRST THE CHAIR RECOGNIZED DIRECTOR JENKINS.
THANK YOU, UH, MR. CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UH, FIRST I WANTED TO THANK, UH, MR. YOUNG, MR. BAKER AND ALSO MR. ROSS, UH, FOR TAKING A LEAD ON THE TOPS PROGRAM.
AND ALL THE STAFF HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE TOPS PROGRAM.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S VERY IMPACTFUL.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU AS A BOARD WANTED US TO LAUNCH A COUPLE YEARS AGO SO THAT WE COULD FOCUS MORE TEAM ACTIVITIES AND REACHING THE, THE HEARTS GROUP TO REACH
AND, BUT I ALSO WANT TO FOCUS ON THE BEYOND THE BLOCK PROGRAM THAT WAS MENTIONED.
AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, THE TEEN GUN VIOLENCE THAT'S HAPPENED THERE ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, WE WANTED TO PUT A FOCUS THIS YEAR AND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS IS HOW CAN WE PLAY A ROLE IN COMBATING SOME OF THAT TEAM VOWS THROUGH PREVENTION PROGRAMS. UH, WE KNOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY FOCUS ON INTERVENTION.
HOW CAN WE KEEP THEM FAILING, GOING DOWN THE ROAD OF COMMITTING ANY TYPE OF BALANCE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING A LOT MORE RESOURCES IN THIS AREA.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE EXPANDING THE PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THE RIGHT DATA.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE PROGRAM IS BEING EFFECTIVE.
AND THE REASON THEY STARTED IN OAK CLIFF AREA, IN, IN THOSE PARTICULAR ZIP CODES, 'CAUSE THOSE ARE THE ZIP CODES.
THEY HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST ABSENTEE RATES AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF GUN VIOLENCE.
SO WE WILL BE EXPANDING TO OTHER AREAS.
WE KNOW WE HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS, A COUPLE OTHER AREAS WE'LL BE EXPANDING TO.
UH, WE KNOW FOREST
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THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR TARGET AREAS.UH, WE KNOW OE DALLAS, WORKY YARD, THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF OUR TARGET AREAS, DEALERS, IS WE CONTINUE TO KEEP INVESTING IN THE PARK AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE MOST RECENT SHOOTING AT GLENDALE PARK, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO, THIS IS WHAT A RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.
THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT DATA TELLS US WE'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL.
AND WE KNOW ONE OF OUR BIGGEST METRICS IS GOING TO BE, OR TWO, WORKING WITH DI MEAN, WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ARE WE SEEING THE ABSENTEE RATE COME DOWN? AND TWO, THE BIGGEST METRIC FOR US IS ARE WE SEEING THE TEAM BALANCE NUMBERS COME DOWN? SO INSTEAD OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT TRYING TO DO IT ALL, WE HAVE RECOGNIZED WE CAN'T DO IT ALL.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO, WE CAN BE THE CONDUIT WORKING WITH ALL THESE NONPROFITS.
'CAUSE WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE HAVE 43 REC CENTERS IS LOCATED IN EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY.
AND HOW CAN WE BE THE CONDUIT, BE THE ADMINISTRATOR WORKING WITH ALL THESE NONPROFITS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE RESULTS WE ALL WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND THAT IS TEAM VALUES AND REDUCE THOSE NUMBERS.
SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND ALL THE NONPROFITS.
I WANT TO COMMEND ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ADVANCE.
WE ARE GOING TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT TOGETHER.
NEXT WE'LL GO, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, MR. SLAUGHTER.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MR. YOUNG, UH,
YOU GOTTA HAVE CONCERN CITIZENS LIKE MR. WOODS GOTTA HAVE CONCERN, NON-PROFITS, LIKE MENTOR AND CONNECT.
BUT ALSO, NOT ONLY AM I PRO STAFF, YOU CAN TELL WE HAVE THE BEST DEPARTMENT IN WORLD COURSE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TAKING ON A TASK.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO THROW THEIR HANDS UP ABOUT THESE KIDS.
UH, THE GUN VIOLENCE, UH, THE
GET IN A FIGHT, WE WOULDN'T GET A GUN.
WE WERE AFRAID TO SIT ON OUR MOTHER'S CAR BECAUSE WE KNEW THE CONSEQUENCES.
BUT I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO SEE THE ENTHUSIASM FROM NOT ONLY OUR, OUR DIRECTORS AND I, UH, PEOPLE LIKE STEVE AND RYAN AND AND CRYSTAL, BUT THE STAFF, YOU GUYS REALLY GENUINELY CARE.
AND IT IS SUCH A BLESSING TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE YOU WORK FOR THE CITY.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO NO BAD KIDS WITH YOU,
I LOOK LIKE THIS AND GREW SISTER.
SO GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU.
I, I SAID VERNON YOUNG, WHO WAS MY GOOD FRIEND IN PERMITTING, GET OUR PERMITING.
BUT VERNON PALIN, WHO IS, IS ALSO WAS A REC KID AND NOW LEADING THIS PROGRAM.
I GREW, I GRADUATED FROM MADISON HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? FROM
AND SO I'M RIGHT THERE FROM THE SOUTH.
SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY.
MADISON TROJAN, I DON'T LIKE YOU.
I, HEY, YOU GOTTA LEAVE THE TROJAN ALONE.
BUT MADISON TROJAN, THAT'S, THAT'S MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT I GREW UP AT, SO YOU GO, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, UH, MS. THE CHAIR REQUEST.
OKAY, WELL, I'M GONNA, I'M A ALS BULLDOG BULLDOGS ARE IN THE HOUSE.
UM, I, I THINK THESE ARE WONDERFUL THINGS.
I'M A CLUB KID OF THE EAST DALLAS BOYS CLUB AT THE TIME BECAUSE GIRLS WERE ALLOWED IN THERE.
UM, SO THIS IS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY.
UM, I'VE BEEN A LOT OF, UH, WORK WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOR YEARS WITH TOPS AND TO ALWAYS SEE IT WITH, UM, OUR, WITHIN OUR, OUR CITY OF DALLAS IS INCREDIBLE.
UM, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION DURING THE YEAR, UM, OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, AND, AND HAVING US AS PART BOARD MEMBERS COME TO SOME OF THESE.
UM, I ALWAYS THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HAVE, UH, TEAMS HAVE REAL ROLE MODELS THAT THEY CAN LOOK UP TO.
NOT SAYING THAT I'M REAL, BUT SAYING THAT I CAN GIVE 'EM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
UM, SOMETHING THAT'S ATTAINABLE, UM, THAT THEY CAN FEEL LIKE THEY CAN REALLY ASPIRE TO BE.
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UM, AND SO I, I WOULD LOVE TO BE MORE IN THE LOOP, UM, OF NOT JUST TODAY, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT DURING THE YEAR HAVE MORE OF, YOU KNOW, UH, A PRESENCE AND, AND, AND LETTING US COME OUT AND, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON THE GROUND.SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
YOUR COMMITMENT, REALLY HELPING OUR YOUTH, UM, ATTAINABLE GOALS AND TO FEEL GOOD AND TO KNOW THAT THERE'S THE SAME PLACE AND AN OPEN DOOR, UM, TOO.
WELL, IF YOU FREE THIS SATURDAY WEEK, YOU GUYS HAVE A FLYER ON YOUR DESK.
WE HAVE ANOTHER PROGRAM REAL QUICK, SO COME BY.
NEXT, UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES MS. MCDON.
I, I, I'VE SAID LIKE A LOT OF INTRODUCTIONS HAPPENING AT THESE EVENTS AND WHATNOT.
I KNOW MY NAME'S DIFFICULT, SO I'LL JUST GONNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW AGAIN AS IF IT WAS GANN.
UM, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU BOTH.
I'M JUST REALLY INSPIRING TO HEAR THIS PRESENTATION TODAY.
JUST THE DEPTH OF THE PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS.
THE, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT INTERESTS THAT IT COULD COVER IN THE, IN THESE KIDS, AND I THINK THAT'S, UM, WELL, THE DEPTH OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT EXIST, THE SLIDE THAT YOU SHOWED THERE.
UM, I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE
AND, AND I'M HAPPY THAT THAT'S ON THE RADAR.
UM, AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GOING OFF OF
I THINK FINDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IS REALLY POWERFUL.
IT'S GREAT WHEN THEY JUST HAVE, PERHAPS THERE'S SOME CONNECTION THERE, ESPECIALLY IF THE PROGRAMMING AGENTS AND SOME OF THE KIDS DON WANT DO THINGS THAT THEY CAN BE RECONNECTED, UH, OR STAY IN CONNECTION TO THE KIDS WHO ARE COMING THROUGH THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ALSO GIVING, GIVING KIDS THE AGENCY THAT YOU MENTIONED, RIGHT? LIKE LETTING THEM PLAN SOME OF THE THINGS AS OPPOSED TO BEING SUBJECTED TO WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM.
GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SCHOOL AND, AND, AND DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE TOLD THAT THEY HAVE A FUTURE IN WHICH THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS AND CREATE STUFF.
AND GIVING THEM KIND OF A TASTE OF THAT AND EXCITEMENT OF, I THINK IS REALLY POWERFUL IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU OFFER 'EM, YOU KNOW, IMAGINE THE ONE PROGRAM, UM, SIMILARLY, UH, THE PAY WORKING, GIVING THEM THE EXPERIENCE OF CREATING THEIR OWN FUTURE FOR THAT, THEIR FELLOW TOO.
SO I REALLY ENJOYED THOSE BITS OF ENCOURAGING.
UH, NEXT, UH, MS. MOND, UH, SO GOOD, GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING US ALL THE WORK YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING.
UM, THREE POINTS FOR ME AND I'LL, I'LL SHUT IT DOWN ONE, JOHN, THANKS FOR SAYING WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE CONVENE.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT OUR SPACES ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.
THAT IS WHAT, AS A CITY AND NOT TO DO IT.
ALSO BRING ALL THE PARTNERS TOGETHER.
I LOVE TO SEE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS.
WE CONTINUE BEING THE CONVENER.
WE CANNOT DO IT ALL AS A CITY, BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE SPACE.
THAT'S WHY WE ALL DO WHAT WE DO.
SO YOU GUYS CAN DO WHAT YOU WILL DO.
UM, AND THAT'S ALSO WHY, YOU KNOW, JUST SPEAK ABOUT BUDGET LATER.
THAT'S WHY I ADVOCATED AND I SAID, WELL, WE PRIORITIZE WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK I FEEL LIKE WE DO AS A COLLECTIVE.
SO, UM, JUST KNOW THAT I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR YOU ALL AND WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING IN SOUTHERN
I DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK THREE MY FRIENDS FROM A LONG TIME AGO.
THEY HAVE BEEN ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH AND BEEN WORKING IN THIS SPACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE YOU GUYS CONSISTENCY AND STICKING TO IT AND, UM, NOT GIVING UP.
'CAUSE THEY REALLY ARE, ARE OUT THERE WITH YOU.
THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD IS IF YOU GUYS PUT SOME NUMBERS IN HERE SO WE CAN JUST SEE LIKE THE IMPACT OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S GREAT WORK, BUT I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO WHEN WE START HAVING THOSE STAR CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE HORSESHOE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WELL, THIS PROGRAM IS TOUCHING X AMOUNT OF YOUTH IN THIS WAYS.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT CAN TELL WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T FOLLOW THEM FOREVER, BUT YOU HAVE THOSE PARTNERS THAT CAN, YOU CAN PRODUCE THOSE NUMBERS.
I THINK THAT WOULD JUST AMPLIFY THIS AS IT LEAVES OUR HANDS.
AND EVEN THOSE CITY COUNCIL'S HANDS AS AROUND I BEING THE THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU ALL THEY WORK ON.
NEXT, UM, GOOD CHAIR, MR. DICK.
UH, I JUST WANT TO AGREE WITH WHAT MS. HAMMOND SAID.
I THINK THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO.
THIS YOUTH OUTREACH CHANGES LIVES, IT'S HUGE.
AND WITH DIRECTOR JENKINS MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE
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OF DATA AND ALSO ON THE PARTNERSHIPS.AND, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND OR SOME UPDATED INFORMATION ON, UH, PAGE 15.
IT'S THE BACHMAN ROLLING OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S THE FIRST EVER INITIATIVE WITH THE PARTNER PATRICK NER.
AND IT'S, IT'S VOLUNTEERS, UH, RECREATION CENTER BASED GOING PROGRAM IN THE CITY AT BACHMAN.
AND THEY'VE DONE SOME AMAZING THINGS.
I'LL JUST GIVE YOU SOME, SOME DATA ON JUST WHAT MS. HAM WAS SAYING.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF NUMBERS THAT MATTER JUST LAST WEEK.
BUT THEY MANAGED TO GET A, A, A GRANT, A HUGE NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE GRANT TO GET ROWING MACHINES THAT THEY COULD PUT INTO DALLAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR KIDS TO BE ER MACHINE THROWING MACHINES TO BE INTRODUCED TO ROWING.
JUST LAST WEEK, THEY'VE DONE FOUR OUTREACHES IN DALLAS, ISD SCHOOLS.
UH, THEY HAVE THREE OF 'EM AT BACHMAN LAKE AND ONE AT WHITE ROCK LAKE, UH, WHERE THEY WOULD GO AND SEE ROWING.
BUT IN THE SCHOOLS, 25 KIDS FROM KIMBALL, 45 KIDS FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON AND 35 FROM BRIAN ADAMS JUST LAST WEEK GOT INTRODUCED TO ROWING AND THESE MACHINES WITH THIS INITIATIVE, IT'S AN ENORMOUS IMPROVEMENT OVER OUR OUTREACH THAT WE'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH ROWING IN THE CITY BEFORE.
RIGHT NOW, AS WE SPEAK, KIDS FROM NEW TECH HIGH SCHOOL ARE IN THE BACHMAN RECREATION CENTER DOING A CLINIC.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE 500 METER BIRD RACE AND THEIR WINTER'S GONNA GET SOME CHICK-FIL-A COUPONS AND THEY'RE GONNA GO DOWN TO THE DOCK THAT, THAT PATRICK NAR.
HIS GROUP IS INSTALLED AT BACHMAN WITH COOPERATION WITH THE CITY AND THE DALLAS WATER DWU TO GET A DOCK THERE FOR ROWING.
THEY'VE GOT ROWING, THEY'VE DONATED BOATS THAT ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, LIKE 15 BOATS ARE NOW PARKED AT BACHMAN FOR THE KIDS TO USE.
SO THEY'RE BRINGING THESE KIDS IN.
AND THEN AFTER AT NOON, THEY'RE GONNA GO ACROSS THE LAKE TO THE DALLAS ROWING CLUB, GET A TOUR THERE.
'CAUSE DALLAS ROWING CLUB IS VERY HELPFUL.
AND THOSE KIDS CAN NOW CHOOSE BETWEEN THE
THIS IS ENORMOUS GOOD, WONDERFUL WORK THAT PATRICK KANER AND HIS PEOPLE ARE DOING.
IT'S GROUNDBREAKING, IT'S LEGACY.
NOW, MAYBE ONLY THREE OR FOUR OF THOSE KIDS WILL END UP IN ROWBOATS, BUT 40 IN THE PAST, 40% GIRLS WHO PARTICIPATED IN MY SCHOOL ROWING HAVE GOTTEN TITLE ONE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, LOT OF COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS COMING OUT OF THE CLUBS AT WHITE ROCK.
SO WE'RE BRINGING 'EM OVER TO THE NORTHWEST DALLAS DEPARTMENT AND THANKS SO MUCH TO CRYSTAL ROSS AS DIRECTOR JEAN FOR THEIR STRONG SUPPORT, THIS PRO, THIS PROGRAM.
THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MR. MCG.
DO YOU RECOGNIZE MR. WOOD? UM, I APPRECIATE THE, THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO.
UM, AND I, ON ONE SECOND TRYING TO SEE YOU GUYS AND I'M MISSING YOU ALL.
I CAN'T SEE, ALLS I STARTED TO SEE IS SOME CRAZY SCREEN.
UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR HARD WORK.
UM, AFTER A A, A PROGRAM REDUCES BY $400,000.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING, NOTHING LESS THAN A MIRACLE TO, UH, CONTINUE TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE CONSIDER ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, OUR KIDS.
BUT YET WE CUT THE BUDGET BY 400,000.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON STAFF WHEN THEY HAD A $400,000 BUDGET, BUT I KNOW NOW BRANDON AND VERNON, UM, ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO HOLD UP THAT SHIP, UM, AT A, ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET AND MAKING PARTNERSHIPS WITH MR. REEVES AND ALL OF THEM, WHICH IS GREAT.
UH, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO REINVEST IN THIS.
I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS TAKING CARE OF OUR SENIORS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE, THIS IS THE GROUP THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE CARE OF THE YOUNG FOLKS AND THEN THEY MOVE INTO A, A, A POSITION WHERE, YOU KNOW, AN AWKWARD TEAM AND THEY NEED GUIDANCE IN THAT PORT.
OR AT THAT POINT, WE CAN'T LET THEM GO BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE LOSE A LOT OF KIDS.
AND, UM, WE START SEEING A LOT MORE VIOLENCE.
SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON AND, YOU KNOW, GET OUR BEARINGS BACK IN AND GROW THIS PROGRAM AND GIVE BRANDON AND BRANDON THE SUPPORT THEY NEED, UM, TO GROW THIS INTO A LARGER PROGRAM, UM, THAT ISN'T JUST FIT INTO THE, UH, REC CENTER AS A GENERAL, BUT AS
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A STANDALONE PROGRAM THAT IS VERY VITAL TO OUR CITY.SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO, AND THANKS FOR, UH, KEEPING IT AFLOAT.
NEXT, WE, UM, CHAIR DR. NEWMAN.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING WITH THE PROGRAM.
I THINK YOU ARE BUILDING THE BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE.
UH, YOU ARE DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO FORWARD.
I AM ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT PARTNERSHIPS DO FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU EXPOSE THEM TO NEW ENVIRONMENTS, WHAT THAT DO FOR THEM.
YOU OPEN THEIR EYES, YOU ALLOW 'EM TO SEE, AND THEN THEY GROW.
YOU THEN TURN AROUND AND ALLOW THEM TO CREATE A YES I CAN ATTITUDE.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MEAN, I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH.
UH, DIRECTOR JENKINS FOR ALSO FOR BEING, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
UH, IT IS IT JUST BEING A NEW MEMBER ON THIS BOARD.
UH, I'VE HEARD OF A LOT OF PROGRAMS, BUT THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO ME BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT, UH, UH, IT DOES FOR FOLKS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, AS OTHERS.
AND SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONTINUE TO BUILD, CONTINUE TO REACH OUT AND BRING AS MANY PARTNERS IN AND EXPOSE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN.
GOT THE MOVEMENT AND, AND, AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES REALLY DID HIT IT, THAT THIS IS A VERY VITAL PROGRAM TO WHAT WE DO AS A YOUTH ORGANIZER.
AND, AND, AND WE TALK YOUTH SPORTS.
IT'S ALWAYS THAT THREE TO 12-YEAR-OLD GROUP.
WE GET TONS OF KIDS, TONS OF PARENTS INVOLVEMENT THAT ALL THE PARENTS ARE THERE AND THEY HELP YOU AND THEY DO ALL KINDS STUFF.
BUT ONCE THEY GET TO 13, THEY GET TO THAT SEVENTH GRADE, THERE'S A DROP OFF.
AND, AND, AND JUST HAVING THIS HERE, IT IS ONE OF OUR MOST VITAL PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, SENIORS IS ONE OF OUR VITAL PROGRAMS. WE GOTTA KEEP THEM ACTIVE, KEEP 'EM ENGAGED, TEENS, KEEP 'EM AND KEEP 'EM ENGAGED.
THEY, THEY GO TO SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, 18 DAYS OF, UH, UH, A STUDENT IS 10% OF SCHOOL MISS EVERY YEAR.
IT'S JUST, THAT'S THE AVERAGE.
THERE'S SOME THAT ARE MISSING MORE THAN THAT.
SO IT'S REALLY VITAL THAT THIS PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL.
THAT'S THE YOUNGER KIDS ARE ALWAYS GONNA GET ACCESS TO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO OR HOW, WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE PROGRAMMING, BUT JUST HAVING THE TEAMS INVOLVED IS REALLY OUR KEY FACTOR TO WHAT WE, HOW WE CAN MAKE BETTER, BETTER KIDS.
AND I'LL TELL YOU A PERSONAL STORY.
I'M INVOLVED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND RECENTLY WE WE'RE GETTING READY TO TAKE KIDS TO UT AUSTIN TO HAVE A VISIT.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE ABOUT 156 KIDS, UH, ME AND THE, THE SCHOOL TEACHERS AND I GOT 'EM INVOLVED AND THEIR EIGHTH GRADERS GOING TO SEE GOING TO FRESHMEN.
SO THERE WAS A KID THAT WASN'T GONNA GO.
AND I SAID, WHY AIN'T YOU GOING? HE SAYS, 'CAUSE MY DAD SAID I'M NOT GOING TO COLLEGE ANYWAY.
WHY AM I GONNA BEAT HIS DAD? I CALLED THAT DAD UP AND I TOLD HIM, THAT'S NOT THE THING TO SAY TO THIS KID.
AND WE HAD A BIG CONVERSATION.
NOW HIS SON'S GOING, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SCHOLARSHIP HIM TO GO TO THAT TRIP.
I SAID, YOU GOTTA ENCOURAGE KIDS TO WANNA GET A HIGHER EDUCATION, WHETHER IT'S COLLEGE OR A, A TRADE, RIGHT? SOMETHING WITH YOUR HANDS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SMART WITH YOUR HANDS.
AT LEAST YOU GOTTA TRADE, YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
SO THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY VITAL TO WHAT WE WANNA DO IN OUR SOCIETY TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS ARE INVOLVED IN, IN, IN FINDING THAT JOB AFTER HIGH SCHOOL OR AFTER COLLEGE.
SO, KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR GETTING THIS PROGRAM GOING.
AND THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE SHOULD CUT.
WE SHOULD ENHANCE IT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT MONTH'S GOING.
I KNOW WE, EVERYBODY, WE NEVER WANNA CUT YOUR PROGRAMS, RIGHT? AND THAT'S, THAT'S EVER CAME.
BUT OUR BUILDINGS, OUR FACILITIES, PMOS, SENIORS AND TEENAGERS, IT IS REALLY OUR CORE OF WHAT WE DO.
YOU KNOW, AND EVERYTHING ELSE FINDS A HOME.
YOU KNOW, EV PEOPLE FIND MONEY TO GET THEIR KIDS WHEREVER THEY NEED TO WHEN THEY'RE YOUNGER.
BUT THIS IS, THIS IS OUR CORE REALLY IS WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
JR ALREADY GAVE THAT DAD AN OFFER HE COULDN'T REFUSE.
YEAH, IT WAS A, IT WAS A HARD PART WE HAD, BUT YOU KNOW, HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE, SO I WAS REALLY UPSET AT HIM.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TO OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT THING, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND DO A PROCEDURE.
UH, WE DON'T KNOW IF WE MESSED UP ON THE PROCEDURE.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF IT NOW SO WE DON'T HAVE TO REVISIT OUR NEXT MEETING.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO, UH, UH, APPROVAL OF APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR APRIL 17TH, 2025.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. POTTER? SECOND.
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ANY DISCUSSION ON FAVOR, SAY AYE.ALRIGHT, NOW MOVING THROUGH OUR NEXT BRIEFING, UH, C-A-C-A-P-R-A UPDATE AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
MR. RYAN O'CONNOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND MS.
MR. SO WE'VE GOT, UM, TWO VERY IMPORTANT INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON THIS YEAR, UM, STARTING VERY, VERY SOON.
WE WANTED TO UPDATE THE BOARD ABOUT THOSE IN GREATER DETAILS.
SO I'M JOINED BY ROBIN SCHNEIDER, WE ALL KNOWN SHE'S A LONG TIME WONDERFUL EMPLOYEE, THE PARK SYSTEM, CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT PARTNER WITH THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES GROUP.
SHE'S GOING THE
AND THEN ON TRANSITION, AND I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO AS WE START, UM, THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE NEW TO THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE HEARD THIS ACRONYM BEING THROWN AROUND A LOT AT CAPRA.
UM, SO WHAT IS CAPRA? IT'S THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION'S, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT THEY ESTABLISHED IN 1993 CALLED THE COMMISSION FOR ACCREDITATION OF PARK AND RECREATION AGENCIES.
AND THEY DELIVER QUALITY ASSURANCE, UM, AND IMPROVEMENT TO PARTNER RECREATION, PARTNER RECREATION DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
IT'S THE ONLY NATIONAL ACCREDITATION OF PARTNER RECREATION DEPARTMENTS AND IT'S A GREAT, UM, AND VALUABLE MEASURE OF A DEPARTMENT'S OVERALL QUALITY AND OF THEIR OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY.
NOW, OUT OF, UM, APPROXIMATELY 10,000 PARK AND RECREATION AGENCIES IN THE COUNTRY, ONLY 213 ARE ACCREDITED.
UM, SO THAT PUTS US IN SOME PRETTY RARE COMP RARE COMPANY.
SO, UH, THE BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT HELPS US DEMONSTRATE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MEETS NATIONAL STANDARDS ARE BEST PRACTICES.
WE'RE HOLDING OURSELVES TO A PARTICULAR STANDARD.
UM, AND IT HELPS RECOGNIZE A COMMUNITY, A GREAT PLACE, PLACE TO LIVE.
IT HELPS US SECURE EXTERNAL FUNDING SUPPORT, UM, WHICH ULTIMATELY CAN REDUCE COSTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT HOLDS US ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND ENSURES THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE TO THEIR NEEDS AND ENSURES THAT ALL STAFF ARE PROVIDING QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE.
SO FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AND STAFF, IT PROVES TO OUR DECISION MAKERS THAT WE'RE OPERATING WITH, UM, WITHIN THE BEST PRACTICES THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP FOR THE PROFESSION, INCREASES OUR CREDIBILITY AND CAN HELP, UM, IMPROVE THAT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FUNDING AND IMPROVES JUST OUR OVERALL OPERATIONS AND INCREASES, INCREASES EFFICIENCY AND ENHANCES OUR STAFF TEAMWORK AND PRIDE BY ENGAGING ALL STAFF IN THE PROCESS.
AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE REALLY EXPANDED THE PROCESS OF STAFF INVOLVEMENT IN CAPRA.
UM, AND IT DOES CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR REGULAR REVIEW OF OUR OPERATIONS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, UM, PROMOTING CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE OF CAPA STANDARDS, THERE ARE 154 STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET.
WE MUST MEET THEM IN ORDER TO, UH, BECOME ACCREDITED AND TO MAINTAIN ACCREDITATION AS WE ARE IN OUR SECOND RE-ACCREDITATION PHASE.
WE WERE INITIALLY ACCREDITED IN 2016.
WE WENT THROUGH REACCREDITATION IN 2021 AND ARE NOW, UH, SEEKING OUR SECOND REACCREDITATION FOR 2026.
WE HAVE TO MEET 112 OF THE 118 NON FUNDAMENTAL STANDARDS FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, WHEN WE GOT OUR INITIAL ACCREDITATION, WE MET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STANDARDS, AND WE MET ALL OF THEM, WHICH WAS KIND OF A RARITY, ESPECIALLY FOR A LARGE DEPARTMENT, UM, LIKE OURSELVES.
AND AT OUR FIRST YEAR ACCREDITATION, WE ALSO, UM, MET ALL STANDARDS, I FEEL LIKE.
FELT LIKE MY, UH, MIC WENT AWAY FOR A SECOND.
AND THEN, UM, THE, ON THE SECOND SIDE OF THE SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE STANDARD SECTIONS.
IT'S BROKEN UP INTO 10, 10 TOPICS.
AND IN BRENDA STATES IS THE NUMBER OF STANDARDS IN EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS.
SO IT COVERS, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST, UM, OUR CORE SERVICES OF MAINTAINING OUR PARKS, UM, PROVIDING PROGRAMS. IT REALLY DIGS INTO EVERY ASPECT OF OUR OPERATION.
SO THE FIRST SECTION IS ABOUT OUR AGENCY AUTHORITY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY.
UH, SECTION TWO COVERS PLANNING.
UH, THREE IS ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION.
WE HAVE HUMAN RESOURCES, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES MANAGEMENT FACILITY AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SECURITY, RISK
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MANAGEMENT, AND EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH.SO IN ORDER TO RESPOND TO ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS ON THESE STANDARDS, WE LOOK NOT JUST WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING, WE ALSO LOOK TO THE BROADER CITY, UM, AND UTILIZE THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY HAS FOR US.
SMALL DEPARTMENTS MAY HAVE TO DO THEIR OWN RISK MANAGEMENT AND SOME OF THEIR, UM, HANDLE SOME OF THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, ENTIRELY BY THEMSELVES.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE, UH, RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENTS THAT COVER A LOT OF THESE THINGS WHERE WE CAN USE, UH, THE CITY'S EFFORTS AS EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE MEETING OUR STANDARD, BUT THEN ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE SPECIFIC INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE TAKING AT A DEPARTMENT LEVEL, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING THE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE.
ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE STANDARD.
I DON'T, DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BE ABLE TO READ IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF DEMONSTRATE THE BREADTH AND DEPTH THAT EACH ONE OF THESE, UH, GOES INTO.
SO THERE'S ONE, THIS EXAMPLE IS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY POLICY AND PROGRAM, AND THE LITTLE IMAGES BELOW.
AND THAT IS THE NARRATIVE THAT WE WROTE TO RESPOND, UH, TO THAT STANDARD.
SO THEY LAY OUT WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE STANDARD.
THEY GIVE US SOME SUGGESTED EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE, AND THEN WE RESPOND TO THAT WITH A NARRATIVE, UM, WHICH, UH, IS FULL OF HYPERLINKS TO ALL OF OUR EVIDENCE.
SO OUR EVIDENCE MAY BE ANYTHING FROM A POLICY, A PLAN, UM, A WRITTEN, UH, AGREEMENT, TRAINING RECORDS THAT WE MAY HAVE, UH, PHOTOS OF ACTUAL EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL COMPLIANCE.
SO WE DO THIS FOR ALL 154 STANDARDS.
SO IT'S QUITE A, QUITE A PROCESS.
NEXT, I WANNA JUST, WE HAVE A, A SHORT VIDEO FOR YOU THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, A R HE'S SAYING, DICKIE, YOU CAN READ LIPS.
I'LL TALK THROUGH MY LAST CAPRA SLIDE WHILE THEY'RE, WHILE THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT.
SO IN YOUR HAND US SLIDE SEVEN.
UM, WHAT DOES CAPRA MEAN TO US? UM, TO US IT MEANS WE REPRESENT THE BEST OF THE BEST.
ONLY 2% OF PARK RECREATION AGENCIES ARE ACCREDITED.
AND NOT ONLY ARE WE ACCREDITED TO MEET EVERY SINGLE STEP, UM, IT GIVES OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS CONFIDENCE IN OUR OPERATIONS, UM, THAT WE ARE, WE ARE, UH, UPHOLDING THE BEST PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, UM, IN THE COUNTRY.
IT DEMONSTRATES CREDIBILITY WITH OUR PARTNERS, REGIONAL PEERS, AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND IT SETS US APART FROM OTHER PARK AND RECREATIONS RECREATION AGENCIES FOR RECRUITING STAFF.
I, I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN WORKING FOR AN AGENCY THAT'S ACCREDITED AND, UH, A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS OUT THERE WOULD ENJOY WORKING FOR AN AGENCY THAT OPERATES AT THE LEVEL.
AND I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE ONE POINT ROBIN MADE.
SO IT WAS A REAL POINT OF PRIDE FOR US WHEN WE INITIALLY WENT DOWN THE CAPA ROAD, UH, BACK IN 2015.
AND IT WAS A VERY DAUNTING TASK.
UH, WE WERE
BUT THE THING THAT I REALLY LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT IS, AS A DEPARTMENT, WE HAD, WE USED SO MANY STAFF RESOURCES AND REALLY WHEN EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER AND WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE WAS WE WERE THE FIRST BIG, UH, CITY DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT HAD MET ALL OF THEIR STANDARDS ALL BACK THEN.
IT WAS 151, MET ALL 151 STANDARDS IN THEIR FIRST GO GO ROUND TO CAPRA.
AND WHEN WE, AS ROBIN MENTIONED, WHEN WE WERE RE-ACCREDITED, WE CONTINUED TO MEET EVERY SINGLE STANDARD.
SO THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, CAPRA'S A PRETTY EXCLUSIVE CLUB, RIGHT? IT'S ONLY 2% OF AGENCIES, UM, ARE ACCREDITED, BUT WE ARE EVEN A LITTLE MORE EXCLUSIVE IN THAT, IN OUR TWO GO AROUNDS WITH
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CAPRA, WE HAVE MET EVERY SINGLE STANDARD.SO WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG DEAL TO, TO US AS A DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE, UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO GO DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN, IT'S A, IT IS A TON OF WORK.
UM, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A REWARDING PROCESS WHEN YOU GET THAT VALIDATION THAT YOU ARE ADHERING TO BEST PRACTICES AND YOU ARE ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE ELITE, UH, DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IT'S OUR EXPECTATION WE'RE GONNA MEET ALL OF 'EM AGAIN THIS YEAR.
YOU WANNA GO KEEP ON THAT ROLE.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE A TEAM OF, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED WITH JUST THREE PEOPLE DOING THIS AND, AND IT WAS AN ALL CONSUMING PROCESS FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF THAT WE WORKED ON IT.
UM, WE WENT THROUGH OUR FIRST RE-ACCREDITATION WITH THE SAME SMALL SIZE TEAM.
UH, WE HAD HAD SOME ADVISORS, UH, ARE THE ONES, WE'VE WORKED ON IT PREVIOUSLY WITH A, A SMALL TEAM.
AND THIS YEAR WE ARE REALLY EXPANDING IT.
UM, WE HAVE OVER 50 STAFF THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE CAPRA PROCESS.
AND THIS IS PART OF US LIVING CAPRA ACCREDITATION AND HAVING IT INFUSED AT ALL LEVELS OF STAFF AND ALLOWING, UM, STAFF AT ALL LEVELS TO HAVE INVOLVEMENT IN IT.
UM, AND IT ALSO HELPS BUILD OUR BENCH FOR THE FUTURE TO HAVE MORE STAFF THAT ARE EXPOSED TO THIS AND REALLY HAVE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS AND WHY WE DO IT.
YEAH, I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S, IT'S REALLY AN ELEMENT OF SUCCESSION PLANNING FOR US.
THE TWO OF US SITTING AT THIS TABLE AREN'T GONNA BE HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, A A LONG AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO GET THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE OTHER YOUNGER STAFF MEMBERS A PART OF THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THE AMOUNT THAT YOU LEARN ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT WORKING ON CAPRA IS UNBELIEVABLE.
IT MIGHT BE THE BEST COACHING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITY YOU CAN HAVE AS A PARTNER REC STAFF MEMBER BEING A PART OF THE PROCESS.
SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REACHING OUT, WE'RE GRABBING A LOT OF NEW STAFF MEMBERS.
WE GONNA BE PART OF THE PROCESS SYSTEM.
ARE WE DOING ON THE VIDEO? ARE WE, NO, NO.
SO TRANSITIONING, UH, TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO, SO THIS IS A, A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING IS SOMETHING I'M PARTICULARLY PASSIONATE ABOUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS AGAIN, BEEN SOMEWHAT OF A LEADER IN COMPREHENSIVE, GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS WITH THE RENAISSANCE PLAN.
SO WE'RE ABOUT TO GO DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN, UH, WITH THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING EFFORT.
AND FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE SUPER FAMILIAR WITH WHAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, IT'S REALLY KIND OF A, IT'S KIND OF A GUIDING DOCUMENT.
IT'S A, IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT, THAT IDENTIFIES BIG MOVES FOR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THROUGH A PROCESS.
AND THAT PROCESS TYPICALLY INVOLVES HEAVY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY.
IT INVOLVES, YOU KNOW, A SURVEY, STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY.
SO IT'S, IT'S DOING RESEARCH ON, YOU KNOW, SAY FOR THEM TO PUT THE PRESENTATION BACK UP ON THE SCREEN AND THEN WE CAN WATCH THE VIDEO AT THE END.
BUT IT IS A, YOU KNOW, IT IS A, IT IS A PROCESS THAT YOU, THAT THE CONSULTANTS AND STAFF GO THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, DO A LOT OF RESEARCH, BEST PRACTICES, ALL THAT SORT OF THING, AND, AND CONDENSE ALL THAT EFFORT DOWN INTO BIG MOVES.
UM, AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY SERVES AS COMPREHENSIVE PLANS KIND OF SERVE AS UMBRELLA PLANS FOR ALL THE OTHER MASTER PLANS THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH.
THINGS LIKE THE AQUATICS MASTER PLAN, THE TRAIL NETWORK MASTER PLAN.
SO IT'S THAT, IT'S THAT KIND OF GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT MOVES US IN A DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS.
JUST PUT THE SLIDES BACK UP AND WE CAN WATCH THIS AT THE END.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER POINT TO NOTE ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IS THEY DO POSITION US FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GRANT OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, ANOTHER FUNDERS HAVE ADOPTED THE KIND OF RULE TO HAVE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AS A GRANT REQUIREMENT.
THAT'S A RELATIVELY NEW THING, BUT, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A, A FRESH PO PLAN TO POSITION US FOR, FOR THOSE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO KIND OF LOOKING BACKWARDS FOR JUST A MINUTE.
SO WE HAVE, UH, THIS DEPARTMENT HAS REALLY HAD TWO SIGNIFICANT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING EFFORTS.
UM, STARTING WITH THE RENAISSANCE PLAN, WHICH WAS INITIATED IN 2000, WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, ADOPTED, I BELIEVE IT WAS 2002, 2001, 2002.
AND THAT WAS THE FIRST REAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THIS DEPARTMENT WENT THROUGH.
AND WHAT IT DID WAS, THE OVERALL GOAL OF THAT PLAN WAS TO RECOVER THE PARK SYSTEM FROM YEARS OF UNDERINVESTMENT THROUGH THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES.
IT CREATED OUR FIRST NEEDS INVENTORY THAT POSITIONED US FOR SUCCESSFUL 2003 AND 2006 BOND PROGRAMS. IT REALLY IDENTIFIED THE
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NEED FOR US TO REALLY LEAN INTO PARTNERSHIPS.YOU KNOW, OUT OF THAT PLAN CAME THE, THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE SIOUX, UH, TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER, ALL OF THE, THE DOZENS AND DOZENS AND DOZENS OF FRIENDS GROUP AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE, THOSE WERE ALL OUTCOMES.
THAT 2002 RENAISSANCE PLAN, MOVING FORWARD TO 2016, WHICH WAS REALLY KIND OF PUT TOGETHER IN 2014 AND 2015, ADOPTED BY THE BOARD IN JANUARY OF 2016, THAT KIND OF MOVED THE NEEDLE EVEN MORE FORWARD FROM THE RENAISSANCE PLAN.
IT STARTED TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT IS THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN PARKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS EVIDENCED BY PROJECTS LIKE HILLCREST VILLAGE GREEN.
IT LOOKED AT, UM, IT LOOKED, IT STARTED TO REALLY LOOK AT PARK ACCESS, YOU KNOW, AND OUT OF THAT PLAN CAME THE COOL SCHOOL INITIATIVE THAT REALLY HELPED US MOVE THE NEEDLE ON, YOU KNOW, GOING FROM 58% TO THE 75%.
UM, IT BEGAN TO, TO, TO HAVE US FOCUS ON DIVERSIFYING OUR REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.
PARKLAND DEDICATION CAME OUTTA IT.
SO IT'S THESE BIG KIND OF INITIATIVES, UM, THAT COME OUT OF THE PROCESS THAT WE WORK ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO KIND OF MOVE THE, MOVE THE DEPARTMENT FORWARD.
LOOKING AT WHERE WE ARE TODAY, THE 2026, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO WE HAVE A FEW DESIRED OUTCOMES, UM, THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, ACHIEVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT I'VE DESCRIBED.
YOU KNOW, THE FIRST BEING WE NEED, WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO REALLY SHINE A LIGHT AND PUT FOCUS ON FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.
WE KNOW THAT THE GENERAL FUND IS BURDENED, UM, TODAY WITH PENSION ISSUES, WITH, WITH THE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, HIRE POLICE OFFICERS.
AND SO WE AS A PARK SYSTEM NEED TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN MONETIZE WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, PERHAPS IN NEW WAYS TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR BUDGET WITH RELYING LESS UPON THE GENERAL FUND MOVING FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE EX WE'VE EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN OUR BUDGET OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT WE SEE THAT BEING RELATIVELY FLAT, UH, FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
BUT WE KNOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GROW TO AT LEAST KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.
SO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THESE STRATEGIES THAT ARE GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
UM, NUMBER TWO, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THAT FUNDAMENTALLY WE ARE IN COMPETITION FOR TAXPAYERS WITH OUR SUBURBS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO LIVE THE PLACES THEY LIVE, IT'S TYPICALLY AROUND JOBS AND FAMILY, UM, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IN THE PARK SYSTEM, WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG ROLE TO PLAY THERE.
YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE, IF WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES, IF WE ARE PROVIDING AMENITIES, IF WE ARE PROVIDING ATTRACTIONS, PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS ON WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE BECAUSE OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DE WE DEFINE IN THIS NEXT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHAT ARE THOSE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE REALLY MEANINGFUL TO PEOPLE TODAY AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE.
AND IDENTIFYING THESE PERHAPS COOL NEW THINGS THAT, UM, THAT WILL GIVE PEOPLE REASONS TO LIVE IN DALLAS.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK ABOUT, UH, WHAT GRAND PRAIRIE HAS DONE WITH THE SUMMIT AND WITH THE EPIC, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, THEY HAVE KIND OF SET THE NEW STANDARD FOR AQUATIC FACILITIES AND RECREATION FACILITIES.
WE NEED TO BE THINKING LIKE THAT.
WHAT ARE THESE NEW THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE, UH, CONTEMPLATING AS IDEAS TO GIVE PEOPLE REASONS TO LIVE HERE BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO LEAD RESIDENTS TO OUR SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S GONNA BE A, A, A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE FOR US AS THE CITY MOVING FORWARD.
SO THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE ELEMENTS, UM, THAT WE INTEND TO LOOK AT, UH, THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE THEM LISTED THERE.
UM, OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS, PROGRAM ANALYSIS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BRIEFING WE JUST, WE JUST HEARD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ANALYZE, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE NEW PROGRAMS. WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY LOOKING FORWARD, NEW PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES, OUR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.
WHAT ARE THESE KIND OF NON-TRADITIONAL REVENUES THAT WE COULD, THAT WE COULD BRAINSTORM AND TRY TO PUT FORWARD.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, A MAJOR ELEMENT OF ANY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO THE COMP PLAN GIVES YOU THE BIG IDEAS.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS THE ROADMAP TO GET YOU TO ACHIEVE THOSE BIG IDEAS.
SO IT'S A SERIES OF STRATEGIES AND TASKS THAT WE AS STAFF UNDERTAKE TO HELP US MEET THOSE BIG IDEAS THAT WERE LAID OUT IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE THE TIMELINE THERE.
UM, WE ARE STILL IN A ACTIVE SOLICITATION PROCUREMENT
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FOR THIS PLAN, BUT WE SEE THAT, UM, THAT CONCLUDING SOON AND HAVING A CONTRACT COME FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION BY BOARD OF COUNCIL.AND THEN WE SEE AN ADOPTION OF THE PLAN, UH, SOMETIME PROBABLY LATE NEXT YEAR.
AND THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE BRIEFING.
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTION OR IF WE WANTED TO TRY TO SHOW THAT VIDEO.
I, ONE WAY WE GET FOR EQUIPMENT.
BEING SUPER ACCREDITED REALLY ENSURES THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS AND IN THE RIGHT WAYS.
IN ACCREDITED, WE REALLY GOTTA VERY ORGANIZATION TO
SO WE REALLY MADE A VIGOROUS STANDARD THAT SETS APART FROM OTHER RECREATION ACTUALLY AND LEARNING WE, BUT X, THAT X COMES FROM STANDARD.
WE WANNA BE A VERY COMMUNITY HERE IN HEON AND
THIS PART, THE EVERYDAY UH, THE ACCREDITATION STANDARD SHOWN THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN COMING INTO OUR PROGRAM AND HOW WE SERVE OUR RESIDENTS BACK TO SAY WE HAVE THE BEST TO WHICH BEST SERVICES
THEY'RE GETTING ALL PILLAR WITHIN RPA AND THAT'S REALLY BACKED UP THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROCESS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'RE GETTING GOOD SERVICES, THEY'RE GETTING A CERTAIN LEVEL YOU MAY NOT GET IF YOU'RE NOT GOING THROUGH PROCESS, NOT REINFORCING OF 140 STAGE INVESTMENT MARK FROM RECREATION AND ACCREDITATION ALLOWS US TO BE ON PAR.
AND I WOULD EVEN IMPOSE AS MUCH TO SAY THAT SOMETIMES ABOVE SOME OF THOSE OTHER BLACK COMMUNITY SERVICES, WE'RE IN THE COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.
AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT ACCREDITATION AND THE PROCESS HELPS US BE BETTER KNOWING ELECTED OFFICIAL, VERY ACCREDITATION.
BECAUSE IF YOU WERE THE MAYOR OR ACCOUNTABLE PERSON, WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW OFF THEIR COMMUNITY?
AND EVEN THOUGH WE GET AN AWFUL LOT OF INFORMATION FROM A CITIZEN
IT'S AN ASSURANCE TO OUR RESIDENT THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THEM WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY STANDARDS AND ONGOING REQUEST TO BE THE BEST OF THE FUTURE.
THE NETWORK OF OF NOW HAVING ACCREDITED AGENCIES IS GROWING AND GROWING EVERY YEAR.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY AGENCY TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE SELF-ASSESSMENT TO EXPLORE THE BENEFITS OF ACCREDITATION OF PROCESS ITSELF IS A STEP TOWARDS IMPROVEMENT.
ACCREDITATION, THAT CREDIBILITY, UH,
SMALL BIG AGENCY, YOU'RE ALL GOING THROUGH THE SAME DANGERS AND THE SAME PROCESS.
YOU GO THROUGH THIS AND YOU PULL EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE DIRECTOR, ONE ADMINISTRATOR LEADING IN CHARGE.
IT REALLY DOES PERSISTENCE OF EXCELLENCE AND SENSE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
BUT I THINK IT REALLY GROWS THIS COMMUNITY WITHIN YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION INDUSTRY.
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MORNING.UM, SO FIRST QUESTION IS, HOW DOES THIS PLAN PLAY INTO LIKE, THE PLANS THAT, UM, DOES EVERY SO OFTEN? THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MM-HMM
SO, SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AGAIN IS THE KIND OF UMBRELLA PLAN.
SO THE STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE A NEW PLAN THAT, THAT IDENTIFIES TASKS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WILL HELP TO MEET THESE OBJECTIVE, MEET THESE BIG, UH, GOALS THAT WILL BE IDENTIFIED.
SO WHAT WE BRING TO YOU TODAY WILL LOOK DIFFERENT ONCE WE HAVE THIS NEW PLAN IN PLACE BECAUSE THE STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE REALLY DETAILED AND WILL BE MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES TO ACHIEVE THE NEWLY DEFINED GOALS THAT WILL COME OUT OF PROCESS.
SO GOING TO TRY TO SAY WHAT I THINK YOU SAID IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
DOES THIS PLAN, THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LIVE ON TOP OF THE PLAN THAT JOHN WANTS US TO PRODUCE? OR DOES JOHN'S PLAN LIVE ON TOP AND THIS PLAN FALLS UNDER, SO THIS PLAN WILL LIVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
SO THIS IS THE 30,000 FOOT THAT'S RIGHT.
AND IT WILL BE ADOPTED BY A BOARD AND COUNCIL, HOPEFULLY.
AND, UM, HOW MUCH IS THIS PLANNING? ONE PLUS, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ANSWER TO THAT YET.
WHEN WE DID THE 2016 PLAN, I WANNA SAY IT WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 400,000.
SO I THINK THE EXPECTATION COULD BE AROUND THAT NUMBER PLUS.
UM, SO HERE ARE JUST MY CONCERNS.
SO I'M A LITTLE LEERY, AS YOU STATED.
DALLAS LOVES TO PLAN, LOVE A GOOD PLAN, BUT IMPLEMENTATION IS WHERE WE FAIL, UM, A LOT OF TIMES.
SO I'M REALLY GOING, WHEN, WHEN YOU GUYS GET IT, I'M GOING TO BE WEIGHING WHAT ARE WE PLANNING FOR? BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING, WE, WE CAN PUT BEAUTIFUL THINGS ON A SHEET OF PAPER, BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO FLY THE PLANE WHILE WE'RE BUILDING THE PLANE, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
WE HAVE THESE BIG IDEAS AND THEN BOTTOM FALLS OUT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE IN CONSTANT 2017 AND 2020.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY IN A PLAN WHERE WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PLANNED OUT.
AND SO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE BRINGING AND WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT, SO I MEAN, AS FOR ME, PRIORITY, LIKE JUST WITH THE LAST PRESENTATION, MY PRIORITY LIST IS KEEPING THE THINGS WE HAVE GOING AND MAKING SURE WE'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY QUICK FORWARD WHAT WE SPEAK TO SUPPORT.
AND THEN I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID THOUGH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT LIKE, WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO COMPETE AGAINST MIXED OTHER CITIES IN OUR SUBURBS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT I JUST THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO GET OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR PACE.
AND I, AND I MEAN INFRASTRUCTURE AS AN ORGANIZATION, AS A DEPARTMENT TO WHERE WE CAN BUILD A BIG PLANE AND FLY WHAT WE'RE STILL IN PLAN TO DO FOUR.
SO I'M JUST A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN WE SPEND ALMOST A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON, OR MAY SPEND HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON A PLAN.
AND WE HAVE PLAYGROUNDS THAT AREN'T FINISHED THAT WE PROMISED IN 2017 TRAILS THAT AREN'T FINISHED.
WE HAVE THINGS EVERY WEEK THAT SOMEONE'S SEEN NOT FINISHED.
AND I KNOW THOSE ARE DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF MONEY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT I JUST THINK FROM A PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, JUST A REGULAR CITIZEN, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THINGS SIMPLE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, EXECUTING ON THE PROMISES THAT WE HAVE.
'CAUSE ONCE YOU GOING UP TO A COMMUNITY AND SAY, WE WANNA PUT TOGETHER A BEAUTIFUL PLAN, AND IT'S LIKE, YEAH, BUT WHERE'S THE STUFF YOU PROMISED LAST? SO I, I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND THAT'S A, IT'S A EXTREMELY VALID POINT.
BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO BOTH.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GONNA DO IN OUR LONG 100%, BUT AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE MOVING FORWARD.
IF WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE SLOWLY DYING.
AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD IS THROUGH A, IS THROUGH A PROCESS AND A PLAN TO IDENTIFY WHERE IS IT WE'RE TRYING TO GO.
AND WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD, THE COUNCIL TO DEFINE WHAT THOSE BIG, BIG PICTURE THAT ARE.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING YOU'RE SAYING.
I JUST THINK FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT, WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ON PLANNING WHEN WE HAVE SO MUCH WE HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED.
I THINK THAT'S IRRESPONSIBLE AS A FISCAL BODY THAT IF WE HAVE ISSUES SAYING, WELL WE CAN'T BUILD YOUR THING, BUT
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WE'RE GONNA GO SPEND $500,000 TO PLAN, THAT'S HARD FOR ME TO SELL TO MY COMMUNITY OR ANY, I WOULD THINK ANY OF US, TO ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY.SO, BUT I AGREE, WE HAVE TO BE FORWARD THINKING, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT TO WHERE WE CAN DO BOTH.
SO MS, I WOULD JUST SAY I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I THINK WE GOING, WE HAVE TO DO IS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, BECAUSE I KNOW FOLKS HERE, FOLKS THAT CREATE A PLAN AND, AND THEN THE PLAN IS ON THE SHELF.
WHAT WERE THE DELIVERABLES THAT'S, AND I KNOW WE ONLY PUT A COUPLE EXAMPLES HERE, BUT I NEED TO MAKE SURE PTE, WE NEED TO LIST THE DELIVERABLES.
'CAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF DELIVERABLES FROM THE 2002.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DELIVERABLES FROM THE 28, I MEAN THE 20 15 16 PLAN BECAUSE EVERYONE THINKS THAT IT'S JUST A PLAN.
MY THING ABOUT THE PARK DEPARTMENT, WHICH WHICH REALLY DOES SET US APART FROM ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THAT, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THESE PLANS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE DELIVERED DIVIDENDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO THE RENAISSANCE PLAN NOW THAT FIRST IN 2002, WHAT OUR PARK SYSTEM LOOKED LIKE, THAT RENAISSANCE PLAN IS WHAT DELIVERED US TO THE PARK SYSTEM WE HAVE TODAY.
AND THEN WE HAD TO GO BACK WITH THE 1516 BECAUSE THE RENAISSANCE PLAN REALLY TRULY ON THE FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARTNERSHIPS.
AND WE HAD TO REALLY FOCUS NOW ON THE 1516 WAS LIKE, WE NEED TO GET TO THE, ONCE AGAIN, LIKE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD GREAT ON INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON RECREATION CENTERS AND THE PROGRAMMING THAT GOT IMPLEMENTED.
SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE GO FURTHER, WE HAVE TO SHOW WHAT WAS THOSE DELIVERABLES FROM THOSE PLANS.
BECAUSE THE PUBLIC REALLY DO BELIEVE THE CITY HAS, WE PRODUCE PLANS THAT DON'T DELIVER, BUT THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS LIVED AND DIED ON THESE TYPE OF STRATEGIC PLANS.
AND I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN.
IT'S LIKE PRIOR TO THAT 2016 PLAN,
WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE THE NEEDLE IN A POSITIVE WAY TO WORK ACCESS.
BECAUSE, BECAUSE THESE PLANNING EXERCISE TO SHINE A LIGHT ON BIG ISSUES, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A DIRECTION OF STAFF THAT WE FOLLOW.
AND SO THAT DIRECT OUTCOME OF THAT EFFORT WAS MOVING A NEEDLE FROM 58% PARK ACCESS TO, I THINK OVER 75 LAST YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THEY'RE REALLY TANGIBLE THINGS THAT COME OUT OF THESE, THESE, UH, THESE PLANS THAT MOVE OUR DEPARTMENT FORWARD IN REALLY SIGNIFICANT WAYS.
UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE, WHAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, UM, LOOKING AROUND AND SEEING WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, FACILITIES REVIEWED, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SOFTBALL FIELDS IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE ON NEWS.
WELL, IS THAT BECAUSE SOFTBALL DIED AND I KNOW THAT THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR 2016 SORT OF HAD A, THESE, THESE ARE THE POPULAR SPORTS, THESE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING DOWN AND NOBODY SAW PICKLEBALL BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IN THERE, BUT WHO COULD, RIGHT? SO I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE, BUT UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE, I'M SURE YOU WILL, BUT, UH, A REVIEW OF FACILITIES AND LIKE, IS THIS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS? I STILL A MYSTERY TO ME WHAT HAPPENED TO GIRLS SOFTBALL, BUT SOMETHING DID.
AND WE, SEVEN OF US CAME ON THE BOARD IN 2017.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS REALLY SORT OF FRESH OFF THE PRESS AND WE GOT COPIES, I GOT A COPY, I TAB THE HECK OUTTA MY COPY AND, UH, WAS BACK LOOKING AT IT AGAIN THIS MORNING BEFORE I LEFT THE HOUSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF DELIVERABLES MENTIONED.
THERE ARE GOALS, UH, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'D LIKE TO DO.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO ASK, TO WHAT DEGREE, IF ANY, ARE WE GOING THROUGH THAT POINT BY POINT TO DO A SORT OF A AFTER ACTION SELF EVALUATION OF WHAT, WHAT DID WE GET, WHAT DID WE DO AND DIDN'T WE DO, UH, AS A INFORMATIVE, BASICALLY AFTER ACTION REVIEW BEFORE WE SPEND 400,000 NOW? SO ROBIN CAN CORRECT ME ON THE PERCENTAGES, BUT I WANNA SAY OUT OF THE, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY, BUT THERE WERE A BUNCH OF OBJECTIVES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS
I WANNA SAY WE WERE 86 TO 90% OF THE ITEMS THAT
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HAD EITHER BEEN COMPLETED OR WERE UNDERWAY TO SOME DEGREE.THERE WERE SOME THAT JUST WERE NO LONGER APPLICABLE.
AND YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAYS, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLANS WERE A POINT IN TIME, BUT ARE ALSO MEANT TO BE KIND OF LIVING DOCUMENTS.
AND AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE THE TRINITY RIVER STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE THAT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T COME TO PASS THE LGC WAS FORMED AND THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT, UM, THE, THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN WERE, UH, WORKED ON IN, IN VARIOUS WAYS, EITHER COMPLETED OR UNDERWAY.
THEY BRINGING THE WONDERFUL AND I JUST ASKED.
YEAH, AND WE, AND, AND, SORRY, SORRY MR. V, BUT WE DID, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN, BUT WE CAN SEND IT AGAIN.
BUT WE DID PROVIDE A, UH, A REPORT ON THE, UH, ALL THE ITEMS, UH, THAT WERE INCLUDED, THAT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND KIND OF WHAT THE STATUS AND THE COMPLETION WAS.
BUT WE CAN SEND THAT OUT AGAIN.
I I THINK WE SENT THAT OUT MAYBE FEW MONTHS AGO.
AND, UM, SORRY, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING SEEN IT.
UM, I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
UH, UH, ARE THERE ENOUGH COPIES LEFT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR 2016 FOR ANY BOARD MEMBER WHO WANTS TO SEE IT AND LOOK AS TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THAT WAS TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE? 'CAUSE IT'S VERY
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH COPIES FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS ONE HERE? I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE TOXIC SLAB.
UM, ALONG WITH THE RENAISSANCE PLAN, IF YOU WANT SOME LIGHT READING.
SAID LIGHT READING RENAISSANCE PLAN VOICE.
I WANNA SAY IT WAS TWO THREE RING BINDERS.
I THINK MR. MR. DKE GET THROUGH ABOUT A DAY OR SO.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SHARE, UM, MEMBER HAMMOND'S CONCERNS
I'VE HAD PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THAT, WITH THE THEATER MASTER PLAN OR BREAK TRAINING, FOREST MASTER PLAN, UM, EVEN MILITARY, UH, PARKWAY CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN DEALING NOW AND, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE SPENDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
BUT I THINK THE, THE TECHNICAL PROBLEM WITH THOSE PLANS IS THAT THEY ALWAYS RESOLVE IN A REALLY BIG IDEA THAT REQUIRES TENS OF MILLIONS OR HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO EXECUTE.
UM, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS KIND OF PLAN, IT IS MORE OF A STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT'S ABOUT PRIORITY SETTING AND LIKE WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH WHAT WE HAVE FORWARD THINKING SO THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM MAKING DECISIONS ON THE FLY IN A REACTIVE WAY THAT ARE MORE COSTLY THAN THE PROACTIVE DECISIONS THAT WE COULD BE MAKING.
SO WE THINK, I THINK ALONG NOWHERE WHERE TO GO KNOW TO SET, BUT THAT, THAT TONE, SO WE SPEAK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS OR AMONGST EACH OTHER.
THIS IS REALLY ABOUT CREATING EFFICIENCY AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING A PLAN FOR HOW WE'RE GONNA DEAL WITH SITUATIONS OR WHERE WE'RE GONNA ALLOCATE RESOURCES, WHETHER THERE TO BE SURPLUSES OR SHORTFALLS OR ANY OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
THINKING ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF SAY LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, FIRE, SO FOCUSING ON FIRE PREVENTION AS OPPOSED TO FIREFIGHTING, RIGHT? LIKE, HOW ARE WE GONNA DEAL WITH THESE THINGS? HOW ARE WE GONNA CREATE THESE EFFICIENCIES? HOW ARE WE GONNA SET OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS? AND THAT MEANS IT KIND OF, WELL, IF WE CAN RAISE AN EXTRA A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, LIKE HERE'S SOME REALLY COOL THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE ADDED TO THE SYSTEM.
SO I WOULD JUST KIND OF SEPARATE IT FROM THE CONCEPT OF ALL THE, THE PLANS THAT WE ARE ALL FRUSTRATED WITH, WITH IT SIT ON SHELVES THAT REQUIRE REALLY BIG ACTION, UH, TO MAKE SOMETHING PARTICULAR SPECIAL OCCUR IN THE FUTURE.
THAT THIS BEING ATTENTION, FOR EXAMPLE, I LIKE TO USE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ONE COMES BEST OR NOT, BUT I THINK ABOUT IT A LOT.
YOU KNOW, GETTING BACK TO THAT THEME OF FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, WHAT I WOULD HOPE WILL COME OUT OF THIS PLAN IS A SERIES OF STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS TO HELP US ACHIEVE BETTER FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY.
AND AN OUTCOME OF THAT COULD BE LOOKING AND THINKING ABOUT A RECREATION CENTER.
SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE A REC CENTER THAT HAS A PRIVATE ELEMENT OR PROFIT ELEMENT THAT SUPPORTS THE PUBLIC ELEMENT.
YOU KNOW, THE REVENUES CHURN RATE OVER HERE ARE SUPPORTING ALL THE TRADITIONAL RECREATION ACTIVITIES OVER THERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S DEFINING THOSE KIND OF BIG IDEAS, THOSE BIG THINGS, AND THEN IDENTIFYING THE STRATEGIES THAT CAN HELP US GET
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THERE USING RECREATION CENTERS AS AN EXAMPLE.UH, I AGREE HEARTED WITH, UH, GRADY AND ALSO MS. HAMMONDS.
UH, BUT NOT ONLY THIS IS A DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN.
YOU TALK ABOUT IT MAGNITUDE, ANY BUSINESS, UH, EMPLOYMENT, MIGHT AS WELL SHOOT YOURSELF A FOOT.
BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, AS MS. HAMMOND SAID, UH, IF THERE'S A PROJECT THAT'S PROMISE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE MONEY'S THERE AND IT NEVER HAPPENS AND THEY SEE YOU DOING OTHER THINGS FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THEY'RE WONDERING WHY AT LEAST IF WE CAN'T DO IT, I THINK WE SHOULD GO OUT AND GIVE THAT COMMUNITY AN, I THINK, UH, WE START DOING THAT HERE.
AND I, AND I LIKED THAT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE MY 2 CENTS LAST.
UM, I THINK THE CAPRA CERTIFICATION IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE.
UM, AS A WHOLE, IT, WHILE IT'S EXPENSIVE, UM, I THINK IT OPENS UP A LOT OF, UM, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THAT WE CAN GO AFTER, UM, THAT MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE, UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
SO IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE BEST OF THE BEST AND IT ALLOWS US TO, UH, GET SOME OF THOSE, UM, GRANT FUNDING.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK ON THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, HAVING THAT CERTIFICATION, WE'LL ACTUALLY OPEN UP MORE MONEY SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO MORE PROJECTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, UH, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, MINE THAT, YOU KNOW, NEEDS A WHOLE LOT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S.
UM, WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF PRIORITIES.
WE ALL HAVE A, WE ALL HAVE TO WAIT A LONG TIME FOR THINGS TO GET DONE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF, WE DON'T HAVE IRRIGATORS THAT'S FOR MS. BARBIE.
UM, BUT IN GENERAL, UM, WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WITH LIMITED STAFF, UM, AND THE PROCESS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HOOPS THAT THEY MAKE WILL GO THROUGH, UM, MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING TO GET PROJECTS DONE.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT AND WE CONTINUE THIS AND SIZE LARGE JACKET WHEN YOU, UH, DO GET CERTIFIED.
MY QUESTION, MY, I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN CERTIFIED NOW? THE ORIGINAL IS 2016.
OH, JUST BASICALLY EIGHT YEARS.
IT HAPPENS EVERY, YOU SAID EVERY FIVE YEARS OR IT'S FIVE YEARS.
YOU, ONCE YOU'RE ACCREDITED, IT'S GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS.
YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN, TAKES, IT'S ABOUT A YEAR TO PREPARE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW, 2025 EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT DUE TILL TWO SIX.
AND THIS, I THINK IT'S GREAT BEING ONE OF THE TOP CITIES RECOGNIZED THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT OR ONE OF THEIR STANDARDS, RIGHT? WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT ACROSS, UH, THE WHOLE NATION.
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT YOU STAY THAT CHANCE TO SPEAK AND I TALK ABOUT HOW, HOW GREAT OUR PARKS WERE AND, AND WHAT I'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND, AND BEING ACCREDITED REALLY DOES MEAN A LOT TO NOT JUST YOU GUYS, BUT MORE TO US BECAUSE WE CAN GO OUT THERE AND SHOW, TALK ABOUT AND SHOW UP ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE TOP CITIES AND YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WANT PARKS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND NO HOT HOLES, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S, WE GET THOSE THREE THINGS AND THEY FEEL, THEY FEEL GREAT ABOUT THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THIS.
UM, NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE, UH, BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.
NOW FOR OUR NON-ACTION ITEMS, UH, FIRST WE GOT THE PARK AND BOARD MEMBERS DAYS LIAISON REPORTS.
EVERYBODY HAS A REPORT? YES, SIR.
IT'S NOT QUITE A REPORT, IT'S TIM, IT'S OFFICIALLY LIAISON, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO MENTION, UH, A FEW YOU ALL THE SCISSOR TAIL AND COCKTAILS OF THEM.
THAT WILL BE WHAT MAY THE 14TH, SIX 30 TO NINE 30.
THIS IS A REALLY SPEC EVENT THAT WE PUT ON EVERY YEAR, UH, THAT FEATURES A NUMBER OF, OF CHEFS AND YOU CAN LIKE, WALK UP THE TABLE TO TABLE HAD SPEND WITH COCKTAILS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT'S, IT'S DESIGNED TO GATHER A LARGER AUDIENCE THAN OUR FALL.
UM, AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS, IS AGAIN, VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE IT, IT HERALD THE DEPARTURE OF CENTER DIRECTOR SHELLY, WHICH MANY OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH.
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IT'S REALLY HONORING CONTRIBUTIONS AND IMPACTS AND, UH, YEAH, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF SEEING MANY OF YOU THERE.IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME AND LET ME KNOW.
WELL, WE USUALLY DO COME ON BY BO YOU GOTTA BE THERE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TIME TO BE OUT OF TRACK.
UH, YEAH, THE DATE IS, UH, WEDNESDAY, MAY THE 14TH, SIX 30 TO 8:30 PM YEAH, AND THEN, AND AS I SAID, IT'S PRETTY
YOU KNOW, WE DANCE EVERY YEAR, BUT I'M USUALLY WE MOVING ON IT.
THERE'S A COUPLE HANDOUTS IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET TODAY.
UH, RIBBON CUTTING IN DISTRICT FIVE OR, UH, MR. WOOD, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT OR NOT, MR. WOOD.
BE, HAVE I THINK IT, I THINK IT'S A TREE PLANTING.
AND THEN, UH, ALSO OLD CITY PARK IS HAVING A SINGLE MILE FESTIVAL.
10 TO TWO O'CLOCK ON SATURDAY MAY SO BE GREETED.
SHOW LOVE CITY PARK, RIGHT? YEAH.
DID HE US TO COME OUT AND SHOW HIM SOME LOVE? THAT'D BE A, A GREAT EVENT TO BE AT.
COUPLE MORE, COUPLE MORE, SORRY.
AND THEN, UH, LIKE, UM, MR. VERNON MENTIONED BEYOND THE GAMES FOURTH CAMP IS THIS MAY 3RD.
SO I'D BE INTERESTED IN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TEAM.
IT'S AT, UH, A BIG SATURDAY AT J, UH, JK, RAF MK OR, UH, THIS SATURDAY AT JK, JJ RAF ON MAY 3RD.
THERE'S TWO OTHER EVENTS ON THAT LIST TOO.
AND FINALLY, UH, BO BIG BOW, WE GOT RIGHT HERE.
JAZZ AT THE GARDENS ON JUNE 7TH, COMING UP AT THE TEXAS DISCOVERY GARDEN.
UM, UH, ONE OF BO'S LOVES, HE LIKES TRACK, BUT HE ALSO LOVES TEXAS DISCOVERY GARDEN.
SO IF YOU CAN MAKE IT AND YOU NO ONE, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, I WOULD ALSO JUST DRAW OUT NATIVE, UH, PLANS AND PRAIRIE AT THE BATHHOUSE CULTURAL CENTER STARTING AT, UH, 10:00 AM ON SATURDAY.
BUT THEN JUST TO BE SURE ABOUT OUR AGENDA HERE, ARE WE NOT DOING NUMBER SEVEN ON DAY GO? JUST MAKING, SEEING OTHER REPORTS? SEEING OTHER REPORTS, UH, YOU DO BUSINESS.
ELAINE, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, MAY 15TH.
HEY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS, UM, TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT AND ESPECIALLY FANYA, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO FOR THE, UM, EVENT AT RIVER SEAN LAST WEEK.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE, TRULY SPECIAL.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK ONE OF MY VERY FIRST MEETINGS ON PARK BOARD WAS ABOUT RIVER SEAN, I THINK MAYBE MY FIRST ONE, UM, AND SIX, ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO.
SO THE FACT THAT WE GOT THERE AND, AND IT'S OPEN AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
SO, UM, FANA, YOU AND JESSE AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE DESERVE A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DID TO, TO PUSH THAT FORWARD AND SO DOES STAFF.
IT WAS A GREAT EVENT TO BE AT.
AND THE NORTH DALLAS WIN THAT DAY.
MADE IT REAL SPECIAL, I IMAGINE.
UM, SO OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS AT THE TUM ON THURSDAY, MAY 15TH, 2025 AT 10:00 AM.
UM, PLEASE DRESSED TO IMPRESS, THEY'RE GONNA BE TAKING PHOTOS, SO MAKE SURE YOU COME PREPARED TO, UM, TO TAKE PHOTOS.
SO IT WAS A DEMO PARTY? WE NO SIR.
UH, SO YEAH, THEY'RE ASKING US TO DRESS UP FOR THAT EVENT.
UM, I NOW ADJOURN THE, THE BOARD MEETING AT 1151.