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[South Dallas Fair Park Opportunity Fund Regular Board Meeting on May 19, 2025.]
A QUORUM.SO I WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE SOUND, DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS 6:02 PM I'LL START OFF WITH A ROLL CALL WITH MYSELF.
UH, MS. KIMBERLY SIMS. MS. CORLEY SIMS. MR. SHANE HALEY.
MR. BILL DAWKINS PRESENT MS. SHANA WISE, MS. SHANA WISE? MR. TRENT HUGHES PRESENT.
MR. CAR ENRIQUEZ PRESENT AND MR. JACK BUNNING.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM APRIL 28TH, 2025.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THOSE IN THEIR BOARD PACKETS.
ARE THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS, UH, COMMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS ON THAT? IF NOT, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE TRENT HUGHES, DISTRICT 12.
RODRIGUEZ, I HEARD MR. EN RODRIGUEZ FIRST, UH, UH, MOVED.
NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR THIS EVENING? MS. HEATHER? UH, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS RE REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF FISCAL YEAR 2025 SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT GRANT APPLICATIONS.
NOW THESE ARE APPLICATIONS THAT SCORED AT LEAST AN 80 OR HIGHER FROM OUR LAST CYCLE.
AND SO, UM, UH, MR. NICHOLAS, UH, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, UH, FOR A PRESENTATION OF, OR IS IT GONNA BE YOU, HEATHER? UM, I'LL KICK THIS OFF.
AND THEN BASICALLY WE JUST WANTED THIS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS.
SO WE'LL MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU RECEIVE THE FULL BOARD PACKAGE WITH LOTS OF INFORMATION.
UM, SO THE IDEA IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A DELIBERATE BODY, SO WE DON'T WANNA TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO DO, BUT WE DO WANNA GIVE YOU THE SCORES AND WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE WHERE OUR MONEY RUNS OUT, AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN JUST DISCUSS, AND THAT'S HOW WE STRUCTURED THE AGENDA.
SO THIS PART'S FOR DISCUSSION, AND THEN WE WILL GO ONE BY ONE AND VOTE ON EACH OF THE APPLICANTS.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE APPLICATIONS AS HEATHER MENTIONED.
UH, WE'LL HOLD ALL QUESTIONS, UH, UNTIL THE END OF THAT AND WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AROUND AND THEN WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE ENTITIES THAT APPLY, THAT SCORED 80 OR ABOVE, WHICH ARE ALL OF THESE.
AND, UH, WE WILL MAKE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ENTERTAIN MOTIONS ALONG WITH, UM, FUNDING AMOUNTS.
AND, UH, THEN SUBSEQUENTLY VOTE ON THOSE.
UM, IS EVERYBODY, UM, CLEAR ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I'M HEARING NONE.
SO WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, MS. HEATHER TO, UH, GO DOWN OUR LIST OF APPLICANTS.
YEAH, SO I THINK, AS NICHOLAS MENTIONED, WE HAD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVE AS A SCORE, AND THEN THE OTHER TWO SCORES WERE NICHOLAS AND MYSELF.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE FROM OUR GROUPINGS, THERE WERE THREE THAT KIND OF WERE THE TOP TIER RESPONSES THAT WERE SCORED A 90 OR ABOVE.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE DARKER GREEN COLOR.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $116,900 LEFT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND SO IF THE TOP THREE ARE FUNDED, WE CAN FUND THE AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB AT THE FULL AMOUNT REQUESTED.
WE CAN FUND AFTER EIGHT TO EDUCATE AT THE FULL AMOUNT REQUESTED.
AND THEN WE RUN OUT OF FUNDS FOR THE AIDS ARMS, UM, PROGRAM, WHICH IS PRISM NORTH TEXAS, AS THEY'RE DOING A PHARMACY PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO THEY WOULD BE FUNDED AT A $62,200 LEVEL.
UM, AND IF YOU WANT US TO GO THROUGH WHAT THE PROGRAMS ARE FOR THE TOP THREE, NICHOLAS IS HAPPY TO KINDA WALK THROUGH THAT.
THOSE ARE THE NEXT THREE SLIDES.
SO FOR THE, UH, SO THE AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB IS THE FIRST PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER.
UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR THEIR FALL 2025 ELEMENTARY
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PROGRAM LAUNCH.AND THEIR PROGRAM OVERVIEW IS, UH, THEY WILL LAUNCH A LITERARY LITERACY FOCUSED AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM SERVING 60 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS FROM PAUL DUNBAR LEARNING CENTER IN SOUTH DALLAS.
THE PROGRAM ADDRESSES CRITICAL EDUCATION GAPS BY PROVIDING DAILY LITERACY, INTERVENTION, ACADEMIC SUPPORT, NUTRITIOUS MEALS, AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.
SUCCESS WILL BE MEASURED THROUGH READING LEVEL ADVANCEMENT, ATTENDANCE RATES, AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT.
UH, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE MODELED AFTER A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM THAT OPERATES IN CHICAGO.
AND SO THAT'S THE AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CONTINUE TO THE NEXT ONE? YES, PLEASE.
THE NEXT IS AFTER EIGHT, TO EDUCATE.
UM, ALSO LOCATED WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA.
THEY RECEIVED A SCORE OF 90, AND THEIR GOAL IS TO INCREASE WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION AND READINESS.
UH, THEY OFFER UNSHELTERED YOUTH AGES 14 TO 21 WORKFORCE, A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM, WHICH IS A 10 WEEK PROGRAM WITH EIGHT COMPONENTS, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED WITH A GRANT FROM ANOTHER FOUNDATION.
UH, THEY PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT TO YOUTH, UH, AND HELP THEM SECURE VITAL DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR EMPLOYMENT, AND, UH, COVERS THEIR GED COSTS AND THE THIRD PROGRAM, EIGHT ARMS DOING BUSINESS AS PRISM HEALTH NORTH TEXAS.
AS HEATHER MENTIONED, THEIR PROJECT IS EXPANDING MEDICATION ACCESS IN SOUTH DALLAS.
THEIR SCORE WAS ALSO A 90, AND THEIR GOAL IS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES.
PRISM HEALTH NORTH TEXAS IS TRANSFORMING A NATIONALLY OPERATED PHARMACY INTO A LOCALLY OWNED COMMUNITY MANAGED PHARMACY IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS, WHICH IS A DESIGNATED PHARMACY DESERT.
UH, THIS INITIATIVE EXPANDS ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE MEDICATIONS, REDUCES ER VISITS, IMPROVES, UH, CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT, UH, INTE AND INTEGRATES PHARMACY SERVICES INTO THEIR PRIMARY CARE MODEL, UH, CREATING FIVE LICENSED HEALTHCARE PHYSICIANS.
UH, THEY'RE SEEKING $80,000 WITH AN $80,000 MATCH TO SUPPORT INVENTORY, TECHNOLOGY, MARKETING AND OPERATIONS.
I THINK WE HAVE, UH, SLIDES AND, AND FEEDBACK FOR ALL EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SCORED THE 80 OR ABOVE.
COULD, LET'S JUST GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE PLEASE.
WE, WE HAVE, UH, SLIDES FOR ALL EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, SO LET'S GO, JUST GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE.
THE NEXT PROGRAM IS TOGETHER WE THRIVE.
IT RECEIVED, UH, AN 87 REVIEW SCORE.
UH, IT'S FOR THEIR TOGETHER WE THRIVE SUMMER MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHICH ESSENTIALLY OFFERS A PROGRAM THEY ALREADY OFFER THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR AND EXTENDS THAT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING $20,000, UM, AND THEY SEEK TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES.
THE TOGETHER WE THRIVE SUMMER MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM AT RESOURCE CENTER ONE IN FAIR PARK, UH, PROVIDES CERTIFIED LIFE COACHING AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TO D-I-S-D-I-S-D STUDENTS, UH, THROUGH DAILY MENTORSHIP, ENGAGING SEL ACTIVITIES AND MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP BUILDING STUDENTS GAIN CONFIDENCE, IMPROVE COMMUNICATION, AND STRENGTHEN EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE.
THE PROGRAM ADDRESSES SUMMER LEARNING LOSS, ENHANCES SCHOOL READINESS, AND PROVIDES STUDENTS A SAFE, ENRICHING SPACE DURING THE SUMMER DAYS.
THE NEXT PROGRAM IS, UH, VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, TEXAS.
UH, THEY RECEIVED A REVIEW SCORE OF 87, UH, FOR THEIR CAREER PATHWAYS PROJECT.
THEY'RE REQUESTING $118,000 AND $818,400.
UM, AND THEIR GOAL IS TO INCREASE WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION AND READINESS.
UH, THE EMPLOYMENT PATHWAYS EXPANSION WILL PROVIDE JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT, AND ONGOING SUPPORT TO 150 INDIVIDUALS OVER 12 MONTHS, FOCUSING ON THOSE IN THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND SERVICE AREA.
KEY ACTIVITIES INCLUDE OUTREACH, HARD AND SOFT SKILLS, TRAINING CASE MANAGEMENT, AND EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT FOR JOB PLACEMENT AND RETENTION.
OUTCOMES WILL BE TRACKED THROUGH ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, JOB PLACEMENTS AND RETENTION RATES WITH CONTINUOUS ADJUSTMENTS, ADJUSTMENTS, EXCUSE ME, TO IMPROVE SUCCESS.
THE NEXT PROGRAM IS THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK INNER CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
FOR THEIR ICDC BUSINESS ASSISTANCE CENTER, THEY RECEIVED A REVIEW SCORE OF 86, REQUESTING $25,000, UH, IN HOPES THAT THEY CAN STIMULATE SMALL BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND GROWTH, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR GOALS.
THE ICDC BUSINESS ASSISTANCE CENTER OFFERS GUIDANCE AND EMPOWERS LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO TACKLE ISSUES RELATED TO FINANCE, OPERATIONS, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, MARKETING, AND AND TECHNOLOGY.
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THE BAC IS UNIQUE DUE TO ITS HAND-ON COACHING APPROACH, WHERE EXPERTS WORK DIRECTLY WITH BUSINESS LEADERS ON SITE TO ENSURE THEIR SUCCESS.THE PRIMARY PROGRAM GOAL IS TO HELP BUSINESS BECOME BANKABLE AND OVERCOME BARRIERS THAT HINDER THEIR GROWTH.
THE NEXT PROGRAM IS FROM THE DALLAS FREE PRESS.
UH, FOR THE DALLAS FREE PRESS' EDUCATION IN INITIATIVES, THEY RECEIVED A REVIEW SCORE OF 83, REQUESTING $60,000, UH, WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION.
THE DALLAS FREE PRESS IS SEEKING FUNDING TO EXPAND THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IN SOUTH DALLAS THROUGH DALLAS DOCUMENTERS AND THEIR JOURNALISM PATHWAY.
THIS WILL BROADEN DOCUMENTERS RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING, EQUIPPING RESIDENTS WITH CRITICAL SKILLS IN WRITING, RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION.
THEY'LL EXPAND THEIR PATHWAY WITH SUMMER CAMPS AND INTERNSHIPS, PROVIDING STUDENTS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN STORYTELLING, UH, MEDIA LITERACY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, CULTIVATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNITY LEADERS.
FINALLY, WE HAVE ABIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES, UH, FOR A PROJECT IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES THROUGH MIDWIFERY HOME BIRTH AND MEDICAID ACCESSIBILITY.
THEY RECEIVED A REVIEW SCORE OF 82, REQUESTING $99,996.
UM, AND THEIR GOAL IS, OVERALL GOAL IS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES.
UM, JUST TO NOTE THAT ABIDE HAS RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THIS, UH, FROM THE OPPORTUNITY FUND, UH, IN THE PAST, JUST LAST YEAR FOR $52,000, AND THEIR CONTRACT ENDED ON MAY 15TH.
UH, SO THEIR PROJECT OVERVIEW, UH, ABIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES SEEKS FUNDING TO EXPAND MIDWIFERY, LED MATERNAL HEALTHCARE IN SOUTH DALLAS BY LAUNCHING HOME BIRTH SERVICES, IMPROVING MEDICAID BILLING, AND INCREASING ACCESS TO PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE.
THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE SAFE HOME BIRTH OPTIONS, ENHANCED SERVICE DELIVERY AND SUPPORT MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY.
THE KEY OUTCOMES INCLUDE SERVING 299 CLIENTS ANNUALLY, MAINTAINING A PRETERM BIRTH RATE BELOW 5%, AND BILLING MEDICAID TO STRENGTHEN PROGRAM VIABILITY.
AND THIS, THESE ARE ALL THE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, NICHOLAS, FOR THAT REVIEW.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ABOUT ANY OF THE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS? CHAIR RODRIGUEZ.
UM, IN TERMS OF ALL THESE, THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE REQUESTING FUNDING, ARE WE REQUIRED TO GIVE THE FUNDING IN ORDER OF HIGHEST SCORE TO LOWEST SCORE? OR CAN WE DECIDE WHICH PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO FUND? YOU CAN DECIDE WHICH PROGRAMS YOU WANT TO FUND.
SO IS IT, IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THE BEST UNDERSTANDING THE RIGHT THING TO DO, ET CETERA, UM, TO FUND UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF FUNDING? OR IS IT POSSIBLE TO RADICALLY REDUCE AND FUND EVERYBODY? IT'S AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD, BUT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED IN THE INFORMATION SESSIONS, THE APPLICANTS REQUESTED, THEY WOULD, THEY INDICATED THEY WOULD PREFER TO BE FUNDED AT THEIR FULL AMOUNT RATHER THAN A REDUCED AMOUNT.
SO THEY COULD, UM, OPERATE THEIR PROGRAM AS THEY INDICATED THEY WOULD IN THE APPLICATION.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST TIRED OF LOOKING FOR MONEY AND THEY WANNA GET ON THE PROGRAMMING? YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE PROMISING THAT THEY'RE GONNA SERVE A HUNDRED PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE A BUDGET, THEY'VE RAISED 70,000, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT, IT CREATES MORE MOVING PARTS.
SO IF WE ONLY PARTIALLY FUND IT CREATES MORE MOVING PARTS FOR THEM.
IT'S A BIGGER HOLE FOR THEM TO SOLVE FOR, UM, BEFORE THEY CAN OPERATE THEIR PROGRAM.
YEAH, WE DID ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT ANSWER DIFFERENTLY AND CONSISTENTLY.
WE HEARD THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE NOT GET FUNDING OR GET FUNDING AT THE FULL LEVEL IF THEY HAD A CHOICE.
THE, THE REASON I ASK THE QUESTION IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PERCEPTION ISSUE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FUND, RIGHT? BECAUSE NOW IF I COME AND, AND WE, UM, THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFOREHAND, IF I COME AND I, I'VE GOT THIS PACKAGE AND I'M GOOD, I'M ALL DRESSED UP, I'M READY TO GO, AND I DON'T GET FUNDED, I MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BITTER TASTE IN MY MOUTH WHEN I GO BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS GOOD, BUT THEY DIDN'T FUND ME ANYWAY.
AND THE ANSWER OF, WELL, GEE, THEY RAN OUTTA MONEY, MIGHT NOT BE HELPFUL WHEN I'M CRYING IN MY SEAT.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I ASKED THE QUESTION.
I, I WASN'T, UH, BIASED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE SERVE EVERYBODY AND SERVE SOME, UM, SOME BEING BETTER THAN NONE FROM THE FUNDING PERSPECTIVE.
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THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK YOU CAN DISCUSS AT THE BOARD LEVEL AND MAKE A DETERMINATION ON.UM, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MOST NONPROFITS WHEN THEY APPLY FOR GRANTS UNDERSTAND THERE'S A RISK OF GETTING OR NOT GETTING THE GRAD, AND IT'S A COMPETITIVELY SCORED ENVIRONMENT, UM, WHICH WE PRESENTED, BUT IT'S, IT'S YOUR CHOICE.
I MEAN, IT'S THE BOARD'S DECISION.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD, JUST KIND OF COMMENT ON THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT SEVERAL WELL QUALIFIED HIGH SCORE APPLICANTS.
LIKE, I THINK THAT DEFINITELY DOESN'T NEED TO GO UNNOTICED, BUT IT SPEAKS TO THE WORK OF THE STAFF AND JUST I THINK THE WORK THAT WE'VE PUT IN AND INTENTIONALITY THAT WE'VE PUT IN OVER THE PAST YEAR.
SO KUDOS THAT, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY APPLICANTS.
BUT I WILL ALSO THROW OUT THERE I AM VERY MUCH ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH WHO I'D LIKE TO FIND.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S WHERE EVERYONE ELSE IS, BUT I AM.
I, I, THESE ARE ALL GREAT ORGANIZATIONS AND JUST NOT REALLY SURE THE DIRECTION THAT WE SHOULD HEAD IN.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF SPUR THE CONVERSATION OR WHAT, BUT I VERY PLEASED, THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK, MR. KUUMBA.
AND BEFORE MS. UH, INCOG, I, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.
I NEED TO, TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE.
SO I'LL CALL YOUR NAME AND PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE.
AND THEN I ALSO SEE, UM, MR. SHANE HALEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, MS. ION, YOU HAD A QUESTION.
I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH DESTINY.
LIKE WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THESE, UM, PRETTY MUCH MOST OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, IF NOT ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ONES THAT I'VE ENGAGED WITH THE LEADERS OF THEM, UM, AND ALREADY THINK THAT THEY DO AMAZING WORK.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW, I, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE LIKE MAYBE GIVING EVERYBODY SOME LEVEL OF FUNDING, ALTHOUGH I DEFINITELY HEAR WHAT HEATHER WAS SAYING ABOUT THEM HAVING TO KIND OF NOW LIKE REGROUP, UM, IF WE GIVE THEM LESS THAN THEY REQUESTED.
SO IN THAT INSTANCE, DO WE GIVE THEM LIKE A GRACE PERIOD TO KIND OF REVISE THE PLAN AND THE BUDGET OR, UM, HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE MOST FAIR TO DO.
SO IF THEY HAD REQUESTED 60,000 AND WERE ONLY FUNDING AT 20, THEY WOULD NEED TO REVISE THEIR SCOPE OF WORK AND INDICATE WHAT THEIR LOWERED, MOST LIKELY THEIR LOWERED OUTCOMES.
OR MAYBE THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
BUT I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A NEW SCOPE OF WORK TO ATTACH TO THE CONTRACT, UM, REFLECTING A LOWER BUDGET AMOUNT.
THANK YOU, MR. IAN, HEATHER, QUICK QUESTION.
IN THE EVENT THAT THAT HAPPENED, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS? WOULD, COULD THEY BE APPROVED, UH, THEORETICALLY NOW, AND THEN YOU'D GO BACK AND REQUEST AN AMENDED SCOPE, UM, AND BRING IT BACK? OR, OR IF AND WHEN THEY SUBMITTED AN AMENDED SCOPE, IF THAT HAPPENED, THEY CAN JUST BE FUNDED BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY APPROVED AT THE, AT THE BOARD LEVEL.
FROM A MECHANIC STANDPOINT, IT, I THINK IT COULD BE ONE OF TWO THINGS.
ONE, THEY MIGHT NOT WANT REDUCED FUNDING, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY WOULD REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE FUNDING.
IF THEIR SCOPE CHANGES SUBSTANTIALLY, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT OUTCOMES THAT ARE TIED TO IT.
IF IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR AND JUST AT A REDUCED AMOUNT, THEN I THINK WE COULD PROCESS THAT ADMIN LIKE INTERNALLY.
ARE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK? UH, CHAIR ENRIQUE.
UM, AS I WAS REVIEWING THESE, I, I FEEL VERY SIMILAR TO, UM, UH, TO A COUPLE OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, DESTINY AND CC, WHERE, UM, I ECHO TO SENTIMENT OF LIKE, HEY, THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT PROGRAMS IN HERE, UH, THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO KIND OF SPREAD, SPREAD APART, $116,900.
UM, BUT JUST TO KIND OF THROW OUT SOME COMMENTARY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT, THAT STOOD OUT TO ME THE MOST.
UM, THE FIRST ONE WAS THE AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB, UM, FOCUSED ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME ENHANCEMENT AFTER EIGHT TO EDUCATE, UM, ALSO FOCUS ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME ENHANCEMENT.
UH, TOGETHER WE THRIVE AS WELL FOCUS ON EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME ENHANCEMENT.
AND LASTLY, THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK, INNER CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, FOCUS ON STIMULATING SMALL BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND GROWTH.
UM, THE REASON WHY THESE SPOKE, UH, STUCK OUT THE MOST TO ME SPECIFICALLY THE FIRST THREE FOCUSED ON THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME ENHANCEMENT, UM, WAS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MOST RECENTLY WE, WE, UH, VOTED TO APPROVE THE, UM,
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UH, THE MALCOLM'S POINT PROJECT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED ON, UH, A LOT OF, UH, UH, COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AS WELL.UM, AND I FELT LIKE THESE PROGRAMS KIND OF HELP, UH, SOMEWHAT TIE INTO THOSE, BUT FOCUS MORE SO ON THE KIDS AND UPLIFTING THE EDUCATION FOR LIKE, FOR, UH, FOR MORE READINESS IN, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE, THE LAST ONE ON STIMULATING SMALL BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND GROWTH.
I THINK IT'S BEEN A DISCUSSION OF THIS BOARD FOR A BIT ON PREPARING A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES WITHIN OUR, UM, OUR TARGET AREA, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND SKILLS AND THE CAPABILITIES TO, YOU KNOW, OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS IN A SUSTAINABLE FASHION AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, SEEK OTHER FUNDING AND CAPITAL OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO HELP SCALE THEIR BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE.
SO I FELT LIKE THESE PROGRAMS KIND OF GO IN HAND IN HAND WITH SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AS A BOARD AND HELP PERPETUATE THOSE THINGS.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SPEAK UP AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON THOSE.
THANK YOU CHAIR ENRIQUEZ, UH, FOR THAT COMMENTARY.
UH, AND THAT INSIGHT AND THAT FEEDBACK, UM, ON A MUCH MORE GRANULAR LEVEL FOR, FOR SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, UH, SPECIFIC TO, UH, ANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING? MR. KUMU BAR? UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THE, I GUESS SOMETHING TO JUST KIND OF CONSIDER, AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS KEEP IN MY BACK POCKET AS, AS A FORMER EDUCATOR, IS SOME OF THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, UH, WE WANNA BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THEIR SPECIFIC MEASURING OF OUTCOMES.
LIKE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT NOT JUST, OH, WE'RE GONNA MEASURE, BUT ALSO LIKE, HOW, HOW ARE THINGS BEING MEASURED? WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING MEASURED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING THEM ACHIEVE THAT SPECIFIC GOAL.
SO THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THE IDEA OF, OF KEEPING SOMETHING EDUCATION AND SOMETHING BUSINESS, UM, FOCUSED TO HELP KIND OF HELP FIGURE OUT WHERE, WHICH WAY WE WANNA GO IN TERMS OF DIRECTION AND FUNDING.
UH, MS. KU, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK ABOUT ANY OF THE ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS? I, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, EITHER HEATHER OR, OR NICHOLAS, ARE THERE ANY PROGRAMS, ANY ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS THAT WOULD BE BRAND NEW IN NATURE, MEANING, UM, FUNDING THAT'S BEING REQUESTED FROM THE OPPORTUNITY FUND WOULD BE STANDING UP A BRANDING PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST TIME? UM, ARE THERE ANY THAT, THAT, THAT FIT THAT SPECIFIC MOLD? OR ARE THERE ANY PROGRAMS THAT'S SET DIFFERENTLY THAT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FUNCTION OR PERFORMANCE DUTIES AT ALL IN THE ABSENCE OF FULL FUNDING? I, I'LL LET NICHOLAS ANSWER THE FIRST PART OF THAT QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN SAY AFFIRMATIVELY, IF ANYTHING WON'T BE ABLE TO FUND WITHOUT OUR FUNDING.
UM, I WILL SAY CONSISTENTLY THESE ARE ALL NEW OR EXPANSION OF PROGRAMS. LIKE WE MADE SURE THAT THAT WAS WHAT WAS PRESENTED.
SO THIS ISN'T EXISTING OPERATING FUNDS FOR ALL OF 'EM.
SO IT IS NEWER EXPANSION ACROSS THE BOARD.
I THINK WE HAVE ONE NEW ONE, BUT I'LL LET NICHOLAS ANSWER THAT ONE MORE AFFIRMATIVELY.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT, UH, AIDS ARMS IS STANDING UP A NEW PROGRAM, UM, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH AS YOU GUYS KNOW, IS OPERATING THE LOCALLY OWNED PHARMACY IN SOUTH DALLAS.
OTHERWISE, I BELIEVE THE REST OF THESE ARE AN EXPANSION OF, UH, EXISTING PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU NICHOLAS, UH, FOR THAT CLARIFICATION THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, MISSING CIO ON, I SEE YOUR HAND.
SO JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS ON THINGS THAT I'VE LIKE RECENTLY LEARNED OR BEEN THINKING ABOUT, UM, RECENTLY AT A, LIKE, VIOLENCE PREVENTION INTERVENTION, UM, MEETING WORKSHOP THAT I WENT TO WITH, UH, COMMUNITY LIAISONS FROM DISD TALKED ABOUT HOW THERE RIGHT NOW ARE LIKE 3,500, UM, HOUSING INSECURE YOUTH IN DISD.
SO, UM, LIKE AFTER EIGHT TO EDUCATE OR ONE OF THE AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LABS DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.
AND ALSO WITH DALLAS FREE PRESS, THE DALLAS DOCUMENTERS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
THEY GO TO A LOT OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT MEETINGS, UM, COMMITTEE
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STUFF, UM, COVERED THE FORUMS DURING THESE LAST LOCAL ELECTIONS.UM, AND I KNOW THAT WITH INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO STAY FUNDED.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD MAYBE EVEN CONSIDER PARTIALLY JUST SUPPORTING.
UH, MS. ENCON, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR FEEDBACK? UH, MRS. UM, I'M NEW TO THIS, SO CORRECT ME IF THIS EXISTS ALREADY, BUT WHEN I MAKE MY OWN SORT OF CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OR WHEN I'M LOOKING AT DEALS AT THE OFFICE, UM, WE SORT OF HAVE LIKE A GENERAL ETHOS THAT WE'VE SORT OF ESTABLISHED OF LIKE THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK WHEN YOU LOOK AT A DEAL TO SEE IF IT SORT OF FITS OTHER THAN THE GOALS OF THE, THE PROGRAM ITSELF, SORT OF.
UM, AND I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE I SAW WHEN I WAS READING THIS.
LIKE, FOR ME, ONE OF THE ONES WHEN I READ THROUGH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IS, DOES THIS SOLVE THE PROBLEM OR DO WE SPEND THIS MONEY AND THEN THE MONEY'S JUST GONE.
AND IT, IT HELPS FURTHER THE, YOU KNOW, THE SOLUTION.
AND I, I'D RATHER IF WE'RE GONNA BE CUTTING DOLLARS UP INTO DIFFERENT BUCKETS, I'D RATHER FUND A PROGRAM WHERE, HEY, THEY'VE DONE THE JOB TRAINING, THIS PERSON IS NOW EMPLOYED, THEY'RE, NO, THEY'RE SORT OF SOLVED.
YOU KNOW, UM, VERSUS A PROGRAM WHERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE PHARMACY, I LOVE THE PHARMACY THING.
IT BOTHERS ME TO FUND THE INVENTORY PIECE.
'CAUSE ONCE THAT INVENTORY'S GONE, YOUR MONEY'S SORT OF GONE.
BUT I LOVE THE IDEA OF FUNDING THE SOFTWARE BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE THE SOFTWARE FOR THEM, THEY CAN USE THAT FOREVER.
AND SO THAT'S SORT OF LIKE MY ETHOS AS I LOOK AT THESE DEALS.
LIKE, IS IT, IS IT, YOU KNOW, AM I LETTING MY COUSIN BORROW $20 SO HE CAN GO GET A FISH OR TO GET A FISHING POLE? YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S SORT OF THE KIND OF QUESTION I'M ASKING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE, THOSE COMMENTS, UH, MR SIGNS AND I, I THINK THAT POINTS TO SORT OF THE, THE, THE, UM, THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING, THE, THE, THE THROUGH LINE OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING, UM, WHICH IS, IS THE FUNDING THAT'S BEING ALLOCATED REALLY GOING TO, UM, HELP DRIVE THE, THE, THE RESULTS THAT, THAT EACH ORGANIZATION IS SEEKING? IF IN FACT, UM, THEY'RE ONLY PARTIALLY FUNDED, RIGHT? CAN, CAN THEY STILL ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS, UH, IF THEY'RE PARTIALLY FUNDED VERSUS, UM, DO YOU LEAN MORE INTO ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN STOOD UP AND, AND YOU'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, REPEATED RESULTS AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE OUTPUT'S GOING TO BE, UH, GIVEN AN INPUT.
UH, AND THAT'S THE DISCUSSION THAT, THAT WE'RE BASICALLY HAVING, UH, THIS EVENING.
SO, UH, I APPRECIATE ALL THE THOUGHTFUL COMMENTARY AND, AND ALL THE COMMENTS, UH, SURROUNDING THAT.
UM, AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP GOING AROUND AND, AND SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY, UM, COMMENTS OR, OR FEEDBACK ABOUT THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION OR, UH, ANY THOUGHTS IN GENERAL, UH, UH, AS IT RELATES TO, TO WHAT THEY MIGHT BE CONSIDERING.
UM, I ASKED BEFORE WE, UM, WHILE, WHILE WE'RE KIND OF CONSIDERING HOW WE WANNA APPROACH, WOULD IT BE BEST FOR US TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO FUND AS MANY PROGRAMS FULLY FIRST BEFORE WE START PARSING OUT MONEY OR PARTIALLY FUNDING ANYTHING OR, UM, YOU KNOW, PARTIALLY FUNDING MANY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND THEN FROM THERE, DECIDE WHICH ORGANIZATIONS? GREAT QUESTION.
SO I THINK, UM, FROM MY VIEW, AND I'M WELCOME TO ANY FEEDBACK FROM ANYBODY ABOUT, ABOUT THE PROCESS, BUT, UH, MY THOUGHT WAS TO GO DOWN OUR LIST OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS, SEE IF THERE'S A MOTION IN, IN, UH, BRADY, UH, LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
SEE IF THERE'S A MOTION TO ADVANCE, UH, A PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION FOR FUNDING.
AND IF THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOESN'T GET A MOTION OR GETS A MOTION AND A SECOND AND DOESN'T OBTAIN ENOUGH VOTES, THAT ORGANIZATION FALLS OFF AND WE'RE LEFT WITH WHATEVER WE'RE LEFT WITH.
AND THEN WE GO BACK AND, AND SOMEONE CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR AN ACTUAL AMOUNT, AN ALLOCATION AMOUNT, AND THEN WE'LL DO IT.
CAN, CAN WE, CAN WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS FIRST? AND IF ALL EIGHT GET, GET A MOTION, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON WHAT THE ALLOCATIONS ARE FROM THERE? IF ALL EIGHT GET ADVANCED.
BRADY PLENARY, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO, CHAIR, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
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HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED FUNDING FOR A SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION AND THEN RECEIVE A SECOND AND THAT WOULD BE A VOTED AND APPROVED, AND THEN YOU'D MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE? OR AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? 'CAUSE IF YOU CAN'T HAVE MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE THINGS LAYING ON THE TABLE, TABLE, ESSENTIALLY, IF THEY, IF THE PREVIOUS ONE HADN'T BEEN DEALT WITH.SO, SO MY, MY, MY INITIAL THOUGHT ON THAT WAS TO, UH, GO THROUGH AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE, UH, AN ORGANIZATION THROUGH WITHOUT FUNDING, WITHOUT A FUNDING RECOMMENDATION.
SO ESSENTIALLY GOING IN AND, AND DOING WHAT WE CAN TO TRY TO NARROW DOWN THE, THE FIELD.
AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE HOWEVER MANY ORGANIZATIONS ARE LEFT OVER, THEN WE CAN GO BACK AND START RECOMMENDING AMOUNTS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WITHIN, UH, OUR LIMITS.
IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S STRUCTURALLY SOUND, I GUESS, OR WOULD WE HAVE TO MAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, DO A MOTION WITH THE, THE, WOULD THE MOTION HAVE TO INCLUDE AN AMOUNT AND THEN WE GO BACK AND AMEND THAT AMOUNT? IF IT MOVES THROUGH THE SYSTEM? I BELIEVE THE LATTER.
YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT AMOUNT SET SET AND THEN HAVE A VOTE ON THAT, AND THEN MOVE ON AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO AMEND SOMETHING LATER ON.
YOU COULD, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT SET UP, SO, OKAY.
UM, DID EVERYBODY, SO, SO, UH, YEAH, UH, HEATHER MADE A GREAT POINT.
SO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL LISTED ON, SORRY, WHERE ARE WE? SECTION FIVE OF THE AGENDA.
UM, YOU COULD HAVE AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO DO X OR Y YOU JUST COULDN'T TAKE A FORMAL VOTE AT THAT POINT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN HAVE A STRAW VOTE KIND OF A CONSENSUS WITHOUT HAVING A VOTE ON WHICH ONES YOU WOULD THEN WANT TO PRIORITIZE FOR THE VOTING PART OF THE AGENDA.
SO WE CAN GO DOWN THE LIST AND HAVE A STRAW VOTE, ESSENTIALLY TO, TO SEE WHICH ONES, UH, THE, THE GROUP FEELS MOST STRONGLY ABOUT, THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ROUND OF ACTUALLY MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS WITH SUBSEQUENT AMOUNTS.
IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT.
AND WE'D PREFER IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, MORE OF A DISCUSSION OR ROBUST DISCUSSION RATHER THAN A STRAW VOTE TO DO.
SO YOU HAVE ONE OFFICIAL VOTE FOR EACH ONE.
SO, SO FOR FOR THE INFORMAL DISCUSSION PIECE, UM, WOULD, WOULD THAT REQUIRE AN INFORMAL, JUST A STRAW VOTE? CAN, CAN WE JUST SAY, HEY, LET, LET'S TAKE A STRAW VOTE AND, AND SEE HOW MANY FOLKS ARE IN FAVOR OF, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK THE FIRST ONE ON HERE IS AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB.
HOW MANY FOLKS ARE IN FAVOR OF, UH, SEEING THIS MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS AND, AND PERHAPS GETTING FUNDING AND THEN JUST GO THROUGH THE LIST, AND THEN IF ANYBODY DOESN'T RECEIVE THE REQUISITE, UM, VOTES, UH, THOSE WOULD FALL OFF.
AND THEN WE, WE'D WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE LEFT, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I THINK THE PREFERABLE TO, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE EACH PERSON AND, AND HEAR THEIR, HEAR THEM OUT, AND THEN, THEN THAT'S KIND OF YOUR ASSESSMENT.
THAT, THAT'S THE STRAW THOUGH.
IS THERE ANYBODY MISSING? CAR I SEE ON, I SEE YOUR HAND.
A LOT OF COMMENTS, BUT, UM, I HAVE IT, I HAVE IT PRINTED OUT IN FRONT OF ME.
SO THERE'S FOUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE COULD FUND FULLY JUST RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
SO AFTER EIGHT TO EDUCATE TOGETHER, WE THRIVE IC DC AND AFTER SCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB, UM, TO FUND ALL FOUR OF THEM FOR THE FULL AMOUNT, IT'S LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THEN THE OTHER PROJECTS ARE REQUESTING A LOT MORE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WOULD BE LIKE, UH, MAJORLY OPPOSED, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE, I THINK ALL FOUR OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE, UM, DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, WORTHY OF THE FULL FUNDING.
AND IT WOULD KIND OF BE EASY TO JUST KNOCK OFF FOUR RIGHT THERE.
UM, I AGREE WITH, UH, MS. ENION.
UM, THOSE FOUR PROGRAMS WOULD REQUIRE NINE $99,700.
IT WOULD LEAVE US WITH $17,200 REMAINING.
UM, THREE OF THOSE PROGRAMS WOULD BE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME ENHANCEMENT.
ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE, UH, STIMULATING SMALL BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND GROWTH.
AND THEN HAVE REMAINING FUNDS LEFT OVER TO SEE WHERE WE PARSED.
THERE'S, UH, MR. HUGHES, DO I SEE YOUR HAND? IS THAT YOUR HAND UP, MR. HEHE? YES.
COULD, WOULD YOU, UH, REPEAT, UH, THOSE FOUR AGAIN? I, I CAUGHT EDUCATIONAL.
WHAT WAS THE, THE FOURTH ONE? CC, DO YOU WANNA REPEAT THOSE? OH, YEAH, I GOT YOU.
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SO AFTER EIGHT TO EDUCATE, UM, OFFERING UNSHELTERED YOUTH AGE 14 TO 21, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THEN TO TOGETHER WE THRIVE.UM, SUMMER MIDDLE SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL, SUMMER SCHOOL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL,
SO JUST TO, JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, I THINK CC MAY HAVE BEEN GIVEN SOME OF THE DESCRIPTIONS.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB IS ONE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED AFTER EIGHT TO EDUCATE WAS ONE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED TOGETHER, WE THRIVE, WAS, UH, RECOMMENDED.
AND THEN ALSO ICDC, WHICH IS INNER CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COURT.
IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
UM, DID EVERYBODY, I'M SORRY, MR. HUGHES DID THAT, DID THAT HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THERE? YEAH, I, I GOT IT.
I, SHE WAS THROWING ME OFF ON THE, ON THE LAST ONE, BUT THOSE WERE THE FOUR ON MY LIST THAT, THAT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF FULLY FUNDING.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS ON THESE, UH, FOUR, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, UH, OR ANY THOUGHTS ON THOSE COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS, BUT I, I DO AGREE WITH THE FOUR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. HALEY.
SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, UH, IF THOSE FOUR ARE, ARE FUNDED, AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE TAKE, THAT LEAVES A BALANCE OF $17,200 THAT WOULD BE LEFT OVER, UH, TO, TO FUND, UH, OTHER, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND OR PROJECTS.
SO, UH, IF THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE FOUR ITEMS, LET'S TAKE A PAUSE THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OPPOSITION, UH, TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OUT TO FULLY FUND THESE FOUR, MRS. SORRY TO BE THE BAD GUY.
UM,
I THINK TOGETHER WE PROBABLY HAD A REALLY STRONG, UM, APPLICATION.
I THINK THE ICDC GOES REALLY WELL WITH SORT OF THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, THE ONLY ONE I'M SORT OF HESITANT ON IS UNFORTUNATELY THE ONE WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE.
UM, I, IT'S ODD TO ME THAT THEY'RE TRANSFERRING STUDENTS FROM A PLACE THAT THEY'RE ALREADY AT AND BEING EDUCATED, AND WE'RE PAYING FOR THE BUSING TO GET THEM TO WATERMARK SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE LEARNING WHEN THEY'RE ALREADY AT A PLACE OF LEARNING.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON BUSES WHEN THEY'RE ALREADY AT SCHOOL.
MR. SIGNS, UM, NICHOLAS, IS THERE ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL, UM, ALSO PROVIDE ON, ON THAT, UM, ON, ON, UM, AFTER AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB? UH, RELATING TO MR. S'S COMMENT ABOUT, IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, THEY'RE BEING BUSED, UH, FROM, FROM ONE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, ESSENTIALLY TO ANOTHER ONE TO, TO RECEIVE, UM, EDUCATION.
SO IT'S, I I WILL JUST SAY FOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, THAT THAT IS SOMEWHAT COMMON BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE AT A SCHOOL.
AND I KNOW WHEN MY KIDS WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY BUSED TO A DIFFERENT AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.
UM, I CAN'T, THEY DIDN'T MENTION THAT IN THEIR APPLICATION, BUT THERE COULD BE A SIMILAR SITUATION THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BETTER FACILITY THAT THEY'RE TAKING THEM TO.
AND I HAVE NO OTHER, I HAVE NO FURTHER INFORMATION TO OFFER ASIDE THAT COMMENT.
UM, TAKING A LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET BREAKDOWN, UH, THEY, OF THE 25,000, THEY'RE REQUESTING 15,000 FOR PERSONNEL AND 10,000 FOR TRANSPORTATION.
THAT, THAT WAS KIND OF HOW THAT MONEY WAS TO BE PARSED APART.
UH, ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION, UH, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ, UH, MS. KUMU, I THINK I SAW YOUR HAND, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, YOU DID.
UM, MS. WISE, I SEE YOU ON, LET ME MAKE SURE I GET YOU COUNTED HERE.
UM, ONE MORE COMMENT ABOUT AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB, UM, IN TAKING A LOOK AT THESE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME ENHANCEMENT COMPONENTS, THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSES ON ELEMENTARY
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SCHOOL, UM, UH, STUDENTS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTFUL.'CAUSE I BELIEVE TOGETHER WE THRIVE FOCUSED ON MIDDLE SCHOOL STU STUDENTS, AND UP.
UM, SO THIS ONE KIND OF STARTS AT A MUCH EARLIER, EARLIER AGE.
UM, WHILE IT, YES, IT DOES FOCUS ON THE, THE FUNDS BEING REQUESTED ARE FOR PERSONNEL AND TRANSPORTATION, UM, THOSE, THAT FUNDING KIND OF HELPS PERPETUATE AND ENABLE THE, UM, THE PROGRAM ITSELF THAT, YOU KNOW, FOCUSES ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND HEALTH OUTCOMES OF THE STUDENTS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.
UM, AND, AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU, WHICH ORGANIZATION WERE YOU REFERRING TO THERE? I WAS, I WAS REFERRING TO THE AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK OR COMMENTS? MS. KUMA, YOUR HAND? I'M BACK.
UM, SO I GUESS WHEN THEY, THIS, THEY'RE LAUNCHING THEIR ELEMENTARY PROGRAM, CORRECT? ARE YOU FROM TO AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB, MS. KUMU? YES, CORRECT.
UM, THEY, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM IN CHICAGO AND THEY WOULD BE MOVING IT, UH, IT WOULD BE A NEW VERSION OF THE PROGRAM IN DALLAS.
DO WE HAVE LIKE, STATISTICS ON OUTCOMES? BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT SHOWS LIKE STUDENTS WILL, LIKE, LIKE IT'S, IT'S SUGGESTING THAT STUDENTS WILL HAVE THESE OUTCOMES, BUT DO WE KNOW WHAT DATA SUPPORT THAT THEY ACTUALLY WILL HAVE THESE OUTCOMES AND THE TOOLS THAT THEY'LL BE USING TO DO THAT? IN, IN THEIR APPLICATION? THEY SAID THAT 79% OF THEIR STUDENTS PERFORMED AT OR ABOVE THE GRADE LEVEL IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS COMPARED TO 25% OF THE KIDS WHO WEREN'T IN THEIR PROGRAM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK FOR THOSE THAT JUST JOINED? UM, WE'RE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE OF, UM, THE FUNDING OF ORGANIZATIONS.
THE FOUR THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED THAT ARE ON THE TABLE AND HAVE BEEN PROPOSED PRELIMINARILY FOR FULL FUNDING ARE ITEM A, AFTER SCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB ITEM B AFTER EIGHT, TO EDUCATE ITEM D AS IN DAVID, UH, TOGETHER WE THRIVE.
AND THEN ITEM F, WHICH IS INNER CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD FOR PRELIMINARY, UH, CONSIDERATION FOR FULL FUNDING.
IF THOSE ARE IN FACT FULLY FUNDED AND APPROVED, THAT WOULD LEAVE A BALANCE OF 17,200 TO BE ALLOCATED, UH, TOWARD THE REMAINING ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ABOUT ANY INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION OR ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT, UH, FORWARD, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION? OKAY.
SO, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE VOTING PHASE OF THESE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL TAKE THESE ONE BY ONE, UH, BEGINNING WITH, UH, AFTER AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB, AND WE WILL, UM, LOOK FOR A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THIS PARTICULAR, UM, ORGANIZATION FOR THE FULL, FULLY REQUESTED FUNDING AMOUNT.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE STATE THE, UH, THE, THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT AS WELL WITHIN YOUR MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO FULLY FUND AFTER SCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF $25,000.
MR. HUGHES, UH, WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION ONE MORE TIME.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, UH, REGARDING, UH, AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB? OKAY, I'M HEARING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? UH, I'M HEARING NONE.
SO, AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITY LAB, UH, HAS BEEN APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED, UH, FOR THE FULL FUNDING AMOUNT OF $25,000.
UM, ITEM B, UH, AFTER EIGHT TO EDUCATE ORGANIZATION B FOR $29,700.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION, UH, FROM ANYBODY TO ADVANCE THIS ITEM? SO MOVED.
TRENT HUGHES, DISTRICT 12, UH, SUPPORT AFTER EIGHT TO EDUCATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE REQUESTED AMOUNT OF 29,700.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, UH, V BROOKS,
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DISTRICT EIGHT.UM, ANY DISCUSSION, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON AFTER EIGHT TO EDUCATOR? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK? ALRIGHT, I'M HEARING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? I'M HEARING NONE.
SO, UM, AFTER EIGHT TO EDUCATE HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED FOR THE FULL FUNDING AMOUNT OF $29,700.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ORGANIZATION, UM, RECOMMENDED, WHICH IS $20,000 FOR TOGETHER WE THRIVE TOGETHER, WE THRIVE.
AND THAT'S ITEM NUMBER D AS IN DAVID.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE TOGETHER? WE THRIVE FOR THE FULL FUNDING AMOUNT.
THIS IS BILL DAWKINS, DISTRICT 10, UH, TO APPROVE.
TOGETHER WE THRIVE IN A FULL AMOUNT OF 20,000 BUCKS.
SO, MOVED BY MR. DAWKINS IS OUR SECOND, SECOND, TRENT HUGHES, DISTRICT 12, MOVED AND SECOND.
AND BY MR. HUGHES, UH, IS ALL IN FAVOR? ANY, FIRST OF ALL, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION COMMENTS FOR FEEDBACK ON, ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? I'M HEARING NONE TOGETHER.
WE THRIVE HAS BEEN APPROVED, UH, FOR THE RECOMMENDED FULL FUNDING AMOUNT OF $20,000.
UH, WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO OUR FINAL, EXCUSE ME, OUR FINAL RECOMMENDED ITEM.
ITEM F UH, FOR INNER CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COURT FOR THE FULL FUNDING AMOUNT OF $25,000.
IS THERE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE? SO MOVED.
GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR MOTION.
MR. HUGHES, SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK, INNER CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THEIR REQUESTED AMOUNT OF 25,000.
A SECOND BY CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK ON THIS ITEM? I'M HEARING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? I'M HEARING NONE.
UH, ITEM F SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK, INNER CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP, HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR THE FULL FUNDING AMOUNT OF $25,000.
THAT LEAVES US WITH FOUR ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TO DISCUSS WITH A BALANCE OF $17,200.
THAT LEAVES, UH, EIGHT ARMS INCORPORATED ITEM C, UM, THAT LEAVES, UM, UH, ITEM E AS IN ED EDWARD, VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, TEXAS.
UH, THAT LEAVES THE DALLAS FREE PRESS ITEM G, AND THEN THAT LEAVES ABIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES ITEM H.
UH, THE BOARD CAN RECOMMEND THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDING TO GO TO ANY ONE ORGANIZATION OR BE DIVVIED UP BETWEEN, UH, THE REMAINING ORGANIZATIONS.
AND SO, UH, I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK FOR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE REMAINING BALANCE OF $17,200.
UM, I WOULD, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND, UM, UTILIZING THE REMAINING AMOUNT OF THE 17,200 TO FUND, TO PARTIALLY FUND THE DALLAS FREE PRESS.
UM, AS THEIR REQUESTED AMOUNT WAS $60,000, AND THIS GETS THEM RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE 30% MARKER OF THEIR FUNDS, UM, THUS ENABLING US TO, YOU KNOW, INVEST FOR FUND OF, UH, A PROGRAM THAT BREACHES ANOTHER CATEGORY OF INCREASING WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION AND READINESS.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, UM, ABOUT, UH, THE DALLAS FREE PRESS OR ANY OF THE OTHER REMAINING ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THAT HAVE REQUESTED FUNDING MISSING ION? UM, I'M ALWAYS GONNA ADVOCATE FOR ABIDE.
UM, ALL THE LADIES THAT WORK THERE ARE AWESOME.
UM, AND, UM, SOUTH DALLAS IS KIND OF, UM, A COMMUNITY WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, THAT HAVE AIDS LIVE.
SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE SHOULD EVEN PARTIALLY, UH, GIVE TO AIDS, ARMS OR PRISM.
SO, MISSING ION, WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? ARE YOU RECOMMENDING, UH, DIVVYING UP THE 17,200? WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMEND? WHAT ARE YOUR RECOMMENDED, UH, RECOMME BALANCE? I WOULD RECOMMEND IF IT'S NOT TOO OVERSIMPLIFIED, I RECOMMEND TO SPLIT UP THE REST OF THE REMAINING
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BALANCE EQUALLY AMONG THE FOUR.UH, MS. CART IS PROPOSED SPLITTING THE REMAINING FUNDING OF THE 17,200 BETWEEN EVENLY, BETWEEN THE, UH, UH, REMAINING ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, THE PROPOSAL THAT CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ HAS PUT OUT IS, UH, TO FULLY FOR FUND THE BALANCE OF THE 17,200, UH, TO ABIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES.
NO, DID, DID I MAKE A MISTAKE ON THAT? CHAIRMAN RODRIGUEZ? UH, MINE WAS FOR THE DALLAS FREE PRESS, EXCUSE ME, DALLAS FREE PRESS, EXCUSE ME, I'M, I MIS MISREAD MY NOTES HERE.
DID THE FULL FUNDING, THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THE FUNDING OF THE 17,200 FOR THE DALLAS FREE PRESS.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE THUS FAR, UH, ON THE FLOOR.
MR. KUUMBA, UH, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THE REMAINING BALANCE GOES TO ABIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES.
UM, MR. KUUMBA HAS RECOMMENDED THE BALANCE OF THE 17,200 GO TO ABIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ON THE FLOOR.
UH, MS. WISE, I SEE YOUR HAND.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE THE BALANCE SPLIT BETWEEN ABIDE AND DALLAS FREE PRESS.
SHANAE, UH, MS. WISE HAS PROPOSED, UH, A SPLIT OF THE FUNDING BETWEEN AIDE AND THE DALLAS, UM, FREE PRESS.
SO JUST TO GO THROUGH THOSE, UH, PROPOSALS AGAIN, UM, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ HAS PROPOSED THE BALANCE OF THE 17,200 GO TO THE DALLAS FREE PRESS.
UM, MS. ION HAS PROPOSED THE BALANCE OF THE 17,200 B SPLIT EVENLY EVENLY BETWEEN THE FOUR REMAINING ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, MS. KUUMBA HAS SUGGESTED, UH, RECOMMENDED THE BALANCE OF THE 17,200, UM, UH, BE COMPLETELY FUNDED TO AB ABIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH.
AND, UM, MS. WISE HAS PROPOSED IT PROPOSED A SPLIT BETWEEN ABIDE AND THE DALLAS FREE PRESS.
SO, UM, I, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING OR ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. DAWKINS.
UM, WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF WORK, IF YOU COULD GIVE US A SENSE, AND IT MAY BE ORGANIZATION SPECIFIC, WHAT TYPE OF ADDITIONAL WORK WOULD AN APPLICANT HAVE TO GO THROUGH IF THEY WERE AWARDED ADDITIONAL FUNDS? SO THERE'S BEEN A PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE TO SPLIT EVENLY THE REMAINING BALANCE AMONG THE FOUR.
SO IF I'VE APPLIED FOR 20 GRAND AND I GET 23 AND CHANGE, WHAT KIND OF WORK DO I HAVE TO DO? SO THE WORK IS THE SAME REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARD.
UM, AND SO I MEAN, FOR IF WE DO REDUCE THE AMOUNT REQUESTED, THEY WILL HAVE TO RE-SCOPE AND RE-BUDGET SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTED AMOUNT.
AND THEN THEY'D STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE CITY CONTRACTING PROCESS AND REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS.
BUT, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS, NOT A LESSER AMOUNT, AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.
OH, IF WE WENT ABOVE WHAT THEY REQUESTED, SORRY, I MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION.
UM, IT WOULDN'T BE ANY ADDITIONAL WORK, BUT IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED MAYBE A GIFT.
I'LL DEFER TO THE ATTORNEYS ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN WHAT THEY ASK FOR.
WELL, WELL, WHAT I'M THINKING IS THEY WOULD, SO THEY HAVE PROVIDED US WITH PROPOSED METRICS THAT THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH THE FUNDING.
THOSE METRICS WOULD CHANGE NOW IF THEY HAD ADDITIONAL MONIES.
SO WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND PROVIDE US WITH WHAT THOSE METRICS ARE PRIOR TO FUNDING? THAT'S, THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL WORK I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I MEAN, SOME OF THEM ALSO INDICATE, I MEAN, THEY MIGHT REDUCE WHAT THEIR MATCH AMOUNT IS IF WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THEM, AND THEN THEY WOULD KEEP THEIR PROGRAM, KEEP THE SAME BUDGET.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ABOUT ANY OF THE FOUR PROPOSALS THAT WERE LAID OUT? OKAY, MRS. UM, CAN I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF SPLITTING IT BETWEEN ABIDE AND DALLAS FREE PRESS.
I THINK THEY'RE BOTH GREAT ORGANIZATIONS.
ABIDE HAS PROVIDED A PRETTY DETAILED BUDGET ON HOW THEY WOULD USE THE MONEY.
AND I, I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING IF WE JUST WENT THROUGH AND PICKED WHAT WE'RE GONNA FUND SO THAT THEY CAN, IT MAKES THE WHOLE METRICS AND CONTRACT PART OF IT A LOT EASIER.
AND THEN SINCE DALLAS PRESSES REQUESTS A LITTLE BIT MORE GENERAL, THEY GET THE REMAINDER.
SO YOUR PROPOSAL, MR. SIGNS IS TO GO THROUGH THEIR INDIVIDUAL BUDGET AND PICK A LINE ITEM THAT WE WANT TO FUND.
IS, IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN WHATEVER THE REMAINING BALANCE IS, UH, TO FUND THAT TO THE DALLAS FREE PRESS.
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IS THAT, IS THAT YOUR PROPOSAL? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M, YEAH, I JUST THINK IT WOULD SIMPLIFY THINGS.'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR PROPOSAL, UM, THEY WANT LIKE $3,500 FOR ONE TIME SUPPLIES, A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CONSUMABLES, 4,800 FOR FUNDING A HOME BIRTH AND POSTPARTUM CARE KITS.
LIKE, I LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING VERY SPECIFIC WITH OUR MONEY.
AND SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO REALLY CHANGE THEIR SCOPE OF WHAT THEY'RE FUNDRAISING FOR.
THEY JUST HAVE PART OF IT FULLY PAID FOR.
DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUND, UM, WELL WE WOULD JUST AMEND THE, THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ESSENTIALLY.
I MEAN, AS OPPOSED TO SEEING WE'RE FUNDING A LINE ITEM, RIGHT? WE WOULD JUST ALLOCATE FUNDS THAT WOULD COVER SAID LINE ITEMS, SIR, IF, IF WE DID THAT.
I MEAN, I DO THINK THAT IF WE DO THAT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN OPERATE THE PROGRAM IN FIDELITY TO WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO.
UM, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE ARE NEWER EXPANDED SERVICES.
AND SO IF WE'RE ONLY DOING A SMALL PORTION OF WHAT THEY HAD REQUESTED, HOW THAT PROGRAM GETS RELAYED AND IN THE TIMING UNDER WHICH THEY SAID THEY WERE.
'CAUSE AGAIN, REMEMBER THESE ARE ONE YEAR GRANTS.
UM, AND SO THOSE JUST, ALL OF THOSE PULL ON ONE STRING AND YOU UNRAVEL SOMETHING ELSE SOMETIMES UNINTENTIONALLY.
MR. SAND, YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP, UH, QUESTION? YEAH, I'LL JUST COMMENT ON THAT.
MOST OF THE FUNDRAISING I'VE BEEN A PART OF, IT'S NOT FULLY FUNDED BY THE TIME PEOPLE MAKE THEIR DONATIONS.
SO IT'S, YOU HAVE TO SORT OF MAKE IT FAITH, LIKE HAVE FAITH THAT THEY'RE GONNA RAISE THE REST OF THE MONEY TO FINISH THE PROJECT.
I'D SAY THAT'S 99% OF THE FUNDING I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN.
SO I, I THINK IT'S BETTER TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING VERY CLEAR CUT THAN TO, TO NOT GIVE THEM ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE'S A CHANCE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THE PROGRAM.
AND I THINK THAT'S ON A TRADITIONAL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, A HUNDRED PERCENT.
I THINK THE CHALLENGE ON THIS IS THAT THE TERM IS ONE YEAR, AND SO AS SOON AS WE START THEIR CLOCK, THEY ONLY GET A YEAR.
AND SO IF THEY CAN'T COMPLETE THE PROGRAM WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD, THEN WE HAVE A DEFAULT ISSUE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THAT QUESTION.
UH, MR. SIGNS, UH, AND, AND THE, UH, UH, FEEDBACK ON THAT, UM, UH, MR. LIPSKA, UH, MR. HUGHES, I SEE YOUR HAND.
YEAH, MY, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO SPLIT THE 17,200 EVENLY BETWEEN ABIDE IN DALLAS FREE PRESS.
SO, MR. HUGHES HAS PROPOSED A, UH, 50 50 SPLIT BETWEEN, UH, ABIDE AND THE DALLAS RE PRESS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR, OR FEEDBACK? UH, MR. KUUMBA, I JUST WANNA ALSO SUPPORT THAT I LIKE THE IDEA OF, UH, SPLITTING IT BETWEEN ABIDE AND DALLAS RE PRESS.
SO, UH, MR. KUUMBA'S AMENDED REQUEST, UM, WOULD BE TO GO WITH A 50 50 SPLIT OF, UM, AB BY WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE DALLAS FREE PRESS FROM HER ORIGINAL, UH, 17,200 FULL OR BALANCE, UH, REQUESTED AMOUNT.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I CAPTURED THAT PROPERLY.
UH, MS. WISE, I SEE YOUR HAND.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR ASKING THIS QUESTION, BUT I WAS HAVING SO MANY TECHNICAL ISSUES.
DO, DO YOU MIND, UM, READING OFF AGAIN, UM, EXACTLY WHAT DALLAS FREE PRESS WAS GOING TO BE USING, UM, THEIR FUNDS FOR? I REMEMBER I HEARD DOCUMENTERS, I KIND OF, MY, I THINK I WENT OUT AT THAT TIME AND HAD TO COME BACK.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU ABLE TO, UM, REVISIT THAT AGAIN? UH, SURE.
UH, NICHOLAS, UH, COULD YOU, UH, OKAY.
UH, NICK NICHOLAS WILL, UH, READ THROUGH THAT AGAIN.
SO, A DALLAS FREE PRESS IS SEEKING FUNDING TO EXPAND THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IN SOUTH DALLAS THROUGH DALLAS DOCUMENTERS AND THEIR JOURNALISM PATHWAY.
THIS WILL BROADEN DOCUMENTARIES, RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING, EQUIPPING RESIDENTS WITH CRITICAL SKILLS IN WRITING, RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION.
THEY'LL ALSO EXPAND, UH, THEIR PATHWAY WITH SUMMER CAMPS AND INTERNSHIPS, PROVIDING STUDENTS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN STORYTELLING, MEDIA LITERACY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, CULTIVATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNITY LEADERS.
MS. WISE, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? UH, DID YOU, WHAT YOU NEED THERE? UM, OR DID YOU NEED AN ADDITIONAL IT DID, IT DID.
DO YOU MIND? UM, MY APOLOGIES AGAIN.
DO YOU MIND READING, UM, ABIDE AS WELL? SURE.
SO, ABIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES SEEKS FUNDING TO EXPAND
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MIDWIFERY LED MATERNAL HEALTHCARE IN SOUTH DALLAS BY LAUNCHING HOME BIRTH SERVICES, IMPROVING MEDICAID BILLING, AND INCREASING ACCESS TO PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE.THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE SAFE HOME BIRTH OPTIONS, ENHANCED SERVICE DELIVERY AND SUPPORT MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY.
KEY OUTCOMES INCLUDE SERVING 299 CLIENTS ANNUALLY, MAINTAINING A PRETERM BIRTH RATE BELOW 5%, AND BILLING MEDICAID TO STRENGTHEN THE PROGRAM'S VIABILITY.
AND KEEP IN MIND ALSO HERE ON THE OVERVIEW SHEET THAT, UH, ABIDE RECEIVED, UH, A GRANT FROM THE FUND LAST YEAR FOR $52,000.
THEIR CONTRACT JUST ENDED ON MAY 15TH.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
I, I, I, I KEEP MY ORIGINAL MOTION.
UH, ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, FEEDBACK, UH, MR. CHAIR? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, BROOK.
AND IT'S MO MOSTLY JUST TO, FOR CLARIFICATION, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IF YOU FUND TWO AT A LOWER AMOUNT, IT'S A CONDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION OR IS IT SUBJECT TO GOING BACK TO THE ORGANIZATIONS GETTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF IT'S NOT FULLY FUNDED? DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? NO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, MS. BROOKS, I'LL, I'LL DEFER, I'LL, UH, DEFER TO, UH, UH, HEATHER FOR CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
I'M GONNA PUNCH IT A LITTLE BIT BACK TO THE BOARD.
'CAUSE IT, I MEAN, IF YOU, THE INTENT OF THE BOARD IS TO FUND THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS, WE CAN DO KIND OF A, REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT AND AN UP TO AMOUNT, AND WE CAN MAKE THAT AS A MOTION.
I THINK THE, THE CHALLENGE THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE THEIR SCOPE SIGNIFICANTLY, THERE MIGHT BE THINGS THAT YOU WANNA SEE AGAIN AS A BOARD.
AND SO IF THAT'S TRUE, THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
AND IF THE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE APPLICANTS SAYS THEY DON'T WANT THE FUNDING BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH LESS THAN WHAT THEY HAD REQUESTED, THEN WE CAN EITHER FUND THE OTHER ONE IN FULL.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION, I GUESS IS HOW I'M GONNA HEDGE THAT.
UM, AND SO, YES, AND, OR I MEAN, SO WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD, WE CAN HANDLE IT INTERNALLY, BUT IT REALLY WILL DEPEND ON WHAT YOUR MOTION IS FOR THE FUNDING.
UH, MS. BROOKS, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THE LONG, THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS, IS THAT, UM, IF, IF AN ORGANIZATION IS PARTIALLY FUNDED, UH, THEN THERE WILL BE A AMENDED OF SCOPE INVOLVED, UM, WHICH CAN THEN BE REVIEWED.
THEY CAN, THE ORGANIZATION COULD ACCEPT THE PARTIAL FUNDING, REJECT THE PARTIAL FUNDING, IN WHICH CASE IT WOULD ROLL TO THE NEXT ORGANIZATION THAT WE, WE FUNDED.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THESE, IN THIS CASE, UM, YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, REQUESTED, UM, REALLY HIGH DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
SO, UM, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THAT, UH, YES, IF WE FUND IT PARTIALLY, THE THE SCOPE, UM, WOULD BE AMENDED.
THEN THE QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, CAN THEY PERFORM THE SAID SERVICES WITHIN THE SCOPE THAT THEY SUBMITTED? RIGHT? SO, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE ON THE FLOOR.
UM, OR, OR WE HAVE FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, WHEN WE RECOMMEND AMOUNTS.
UM, DOES THAT HELP A LITTLE BIT? IT DOES.
UH, MS. WISE, I SEE YOUR HAND.
UM, JUST, JUST FROM KNOWING BOTH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IT, I DON'T SEE THEM SAYING THAT THEY DON'T WANT THIS MONEY, ALTHOUGH IT'S A LOT LESS THAN WHAT THEY ASKED FOR.
AND BOTH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, FROM EVERYTHING THAT WAS LISTED, THEY'RE REALLY ALREADY DOING THAT WORK NOW.
YEAH, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH ALREADY DOING THAT WORK NOW.
THEY'RE JUST SEEM TO BE WANTING TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA TURN A DOLLAR AMOUNT DOWN BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE FULL AMOUNT.
I DON'T THINK SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, THOSE COMMENTS, UH, MS. WISE, UH, SEE, UH, MR. CARD NOW SEE ON I SEE YOUR HAND.
UM, YEAH, KIND OF LIKE WHAT MS. WISE WAS SAYING, WOULD IT KIND OF BE AN EASIER PIVOT IF THEY KIND OF ADJUSTED IT TO BE, UM, AN APPLICATION OF AN EXPANSION OF WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING OR JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE 'CAUSE? I THINK THERE, BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALREADY DOING WHAT THEY HAVE LISTED HERE, LIKE SHE SAID.
SO UNDER THE PROGRAM STATEMENT, THE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR NEWER EXPANDED SERVICES.
SO WE HAVE TO GENERATE SOME NEW METRICS AND NEW OUTCOMES FOR THE CITY'S MONEY.
UM, SO WHILE IT CAN BE AN EXISTING PROGRAM, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING NEW OR ADDITIONAL WITH THAT FUNDING.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MS. ION? YES.
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OKAY.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK? UH, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUE.
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO CALL OUT, UH, REAL QUICKLY, THE $17,200 THAT REMAIN, IF YOU LOOK TO FUND IT IN BETWEEN DALLAS FREE PRESS AND ABIDE, THAT WOULD BE $8,600 A PIECE, WHICH WOULD BE 11%, RIGHT? AROUND 11% OF WHAT, UH, DALLAS FREE PRESSES, UH, REQUEST WAS.
AND ABOUT ROUGHLY 9%, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS OF WHAT ABIDES, UM, UH, REQUEST WAS.
I ONLY MAKE THAT CALL OUT SO THAT WAY, LIKE WE'RE JUST AWARE OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE WOULD BE OFFERING THEM IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ASKED FOR, OR IN COMPARISON TO WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ASKED FOR.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT, SHARING ENRIQUEZ FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ABOUT ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS? OKAY.
I'M HEARING NONE, SO I'M GONNA WORK BACKWARDS HERE.
UH, SO RECEIVING NO VOTES FOR FULLY FUNDING WERE AIDS ARMS, INC.
AND, UH, LOOKS LIKE, UH, VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, TEXAS.
SO, UH, WE WILL, UH, ELIMINATE THOSE OUTSIDE OF, LET ME, LET ME JUST AMEND THAT REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE, UH, CC HAD A PROPOSAL TO EVENLY FOUR WAY SPLIT THE REMAINING FUND.
SO, UM, SYNTHETICALLY, YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THOSE HAD, UH, A, A SINGLE VOTE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE CONSENSUS IS, UM, TO EITHER, UH, FULLY FUND.
UH, WELL, ACTUALLY WE'VE GOT, UH, THREE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE TABLE.
ONE FOR MS. WISE, ONE FOR MR. HUGHES, AND ONE FOR MR. KUUMBA, WHICH IS AN EVEN SPLIT OF THE REMAINING FUNDS TO ABIDE, UM, WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES AND THE DALLAS FREE PRESS.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE TABLE FOR CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ TO FULL FUND, FULLY FUND THE DALLAS FREE PRESS FOR 17,200.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, A RECOMMENDATION FOR MR. SIGNS TO FUND, UM, SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET, OR IN OTHER WORDS, PARTIALLY FUND, UM, CERTAIN LINE ITEMS AND ABIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THEN ROLL THE BALANCE TO DALLAS CREEK PRESS.
IS THAT, UH, IS THAT CORRECT, MS. BESIDES JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CAPTURING YOUR THAT'S CORRECT, BUT I, I THINK THE 50 50 SOLUTION FINE TO, OKAY.
EITHER WAY, EVERYONE'S GONNA HAVE TO REVISE THEIR SCOPE AND WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
SO, UH, MR. SES WOULD, WILL AMEND HIS, UH, RECOMMENDATION, UH, AND BE OKAY WITH THE 50 50 SPLIT BETWEEN, UH, ABIDE IN, IN DALLAS FREE PRESS.
SO, UH, WE'VE GOT FOUR VOTES, UH, FOR THE 50 50 SPLIT BETWEEN, UH, ABIDE AND DALLAS FREE PRESS.
AND SO THAT BASICALLY LEAVES US, UH, DOWN TO TWO PROPOSALS.
WE'VE GOT ONE PROPOSAL, UH, TO FULLY FUND THE DALLAS FREE PRESS FOR $17,200, UH, BY MR. UH, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT, UH, A SECONDARY PROPOSAL, UH, TO 50 50, UH, SPLIT THE DALLAS FREE PRESS AND ABIDE WOMEN'S, UH, HELP.
SO, IS THERE A MOTION, UH, TO ADVANCE EITHER ONE OF THESE, UH, FOR APPROVAL? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, SPLIT THE 17,200 AMONGST BIDEN AND, UM, DALLAS FREE PRESS 8,600 A PIECE.
SO THERE'S A MOTION TO, UH, UH, SPLIT THE REMAINING $17,200 BETWEEN ABIDE WOMEN'S HEALTH AND DALLAS FREE PRESS.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND NECESSITY.
UH, I HEAR A SECOND BY MR. KUMU BOIS.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? ONE LAST TIME? I THINK WE HAD PRETTY ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, HEARING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? I'M HEARING NONE.
SO, UH, THE REMAINING $17,200 WILL BE SPLIT, UH, BETWEEN, UH, BIDEN WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE DALLAS FREE PRESS, UM, UH, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO GET, UH, AT LEAST PARTIAL FUNDING, UH, TO DRIVE SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES FORWARD.
SO, UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR FUNDING ALLOCATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.
MR. CHAIR, CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? YES.
IF THEY MODIFY THEIR SCOPE AND THEIR NUMBERS CHANGE, DO YOU WANT TO SEE THAT BACK OR DO YOU WANT US TO HANDLE THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY? SO THE QUESTION ON THE FLOOR IS IF, UH, BASED ON THE AMENDED, UH, FUNDING AMOUNTS, IF THE SCOPE, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGES, UH, DO WE WANT THAT TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD, UH, UH, FOR REVIEW AND THE DECISION OR BE HANDLED INTERNALLY? ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, ANY, ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? UH, BUT MY, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO, TO BRING IT BACK JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH,
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DOING OUR DUTY AND, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE REVIEWING EVERYTHING AND MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THE FUNDING AMOUNTS, UH, WE HAVE THE OUTCOMES THAT, THAT, UH, UH, SYNC UP WITH, WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE DOING.AND IF NOT, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION ABOUT WHERE THOSE FUNDS CAN GO IF THEY CAN'T PERFORM, WOULD BE MY SENSE.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO TO, TO THAT OR DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION? ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION? UH, I'M HEARING NONE.
UM, SO HEATHER, SO WE'LL WRITE IT AS A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THOSE TWO AND BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD NEXT TIME WITH THE REVISED BUDGET AND REVISED SCOPE.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM.
UM, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND, AND, AND DIGGING INTO THIS, BY THE WAY, THIS IS A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION.
I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT, UH, WHAT A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE, ARE, ARE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, OR THEY'RE DOING, AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO, TO, UH, CONTRIBUTE, UM, UH, SOMEWHAT TO THE ADVANCING THOSE EFFORTS.
SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THAT.
SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SEVENTH ITEM.
UH, OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM, WHICH THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, REPORTS.
UM, WE'LL BEGIN WITH, UH, I DON'T, MS. SIMS WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.
UM, CC DO YOU, DO YOU, UH, HAVE ANY QUICK UPDATES THAT, THAT, THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? UH, IF NOT, UM, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE, TO THE MARKETING, UH, COMMITTEE.
UM, YES, UH, MS. SIMS DOES SEND HER REGARDS.
SHE HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY, THOUGH.
UM, AND OUR SUBCOMMITTEE DOES HAVE A QUICK UPDATE.
UM, MS. WISE AND I, UM, AND MS. SIMS HAVE BEEN, UM, DISCUSSING, UM, DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY, KIND OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, UM, BUT PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE CONNECTIONS TO, UM, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE, UM, TO KIND OF HELP DEVELOP, UM, OUR APPLICANT POOL, UM, AS FAR AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE DID DRAFT UP A, UM, A, IT'S NOT A ONE PAGER, IT'S A FRONT AND BACK, UM, BUT A, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UM, THEN TAKE IN ADDITION TO THE OVERVIEW OF THE FUND, UM, THAT WAS CREATED BY THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE RECENTLY.
UM, THAT KIND OF LAYS OUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS FAR AS ENGAGING THE APPLICANTS.
SO I AM, I'M CALLING IT THE APPLICANT ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE.
YOU GUYS CAN GIVE SUGGESTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE.
LET ME PULL UP KIND OF WHAT WE THREW TOGETHER.
SO WE THREW THIS TOGETHER ON CANVA, UM, AND I DID THE GRAPHICS.
I ADD, I WENT AHEAD AND ADDED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MARKETING.
UM, BUT I SENT IT OVER TO, UM, NICHOLAS AND HEATHER FOR APPROVAL.
I WON'T SHARE IT WITH ANYTHING UNTIL YOU GUYS DO, BUT, UM, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR ME TO MAKE THAT, THAT GRAPHIC.
UM, SO HERE WE KIND OF HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
UM, SO APPLICANT ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE, UM, BASICALLY, UH, I SUMMARIZED IT AS ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE SOUTH SOUTH FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND SERVICE AREA ARE FACING SIGNIFICANT HURDLES IN ACCESSING TOOLS AND PROGRAMS FROM THE, UH, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR SOCIOECONOMIC REASONS.
UM, THE BOARD HAS IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR OUR APPLICANTS TO HAVE CONSISTENT FOLLOW-UP ACCOUNTABILITY AND WARM REFERRALS TO TRUSTWORTHY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES.
THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND TO CREATE A YEAR-ROUND ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM, FOSTERING CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT, PEER SUPPORT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THE APPLICANT ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE POSITIONS THE OPPORTUNITY FUND AS A LEADER, NOT JUST IN LOCAL FUNDING, BUT IN LONG-TERM TRANSFORMATIONAL SUPPORT FOR UNDERREPRESENTED ENTREPRENEURS.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TOGETHER, UM, TRYING TO REALLY LAY OUT, UM, OUR THOUGHTS AND WHAT OUR, UH, OBJECTIVES ARE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S THE FRONT PAGE.
AND THEN ON THE BACK PAGE, WE KIND OF LAY OUT, UM, OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO THINGS HONESTLY, SUPER SIMPLE THAT DON'T COST US ANY MONEY, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT.
UM, LAUNCH A DIGITAL NEWSLETTER, UH, THROUGH WHICH PAST, PRESENT,
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AND FUTURE APPLICANTS CAN BE NOTIFIED OF FREE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND UPDATES RELATED TO THE FUNDS.UM, COMPILE A RESOURCE OF FREE FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN AND AROUND THE SERVICE AREA.
UM, CURATE PO CROSS POLLINATION, UM, OR NETWORKING EVENTS TO BRING STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL LEAD ON BECAUSE THIS IS, UM, MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND EXECUTE DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH TO BUSINESSES WITHIN THE OPPORTUNITY FUND SERVICE AREA, UH, TO DO SOME REAL FACE-TO-FACE ENGAGEMENT, UM, AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE AND THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS ARE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUND AND ALSO LEVERAGE BOARD MEMBER CONNECTIONS TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY FUND MORE IN DEPTH FEATURE IN LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS.
SO, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO LIKE, GET THE WORD OUT THERE ABOUT THE NOFA, UM, AND THE, UH, CYCLE OPENING UP WAS AMAZING.
AND I WANNA BUILD ON THAT BY, UM, LIKE DALLAS WEEKLY, UM, DALLAS FREE PRESS, UM, NEWER PUBLICATIONS LIKE DALLAS NOMAD, KIND OF FOLLOWING APPLICANTS OR KIND OF COVERING STORIES OF LIKE SUCCESS STORIES, UM, OF PRO PROJECTS THAT COME FROM OUR FUND.
UM, AND THEN THIS LAST BIT WOULD BE FOR INSTITUTIONS LIKE, UM, COMERICA OR, UH, DALLAS COLLEGE, UM, VISTA BANK ORGANIZATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH.
SO, UM, HOW YOUR ORGANIZATION CAN HELP NOTIFY THE BOARD COORDINATOR OR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS OF UPCOMING EVENTS FOR ENTREPRENEURS OR FREE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ADVANCE TO ALLOW US TO RESHARE THAT INFORMATION TO OUR AUDIENCE.
UM, CONSIDER HOSTING AN OPPORTUNITY FUND NETWORKING EVENT AT YOUR ORGANIZATION'S LOCATION WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA.
UM, BE OPEN TO RECEIVING WARM REFERRALS TO YOUR ORGANIZATION SLASH SERVICES FROM OUR POOL OF UNQUALIFIED APPLICANTS, UM, OR APPLICANTS THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T APPROVED FOR FUNDING YET.
UM, AND SPEAK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE, UM, IN SERVING SMALL BUSINESSES AND RELATED TOPICS AT OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD MEETINGS TO INFORM OUR WORK, UM, AND REFER QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESSES TO OUR FUND.
SO, UM, YEAH, NOT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
AND SO NOW, UH, WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD'S APPROVAL, UH, WE WANT TO TAKE THIS, UM, TO KIND OF BUILD ON THAT WORK.
UM, SO LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO HELP THE STAFF, UM, TO KIND OF GET THIS GOING.
UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, READY TO DO THAT WORK.
UM, BUT I HAVE ALSO BEEN TALKING, I THINK, UM, LIKE MS. WISE SAID, WE HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY WITH DALLAS COLLEGE WITH THE VENTURE CLUB LOCATION.
THAT'S, UH, I, YEAH, IT'S IN THE SERVICE AREA, UM, AND COMERICA HQ, UM, IT'S FREE TO HAVE A, UM, A MEMBERSHIP THERE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ARE RECEIVING APPLICATIONS FROM PEOPLE THAT AREN'T QUITE THERE YET, WE CAN LET THEM KNOW.
UM, I CAN INTRODUCE THEM PERSONALLY TO GIGI OR OTHER PEOPLE AT THE HQ THAT WE KNOW TO GET THEM, GET THEIR MEMBERSHIP STARTED, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE LEVERAGING LIKE, ALL THE FREE ONLINE COURSES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT WHILE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, UM, GETTING PREPARED TO BE APPROVED BY US.
NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
UH, MISSING COGNAC ON, THAT'S FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC WORK.
UM, AND I PERSONALLY LIKE THE APPLICANT ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE, UH, TITLE, I GUESS, UH, MONIKER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
SO, UM, BUT WE'VE LONG HAVE, HAVE, UH, WANTED TO, TO CREATE A, A, A SYSTEM, A FUNNEL, IF YOU WILL, UM, WHERE WE CAN SORT OF DUPLICATE AND SCALE UP, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN TERMS OF, UH, AWARENESS ON THE NOFA WITH, WITH THE APPLICANT SIDE.
AND, AND I THINK THIS SPEAKS TO WORKING WITH SOME OF THE PARTNERS AND, AND WORKING WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY TO, TO, UH, HAVE A CONCRETE PLAN IN PLACE TO, TO, TO REALLY DRIVE THAT FORWARD AND THEN IMPLEMENT IT.
SO THANK YOU, UH, ALL FOR YOUR WORK, UH, ON THAT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT, THAT, UH, MR. ION SHARED, UM, UH, ABOUT, UM, WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THAT? UM, HEARING NONE, UM,
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THANK, THANKS AGAIN FOR THAT UPDATE, UH, MR. ION, UM, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, UH, UH, PULLING THAT TOGETHER.NOW, QUICK QUESTION, WOULD, WOULD THIS BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING INTO, UH, THAT WILL BE CIRCULATED INTO THE ROTATION, SOMETHING LIKE THIS, A FINALIZED VERSION OF THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY? UH, OR IS THIS SOMETHING INTERNAL FOR US IN TERMS OF A FRAMEWORK TO, TO, TO BUILD SOMETHING OUT, UH, THAT WE THEN PUSH OUT IS FORWARD FACING? UM, YEAH.
WELL, SO I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO IT, YOU KNOW, BEING CIRCULATED COMMUNITY WIDE.
UM, I, UM, HAVE SENT A PDF VERSION OF IT TO STAFF.
SO, UM, UH, IF YOU GUYS WOULD DO ME A FAVOR AND LOOK OVER THAT, UM, AND DEFINITELY PROVIDE SOME NOTES, UM, OR SOME SUGGESTED REVISIONS, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT, IT ALL CAME FROM ME, SO I MIGHT'VE MADE SOME OF THE SENTENCES TOO WORDY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO PLEASE DO REVIEW IT, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE ACTUAL, UM, BRANDING IS OKAY IN LINE WITH STANDARDS.
BUT YEAH, IF ALL OF THAT CHECKS OUT, I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO, UM, SHARING IT.
AND LIKE I SAID, LIKE IF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO HAVE COPIES, UM, THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE WHEN THEY MIGHT BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR CONNECTIONS, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
ANY, ANY OTHER LAST QUESTIONS FOR MISSING KON AND THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE? ALRIGHT, I'M HEARING NONE.
SO, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, SO THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD OUR MONTHLY, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, SO WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF KEY TOPICS, UM, JUST REVISITED, UH, MEDIA REEL THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET LOADED ONTO THE WEBSITE STAFF HAS THE IMAGES.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL, UH, TAKE SHAPE HERE PRETTY SOON.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT INTEGRATING A POTENTIAL TABLEAU MAP IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S ON THE, UH, UH, IT'S ON A LIST SHORTLIST TO GET ACCOMPLISHED OR HOPING TO HAVE THAT INTEGRATED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, BUT THIS, THIS MAP, UM, WOULD KIND OF GIVE A VIEW OF, OF THE, THE ACTUAL SERVICE AREA AND, AND PROJECTS THAT WE FUNDED, UM, IN THE PAST.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION AROUND HOW TO REPLICATE, UH, SOME SORT OF EVENT AROUND THE, UM, THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SIDE OR SOLICITING APPLICANTS, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE BUSINESS DEV ASPECT OF OUR, OF OUR FUND.
UM, IT WAS DETERMINED LIKE AS A STAFF IS WORKING TO REPLICATE THAT SUCCESS THEY HAD WITH THE NOFA, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THEY WOULD NEED MORE, MORE PLANNING TIME AS THEY LOOK TO REALLY CARVE OUT, UM, A, A CALENDAR FOR 2026.
HOWEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO DETERMINED THAT PERHAPS IN CURRENT YEAR 2025, IT MIGHT BE BEST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UM, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO WE HAD A, A CALL THAT WAS LINED UP, UH, LAST WEEK AS WELL WITH THE DEC REDBIRD, UM, THAT COMMISSIONER DAWKINS AND COMMISSIONER KUBO ATTENDED.
UH, I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER DAWKINS TO GIVE US SOME, UH, UM, SOME, SOME RECAP ON, ON HOW THAT CALL WENT.
SO WE DID, UH, HAVE THAT CALL.
WE MET WITH THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE, UM, YOUNG MAN OVER THERE BY THE NAME OF HENRY LEE, WHICH IS THEIR PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE.
UH, HE COORDINATES WITH TWO OF THEIR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS THAT, UH, HANDLE LOGISTICS FOR, UH, COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, THEY WERE, UH, I THINK TO PUT IT MILDLY, VERY EXCITED TO GET A CHANCE TO WORK WITH US.
THEY ARE TRYING TO GROW THEIR COMMUNITY SATURATION.
UH, EVIDENTLY THEY ARE ONE OF THE, THE BETTER ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORKING ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
THERE'S SOME TYPE OF, UM, UH, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT, NETWORKING THAT THEY DO, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY ARE LIKE NUMBER TWO OR THREE IN THE COUNTRY.
THEY ARE HOPING THAT NUMBER TWO.
UH, THEY ARE HOPING TO, UH, GROW THEIR INFLUENCE TO BE NUMBER ONE WITH A, UM, DFW STARTUP WEEK THAT THEY WILL HAVE IN AUGUST AT SMU.
THEY'RE HOPING TO GET MORE THAN 10,000 PARTICIPANTS IN THE PAST.
THEY'VE RANGE BETWEEN FIVE AND 7,000.
THE IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM IS CALLED AMPLIFY.
THAT WILL BE, UH, SOMETIME IN JUNE.
I, I FORGET THE EXACT DATES, UH, BUT THEY OFFERED US A TABLING OPPORTUNITY AT THAT, UH, TO COME AND SHARE WHAT WE DO WITH THEIR PARTICIPANTS.
SO, UH, THEY'RE GETTING US MORE INFORMATION.
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MAY BE A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH DFW STARTUP WEEK, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S A LARGER, UH, OPPORTUNITY.UH, BUT THEY'RE, UH, GETTING US MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THAT, THAT WE CAN THEN SHARE WITH THIS BODY SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK IT'S KIND OF A NO-BRAINER BECAUSE THIS IS SOUTH DALLAS'S, UH, ONE OF SOUTH DALLAS'S PREMIER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES, ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE THAT ARE SO INTERESTED.
UH, AND I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT PLACE FOR US TO, TO GET STARTED.
MR. KAWA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? NO, UM, YOU PRETTY MUCH LANDED IT.
UH, IF I COULD PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MR. DAWKINS SAID, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH TEAM FOR, UM, FOR THE INFORMATION ON, ON THE CALL.
UH, THE AMPLIFY EVENT IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON, UM, JUNE 19TH IS JUNETEENTH.
UM, IT, UH, THERE'LL BE AN AWARD CEREMONY FOR SOME OF THEIR PROGRAM APPLICANTS.
AND THIS YEAR'S KEYNOTE SPEAKER, UM, IS, UH, A LADY BY THE NAME OF HIAWATHA WILLIAMS, THE FOUNDER OF WILLIAMS CHICKEN.
UM, THIS I THINK IS GONNA BE A REALLY NEAT EVENT TO TAKE PART OF, AND IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA COME AT ABSOLUTELY NO COST, UM, FOR US TO HAVE A TABLE THERE.
UM, IT IS, YOU KNOW, A RELATIVELY QUICK TURNAROUND, BUT, UH, WE THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUR, UH, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT OUTREACH ASPECT, UM, TO, TO REALLY GET OUT THERE INTO THE COMMUNITY VIA THIS EVENT.
UM, COMMISSIONER KUUMBA, YOU, YOU HAD YOUR HAND RAISED.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UM, AND I MENTIONED THIS TO, UM, UH, THE DECK, BUT THE OPENLY WALK HAS BEEN MOVED BACK TO FORT WORTH IN WHICH IT HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.
I'M SAYING ALL THAT TO SAY IS THAT THE, UH, AS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO DO THINGS ON JUNETEENTH, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NOT JUST SHOW UP, BUT, SO WHILE WE, AS THE MARKETING COMMUNITY WILL BE THERE, I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOW PRESENCE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY ON JUNETEENTH AS WELL.
THE, UH, ONE SPECIFIC CALL OUT ABOUT OUR INVOLVEMENT AS A BOARD IS THAT WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF, UH, INVOLUNTARILY MAKING A QUORUM AT AN EVENT LIKE THAT.
UM, WHICH IF MORE THAN SEVEN OF US, UH, ATTEND, THEN WE WOULD TECHNICALLY HAVE A QUORUM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BRADY? HI.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S FOR A SOCIAL CAUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND YOU'RE NOT DISCUSSING CITY BUSINESS, THEN YOU HAVE TO DEFINE IT.
AND, AND I CAN JUST LIKE INTENTIONALLY NOT TALK TO COMMISSIONER ENRIQUEZ, BUT THAT'S CORRECT.
WHICH WOULD NEGATE THE QUORUM.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
UM, UH, SO SOME ADDITIONAL CALL OUTS THEY MADE ABOUT, ABOUT AMPLIFY.
UM, UH, HENRY SPECIFICALLY MADE A NOTE THAT THIS WOULD ALSO INVOLVE THE DALLAS COLLABORATION FOR CAPITAL ACCESS THAT HE THOUGHT WOULD BE A PART OF AS WELL.
UM, SO AGAIN, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN AS A BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, PENDING WE DECIDE THAT THIS IS AN EVENT THAT WE WANNA PURSUE.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR THOUGHTS THIS TIME.
UH, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUE IS, IS THERE GONNA BE SOMETHING, UH, A REMINDER OR SOME SORT OF SOMETHING THAT WILL GO OUT TO THE, THE BOARD JUST TO KIND OF REMIND FOLKS, UH, ABOUT THE, THE AMPLIFY EVENT COMING UP? OR IS THERE A REGISTRATION? DO YOU JUST SHOW UP, KIND OF, KIND OF WHAT'S THE, UH, WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? YEP.
SO, AND I RECEIVED A, UM, AN EMAIL FROM THE COORDINATOR, CREE EVANS, UM, SHORTLY AFTER THEIR CALL ABOUT, UM, ADMITTING US IN AS A QUOTE UNQUOTE VENDOR.
UM, SO WE HAD UNTIL, HAVE, UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY TODAY TO JUST LET THEM KNOW IF WE WANNA PARTICIPATE AND SHE'LL GIVE US THE, THE DETAILS AND LOGISTICS AROUND WHAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE FROM THERE.
UM, AND WE COULD SEND IT OUT TO, TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FROM THERE.
UM, THE INITIAL DETAILS THAT WE WERE GIVEN WAS THE DATE IS, UH, THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH.
UH, THE TIME IS FROM 11:30 AM TO 1:30 PM AND THE LOCATION IS AT THE DEC NETWORK AT REDBIRD.
UM, THIS YEAR'S EVENT WILL SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON BIPOC ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INCLUDE AN ENGAGING PANEL ON BRIDGING THE FUNDING GAP, ALONG WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE AND CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AS A VENDOR.
UM, WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE OUR BRAND TO A VIBRANT MISSION, ALIGN AUDIENCE, JOIN A COMMUNITY OF LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS, FUNDERS, AND ADVOCATES, AND BE A PART OF CELEBRATION, HONORING LEGACY, INNOVATION AND PROGRESS.
I'M SORRY, COME MORE LOGISTICS.
WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT DATE AGAIN? THE THURSDAY, JUNE, WHAT? THURSDAY? JUNE 19TH, JUNETEENTH 19TH.
11:00 AM TO 1:30 PM LOCATION IS THE DEC NETWORK AT RECORD.
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I HAD A QUESTION.IS THE, THE EVENT, UM, YEAH, I HEARD YOU SAY HAHA WILLIAMS, IS HE GOING TO BE AT THIS EVENT ON JUNETEENTH? YES.
UH, SHE'S THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
HE, I'M SORRY, HE IS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
YEAH, THAT'S THE CREATOR OF WILLIAMS CHICKEN.
AND IS HE ON THE PANEL? UM, I'M NOT CERTAIN IF HE'S ON THE PANEL.
I JUST KNOW THAT HE'S GONNA BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
OH, HE'S A, HE'S, HE'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
IF YOU, IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO BE THERE, AMAZING TO HEAR HIS STORY.
UM, ONE, ONE LAST THING IS, IS THERE A, IS THERE A, A LINK TO THE EVENT OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PERHAPS CIRCULATE, UM, OUT TO THE, TO THE GROUP, UH, HEATHER, THAT, THAT, THAT POSSIBLE? UM, CARL HAS THE, UM, WHAT'S HIS NAME? OH, OKAY.
AND HE'S, HE'S BEEN, THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN THE LEAD ON THIS.
SO I'LL DEFER TO THEIR, UH, ABILITY TO CIRCULATE.
I, I'LL DEFER THAT TO CHAIRMAN.
I WILL, UM, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH CREE LETTING HER KNOW THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN, IN, UH, PARTICIPATING AND GET THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I CAN CIRCULATE IT OVER TO STAFF SO THAT WAY THEY CAN SEND IT TO THE BROADER GROUP AS I DON'T HAVE ALL THE UPDATED EMAILS.
UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT OUT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
CHAIRMAN, ENRIQUEZ, UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, ANYTHING THAT WAS SHARED ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE ARE DOING AND, AND, UH, WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND WHAT'S COMING UP OPPORTUNITY WISE, UH, FOR US PARTICIPATING? ALRIGHT.
SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY AGAIN.
UH, I KNOW THIS ONE RAN A LITTLE LONG 'CAUSE WE HAD SOME VOTING ITEMS, BUT, UH, UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME.
UH, I THINK WE GOT A LOT DONE, UH, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED, UH, UH, ON ALL FRONTS.
UM, WE WILL SEE YOU, UH, AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, WHICH WILL BE JUNE, LAST MONDAY IN JUNE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT DATE THAT IS.
SOMEBODY'S GOT THEIR CALENDAR UP.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I GET THIS.
JUNE 30TH WILL BE OUR NEXT MEETING.
UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY, UH, FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING.
AND, UH, WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'RE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ALRIGHT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
7:35 PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.