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[Commission on Disabilities on May 27, 2025.]
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES MEETING.TODAY'S DATE IS TUESDAY, MAY 27TH, 2025, AND THE CURRENT TIME IS 2:00 PM A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS TO BE MINDFUL OF PRIOR TO PROCEEDING WITH ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
FIRST, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING US VIRTUALLY, WE KINDLY ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR CAMERAS ON AT ALL TIMES IN ORDER TO BE COUNT PRESENT.
SECOND, IF YOU WISH TO ASK A QUESTION OR MAKE A COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND RESPECT THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO AVOID CONFUSION.
AND LASTLY, WE KNOW THAT COMMISSIONERS IN THIS ROOM HAVE MANY CONCERNS THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS.
KINDLY BE ADVISED THAT WE HEAR YOU, BUT KINDLY REQUEST THAT YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AS BRIEF AND CONCISE AS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS IN ORDER TO GIVE OTHERS IN THE ROOM THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AND VOICE THEIR NEEDS IN A, IN A TIMELY AND EFFICIENT MANNER.
I'M NOW CALLING MS, LEADING TO ORDER WHEN YOUR NAME I WILL NOW BEGIN.
ROLL CALL WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE SIGNIFY YOUR ATTENDANCE BY SAYING PRESENT, STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER OR VICE CHAIR GARY LEE.
COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WHITE, DISTRICT NINE PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER BLU, DISTRICT 10.
ROSA COMMISSIONER BRYCE BANKS, DISTRICT 11.
COMMISSIONER STEVEN
AND FINALLY, COMMISSIONER LYNN ASHLEY LINDSAY.
AND THIS IS CHAIRMAN JOHN PAUL CONLEY, MAYOR APPOINTEE, DISTRICT 15.
THIS CONCLUDES THE ROLL CALL PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
I WISH TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO APPRECIATE ALL YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES AND ITS EFFORTS.
AS I ALWAYS STATE, AS I ALWAYS SAY, THE THE BIG, THE THE BIGGER WE ARE, THE LARGER WE ARE, THE STRONGER WE WILL BE AS A BODY AND THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES WE WILL HAVE OUR SHARED OUR VOICES.
I WOULD ALSO NOW LIKE TO, UM, EXPRESS THE WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, RICE BANKS FROM DISTRICT 11 WHO JUST JOINED US AND INVITE HIM TO OFFER A FEW REMARKS ABOUT HIMSELF INTRODUCING WHERE HE CAME FROM, AS WELL AS WHAT HIS HOPES ARE FOR THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER BANKS, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
UH, I WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED, UM, TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 11 ON THIS COMMISSION.
UM, I AM A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF THE DALLAS AREA.
I GREW UP MOSTLY IN PLANO, BUT NOW I LIVE IN DALLAS PROPER.
UM, I JUST GRADUATED, UH, UNDERGRADUATE AT YALE, UM, LAST, LAST YEAR IN MAY.
UM, AND I'M CURRENTLY NOW, UH, WORKING IN THE LEGAL FIELD AND HOPING TO ATTEND LAW SCHOOL.
UM, I HAVE BEEN VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT DISABILITIES FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE BECAUSE I HAVE AN OLDER BROTHER WHO HAS, UM, AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
AND, UM, TAKING CARE OF HIM AND HAVING HIM AS PART OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL ON ME AND HAS LED ME TO PURSUE A LEGAL CAREER IN ADVOCATING FOR THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WITH DISABILITIES.
UH, AND I AM HOPING THAT BEING ON THIS COMMISSION I WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE CURRENT REALITIES ARE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, WHAT CHALLENGES THEY FACE, AND WHAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TANGIBLE ACTION CAN BE TAKEN TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS AND IMPROVE THEIR STANDARDS OF LIVING.
AND I'M HOPING THAT I CAN BE A VERY VALUABLE MEMBER IN HELPING TO FURTHER THAT CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER BANKS FOR, FOR, FOR THESE INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
WE ARE SO DELIGHTED WITH YOU JOINING US AND VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU IN PERSON.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS. AS A REMINDER, EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SHARE THEIR TESTIMONY.
AS OF NOW, WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE REGISTERED.
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ARMANDO GARCIA AND ALEX STEIN.THEY WILL BOTH HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES TO PROVIDE THEIR TESTIMONIES STARTING WITH MR. ALEX STEIN.
DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE REGISTERED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ARE NOT PRESENT, WE WILL NOT BE.
UH, THE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION HAS CONCLUDED.
I DO INVITE ALL COMMISSIONERS TO INVITE INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR CIRCLES WHO MAY WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON DISABILITY RELATED ISSUES.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
KINDLY BE ADVISED THAT WE ARE APPROVING BOTH THE MINUTES FOR THE MARCH 25TH MEETING, AND WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE REVIEWING AND APPROVING THE MINUTES FOR APRIL.
EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING IN APRIL DUE TO FORM NOT BEING MET, WE STILL NEED TO HAVE RECORDS ON FILE AS, AS A WAY OF, OF COMPLYING WITH PROCEDURES.
ARE THERE ANY EDITS THAT COMMISSIONERS WISH TO MAKE TO THE MARCH MINUTES? STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER OR VICE CHAIR AB DISTRICT ONE? NOTHING.
COMMISSIONER WHITE DISTRICT NINE.
UH, COMMISSIONER BALU, DISTRICT 10, NO CHANGES.
COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER BANKS DISTRICT 11.
UM, COMMISSIONER
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, COMMISSIONER LINDSAY.
OKAY, SO NOW THAT WE, WE HAVE, UM, AND THIS IS CHAIRMAN LEY.
I ALSO WISH TO NOT MAKE ANY EDITS AT THIS TIME.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE MINUTES FOR MARCH THE ACCEPTED AS READ.
SECOND COMMISSIONER WHITE SECONDS.
COMMISSIONER WHITE, THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR SECONDING.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS THEY ARE FOR MARCH.
PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING A AYE AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? APPARENTLY THERE IS NONE.
SO THE MOTION PASSES AND THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AS READ.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE MINUTES FOR APRIL.
ARE THERE ANY EDITS THAT COMMISSIONERS WISH TO MAKE PRIOR TO THEIR APPROVAL, STARTING WITH VICE-CHAIR, DISTRICT ONE? NOTHING.
COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER BANKS.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, COMMISSIONER BUSHRA DISTRICT 13.
AND THIS IS JOHN CAL, CHAIRMAN CAL CONLEY.
UM, I DO NOT WISH TO MAKE ANY EDITS AT THIS TIME.
THEREFORE, I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE MINUTES FOR APRIL, 2025 BE ACCEPTED AS READ.
ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? APPARENTLY THERE IS NONE.
SO THE MOTION PASSES AND THE MINUTES FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL HAVE BEEN APPROVED AS READ.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE DISABILITY PRIOR FLAG INITIATIVE.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE COMMISSIONER HAD ORIGINALLY VOTED TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL OR HAVE CITY STAFF, UH, BEGIN THE PROCESS OF SECURING PROPOSALS, THE, UH, THE PROCESS OF MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS WAS A BRIEFING ITEM AND NOT A VOTING ITEM, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA ITEM, AS A WAY OF CORRECTING THIS, WE HAVE DECIDED TO ADD THIS ITEM BACK TO THE APRIL AGENDA AND THE COMMISSIONER WILL VOTE ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING A DISABILITY PRIDE FLAG RAISING IN THE MONTH OF JULY, WHICH ALSO MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
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ACT.I'M SURE THAT MANY COMMISSIONERS YOU ALL MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT AND THINK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE MORE.
SO NOW I, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, WE DISCUSS THIS ITEM FOR A VOTE STARTING WITH VICE CHAIR DISTRICT ONE.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A SECOND? YES.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DISCUSS THIS ITEM AND POSSIBLY VOTE ON IT.
UM, I'LL ALSO BEGIN BY ASKING, COMMISSIONER, WHY YOU BY CHAIRING DISTRICT ONE? DO YOU WISH TO DISCUSS ABOUT WHAT? ANY ITEM? THIS ITEM? NO.
UH, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST MOVE ALONG QUICKLY AND CLEAR UP THE PROBLEM YOU, WE HAVE WITH PROCEDURE.
SO YOU'RE MAKING, SO YOU'RE VOTING THAT WE GO AHEAD AND, YES.
COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER TOWNSVILLE.
YEAH, I THINK WE JUST, UH, I CONCUR WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER FROM THE DISTRICT ONE.
NEXT BY, UM, COMMISSIONER BOOKER, DISTRICT THREE.
I THINK WE, UH, JUST CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, COMMISSIONER WHITE, DISTRICT NINE.
IS THIS JUST ONE FLAG OVER OVER THE CITY HALL? CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT YOUR COMMENT? COMMISSIONER, READING? COMMISSIONER WHITE OR WHITE? COMMISSIONER WHITE.
IS THIS JUST ONE FLAG OVER CITY HALL? YES.
SO THE INTENT IS TO HAVE A FLAG RAISING CEREMONY, WHICH WILL SPEAK, WHICH WILL STAY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, STARTING, UH, FROM JULY 1ST THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
BUT ONLY AT CITY HALL? YES, AT CITY HALL.
IT'LL BE ORGANIZED HERE IN DALLAS.
I'M SORRY? IT WILL BE AT, IT WILL BE HERE AT DALLAS CITY HALL? YES, MA'AM.
UH, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER BA BLUE DISTRICT 10.
ARE WE VOTING OR TAKING COMMENTS? I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.
WELL, WE'RE, SO WE'RE DOING BOTH.
WE'RE DISCUSSING AND WE'RE VOTING ABOUT WHETHER THE COMMISSION, WHETHER WE WANT TO HAVE A DISABILITY FIVE FLAG CEREMONY IN THE MONTH OF JULY.
FRANK BARB WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO, UM, YOU HAVE TO POST AN AGENDA THAT THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WILL BE VOTED ON TODAY OR POTENTIALLY VOTED ON TODAY.
UM, SO AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR, YOU MOVE FOR THE MOTION AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR SECOND, THEN YOU CAN OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO, UM, HAVE A DISCUSSION UNDER THEN PROCEED TO VOTE ON THE ITEM.
BUT I THINK IT'S BETTER TO, FOR PROCEDURAL PURPOSES TO KEEP IT SEPARATE.
AFTER DISCUSSION HAS CONCLUDED, THEN YOU CAN PROCEED TO THE VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
SO I HAVE NO DISCUSSION TO ADD.
UM, COMMISSIONER BANKS DISTRICT 11.
UM, I, I CURRENTLY HAVE NO COMMENTS TO ADD OTHER THAN THAT, I'M, I SEEM BROADLY IN FAVOR OF THIS, THIS PROPOSAL.
AND, AND, UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER ISHKA, DISTRICT 13.
YOU HAVE NO, YOU DON'T WISH TO DISCUSS.
NOW THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED, WE ARE NOW MOVING TO THE VOTING ITEM, AND NOW I'M GOING TO BE CALLING YOUR NAME IN RESPECT, DISTRICT CALLING FOR A VOTE ON WHETHER WE WANT AS A COMMISSION TO HAVE A DISABILITY PRIDE FLAG RAISING CEREMONY IN THE MONTH OF JULY.
I WILL BEGIN THE, THE VOTE BY CALLING COMMISSIONER OR VICE CHAIR RE.
COMMISSIONER WHITE DISTRICT NINE? YES.
COMMISSIONER BANKS DISTRICT 11? YES.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, COMMISSIONER PUSHKA DISTRICT 13.
NOW THAT WE HAVE COUNTED ALL THE VOTES AND THERE ARE, AND AND WE HAVE VOTED YES.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, THE COMMISSIONER ON DISABILITIES MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE A FLAG RAISING CEREMONY IN THE MONTH OF JULY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS VOTE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
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THERE IS NONE.SO THE MOTION PASSES AND THE CITY STAFF WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF, OF THE NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS BRIEFING.
ITEMS CURRENTLY BE ADVISED THAT SHOULD THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT AND COMMISSIONER'S REPORTS ARE LISTED UNDER BRIEFING ITEMS RATHER THAN VOTING ITEMS. THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE CANNOT VOTE WHEN REPORTS ARE GIVEN.
SO AS A RESULT, THESE REPORTS ARE NOW INCLUDED IN THE BRIEFING ITEMS SECTION WRAPPED ON THE VOTING ITEMS. I WILL BEGIN BY PROVIDING THE OFFICER'S REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY TO THAT.
OFFICE REPORT FOR MAY ON MAY THE 20TH, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR OF CAMP SUMMIT, AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE BARRIER FREE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES THAT PROMOTE PERSONAL GROWTH AND FOSTER INDEPENDENCE TO, FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN INSIGHTS ABOUT THE WORK OF THIS ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES.
PERHAPS THE COMMISSION CAN BENEFIT IMMENSELY FROM THE INFORMATION BEING SHARED AS THE WORK OF CAMP SUMMIT ALIGNS WITH OUR GOAL OF PROMOTING DISABILITY INCLUSION.
IN OTHER WORDS, THIS COULD BE AN ITEM TO CONSIDER IN THE FORECAST FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THE MONTH.
AND I WILL NOT TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY WISH TO PROVIDE REPORTS OF THEIR OWN.
AS INDICATED BEFORE, WHEN YOUR NAME AND RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS ARE CALLED, YOU ARE WELCOME TO PROVIDE REPORTS.
AND IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO PROVIDE A REPORT, YOU MAY ALSO INDICATE THAT WE'LL BEGIN WITH VICE CHAIR VY DISTRICT ONE.
DO YOU WISH TO PROVIDE A REPORT? YES, I WILL.
I HAVE SOME FUN NEWS IN DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WEST HAS BEEN SPEARHEADING A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING A LOT OF TEENAGERS, TO RAISE MONEY TO BUILD A SKATE PARK.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST SKATE PARK IN SOUTH DALLAS.
IT'LL BE NEAR WESTMORELAND STATION ON A PIECE OF CITY PROPERTY.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, CHAIR IS A PICTURE OF A YOUNG WOMAN IN A WHEELCHAIR THAT'S BEEN ADAPTED FOR WHEELCHAIR USE IN ESCAPE PARK.
SHE HAS A SPECIAL, UH, METAL TUBING AROUND THE WHEELCHAIR.
SHE HAS EVERYTHING OF EVERY TYPE OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT YOU CAN IMAGINE, HELMETS, UH, KNEE PADS, GLOVES, UH, ANKLE BRACES.
AND SHE SLAPPED TIGHTLY INTO THE CHAIR.
SHE PULLED THIS CHAIR UP THAT CONCRETE RAMP, AND I HAVE SEEN HER PUSH OFF, GO DOWN THAT RAMP AND DO A BACK FLIP.
SHE IS AMAZING, AND I AM EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SKATE PARK IN SOUTH DALLAS.
I IMMEDIATELY, AFTER I SAW THIS VIDEO, MET WITH OUR, UH, PARKS AND REC COMMISSIONER FROM DISTRICT ONE AND ASKED ABOUT ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO A SKATE PARK.
GUESS WHAT? ALL WHEELS WELCOME.
THIS SKATE PARK IS USABLE BY PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT BEING THERE AND WATCHING IT BECOME A REALITY.
I THINK THIS IS VERY EXCITING NEWS FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY HERE IN DALLAS.
AND I JUST SAY, RAY, AND IF YOU COULD SPARE A FEW BUCKS, PLEASE SUPPORT THE EFFORT.
AND I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF YOU BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.
THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS 400 AT LEAST.
VISIT ONE, VISIT TWO, LIVE LARGE VISIT THREE.
HOW DOES THIS PARK MEASURE UP IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES? HAVE A GOOD LOOK AT IT.
WHAT DOES THE HANDICAP PARKING SPACE LOOK LIKE? AT A MINIMUM IS THERE A PICNIC TABLE WITH A CUT OUT BENCH SO THAT A WHEELCHAIR CAN PULL UP? PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR PARKS.
WHEN PARKS AND REC COMES TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS.
BE PREPARED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND GET MORE INFORMATION.
I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED BY THIS POSSIBILITY.
THANK YOU VICE CHAIR FOR PROVIDING THIS INFORMATIVE REPORT.
WE ARE ALSO JUST AS EXCITED AS YOU ARE ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY OF A NEW SKATE PARK, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU RAISING THE CONCERNS REGARDING ACCESSIBILITY.
WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING MORE UPDATES FROM YOU REGARDING THIS, AND HOPEFULLY
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IT WILL BE A SUCCESS.WE'RE NOW MOVING TO COMMISSIONER TOWNSVILLE DISTRICT TWO.
DO YOU WISH TO PROVIDE A REPORT FOR ME? UH, YES.
I AM EXCITED TO SAY THAT I HAD NOT TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THE PARK THAT'S IN DEVELOPMENT IN THE CEDARS IN, UH, ADJACENT TO OLD CITY PARK THAT IS, UM, BEING DESIGNED TO BE WHOLLY ACCESSIBLE AND THEY ARE HAVING A FUNDRAISER FOR THAT INITIATIVE JUNE 21ST.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THE TIME, BUT I HAVE TWO DIFFERENT EMAILS WITH DIFFERENT TIMES.
SO I WILL PROVIDE THAT THROUGH, UM, THE CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THAT.
BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF ANY OF Y'ALL COULD SHOW UP FOR THAT.
IT IS GOING TO BE A, UM, AN EFFORT JUST, WE HAD ONE LAST YEAR WHERE, UM, THE, UH, EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED WAS INVITED TO CREATE A PAPER KITE, AND I THINK THIS YEAR THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TRY TO AUCTION THOSE KITES, BUT THEY ALL GO ON DISPLAY AND YOU PAY A LITTLE BIT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT OF COURSE IT'S FREE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WHO CAN'T.
BUT THE GOAL IS TO RAISE MORE FUNDS FOR THE PARK.
SO I WILL BE SENDING FULL DETAILS.
LIKE I SAID, I HAD DISCREPANCIES IN THE TWO EMAILS I RECEIVED FROM THE TWO ORGANIZERS, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD IT RIGHT BEFORE I TABLED IT FOR THE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER TOWNVILLE FOR PROVIDING THIS REPORT.
WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING UPDATES FROM YOU AS THEY COME ALONG.
MOVING ON TO COMMISSIONER H****R, DISTRICT THREE.
DO YOU WISH TO PROVIDE A REPORT? YES, I DO.
UM, SO AFTER OUR, I BELIEVE THAT WAS MARCH MEETING WHERE THE TEAM FROM THE DALLAS ACCESSIBLE HAZARD, UM, UH, THAT CAME AND PROMOTED THE, UH, ACCESSIBLE HAZARD ALERT SYSTEM.
UM, I, I JUST FELT THAT THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT THREE IN ORDER TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND VISIBILITY, UM, FOR THIS SYSTEM.
SO I WORKED WITH OUR COMMUNICATION TEAM AND, UH, CAME UP WITH A COMMUNICATION PLAN IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE VISIBILITY FOR THIS, UH, SERVICE FOR OUR, OUR RESIDENTS WITH, UM, UM, DISABILITY.
SO WE JUST ROLLED OUT OUR FIRST, UH, COMMUNICATION.
IT WAS FEATURED IN OUR MAY, UM, NEWSLETTER.
AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION THAT WE'LL ROLL OUT OVER THE NEXT, UH, SUBSEQUENT QUARTERS, UM, IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THIS SERVICE, UM, WHICH I FEEL IS, IS TRULY NEEDED AND VALUABLE FOR OUR, OUR RES RESIDENTS.
UM, ALSO I MET WITH THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AS WELL AS THE CEO FOR A LOCAL NONPROFIT CALLED, UH, UNI SPREAD THE LIGHT.
UM, I MET WITH THE CEO BRIDGET FORGE.
UM, THE NONPROFIT SUPPORTS AND WORKS WITH INDIVIDUALS, UH, WITH DISABILITIES AND JUST PRETTY MUCH HELP THEM TO BE, UH, SELF SUSTAINING, THRIVING, UM, BY OFFERING THEM DIFFERENT, UH, WORKSHOPS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, FIND EMPLOYMENT, UM, AS WELL AS VETERANS.
THEY WORK WITH VETERANS AS WELL.
UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIGGEST FOCUS FOR THEM IS WORKING WITH, UM, LOCAL RESIDENTS, UH, THAT ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING VALUABLE JOB SKILLS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GO OUT AND GET THAT GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT.
UM, AND THEY ARE INTERESTED IN IDENTIFYING WAYS THAT, UH, WE CAN COLLABORATE, UH, THE COMMISSION, UM, AND THE CITY CAN SUPPORT THEM WITH SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT THEY ARE DOING ON, ON THEIR END AND VICE VERSA.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ON OUR END.
SO, UH, MORE TO COME ON THAT JUST HAD A MEETING WITH THEM ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND, UH, HAVE ANOTHER FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW ACTUALLY, UH, TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.
BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM.
THEY'VE BEEN IN, THEY'VE BEEN IN THE ORG UM, COMMUNITY FOR ABOUT 70 YEARS NOW.
AND, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER LOOKER FOR PROVIDING THIS REPORT.
MOVING ON TO COMMISSIONER WHITE DISTRICT NINE.
DO YOU WISH TO PROVIDE REPORT FOR ME? I DO NOT.
NEXT WE MOVE TO COMMISSIONER BALLOU, DISTRICT 10.
SORRY, I COULDN'T GET OFF MUTE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO REPORT THAT, UM, I MET IN THE MONTH OF APRIL.
I HAD A, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE COMMUNITY DAY FOR ORGANIZATION CALLED TO BE LIKE ME.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION THAT TAKES SCHOOL CHILDREN INTO THEIR FACILITY.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN GIVEN A, UH, CAMPUS BY RISD, UM, AS AN A, UH, DECOMMISSIONED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND IN THIS PLACE THEY BRING IN FOURTH GRADERS.
THEY TALK TO THEM AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT ADVOCATES.
THEY HAVE, UH, SOMEONE WITH AUTISM, SOMEONE WITH VISION IMPAIRMENT, SOMEONE WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT, SOMEONE WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT.
THEY HAVE ALL TYPES OF DISABILITIES.
AND THE KIDS SPEND THE AFTERNOON OR MORNING GOING TO EACH CLASSROOM IN WHICH THEY LEARN WHAT THINGS ARE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THEIR PERSON WHOSE MOBILITY IMPAIR
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IMPAIRED WILL SIT THERE WITH THEIR, UM, ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR AND SHOW 'EM WHAT ALL THE THINGS DO ON IT AND HOW THEY GET AROUND AND HOW THEY LIVE IN A WORLD, UM, DIFFERENTLY FROM WHAT THESE KIDS EXPERIENCE.THEY THEN GO, THE MOST INCREDIBLE ROOM IS ONE THAT'S BEEN SPONSORED BY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES.
AS YOU WALK IN, THEY PIN A PIECE OF, UM, HORSE SANDPAPER BEHIND YOUR SHIRT COLLAR.
SO IT'S AGAINST YOUR SKIN AND IT, IT'S A SENSORY ROOM.
AND THEN YOU GO IN AND IT'S LINED UP LIKE A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT AND YOU'VE GOT ANNOUNCEMENT AND DINGING AND ALL OF THESE OVER SENSORY OVERLOAD THINGS GOING ON.
AND THEN THEY TALK TO 'EM ABOUT HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL.
AND CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU WERE SENSE, YOU KNOW, SENSORY SENSITIVE, REALLY AN INCREDIBLE THING.
I THEN THEY SET UP A MEETING WITH THEIR CHAIR OF THEIR TOM HENDRICKS WHO TALKED TO ME ABOUT THEIR ORGANIZATION, AND THEY HAD STUDENTS THE DAY I MET WITH THEM, THEY HAD STUDENTS COMING IN FROM EAST TEXAS TO, UM, TO DO THIS.
THEY, UM, EITHER FUNDED BY THE SCHOOLS, PAY A FEE.
IT IS MANDATORY FOR ALL RISD FOURTH GRADERS TO ATTEND THIS SESSION, BUT IT'S AN INCREDIBLE WAY TO HELP PEOPLE AT A YOUNG AGE LEARN WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A DISABILITY.
MY WIFE AND I WISH MY DAUGHTER WITH DOWN SYNDROME HAD THIS, WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, WE USED TO GO IN AND READ BOOKS ON DOWN SYNDROME TO HER KINDERGARTEN, FIRST, AND SECOND GRADE CLASSES TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANT TO BE JULIA.
BUT THIS COVERS SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I AM TALKING TO TOM ABOUT HAVING HIM COME AND, UM, PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION AT A LATER DATE.
AND I THINK WE'D ALL BE EXCITED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION.
THEY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR CORPORATE THEN, SO THEY HAVE AN OUTREACH WHERE COMPANIES CAN HAVE THEM COME IN AND UNDERSTAND BETTER, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN HOW THEY REACT TO THE WORLD OR INTERACT WITH THE WORLD, BUT THEY CAN BE VALUABLE MEMBERS IF THEY ARE UNDERSTOOD BETTER.
UM, COOK, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BELU FOR THIS INSIGHTFUL REPORT.
I THINK THAT TO BE LIKE ME IS A FASCINATING ORGANIZATION.
I HAVE READ ABOUT THEM WITH, UM, PREVIOUSLY, AND IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMISSION TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
AND SO WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.
AND IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU'D LIKE THEM TO SPEAK TO US, WE NOW MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER BANKS DISTRICT 11.
DO YOU WISH TO PROVIDE A REPORT? I, I SUPPOSE A, A SHORT REPORT? I, I'M NEW SO I DON'T, UH, HAVE ANYTHING, UH, SPECIFIC FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS TO BRING UP.
BUT, UM, HERE ARE SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
UH, I DO HAVE A, I HAVE A NONPROFIT IN MIND, UM, CALLED BUZZ BRIDGE FARMS THAT I'M ACTUALLY ALSO ON THE BOARD OF.
UM, AND THEY ARE, UH, A, A NONPROFIT THAT ESSENTIALLY CREATE, UH, VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAINING FOR, UM, INDIVIDUALS WITH, UH, INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
UM, AND THEY, THEY HELP TEACH THEM LIFE SKILLS, UM, INDEPENDENT SKILLS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, I, I CERTAINLY COULD LOOK INTO SEEING IF THAT THAT ORGANIZATION COULD BE A POTENTIAL PARTNER FOR US AND WITH THE CITY, UM, AND SEEING IF, IF THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE US ANY INSIGHT INTO, UH, HOW THEY, YOU KNOW, UNDO THEIR WORKSHOPS AND HOW THEY TRY TO ADVOCATE FOR THE, THE DISABLED INDIVIDUALS WHO THEY REPRESENT.
UM, I ALSO AM A COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE, UM, IN COLLIN COUNTY.
AND I KNOW THAT CASA, UH, AS AN ORGANIZATION, THEY HAVE, UM, A LOT OF CHILDREN, UH, WITHIN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM THAT THEY REPRESENT WHO HAVE VARIOUS KINDS OF DISABILITIES.
AND THEY, THE, THAT IS ALWAYS A VERY, UH, CRITICAL AREA OF THEIR, THEIR COURT REPORTS AND, AND THEIR, UM, YOU KNOW, FINDINGS FOR THOSE CHILDREN AND, AND THEIR BEST INTERESTS.
SO WITH BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, I THINK I COULD SERVE AS A LIAISON FOR THE BOARD TO THEM AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM TEACH US ABOUT SOME THINGS, SOME PRACTICES THAT THEY HAVE OR, UM, MAYBE EVEN WORK ON SOME PROJECTS TOGETHER.
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT, UH, INSIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR AGREEING THAT FOR ATTENTION.
WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO STAYING IN COMMUNICATION WITH YOU REGARDING THIS.
WE NEXT GO TO COMMISSIONER HUKA DISTRICT 13.
DO YOU WISH TO PROVIDE A REPORT FOR ME? NO REPORT THIS MONTH.
AND NOW WE WOULD ALSO NOW LIKE TO WELCOME COMMISSIONER LINDSAY WHO JUST JOINED US.
COMMISSIONER LINDSAY, DO YOU WISH TO PROVIDE YOUR REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY? HI, THANK YOU.
IT DOESN'T LIKE MY DALLAS CITY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR WEBEX.
UM,
COMMISSIONER REVY, THANK YOU FOR COORDINATING
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THE FC TRINITY, UH, TICKETS.I BROUGHT SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO, UM, HAVE KIDS WITH DISABILITIES TO OUR, THE SOCCER GAME TO SEE THE WOMEN PLAY, WHICH WAS SUPER FUN, BUT ALSO EYE-OPENING TO, WE ACTUALLY STRUGGLED QUITE A BIT TO FIND CORRECT PARKING SPACES AND THEN ACCESS TO GET TO THE GAME WHEN THERE WAS A WHOLE FOCUS ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
SO I HAVE A, UM, PERSONAL PROJECT TO COORDINATE WITH THE STADIUM TO SEE IF THERE'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NEED, UH, RAMPS AND, UM, E EASIER WAY TO FIND THEIR SEATS.
ROB, THAT IS AN EXCELLENT REPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER LINDSAY FOR SHARING IT WITH US.
THIS NOW CONCLUDES THE COURT SECTION.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE BRIEFING PORTION OF OUR AGENDA IS PROCEDURES AND CODE OF CONDUCT TRAINING CONDUCT.
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE MS. VERONICA BARZA, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND SHE WILL PROVIDE TRAINING ON COMMISSION PROCEDURES AND CODE OF CONDUCTS.
WELL, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
UM, IT'S HONOR TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU ABOUT THE PROCEDURES AND CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THIS COMMISSION.
UM, AND, UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE HOLD THE QUESTIONS TO THE END, JUST WRITING DOWN TO TAKE NOTE AND THEN I CAN RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE, OF THE TRAINING.
UM, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, THE END, THIS IS GONNA BE AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMMISSION'S, UH, MISSION AND PURPOSE, THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR, UM, THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN THE QUORUM.
AND OF COURSE AT THE END WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS.
SO HERE, THIS COMMISSION IS AN ADVISORY BOARD AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ANY ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE FULL SPECTRUM OF RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND OF RIGHTS AND P PRIVILEGES, EXCUSE ME, OF PERSON WITH DISABILITIES.
AND WITH THAT, WHAT YOU WILL DO IS YOU'LL PROVIDE ADVISEMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON CITY RELATED ISSUES AND PROVIDE FORMS FOR VOICING THE CONCERNS AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE CITY'S DIVERSE DISABILITY COMMITTEE COMMUNITY.
I'M SORRY, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SIDE.
AND SO HERE, UM, WITH THIS, UM, PARTICULAR COMMISSION, UM, YOU'RE FORMED UNDER CHAPTER TWO AND YOUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, THEY'RE OUTLINED IN SECTION TWO DASH 1 5 2, 1 OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE.
ARE YOU ON CAMPUS? HUH? I'M, IT'S JUST NOT SHOWING THERE.
I CAN'T SEE WHAT I LOOK LIKE EITHER, SO ME IF I LOOK KIND OF CREEPY.
UM, SO THOSE, UH, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE OUTLINED IN CHAPTER TWO OF THE DALLAS CITY CODE.
UM, AND I DON'T WANT TO READ TO YOU, BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THOSE DUTIES.
SO YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ADDRESSING ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES, ADDRESSING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
AS WELL AS ADDRESSING ISSUES RELATED TO DRUG ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE, ANY ISSUES RELATED TO HOUSING, AS WELL AS ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU JUST PRESENTED ON IN YOUR REPORTS TODAY.
I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE THIS, UM, POWERPOINT SLIDE TO SHOW YOU THAT THOSE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS COMMISSION IS OUTLINED AND SPELLED OUT IN THE DALLAS, UH, CITY CODE.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S UNDER CHAPTER TWO.
SO HERE AS ADVISORY COMMISSION, UM, YOU DO HAVE, AS WE MENTIONED, THOSE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO PROVIDE ADVISEMENT ON A SPECTRUM OF ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE DON'T DO AS ADVISORY COMMISSION, WE DO NOT ENFORCE LAWS.
WE DO NOT LEGISLATE, WE DON'T MAKE PUBLIC POLICY AND WE DO NOT BUY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO HERE WE ARE SIMPLY ADVISORY.
WE'RE LETTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS BE KNOWN OF THIS COMMISSION WHO SUPPORTS THE CITY OF DALLAS.
NOW PLEASE BE, UM, BE AWARE AND BE CAUTIOUS THAT THERE COULD BE LEGAL
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LIABILITY AS MEMBERS ON THIS COMMISSION.GO OUTSIDE OF THE LEGAL REALM, MEANING YOU'RE ACTING OUTSIDE OF YOUR SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.
YOU'RE DENYING A PERSON THEIR RIGHTS HERE BY THE LONG OF THE STATE, THE CITY OR US CONSTITUTION.
SO NOW I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR.
SO AS THE CHAIR, UM, THE CHAIR IS GOING TO BE THE PERSON WHO'S IN CONSULTATION WITH CITY STAFF TO SET THE AGENDA.
THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND ENSURE THE RIGHTS OF ALL MEMBERS ARE MAINTAINED.
THEY ENSURE THAT THE MEETINGS RUN SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND THEY ENSURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE REGARDLESS OF CODE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, ALSO REFERRED TO AS AND ANY OTHER LAWS AS APPLICABLE.
SO, UM, HERE I'M GONNA TOUCH ON THE AGENDA.
SO FOR THE AGENDA, IN ORDER TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OF MEETING ACT, WHICH IS TOMA, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WELL, FIRST I'M GONNA SAY THIS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE GETS THE AGENDA, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST A WEEK BEFORE THAT 72 HOUR, UM, DEADLINE THAT GIVES THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE INSIGHT ON IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE AMENDED, AND JUST PROPER ADVISEMENT ON A GENERAL BASIS TO THIS COMMISSION.
ALSO, WITH THE AGENDA, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WHAT'S POSTED ON THE AGENDA IS WHAT OCCURS IN THIS MEETING.
SO IF YOU'RE SIMPLY GOING TO BE BRIEFED ON AN ITEM, THAT MEANS SOMEONE IS LIKE MYSELF, IS COMING AND PRESENTING TO YOU, BUT THERE IS NO VOTING, THEN IT NEEDS TO BE LABELED AND SPECIFIED AS SUCH.
ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE IS AN ITEM THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE ACTION ON, UM, OR EVEN POTENTIAL ACTION ON, YOU THINK YOU MAY DO THAT, IT NEEDS TO BE LABELED AS SUCH IN THE AGENDA SO THAT SOMEONE IN THE PUBLIC, IF THEY WERE TO PICK UP THAT AGENDA, THEY KNOW THAT THIS COMMISSION IS GOING TO VOTE ON AN ITEM OR THEY'RE SIMPLY GOING TO BE BRIEF.
SO IT NEEDS TO BE SPECIFIED AND CLEAR.
ANOTHER THING TOO, ABOUT THE AGENDA THAT I WANNA MENTION IS IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT IT'S FOR THE COMMISSIONERS.
THE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO BE AWARE, UM, AND BE ABLE TO DO ANY RESEARCH AS NEEDED ON WHAT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSED SO THAT YOU CAN EFFECTIVELY VOTE AND MAKE YOUR DECISION KNOWN.
SO I, I DON'T WANNA HARP ON THE AGENDA, BUT THE AGENDA IS, IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ROBERTS RULES, ET CETERA, BECAUSE IT ESSENTIALLY SETS THE FOUNDATION ON WHAT THIS COMMISSION AND BOARD IS GOING TO DO FOR THE AGENDA THAT YOU HAVE SET.
UM, AND NOW ADDITIONALLY, UM, JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN YOU HAVE AGENDA, OF COURSE YOU WILL IF YOU GO BACK TO NEXT, NEXT TO THE PRIOR SPOT.
ADDITIONALLY, OF COURSE, TYPICALLY AS WE DO HERE, IT WILL SET OUT THE MINUTES.
UM, IT WILL LIST THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
AND THEN LASTLY, YOU MAY HAVE LIKE STAFF AND COMMITTEE REPORTS, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO FORUM, SO FORUM FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOARD IS BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF MEMBERS THAT ARE, UM, THAT CAN BE APPOINTED.
UM, NORMALLY IT'S A SIMPLE MAJORITY BUSINESS IS 15 MEMBER.
IT HAS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF SIX MEMBERS THAT HAVE TO BE PRESENT, UM, FOR PURPOSES.
SO LET'S SAY HERE, I THINK IT'S, IS IT, AND IT MAY BE WRONG NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE, THE, UM, WEBSITE IS UPDATED, BUT IF IT WAS NINE, UM, MEMBERS WHO WERE APPOINTED TO THIS BOARD, THEN YOUR QUO WOULD BE SIMPLE.
MAJORITY SAY FIVE BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE SIX.
SIX WOULD BE THE MINIMUM, UM, FOR THE QUORUM.
AND OF COURSE YOU NEED QUORUM TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS, TO TAKE ANY ACTIONS, ET CETERA.
NOW, OF COURSE, UM, IF THERE'S, AND IF THERE'S NO QUORUM, YOU CAN'T PROCEED.
SO FOR EFFECTIVE CHAIR, EFFECTIVE CHAIR, UM, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THEY'RE GOING TO PRESIDE IN THE MEETING.
THEY'RE GONNA MAKE SURE IT STARTS ON TIME.
OF COURSE, THEY'VE MET WITH CCAO, THEY'VE MET WITH CITY STAFF.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE AS A MENTOR, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL.
THEY'RE IMPARTIAL, CALM, OBJECTIVE, UM, BESIDES THE COURTEOUS.
AND THEY MAKE SURE THEY BUILD THE CONSENSUS AMONGST THE, UM, THE COMMISSION BEFORE PROCEEDING.
AND TYPICALLY, UM, WHEN YOU START, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE VOTING ON ITEM, THE CHAIR WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION AND EDIT CONCLUSION OF DISCUSSION? THEN YOU WOULD HAVE
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ABOUT THE DUTIES OF MEMBERS.SO HERE IS THE SIMILAR SET OF DUTIES AS IT IS FOR THE UM, CHAIR.
YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE POWERS AND DUTIES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
YOU MUST FOLLOW THE RULES AND PROCEDURES.
UM, HERE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, LEEWAY WITH THIS LIMITING COMMENTS AT FIVE MINUTES.
BUT I SEE HERE AT THE COMMISSION, AT LEAST FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING, WE LIMIT COMMENTS FOR THREE MINUTES.
UM, MEMBERS MUST FIND REMARKS TO THE MOTION BEING DEBATED.
MEANING IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FLAG, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GO ON AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOR FOR GENDER THREE WEEKS LATER.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE MOTION, UM, THAT YOU'RE, UM, TALKING ABOUT AND DEBATING IS WHAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE FLOOR.
UM, JUST GENERALLY YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY PURPLE PERSONAL ATTACKS.
SORRY, MAKING SURE YOU'RE BEING RESPECTFUL OF CITY STAFF OR YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE NOT ALL GONNA ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WE ALL DO HAVE TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER.
UM, NEXT SLIDE AGAIN, UM, THIS RESPECT DOESN'T JUST STAND TO THE COMMISSIONERS, IT JUST STANDS TO CITY EMPLOYEES AND STAFF.
UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPECT THE CHAIR, WE, UM, OBEY, UM, AND FOLLOW THE RULES AS SET VOLUNTEERING THIS COMMISSION.
UM, ALSO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABIDING BY WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS, UM, HAS PROPOSED OR ADVISE IF AN OPINION IS SOUGHT.
AND, UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE STAYING WITHIN THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES.
AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS ADVISORY COMMISSION.
YOU MAKE ADVISEMENTS THAT COULD GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND BEYOND THAT ADVISORY, THOUGH, OF COURSE THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE, HEY, I WANT US TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL DO X, Y, AND Z ON DECEMBER 5TH.
THAT, THAT WAS, THAT HAS TO BE DONE ON DECEMBER 5TH, IS THIS IS WHAT THE COMMISSION IS SAYING AS A RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND CEDRIC, THEY CAN MAKE THE DETERMINATION IF THEY'RE GOING TO PROCEED OR NOT.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO AS AN EFFECTIVE MEMBER, OF COURSE YOU SHOULD BE COMMITTED TO THIS, UM, COMMISSION'S MISSION, UM, ATTEND MEETINGS AS PRESCRIBED, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE DOING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
AS YOU HAVE, UM, MENTIONED EARLIER, EVERYONE'S CHECKING IN WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, PROVIDING REPORTS AND UPDATES.
UM, YOU'RE EXPRESSING VIEWS ON ISSUES AS NEEDED BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE.
YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS AND RAISING YOUR CONCERNS.
YOU'RE KEEPING AN OPEN MIND WHEN YOU'RE BEING PREPARED COURSE FOR YOUR MEETINGS.
SO AGAIN, THESE RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THEY DON'T JUST APPLY TO THE CHAIR.
THEY DON'T ONLY APPLY TO JUST THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE.
ALSO CITY STAFF, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR FOLLOWING THE SAME RULES AND PROCEDURES.
WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, UM, FORCE OUR OPINIONS ON SOMEONE, RIGHT? UM, AND WE AS A CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, RIGHT? ONCE WE, UM, RECEIVE SOMETHING FROM THE COMMISSION COME IN, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS, WE'LL GIVE, UH, THAT NON-BIASED LEGAL OPINIONS SO THAT YOU WOULD KNOW HOW TO RECEIVE, HOW TO PROCEED.
ALSO, UM, THE MEDIA MAY NOT INTERVIEW PEOPLE INSIDE THE MEETING ROOM DURING A MEETING, AND THE PUBLIC ALSO MUST FOLLOW THE SAME RULES, UM, THAT'S PRESCRIBED TO THEM BY THIS COMMISSION.
SO IF YOU SAY THREE MINUTES, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T GO AND COME UP AND SAY, WELL, I HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR 10 MINUTES.
NO, THAT'S NOT THE RULES OF THIS COMMISSION.
SO NOW I'M JUST GONNA OPEN IT UP, UM, FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, I'M TRY TO TOUCH ON THINGS THAT, UM, I THINK THAT HAVE COME UP.
BUT AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK.
UM, AND SO THAT I MAY ADDRESS THEM HERE.
MS. BARZA, WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR COMING TO OUR MEETING AND, AND PROVIDING THIS INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.
EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE HERE LAST YEAR PRESENT, IT ALWAYS HELPS TO REFRESH OUR MEMORY.
AND THIS, I BELIEVE, SERVES A REVIEW OF OUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER WHO JOINED OUR COMMISSION AT CERTAIN TIMES.
SO THIS IS VERY GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE.
AT THIS POINT, I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND WE WILL NOW TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO THE REST OF THE BOARD WHO MAY WISH TO HAVE QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS STARTING WITH VICE CHAIR RE DISTRICT.
ONE ONLY COMMENT IS THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE REFRESHER.
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NEXT WE MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER TOWNSVILLE, DISTRICT TWO.COMMISSIONER H****R, DISTRICT THREE, NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER WHITE DISTRICT NINE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
COMMISSIONER BAR BALLOON, DISTRICT 10.
YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
THIS HAS BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ON PROCEDURE.
WHEN AN ITEM IS COMING TO VOTE, IS THERE ANY PROCEDURE TO MAKE SURE IT'S BROUGHT UP AT A PREVIOUS MEETING IN ORDER TO HAVE BACKGROUND AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ITEM PRIOR TO REQUESTING A VOTE ON IT? I'M GONNA USE THE DISABILITY FLAG AS THE EXAMPLE.
WE HAD NO BACKGROUND, NO UNDERSTANDING, AND THEN WE WENT STRAIGHT TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT REALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON.
AND I'M KIND OF CURIOUS, HOW COULD WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS IN WHICH WE CAN BE INFORMED OTHER THAN JUST A BOB ON THE AGENDA ITEM.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW, IS RESPONSIBILITY TO GET, UM, ANY KIND OF BACKGROUND OR BRIEFING ON THAT BEFORE WE ARE ASKED TO VOTE ON IT? SO THAT IS AN EXCELLENT, UM, QUESTION.
AND I KNOW YOU SAID OUTSIDE OF THE AGENDA, BUT I THINK IT DOES START AT THE AGENDA.
SO IF YOU, UM, IN THIS INSTANCE, THE FLAG ITEM, IF THE FLAG ITEM HAD BEEN POSTED AS A BRIEFING ITEM AND OR THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU COULD DO.
WELL, FIRST IF YOU POSTED AS A BRIEFING ITEM, JUST ONLY A BRIEFING, THEN THE COMMISSION HAS THE TIME TO HEAR THE BRIEFING, MAYBE COME BACK FOR A LATER DATE, A LATER MEETING, AND THEN HAVE TIME TO, UM, THINK ABOUT IT MORE AND THEN COME BACK AND MAKE, YOU KNOW, A RECOMMENDATION OR JUST GENERALLY IF IT'S POSTED ON THE AGENDA, THE AGENDA GOES OUT, THE PRESENTATION GOES OUT PRIOR TO THE MEETING, YOU AS A COMMISSIONER, YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO, DO THE DUE DILIGENCE, COME UP WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO YOU CAN ASK, HEY, I NEED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, X, Y, Z ON THIS ITEM, THIS IS WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, THIS IS WHAT'S OUTSTANDING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND AS A COMMISSION, JUST BECAUSE, UM, SOMETHING IS BROUGHT BEFORE THE BODY TO VOTE ON THE BODY CAN ALSO SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THIS AT A DIFFERENT DAY OR LATER DAY BECAUSE WE NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SO ONE, I WOULD SAY START BY POSTING THE AGENDA APPROPRIATELY.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS JUST FROM THE, UM, POSTING THE LOAN, UM, YOU WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY PUT ON NOTICE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE UP SOMETHING, RIGHT? YOU'RE JUST ON NOTICE THAT, HEY, I'M GOING TO GET SOME INFORMATION.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN A LATER MEETING WE WOULD, UM, CONSIDER THAT ALSO SOMETHING, UH, WHEN WE DO HAVE THESE BRIEFINGS, UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY SOMETHING YOU'RE GONNA VOTE, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT PRESENTATION KIND OF SENT OUT TOO, BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, READ THROUGH IT AND GET YOUR OWN BACKGROUND.
BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST ISSUE HONESTLY WAS JUST, UM, NOT HAVING, UM, THE INFORMATION PRESENTED APPROPRIATELY ON THAT AGENDA.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANNA DO, EVEN IF IT'S SIX MONTHS OUT, GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON THERE EARLY SO YOU CAN START PLANNING AND TALKING THROUGH IT.
AND THAT WAY BEFORE YOU GET TO VOTING, YOU ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA VOTE ON BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANYONE RIGHT TO, UM, TO BLINDLY LIKE, UH, VOTING THING.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS KIND OF HAS SERVED AS A LEARNING, UM, MOMENT FOR EVERYONE WITH, YOU KNOW, POSTING AGENDA, MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, MAKING SURE EVERYONE'S AWARE OF THE NEXT STEPS TO BE TAKEN, AND THEN GIVING PEOPLE TIME TO DO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, CONSIDER BEFORE WE ACTUALLY BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A VOTE.
UM, SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
MOVING ON TO COMMISSIONER BANKS DISTRICT 11.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
MOVING ON TO COMMISSIONER BKA, DISTRICT 13, UH, NO QUESTIONS.
AND LAST ONE, BUT LEAST COMMISSIONER LINDSAY, DISTRICT 14.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M CURIOUS WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS, UM, HAVE YOU SEEN COMMITTEE STRUCTURES WITHIN DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AND WHAT TYPICAL SIZE OF A COMMISSION HAS THOSE, IF SO? SO TYPICALLY, UM, SO I COVER ENFORCE AND COMMISSIONS COMMITTEES AND WE ALSO ADVISE, YOU KNOW, DALLAS CITY COUNCIL ON ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, PARTICULARLY IN MY SECTION IS FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ITEMS. UM, AND SO AS IT RELATES, I GUESS TO COMMITTEES, UM, NORMALLY WE'LL SEE A COMMITTEE, UM, SIZE WITH 15, BUT SOME, DEPENDING ON THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMISSION,
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UM, ON THEIR GOVERNING, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTS, THEY MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT SIZE AND STRUCTURE.UM, AND EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN LITTLE THINGS I WOULD SAY THAT THEY KIND OF HAVE ADOPTED AS THEIR, UM, NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS.
UM, BUT WITH THAT IT DOESN'T, UH, VIOLATE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY IN TERMS OF OUR LIKE, YOU KNOW, DECORUM AND CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE GENERAL THINGS AND BEING RESPECTFUL AND ALSO ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR AGENDA AND EVERYTHING IS POSTED APPROPRIATELY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE, UM, TOMA OR TEXAS HEALTH MEETING ACT VIOLATIONS.
BUT YES, WE, MY, UH, I THINK WE ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE MOST SCORES AND COMMISSIONS IN MY SECTION.
I THINK WE HAVE 14, WHEREAS OTHERS HAVE LIKE MAYBE TWO OR THREE.
UM, AND I GUESS ME PERSONALLY, OUTSIDE OF THIS COMMISSION, I ALSO, UM, SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
UM, SO THEY SEE A LOT OF, UM, WE COVER ALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, BUT I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT IF NOT, YOU CAN FOLLOW UP AND I CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK.
YEAH, I WAS, UH, REALLY REFERENCING LIKE SUBCOMMITTEES WITHIN THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE SEEN YEAH, MM-HMM
SO WE HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES COME UP.
I MEAN, UM, SOMETIMES, UH, SOMETIMES THEY CAN BE GOOD AND SOMETIMES IT CAN BE JUST ADDITIONAL HEADACHE BECAUSE I WOULD MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT EVEN LIKE THE SUBCOMMITTEES, LIKE IF THIS COMMISSION WANTED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SUBCOMMITTEE 4, 5, 7 4, 5 7, STILL HAS TO, UM, COMPLY WITH THE SAME, UM, TEXT OF THE MEETING ACT POSTING REQUIREMENTS AND STILL HAVE TO HAVE LIKE THE, I GUESS THE, I'M GONNA SAY THE CHAIR AND THE OTHER SUBCOMMITTEE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, AT A STATIONARY LIKE LOCATION, IT STILL HAS TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND SO SOMETIMES LIKE IT CAN GET A BIT, UM, IT CAN GET A BIT COMPLICATED BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE LIKE THE FULL COMMISSION SAY THAT, UH, WE FIRST TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THEN IT NEVER GETS AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE, THEN YOU HAVE TO COME BACK AND JUST NOW THE SUBCOMMITTEE SO THAT THE COMMISSION CAN TAKE IT BACK.
SO I MEAN, I THINK I'VE SEEN THEM BE EFFECTIVE.
UM, BUT IT IS JUST A COMPLICATED, IT CAN BE COMPLICATED, UM, FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT.
BUT WITH THAT, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS, UM, COMMISSION HAS OR HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU CAN ALWAYS, UM, LIAISE WITH STAFF TO SEND AN OPINION REQUEST OR LEGAL MEMO REQUEST TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WE CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ADVISEMENT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LINDSAY FOR THAT INSIGHTFUL QUESTION.
IN THAT CASE THAT THIS CONCLUDES THE, THE BRIEF, THE BRIEFING ITEM.
WE WANT TO SINCERELY, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU MS. MS. BARZA FOR DEVOTING YOUR TIME TO COME AND PROVIDE THIS BRIEFING TO US.
THIS PRESENTATION WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND INSIGHTFUL AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL REFRESHER FOR RUDY.
OUR NEXT BRIEFING ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITY OF DALLAS SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN.
IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MR. JOSE ELLEN LOPEZ, ENGINEERING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORK.
HE WILL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY OF DALLAS SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN.
UM, MR. LOPEZ, THE FLOOR IS NOW YOURS.
JUST, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, MY NAME IS LOPEZ.
I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER OF THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM CYBER GROUP.
I'M HERE TODAY WITH ME HAVE SOPHIA
UM, TODAY I'M GONNA BE TALKING TO YOU, UH, FIRST I'M GONNA PROVIDE, UH, UM, IT'S JUST A BRIEF, UH, NOTIFICATION OR INFORMATION ABOUT THE CYBER, UM, FROM, UH, SORRY,
SO IT'S ONLY, UM, MAYBE, AND, UH, AT THE SAME TIME I CAN PROVIDE SOME METRICS, UH, ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING WITH THE PROGRAM AS OF TODAY, PLUS, UH, SOME ACTUAL RESULTS THAT WE HAVE AND OPEN TO THE OTHER AFTER THESE SHORT PRESENTATION.
UM, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO THE QUESTION IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, THE MASTER PLAN, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, I'M SORRY AS YOU CAN BE AWARE OF THIS ONE.
SO THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN, I HAVE A COPY IN MY HAND.
THOSE ARE THERE ABLE TO, TO, TO ACCESS.
THIS ONE IS AVAILABLE TOO ON OUR WEBSITE.
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AND, UH, WE HOPE IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE THIS ONE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY, UH, WITH DIFFERENT, UM, CASES SCENARIO, RIGHT? SO EVERYBODY CAN BE ABLE TO READ IT OR HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING ON OUR SITE MASTER PLAN.THIS IS ONE, OUR PROGRAM, THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN THE FUTURE, JUST TO ADD INTO THIS, UH, SUB COMMERCIAL PLAN.
AND THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS A CITYWIDE INITIATIVE.
THE OTHER WAS ASSIGNED, UH, PRETTY MUCH, UM, TO PROVIDE AN ENHANCEMENT TO PEDESTRIANS, UH, DIFFERENTIAL WASTE, UH, TO IMPROVE, UH, ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY.
THIS ONE, UH, IT WAS GUIDED BY, UM, CORE PRINCIPLES.
UM, THE SIX CORE PRINCIPLES ARE SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY, ECONOMIC VITALITY, HOUSING AND INNOVATION.
UM, USING THOSE, UH, SIX GUIDED, UM, THE CORE PRINCIPLES.
SO WE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY ALL THE SIDEWALKS, ALL THE LOCATIONS THAT WE NEEDED.
AND WHAT IS
UM, MR. LOPEZ, I KINDLY REQUEST THAT YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE TO US THE IMAGES THAT YOU'RE SHOWING.
THAT WAY WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
IF YOU ARE ALSO NOT SURE IF YOU'RE PRESENTING IN POWERPOINT FORM, BUT OKAY.
AND TO ALSO, UM, HELP US FOLLOW ALONG MORE EFFICIENTLY, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STAY NEXT SLIDE.
THAT WAY IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IN US FOLLOWING ALONG.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, NOTIFYING MM-HMM
UM, WELL, THE BOOK I'M JUST ARE PRESENTING RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS ONE, UM, HAS 60, UH, SIX PAGES.
UH, PLUS APPENDIX IS A TOTAL FOR 80 PAGES.
AND THIS IS, UH, A BOOK ON HARD COPY THAT HAS NEW, UH, THE COLORS SHOWING THE, THE NAME OF THE DALLAS OAK MASTER PLAN.
AND I HAVE, UM, REMARKED AS THE FINAL REPORT THIS ONE ON HAVE ON THE TOP RIGHT SIDE, UM, THE DATES THAT THIS REPORT WAS PRODUCED, IT WAS A JUNE, 2021.
SO THE SAME DOCUMENT, UM, I'M GONNA GET TO DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER ABOUT THE WORD.
YOU CAN ACCESS THIS, UH, CYBER MASTER PLAN, UM, IN, UM, A PDF FORMAT.
UM, SO THE SIX FOUR, UM, THEY'RE SHOWN ON THE PRESENTATION, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT COLORS.
THE FIRST ONE, UH, THE SAFETY FEATURE SHOWS WITH, UM, UM, IT'S A YELLOW CIRCLE THAT THEY HAVE.
UM, UH, SHELL PRETTY MUCH, UH, UNDER ONE IDENTIFY.
THE SECOND ONE, ENVIRONMENTAL.
SO WE TRY TO USE THE SAME CORE GREEN IDENTIFIES GONNA BE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, THE THIRD ONE EQUITY.
SO WE, WHICH IS A, UH, BLUE CIRCLE THAT SHOWS A BALANCE WITH TWO PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE, WE SIMPLE TO SHOW THAT WE, UM, EVERYBODY
AND, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CYBER IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THE BEFORE, UM, CORE, UM, IS AN ECONOMIC ECONOMIC VITALITY.
AND, UH, IT IS A DARK, UM, BLUE CIRCLE THAT SHOWS, UM, UH, GRAPHICS, UH, WITH A, JUST TO WARM UP.
SO WE TRY TO SHOW PROOF THAT IT'S KEEP, CANNOT SOMETHING KEEP GOING.
UM, GROWING RIGHT OVER THE PAST, THE TIME.
UM, HOUSING IS AN EXCELLENT, IT'S OUR ORANGE CIRCLE THAT SHOWS, UH, UH, HOW, UH, KIND SOME STORIES, UH, WITH, UH, ON THE LEFT SIDE.
AND THE LAST ONE, INNOVATION IS A, IS A, UM, IT REGULAR, UH, BLUE CIRCLE THAT SHOWS A BULB ON WRITING BECAUSE EACH, THE SYMBOL FOR US, LIKE INNOVATING, UM, OUR PROGRAM, UM, THIS, UH, WHEN WE USE THAT, THIS, UH, SIX CORE PRINCIPLES.
SO WHAT WE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY IT WAS ANY CRITICAL, UM, UH, SIDEWALK LOCATION.
UH, AND WE WAS ABLE TO PRIORITIZE WHICH ONE WE NEED TO BUILD OVER TIME AND, UH, ESPECIALLY TO MAKE A MOBILITY IMPACT, SAFETY AND EQUITY AND ALL THE TIME.
AND WE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY AROUND $30 MILLION ON, UH, ON THOSE THAT, UH, SOLVE FOCUS AREA.
UH, WE IDENTIFIED BASED THE PROGRAM, AND I CAN JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE SURELY, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SHORT INFORMATION.
UM, THIS, UH, PROGRAM, IT WAS AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL OF 2020, UH, AUGUST, 2020, UH, AUTHORIZING THE, UM, UM, CONSULTING FIRM
IT WAS UNTIL AUGUST, 2020, ON JUNE, 2021 THAT WE WAS ABLE TO ANALYZE
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THE PROGRAM AND IT WAS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY.AND, UH, ON MAY, 2022, WE HAD THE FIRST CONTRACT THAT WE, UH, INTRODUCED, UH, TO START BUILDING PROJECTS YEAH, FOLLOWING THE CYBER OUR MASTER PLAN.
UH, SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS, UH, BY THE, BY OUR DECISION AND FOCUS AREA.
SO ON THAT ONE, I WANTED INTRODUCE YOU THE, THE CORE METHODOLOGIES THAT WE USE FOR THIS ONE.
UM, THIS ONE IS A SYSTEM TO PRIORITIZE AND ALL THE, THE, THE LOCATION THAT WE HAVE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE IDENTIFIES THOSE AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED USING THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN.
UM, THE WAY THAT WE SCORE ALLOCATION ON ALL THE PROJECTS WE GIVE A, A SCORE ON ALL OF THEM, UM, IS BASED ON THE PLACE OF, UH, PUBLIC, UM, ACCOMMODATION EQUITY, UM, STREET CLASSIFICATIONS, CITIZEN REQUEST DRILLING, APPLICATION SAFETY AND ACTIVITY AR AREAS.
SO THEY, THEY ONE THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST SCORE IS, UH, ACTIVITY AREAS WITH A 30% OF THE TOTAL SCORE FOR EVALUATIONS OF THOSE AREA.
AND, UH, PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION HAVE A 20%, UM, SCORE ON THIS ONE FOLLOWING BY EQUITY.
SO USING ALL THOSE, UH, GOVERN METHODOLOGY.
SO WE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY 12 FOCUS AREAS AROUND, AROUND, UH, CITY DATA.
SO NOT ALL THOSE FOCUS AREA, THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY TO ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT.
IT IS ONLY IDENTIFY THE AREAS ALONG THE CITY LIMITS, WHAT HAVE THE TARGET NEEDS, AND, UH, WHERE THE PLACES THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE, UH, TO DO SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT OR TO BUILD NEW SIDEWALK TO, UM, ALLOW ACCESS TO PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE I'M SHOWING RIGHT NOW, IT SHOWS OUR SCREENSHOTS OF THE, UM, WEBSITE THAT WE CREATED SHOWING THE
SO THAT ONE,
UH, IT IDENTIFICATION FOR US THAT THEY ARE NONEXISTING SUB BLOCKS THAT WITHIN P FIVE AND THE ONE WE HAVE, UH, THE, JUST TO THE, THE DIRECT LINES OR JUST A SIMPLE LINES, THEY ARE THE INDICATION THAT THEY ARE EXISTING SIDEWALKS.
SO ON THIS SAME PLACE, WE CAN, WE HAVE AVAILABLE, UH, SHOWING BASED ON THE HIGH IMPACT ON LOW IMPACT.
SO THE CORRESPOND FROM LOW IMPACT ON LIGHT GREEN, AND UH, DOING A TRANSITION IN COLORS UP TO RED.
AND THE RED MEANS FOR US IS A HIGH IMPACT OR HIGH PRIORITY THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD ALONG THE CITY OF DATA.
SO AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE IN THAT MAP IDENTIFY THE 12 FOCUS AREAS.
SO THAT ONE, UH, IS AN AREA, UM, JUST IDENTIFIED WITH THE DASH LINES FOR THE AREAS THIS ARE SHOWING ONLY THE LIMITS AND THOSE AREAS, UH, IT JUST, THE MAIN PURPOSE FOR THAT ONE IS TO SHOW THE SIDEWALKS THAT WE NEED TO BUILD INSIDE THOSE FOCUS AREAS.
IT'S GONNA FACILITATE FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAN BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE MAP, UM, TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE IS INTERACTIVE, A PEOPLE TO SUBMIT SOME OUT, AND THEN PEOPLE CAN ENTER AN ADDRESS AND THEY CAN GO TO THE ADDRESS THAT THEY WANT TO GO.
IT IS LIKE, UH, USING, UH, GOOGLE, UH, KIND SIMILAR.
AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, UM, THIS, UH, INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE TRANSITION WITH TT W OR UM, TRANSPORTATION OF POLYWORKS.
SO, UM, WHEN YOU, UM, ACCESS TO THE, UM, STATE OF DALLAS TO GO TO, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION OF POLYWORKS DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE A LINK, UM, ON THE SAME MAP, UH, SORRY, ON THE SAME, UH, WEBSITE.
THEY, JUST TO TAKE YOU TO THE, UM, WEBSITE AND INSIDE A ONE WHERE WE LOOK FOR DATA AND UM, UM, PLANS THIS TO WHERE YOU CAN FIND THIS, UH, UM, MAP SO WE CAN ACCESS IN ADDITION TO OTHER MAPS THAT WE HAVE CREATED TO THE, TO THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE NEXT, UM, SLIDE PLEASE.
THE NEXT ONE, UH, IS OUR METRICS.
UH, OH, YOU CAN CLICK THE NEXT ONE SO YOU CAN TAKE IT.
YEAH, IT'S, UH, HAVE A ANIMATION.
SO THAT, UM, THE METRICS THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT ONE, IT JUST SHOWING, UH, HOW PROGRESS FROM THE 2022 THAT WE START WITH THE MASTER PLAN UNTIL TODAY.
SO SUMMARIZING THIS ONE, UM, WE ARE SAYING THAT WE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AROUND 20, UH, 48, SORRY, 48 MILES OF SIDEWALK,
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UH, FOR A TOTAL OF $51.2 MILLION AFTER TODAY.AND, UH, WE WAS ABLE TO BUILD, UM, APPROXIMATELY SEVEN, UH, 3,700, UM, BFR, WHICH IS, UH, A DA GRAMS WE CALL THE BARRIER THREE RAMP.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE VFR FOR THAT ONE.
UM, FOR THE TOTAL COST OF $9.6 MILLION.
UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IT TO YOU GUYS TOO, THAT, UH, THIS IS ONLY BASED ON THE
SO AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE ARE DOING, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE ENGINEER SECTION OF POLYWORKS.
UM, THEY HAVE, UH, THREE PROJECTS ON PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE DOING, PLUS OUR COST SHARE PROGRAM THAT IS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WE KEEP ADDING MORE AND MORE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS OVER, UM, OUT ENTIRE THE CITY.
UM, SO THIS IS ONLY OUR METRICS FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CYBER MASTER PLAN, BUT, UM, THIS DOESN'T MEAN LIKE A WEIRD COMBINATION WITH OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE DOING.
WE HAVING, WE'RE NOT HAVING, SAY, JUST TO TRY TO EVERY DAY ADDING, ADDING MORE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, THE RESULTS.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO, UM, SHOW YOU ON THIS ONE IS, UH, ALL THE PROJECTS, UH, SORRY.
ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE DOING, THEY ARE IN THE FINAL, THE, UM, A DA STANDARD FOR ACCESSIBLE SIGNS, WHICH IS, UH, RACIAL CLAIM 10.
UH, AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE FOLLOWING THE PROC, WHICH IS, UH, THE COLLEAGUE, UM, RIGHT OF WAY ACCESSIBILITY GUIDANCE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT WAS APPROVED, UH, OFFICIALLY NOT SO LONG.
UH, MOST OF THE, FOR THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT WANT HAVE, THAT WANT APPROVED TO USE, UM, TEXT DOCS, WE FOLLOWING, UM, MOST OF THEM FROM BOTH, ACTUALLY WE HAVE FOLLOWING MOST OF THE RULES THAT THEY HAVE.
SO WE IMPLEMENTING THE ONE TOOL FOR OUR PROJECTS BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS THE ONE MORE DEDICATED FOR INSIDE THIS, UM, THE RIGHT OF WAY CLINICS, WHICH SIDEWALKS ANY OTHER PUBLIC ACCESS.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 88 AND, UH, AND THE PRO, UH, IS PRETTY MUCH IN OUR CASE.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, THE MINIMUM THREE FEET OF SIDEWALKS.
UH, THIS IS GONNA BE THE WIDTH BASED ON PRO.
WE TRY TO DO MINIMUM OF FOR FOOT.
SO, UM, MAKING WIDE RIGHT CEDAR DALLAS, WE HAVE WITH A MINIMUM BACK TO CURB, UH, TO BE FIVE FOOT.
UH, BUT IT'S GONNA BE SIMPLY FROM THE CURB.
THE SIDEWALK NEED TO BE FOUR FOOT MINIMUM.
UH, UM, USING THE PROVAC, IT JUST TELL ME IS ONE EXTRA FOOT, SO SIX FOOT BACK TO CURB AND THAT FIVE FOOT WHEN THEY'RE SEPARATED FROM THE CURB, WHICH IS, UH, WIDE, A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IMPLEMENT AND ON A DAILY BASIS FOR ALL THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE WHERE THERE, I MEAN AVAILABLE, RIGHT? HAVING THE SPACE AVAILABLE FOR ALL JUST TO BUILD, IF WE CANNOT ACQUIRE EXTRA SPACE.
UM, OUR IMPACT TO THE RESIDENTS, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND PRETTY GOOD.
UH, WE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO, I MEAN, PEOPLE TO THE BUS STATIONS, UH, COMMUTING TOWARDS THE SCHOOLS, CHURCH TO THE PARKS, AND EVEN TO THE PEOPLE TO GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE, UH, IT'S HELPED 'EM A LOT.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ON THE STREET SIDE, SO YOU CAN GO IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN BORN, BORN BROOKLYN ON THE, UH, UM, UM, YEAH, ON
AND, UH, SO NOW IT'S NOW COMPLIANCE AND WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LOCATION THAT WE HAVE, THE SYSTEM CELL WORKS, WE CAN ADD THE 88 ROUNDS SO PEOPLE CAN ACCESS SAFELY PROCESS STREET FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND THE SCHOOL ZONE BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE HAVE MORE WORK FABRIC, UM, OUR FUTURE PLANS.
UM, OUR GOAL, SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE TO DO IS JUST TO, UM, BE CAPABLE TO DO MORE PROJECTS, UH, INCREASE OUR PRODUCTIVITY FOR, UH, 25% OF THE PERCENTAGE, UH, THAT WE HAVE OF TODAY.
UM, TRY TO INCORPORATE, UM, IN A GREEN WAY, UM, UH, THREE PRESERVATION.
UM, SAYING THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT IF WE HAVE A LOCATION THAT WE HAVE EXISTING TREES, WE WOULD LIKE TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN BUILD SIDEWALKS AROUND THE TREES, TRY TO KEEP THEM SO WE HAVE MORE SHADOWS ON AREAS.
BUT, UH, OF COURSE WE ARE GONNA HAVE SOME LIMITATION THAT SOMETIMES THOSE TREES, THEY ARE SO BIG AND THEY'RE SO WIDE THAT TRY TO CUT A PIECE OF THE ROOTS IS GONNA MAKE IT WORSE MORE PROBABLY WE NEED TO BE IN DANGER TO TURN DOWN ALL THOSE TREES.
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PLACES THAT WE HAVE THE EXTRA SPACE OR WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO GET, UM, UH, WHAT WE ARE CALLING RIGHT NOW.SO IT JUST VOLUNTARY, UM, BUSINESS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND A WAY TO GO AROUND WITHOUT, UH, TAKING OUT THE TREES AND HAVE ALL THESE CABINS THAT WE NEEDED IN A DAILY BASIS.
AND, UH, LASTLY, UM, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP BUILDING MORE WIDER SIDEWALKS AND, UH, TRY TO GET RID OF THOSE, UH, THREE FEET SIDEWALKS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACES.
UM, EVEN THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED BY A DA, UM, STILL, I UNDERSTAND IT'S STILL NARROW BECAUSE WE, YOU HAVE TO, PEOPLE COMING TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND MAKING IT HARD OR DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY, UM, IN THE CASE THAT YOU SEE ONE PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR COMING ONE DIRECTION ON THE PERSON WALKING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
SO IT MAKE IT HARD PEOPLE TO MANUALLY, UM, MAKING IT WIDER.
IT'S GONNA BE HELPFUL AND, UH, IT JUST TO ALLOW US TO, TO KEEP, I MEAN, UH, HAVING THE, THE RIGHT ACCESS FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, SO, SO THE NEXT, UM, SLIDES I HAVE, UM, IT JUST ONLY, UM, TO SHOW SOME PROOF, UH, THAT HOW WE GOT FROM, FROM PROGRESSING WITH THE SIDEWALK.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE THAT I'VE SHOWN RIGHT NOW, THE LEFT SIDE SHOWS, UH, A RAMP EXISTS AROUND THAT WAS USING THE BRICKS, AND I HAVE THE CROSS LOCKS PAINTED ON THE STREET TRYING TO CROSS ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER.
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE SHOWS AN IMPROVED RAMP.
THAT ONE IS A 80 DA COMPLIANT.
WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, THE, THE SLOPE IS REQUIRED FOR THE ONE, UM, NO MORE THAN 5% AND HAVE THE LANDING AREA WITH A 2% SLOPE AND A FOUR BY FIVE MINI MOON AND A HALF.
UM, UM, THE DETECTABLE WARMING, SO THE NEW ONE THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS, UH, THE PLASTIC POLY ONE IS THE PLASTIC ONE.
SO THEY HAVE THE, UM, SOME, UM, ELEVATION ELEVATIONS, UM, SOME DOS, RIGHT, THAT HELP JUST TO MARK WHERE WE HAVE THE DETECTABLE WARMING IN PLACE.
UH, THIS ONE IS A TWO BY FOUR, THE ONE SHOWING THE PICTURE.
SO WE HAVE THE RIGHT ANGLE, UM, DIRECTED TO, TO THE SEW.
SO IT'S THE CROSSWALK AND, UM, HAVE THE, UM, PRETTY MUCH THE MINIMUM SLOPE FOR THAT ONE.
WE CAN GO UP TO 8.3% ON THAT PROJECT, BUT THAT ONE WE HAVE AROUND, UH, 3% SLOPE.
SO WE JUST, WE TRY TO MAKE IT SMOOTHER FOR EVERYBODY TO GO FROM THE SIDEWALK TO THE CROSS, UM, TO THE END OF THE, OF THE RAMP SO PEOPLE CAN CROSS, UH, THE STREETS HERE.
SO THIS IS THE END OF MY, UH, PRESENTATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. DO LOPEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION AS IT REALLY HELPS TO KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING AS A CITY IN TERMS OF, OF MEETING THE STANDARDS RELATED TO THE A DA AND THIS 2010 STANDARDS FOR AL DESIGN.
I AM, HOWEVER, CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER YOU, YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE A TIMELINE IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU'RE HOPING TO UPDATE THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS WITH THE A DA RAMPS, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THEM MEET THOSE STANDARDS.
UM, WELL THIS IS, UH, UM, UH, WE HAVE TOO MANY SIDEWALKS, UM, TO DO IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY WE HAVE AROUND MAYBE 30% OF THE 60, SO ONE THAT NEED TO REQUIRE SOME IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER 3% EXTRA, UH, IS NONEXISTENT AND WE NEED TO BUILD, UH, WE ARE CAPABLE TO DO IN A DEALER BASIS AROUND, UM, 12 TO 15, UM, SEVERAL PROJECTS ON BLOCKS.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY AROUND EIGHT, UH, SEVEN TO EIGHT MILES, UM, BASED ON PROGRAM PER YEAR.
THE CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, UM, PROJECTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE EVERYTHING REALLY, UM, MAYBE IN THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, BUT, UH, IT'S REALITY.
WE MAKE ONGOING, UM, PROCESS THAT IT MAY TAKE A CITY AROUND MAYBE 20 YEARS TO HAVE EVERY PLACE 20 YEARS TO YEARS.
UM, UH, FROM THE 10TH, UH, WELL, THE CITY, WE HAVE TOO MANY LOCATIONS.
THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE HAVE A LOT OF AREA TO OVER.
AND, UH, AND EVERY TIME THAT WE HAVE NEW PROJECT, NEW DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE A MORE, UM, LOCAL STREETS, UH, ATION STREETS AND OUR WEB AREAS PLUS INDUSTRIALS.
I MEAN, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A BIG LIST OF AREAS THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO ADD SIDEWALKS, BUT THEY'RE NOT IN THE CONDITION THAT MY SIDEWALK PROGRAM CAN BUILD IT BECAUSE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE, UM, DRAINAGE DESIGNS.
THEY NEED TO HAVE, UH, SCRUB AND MOTORS AND, UH, THIS IS ONE JUST TO LAY OFF TO DO PROJECTS IMMEDIATELY.
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UM, ON THAT CASE, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, WE HAVE TO COORDINATE, UM, MOST LIKELY WE DEPENDS ON THE BOND PROGRAMS. SO, UM, SO WE CAN ADD THOSE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS TO BE ABLE TO BE DESIGNED AND LEARN TO BE BUILT.AND, UH, THOSE PROJECTS, IT CAN TAKE AROUND, UH, TWO TO THREE YEARS WHEN WE USED TO START THE PROCESS, IDENTIFY THE FUNDING AND, UH, HAVING THE DESIGN RELATED TO SITE CONSTRUCTION.
UM, THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE, PROBABLY THE CONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SIDEWALK MASTER PLAN AT THIS A, UM, IN OUR END, UM, THIS PROJECT, UH, IS GETTING, UH, MORE, MORE POPULAR, ESPECIALLY INCLUDING THE, THE CO SHARE THAT FOR ME, I PUT UP ALSO OF THEM TOGETHER, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE CALLING.
WE ARE A SMALL GROUP IN OUR SIDE.
UM, WE USED TO BE SIX PEOPLE, NOW WE ARE NINE, BUT STILL WE ARE SHORTHANDED.
AND, UH, WE ARE DOING AT THIS TIME AROUND $110 MILLION IN PROJECTS, ONLY WITH THREE SECTORS.
UH, BUT
WE ARE PROUD TO DO THAT AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST EFFORT TO SHOW THE TIME FOR ALL THE S TO BE BUILT.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION.
I WILL NOW TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS, STARTING WITH VICE CHAIR OF THE DISTRICT ONE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
THIS COMMISSION IS A RELATIVELY NEW COMMISSION, AND AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BECOME AWARE THAT WE EXIST, I'M STARTING TO GET MORE AND MORE CONTEXT FROM THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY, AND I'M DELIGHTED, BUT THE MAIN COMPLAINT IS SIDEWALKS.
THE LAST ONE WAS ON ELECTION DAY WHEN A WOOD, A WOMAN COULD NOT USE HER WALKER ON THE A TA RAMP BECAUSE IT WAS FULL OF STORM DEBRIS.
UH, JUST SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT STAFF AT THE BUILDING CENTER TOOK CARE OF IMMEDIATELY.
BUT I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE EFFORTS.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND WHEN WE HAVE THIS KIND OF INFORMATION, WE CAN URGE PATIENTS BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR SIDEWALK TAKEN CARE OF THIS WEEK.
NO, IT'S JUST, IT'S A LONG PROCESS.
ACTUALLY, SOMETHING, UH, I LEARNED, I GLAD TO SHARE WITH YOU PRETTY QUICK.
UM, I MEAN, I'M LEARNING, UM, EVERY DAY, RIGHT? NEW THINGS AND, UH, TRY TO LEARN ABOUT HOW PEOPLE, HOW, HOW TO LIKE THINGS TO BE DONE AND, UH, THEIR EXPERIENCE TOO.
RIGHT? BUT ONE OF THEM,
HE SAID LIKE, UH, WHAT HAPPENED? HE TOLD ME A YEAR LATER THAT HE HAD AN INCIDENT.
UM, IT'S A MEDICAL CONDITION, IT WAS PROGRESSIVE.
AND HE SAID, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT NOW I'M, WE SHARE, AND NOW I'M CALLING HIM TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEE IF YOU CAN HELP ME TO BUILD SIDEWALK AROUND MY COMMUNITY, BECAUSE, UM, I NEED IT.
THEY SAID, IF THEY TOLD ME IT SUCKS, BUT I DEPEND ON THESE THINGS AND NOW I'M ASKING YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
EVEN I DID IT BEFORE AND NOW I SEE, UH, WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO WE ARE LEARNING WITH THE PEOPLE, WE IDENTIFY WITH THEM TOO.
AND, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PROUD TO, TO BE IN THIS GROUP.
AND ONE OTHER COMMENT CHAIR, I LISTENED TO A PODCAST ON DISABILITY ISSUES AND I LISTENED TO THAT ABOUT A MONTH AGO TO WHEN INTERVIEW WITH A WOMAN WHO INVENTED THOSE BUMPS ON THE SIDEWALK SO THAT PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS KNOW, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND KNOW THEY'RE COMING TO A CROSSING.
THE INVENTOR IS A BRITISH WOMAN, SHE'S ABOUT 70 YEARS OLD AND SHE'S BLIND.
AND SHE CALLS 'EM THE SIDEWALK CAMPUS.
DOES THAT, AND THEY'VE BEEN ADOPTED INTERNATIONALLY.
COMMISSIONER TOWNSVILLE, DISTRICT TWO.
YEAH, I, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND THEY MAY COME FROM A POINT OF NAIVETE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WONDER IS THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLAN AND, AND YOU CERTAINLY EXPLAINED IT WELL, BUT WHAT I DIDN'T SEE WAS A HANDSHAKE BETWEEN THIS AND UTILITY COMPANIES AND THIS AND, UM, CONTRACTORS WHO ARE ROUTINELY TAKING, FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IN THE CEDARS SIDEWALKS THAT WERE BUILT, THAT WERE LOVELY, THAT HAD ACCESS LIPS SO THAT PEOPLE COULD GET UP WITH STROLLERS AND ME AND MY WHEELCHAIR.
AND WITHIN A FEW SHORT MONTHS, THEY HAD BEEN CUT INTO BY UTILITY COMPANIES AND IT TOOK FORMAL COMPLAINTS BY 3 1 1 TO FIX.
AND IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET THOSE SIDEWALKS BACK IN SHAPE.
AND SIMILARLY, WE HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS COME IN WHERE WE HAVE LOVELY SIDEWALKS AND SOMEONE COMES IN AND PUTS THIS MASSIVE UTILITY CO UH, UH, CLOSET IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS IS A BIG METAL BOX IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK FORCING PEOPLE TO GO AROUND.
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IT'S ROUGHLY WIDE ENOUGH.BUT FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN SAY FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT WHERE IT LOOKED WIDE ENOUGH, MY RIGHT WHEELS WENT OFF AND I ENDED UP HAVING TO HAVE DA DALLAS FIRE RESCUE COME AND PICK ME BACK UP.
SO I'M WONDERING, IS THERE A, THAT QUESTION ONE, IS THERE A FORMAL OUTREACH PLAN TO HANDSHAKE WITH UTILITY COMPANIES AND CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT UNDOING ANY PART OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING SO WELL? WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION ACTUALLY.
UM, EVERY TIME THAT WE HAVE NEW PROJECTS WE DO, WE JUST, UH, COORDINATE WITH UTILITY FRANCHISE, RIGHT? JUST TO LET KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW PROJECTS ON PROGRESS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THE, I WOULD SAY FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THE PROJECT WE PLAN TO DO ON THAT TERM.
SOMETIMES THEY, THEIR PLANS, THEY NOT SHOWN AFTER WE DO OUR SIDEWALK PROJECTS.
UH, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IS JUST ONE, THREE FRANCHISES.
THERE IS SOME PROJECTS, UH, WE ASK THEM THEN JUST TO PUT THE OTHER SIDEWALKS ON THE SAME, THE SAME BETTER CONDITIONS THAN THEY WERE BECAUSE, UH, UH, WE HAVE TOO MANY SURVEY REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVE ON A DAILY BASIS THAT PEOPLE SAYS, UM, UH, I DON'T WANT TO MENTION YOUR NAME, BUT THE, ONE OF THE THREE FRANCHISES CAME DOING WORK DIG A HOLE IS RIGHT THERE.
AND THEY WAITED FOR ONE OR TWO MONTHS.
UH, AND LIVING THAT WAY ALSO, UM, THEY FIX IT.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE, THE REPAIR BY MYSELF, BUT I THINK LIKE, UH, UH, I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE LIABLE FOR SOMETHING THAT IS UNDER THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE TRY, UH, WE CONTACTING, UH, JUST
UH, BUT'S STILL CHALLENGING, I'LL TELL YOU.
SO, UM, WE TRY TO MAKE MORE PROGRESS, BUT, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE KEEP GOING AND GOING EVERY DAY.
JUST TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY CAN BE THE SAME PAGE THAT WE ARE.
AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS SIMILARLY, UM, WE HAVE, IF YOU ARE WALKING, IF YOU ARE WALKING OR ROLLING DALLAS AT ALL, YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE WORST AREAS FOR SIDEWALKS IS, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF DOWNTOWN.
AND WHENEVER I HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE, INCLUDING WITH MY, UM, WITH MY COUNCILMAN, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS SORT OF SHRUG LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT, THAT'S NOT OUR SIDEWALKS.
THEY'RE PRIVATELY OWNED, AND I GET IT.
BUT I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF ROLE FOR AN INITIATIVE FOR THE CITY TO DISCUSS AS THEY ARE DEVELOPING NEW SIDEWALKS, MAYBE MEETING EARLY WITH, UM, AND, AND IT MIGHT NOT BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS A FORMAL ATTEMPT BY THE CITY TO ACTUALLY TRY TO GET SOME OF THOSE OWNERS ON BOARD WITH REHABBING THEIR SIDEWALKS AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, WOULD THERE BE ANY ROLE FOR THAT, UM, AS AN EXTENSION OF THIS MASTER PLAN OR MAYBE A SUBSECTION OF IT? OKAY.
UM, WELL, AS, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE DONE THAT WITH THE CITY ONE.
THE CITY, ANY CONTRACTOR OR ANY PROPERTY OWNER HAVE A PROJECT TO DO ON THE CITY LIMITS.
SO THEY HAVE OBLIGATION TO DO THE SIDEWALKS ON THIS LOCATION.
IT CAN BE IN DEVELOPMENT, IT CAN BE RECONSTRUCTIONS, UH, IT CAN BE FOR BUSINESS, IT CAN BE FOR HOUSES.
SO THIS ONE REQUIREMENT BY THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WHEN THEY HAVE THOSE, THOSE CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTIONS IN THAT AREA.
UM, BUT WE HAVE ON THE CITY, UM, WE HAVE ONE OF THE CITY ORDINANCE, THE 43 DASH 63, UH, THE MENTIONED THAT THE CITY, UM, UH, RESIDENTS OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN AND, UH, IN GOOD CONDITIONS ALSO UP IN FRONT OF THE, UH, DUTY OF THE PROPERTIES.
THAT'S WHY WE HAD THE CO SHARE PROGRAM THAT HELP THE PEOPLE, UM, UH, GET SOME ASSISTANCE ON ECONOMICALLY.
SO, UM, WE COVERED 50% OF THE TOTAL COST TO REPAIR SIDEWALKS OR RESIDENTIAL AREAS ONLY.
SO, UM, WE CAN SAY WE HAVE SOME AREA, THE, THE CITIZEN, UH, THE SIDEWALKS IS PRETTY BACK, UM, BY SHAPE.
IT WAS LIFTED FOR SO REASON OR THE HALF THREE WAS AROUND, AND THE SIDEWALK IS PRETTY BROKEN.
SO THEY CAN CONTACT OUR OFFICES AND, UH, OUR CALL NEIGHBORS, UH, THEY CAN ASSIST THEM, THEY CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY NEEDED AND THEY CAN GUIDE THEM WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
SO WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE PROCESS TO JOIN OUR PROGRAM.
WE ALWAYS SEND SOMEBODY, UH, TO DO ASSESSMENTS.
THEY PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE AND THE ESTIMATE GONNA TELL THEM WHAT IS GONNA BE THE PORTION THAT NEED TO BE PAID BY THE CITIZENS.
SOMETIMES, UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE, ON THE ZONING, THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE OF THE, OF THE ASIA OF THE CITIZEN.
THEY CAN HAVE, UM, NO COST FOR THE
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CITIZENS AND WE COVER A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TOTAL COSTS.SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORKING ON THAT SIDE.
UM, RIGHT NOW, DOWNTOWN DALLAS, WE HAVE, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR TARBUCKS AND MEAN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, UM, UH, BLIND ASSOCIATION.
UH, IT'S A, A CVI THINK THAT'S NAME AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND FOR, ARE YOU REFERRING TO B? YES.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AN ACTIVITY IN JULY AND WE TRY TO MAKE SURE TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ON DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
UH, I WILL BE BY GUYS WHO START WORKING THIS WEEK BASED ON THE WEATHER.
AND, UH, WE, HOPEFULLY WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A GOOD IMPRESS TO PEOPLE THAT COME TO THIS ALSO.
BUT LISTEN, GONNA BE ONGOING STILL.
IT'S NOT ONLY FOR PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE, WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE, SO THEY HAVE THEIR SIDEWALKS, UM, I MEAN, BUILT CORRECTLY AND OH, WE CHECKED.
DID YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER, COUNSEL? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO MOVE ON.
NO, I'M, UH, I SEAT THE FLOOR.
UM, I ACTUALLY WANTED TO MAKE A CORRECTION.
SO THE, THE EVENT THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO, MR. LOPEZ, IT'S THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND THAT'S GOING BE HAVING, YES.
UM, JUST AS A GENTLEMAN REMINDER, BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT COMMISSION, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER BRIEFING AND, AND WE ARE APPROACHING THE END OF OUR MEETING TIME.
SO WE HIGHLY ASK THAT COMMISSIONERS BE AS BRIEF AND CONCISE WITH THEIR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
UH, THIS IS TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THE, THE NEXT BRIEF BRIEFING.
WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO COMMISSIONER CLIPPER DISTRICT THREE, UH, NO COMMENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
MOVING ON TO COMMISSIONER WHITE DISTRICT NINE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.
I ACTUALLY SERVED ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SIDEWALKS FOR THE CITY IN 21, AND I JUST REALLY HAVE ONE QUESTION.
I'VE, I'VE ENJOYED SEEING THE PROGRESS.
'CAUSE BACK THEN IT WAS JUST AN IDEA.
UH, HAVE Y'ALL MANAGED TO GET OUT OF THE ORIGINAL FOCUS AREAS YET? UM, NO.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE, UM, BEGINNING THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA START DOING THE NEW REVIEW.
SO THIS IS WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIRE A FIRM, A CONSULTING FIRM, TO HELP US IDENTIFY, UH, WHAT'S GONNA BE THE FOCUS AREAS AND, UH, JUST TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENT ON THE SCORING.
THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA ADD IONS ON THIS CALENDAR WE HAVE FOR THE SEVERAL
MOVING ON TO NOW, COMMISSIONER, UM, BOUGH DISTRICT 10, NO COMMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THOUGH.
MOVING ON NOW TO COMMISSIONER BANKS DISTRICT 11.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. LOPEZ.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, COMMISSIONER LINDSEY, DISTRICT 14.
THIS CONCLUDES THE, THIS THE, THE SECOND TO LAST BRIEFING ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. LOPEZ FOR THIS INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.
OUR FINAL BRIEFING ITEM IS ALSO A POTENTIAL ACTION ITEM.
THIS IS, UH, PROPELLED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ACCOMMODATION PROJECTS.
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE MS. DAISY TORRES, FAST DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES 3 1 1.
SHE WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF POST IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, THE, THE CHAMBER ACCOMMODATION PROCESS.
MS. FAST, THE FLOOR IS NOW YOURS.
HI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TO REVIEW SOME, UM, PROPOSALS FOR, UH, PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS DOWN IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS STARTING ON SLIDE TWO.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'LL BE PROVIDING A BACKGROUND.
I WILL OVERVIEW THE CURRENT MOBILITY IMPAIRED ACCOMMODATION PROCESS THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, AND THEN I WILL REVIEW OPTIONS FOR AN IMPROVED PROCESS AND NEXT STEPS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
I'LL START WITH SOME BACKGROUND.
SO MY OFFICE AT CCCA SLASH 3 1 1 IS COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY SERVICES, WHICH IS A PART OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH MOBI MOBILITY CHALLENGES WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN PERSON DURING CITY
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COUNCIL MEETINGS.UM, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND THE RECENT LANDMARK DESIGNATION PROCESS FOR CITY HALL, WHICH INCLUDES THE CHAMBERS, PROVIDES LIMITED OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT A TIMELY STRUCTURAL OVERHAUL OF THE CHAMBERS.
HOWEVER, THE INTENT OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE SOME PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE AIMED TO ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS WITHIN A SHORT TIMEFRAME AND AT AMENABLE COST.
SO, SLIDE STARTING ON SLIDE FIVE, I'D LIKE TO REVIEW THE CURRENT PROCESS THAT THE CITY HAS IN PLACE, STARTING WITH SPEAKER REGISTRATION.
INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL MUST FIRST REGISTER WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, EITHER IN PERSON, ONLINE OR BY EMAIL.
THAT INDIVIDUAL APPEARS AT CITY COUNCIL AND THE SECURITY SCREENING OCCURS ON THE SIXTH FLOOR FOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
HOWEVER, MOBILITY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS ARE REDIRECTED TO THE CHAMBER ENTRANCE LOCATED ON THE FIFTH FLOOR, WHICH IS ACTUALLY RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS STORE.
AND HERE I'VE INCLUDED A PICTURE JUST OUTLINING, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL'S GUIDED TO THE SEATS RIGHT HERE, UH, FLOOR LEVEL SEATS OR WHEELCHAIR SEATING AREA.
WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL IS ASKED TO SPEAK, THE INDIVIDUAL APPROACHED THE PODIUM FROM THE FLOOR LEVEL SEATS OR THE WHEELCHAIR SITTING AREA TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, STARTING ON, UH, SLIDE SEVEN, I'D LIKE TO REVIEW, UH, THE PREFERRED OPTION THAT I HAVE, UH, TO ENHANCE ACCESSIBILITY AND PROVIDE, UM, ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE CURRENT PROCESS, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT ENHANCING IT.
UM, SO WITH THIS OPTION, OUR PROPOSAL IS TO RESERVE THE TOP TWO ROWS ON EACH SIDE OF THE AUDIENCE GALLERY.
SO THESE, THESE TWO ROWS WILL BE RESERVED FOR ATTENDEES WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS.
UM, WE SEEK TO ADD ADDITIONAL PODIUMS ON EACH SIDE OF THE AUDIENCE GALLERY.
AND SO WE'VE INDICATED WHERE THOSE WOULD, UH, BE PLACED IN THAT RING CIRCLE THERE.
I'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH THE CITY SECRETARY WHERE SHE WILL, UM, UPDATE HER SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT AND PROVIDE FURTHER VERBAL GUIDANCE TO THE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS.
AND THEN THE SECURITY OFFICER WILL ESCORT THEM ABILITY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUAL FROM EITHER ONE OF THOSE ROADS UP TO THE ADDITIONAL, UH, MICROPHONE SPACE ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS AN ALTERNATE OPTION WHERE WE PROPOSE TO RECONFIGURE AN AREA THAT'S LOCATED ABOVE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
SO THIS ROOM WILL HAVE TO BE RETROFITTED AS AN ENCLOSED SPEAKING SPACE, WHICH WILL ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO SPEAK TO CITY COUNCIL ON CAMERA.
THE SPEAKER MUST BE VISIBLE ON CAMERA PER THE TOMA COMPLIANCE.
UM, SIMILAR TO THE FIRST OPTION, WE WOULD RESERVE THE TWO ROWS, HOWEVER, THE SECURITY OFFICER WOULD THEN ESCORT THE INDIVIDUAL INTO THIS RECONFIGURED AREA.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE ARE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, BUT I THINK, UM, THAT I'M PROPOSING TO IMPLEMENT, I THINK REGARDLESS OF WHICH OPTION, UM, IS CHOSEN.
AND, AND THEN AFTER HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK AS WELL, BUT UM, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, UM, WE'LL BE TAKING STEPS TO UPDATE THE REGISTRATION SYSTEM.
SO RIGHT NOW, WHEN INDIVIDUALS REGISTER TO SPEAK, WE CAN ADD SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IN THERE TO BETTER OUR, OUR, UM, OUR REPORTING AND THEN TAKE MORE PROACTIVE MEASURES.
SO ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS CAN BE COMMUNICATED THROUGH THAT PORTAL AND TO CITY SECURITY AHEAD OF TIME.
AND THEN IN COL IN COLLABORATION WITH FRN, WE CAN LOOK AT ADDING ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, UM, AND ADDITIONAL WAYFINDING SIGNAGE TO ASSIST, UM, OUR MOBILITY AND CARE, UM, COMMUNITY.
SO AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, THIS ASSUMES, UM, IMPLEMENTATION OF OPTION ONE, WHICH WOULD SIMPLY BE, UM, WORKING WITH SECURITY AND FRM TO DESIGNATE THOSE TWO ROWS, UM, FOR MOBILITY IMPAIRED.
AND THEN ADDING ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE.
UM, I'M JUST ENVISIONING, UM, SOME PORTABLE SIGNAGE THAT WE CAN INCLUDE NEAR THE SECURITY, UM, AREAS.
AND UM, ALSO IT'S CONTINGENT UPON WHETHER ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ANY CHANGES TRIGGER THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION REVIEW, UM, OR IF THERE'S ANY UNEXPECTED BUDGETARY OR PROCUREMENT ISSUES.
AND SO OUR HOPE, AS YOU WANNA KNOW, THERE'S A JULY RECESS.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO START
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WORKING TOWARDS, UM, AND GETTING AS MUCH IMPLEMENTED IN THE MONTH OF JULY AS POSSIBLE WITH THE TARGET IMPLEMENTATION OF AUGUST.AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I WOULD LOVE, UM, ANY FEEDBACK OR TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY ADD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. VA FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, BUT CERTAINLY COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE EFFORTS THAT YOU ALL ARE UNDERTAKING TO IMPROVE ACCOMMODATIONS, UH, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO STAYING IN COLLABORATION AND IN COMMUNICATION TO HEAR UPDATES ON WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO PASS THE FLOOR TO COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THEIR OWN, STARTING WITH VICE CHAIR, MAYBE DISTRICT ONE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I, UM, HAVE ACTUALLY SCOPED THIS OUT.
I REALLY AM WILL FAVOR AND WILL GO FOR THE PREFERRED OPTION AS I DON'T LIKE ANY CHANGES TO THE BUILDING.
MOVING ON NOW TO COMMISSIONER TOWNSVILLE, DISTRICT TWO, NO QUESTIONS.
NEXT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER, ER, DISTRICT THREE, NO QUESTIONS.
MOVING ON NOW TO COMMISSIONER WHITE DISTRICT NINE.
SHE, SHE, SHE'S, SHE DROPPED AT THREE 30 IF YOU NEED TO NOTE THE TIME.
OKAY, MOVING ON NOW TO COMMISSIONER
YEAH, I HAVE A QUICK CLARIFICATION QUESTION.
UM, THE ADDITIONAL SEATING, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, IS YOU WOULD STILL HAVE THE FLOOR SECTION, IS THAT CORRECT FOR PEOPLE? YES, THIS IS OVERFLOW AREA.
I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT.
THE OTHER COMMENT IS, I, I DEFINITELY AM AGAINST THE SECOND OPTION, THE VIDEO ROOM BECAUSE BASICALLY THEY'VE MADE THE EFFORT TO GET ALL THE WAY TO CITY HALL TO SPEAK IN PERSON TO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT YET THEY'RE NOT IN PERSON.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A, UM, IS JUST A, IT DOESN'T HELP.
IT ACTUALLY, IT DOESN'T IMPROVE THE SITUATION AT ALL.
I THINK THE PREFERRED OPTION IS DEFINITELY PREFERRED FOR ME.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR TAKING A LOOK AT THIS SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR CITY GOVERNMENT.
THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S AN INSIGHTFUL POINT.
COMMISSIONER BELU, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
I DO ENCOURAGE ALL COMMISSIONERS TO SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF WHAT PREFERRED OPTION THEY WOULD WANT THE, THE TEAM TO TAKE.
MOVING ON NOW TO COMMISSIONER BANKS DISTRICT 11.
UM, YES, I, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BELU.
UH, I THINK THE, THE FIRST OPTION IS GREATLY PREFERABLE TO THE, TO THE SECOND.
I THINK HAVING A SYSTEM WHERE THEY'RE, THEY MUST BE REMOVED AND, YOU KNOW, USE A, USE A SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY LIKE ZOOM IN OR WHATEVER, I THINK THAT THAT DEFINITELY DETRACTS FROM THE POWER, UM, AND THE, THE STATUS OF SOMEONE BEING IN PERSON AND BEING ABLE TO VOICE THEIR THOUGHTS DIRECTLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH, WITH COMMISSIONER BELU AND I, I THINK THE PREFERRED OPTION IN YOUR REPORT IS DEFINITELY PREFERRED.
UM, BUT O OVERALL I THINK THE PRESENTATION WAS FANTASTIC AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, TAKING ON THAT CHALLENGE AND IMPROVING THAT SITUATION.
COMMISSIONER BANKS, NOW WE MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER POSCA, DISTRICT 13.
AND FINALLY, COMMISSIONER LINDSAY, DISTRICT 14.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THE OPTION YOU MARKED AS PREFERRED IS DEFINITELY MY PREFERRED OPTION AS WELL.
AND UM, JUST A COMMENT FOR YOU.
I NOTICED THAT IN JULY YOU HAVE IN YOUR, UM, KIND OF TIMELINE THAT YOU'LL BE PERFORMING A RUN THROUGH.
UM, AND JUST FOR YOUR, UM, INSIGHTS, OUR COMMISSION WILL NOT BE MEETING IN JULY, SO WE MIGHT HAVE SOME TIME TO SUPPORT YOU WITH THAT RUN THROUGH SHOULD, UH, THAT BE A CONSIDERATION? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LINDSAY, THIS CONCLUDES OUR BRIEFING PORTION ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN, MS. FAST, FOR GIVING US THIS OR PROVIDING US, I SHOULD SAY, WITH THIS IMPLIED PRESENTATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO STAYING IN COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
WE'RE NOW MOVING TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ONE IN FOUR ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCED MENTAL ILLNESS IN A GIVEN YEAR.
MANY PEOPLE GO THROUGH SEVERAL DIAGNOSABLE MENTAL CONDITIONS AT A GIVEN TIME.
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WE NOT ONLY RAISE AWARENESS, BUT ALSO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN THE CONVERSATION AND CONNECT THEM TO THE MOST OF APPROPRIATE RESOURCES FOR SUPPORT.DURING THIS MOMENT OF REFLECTION, LET US TAKE TIME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT INDIVIDUALS AROUND US AND STRIVE TO REDUCE STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL ILLNESS.
THAT IS THE ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT I HAD FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TURN OVER TO COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY WISH TO PROVIDE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THEIR OWN, STARTING WITH VICE CHAIR REBE, DISTRICT ONE.
COMMISSIONER TOWNSVILLE, DISTRICT TWO, NOTHING AT THIS TIME.
COMMISSIONER H****R, DISTRICT THREE, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, COMMISSIONER BALLOU, DISTRICT 10.
COMMISSIONER BANKS DISTRICT, UH, DISTRICT 11.
COMMISSIONER PUSHKA, DISTRICT 13.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, COMMISSIONER LINDSAY, DISTRICT 14.
THANK, THANK YOU ALL FOR SUCH A GREAT MEETING.
I NOW MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN THE MAY, 2025 MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNMENT, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A BYE.
I'LL POST APPARENTLY THERE IS NONE.
THE MOTION PASSES AND THE MEETING HAS BEEN ADJOURNED.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE TIME THE MEETING AS ADJOURNED IS 3:42 PM WE SINCERELY WISH TO APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES AND ITS EFFORTS.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT MONTH.