[2. 25-1674A Consideration of appointments to boards and commissions and the evaluation and duties of board and commission members (List of nominees is available in the City Secretary's Office)]

THIS MORNING YOU HAVE A NOMINEE FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT AND A NOMINEE FOR FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT.

YOUR NOMINEE FOR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT, CARMEN AYALA, IS BEING NOMINATED TO THE PERMIT, LICENSE AND APPEAL BOARD BY COUNCILMEMBER MORENO.

YOUR NOMINEE FOR FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT, STEVE SMITH, IS BEING NOMINATED TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE BOARD, SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL BY COUNCILMEMBER NARVAEZ.

THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES, MR. MAYOR. SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES CARRY IT. NEXT ITEM UNDER SECRETARY. MR. MAYOR, YOUR BRIEFINGS CONTINUE. MADAM CITY MANAGER .

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. OUR FIRST BRIEFING FOR THIS MORNING IS AN UPDATE ON OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.

[A. 25-1348A FY 25 Transportation Infrastructure Update]

TODAY OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, GUS CALI, WILL BE BRIEFING YOU ON THE STATUS OF VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TRAFFIC OPERATIONAL ITEMS SUCH AS TRAFFIC SIGNALS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AND FIELD SAFETY ENGINEERING ITEMS. AT ITS MOST BASIC LEVEL, THESE ITEMS FOCUS ON OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT IMPACT THE SAFE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS THROUGH VARIOUS MODES OF MOBILITY. OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRE A DEGREE OF INVESTMENT IN OUR OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, SUCH AS UPGRADING OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR RELIABLE, RESILIENT AND A BETTER PERFORMANCE SYSTEM.

TODAY, WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE AND SHARE A STATUS REPORT ON WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH OUR OVERALL SYSTEM.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO GUS FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MADAM CITY MANAGER . GOOD MORNING.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE WITH THE FOCUS ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

SO THE PRESENTATION WE WILL WILL HAVE THE THE PURPOSE BACKGROUND TRAFFIC SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONTRACT, THE DATA MANAGEMENT PARKING PAVEMENT MARKINGS, STREET LIGHTS AND TUNNEL MANAGEMENT. THE SERVICE REQUESTS AND THE INNOVATION AND KEY CHALLENGES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION IS IN LIES IN THE THREE MAIN AREAS.

NUMBER ONE IS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE ONGOING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH INCLUDES THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, THE ATMS AND THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

PROVIDE A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE OTHER TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES OR ACTIVITIES THAT THE TRANSPORTATION OPERATION COMPONENT OF OUR DEPARTMENT HANDLES.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND IN THE THE TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS CAME UNDER ONE DIRECTOR IN AUGUST OF 2024 AND FORMALLY MERGED ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.

AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION, THE FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON THE FORMER TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OR THE TRANSPORTATION OPERATION COMPONENT AS WE HAVE IT

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AS PART OF THE BACKGROUND. WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN 2019, WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT WE GOT IN THE SYSTEM AND WANTED TO SEE BASICALLY WHAT WE NEED AS FAR AS INVESTMENTS AND THE NEEDED UPGRADE TO THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE PROCESS.

AND WE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS YEARLY PRESENTATIONS.

THAT INCLUDES THE APRIL 19TH, 2021 PRESENTATION THAT INCLUDED THE SCHOOL FLASHERS AND THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND THEN AS WELL AS THE 2022 PRESENTATION. AND THEN THROUGHOUT THESE YEARS COUNCIL ACTIONS HAVE DEMONSTRATED AND HAVE ACTED ON AGREEMENTS THAT ALLOWED US TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE SYSTEM, TO MODERNIZE IT AND TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

AND WE'VE GOT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WITH THE LATEST ONES THAT WERE APPROVED LAST IN THE LAST COUNCIL AGENDA.

AND THERE WILL BE SOME ON THE NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THE CURRENT CHALLENGES AND AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SYSTEM, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE STILL HAVE SOME TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT ARE DETERIORATING. WE HAVE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES THAT ALLOW THE SYSTEM TO OPERATE.

WE HAVE A SPECIALIZED WORKFORCE AVAILABILITY CHALLENGES NATURAL DISASTERS AND MAN MADE CHALLENGES AND OTHER SPECIFIC CHALLENGES, SO THE FOLLOWING PICTURES OR SLIDES WILL SHOW SOME PICTURES OF ILLUSTRATING WHAT IS HAPPENING. SO FOR EXAMPLE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE OF THE SLIDE YOU WILL SEE A BASICALLY A BASE THAT HAS BEEN CORRODED AND THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL FELL.

THAT INCLUDED THE CONTROLLER, THE THE CABINET AND THE ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLE.

THE OTHER ONE IS WE GOT LUCKY ON THAT ONE. WHEN WHEN IT WAS REPORTED TO US THAT THE SIGNAL HEAD WAS LEANING AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOKED AT IT IT WAS CORRODED.

THE NEXT SLIDE HAS THE THIRD PARTY DAMAGE. BASICALLY, WHERE CAN YOU GO BACK, PLEASE, TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WHEREBY THE TRUCK WAS TURNING AND TOOK OUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLE AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, BASICALLY, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINET AND ALL THE ELECTRONICS THAT WERE IN IT WERE TAKEN OUT BY AN ACCIDENT AND ACTUALLY JUST FOR THE DAMAGE, JUST TO PUT A NUMBER ON THAT.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $50,000 IN DAMAGE HERE BETWEEN THE CABINET AND THE AND THE CONTROLLER THAT CONTROLS THE, THE CABINET. THE NEXT PICTURE SHOWS THE LATEST TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT WE INSTALLED.

AND WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS ONE? THIS IS THE WHEATLAND LANCASTER INTERSECTION IN DISTRICT EIGHT, AND IT IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST TRAFFIC SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

IT SPANS BASICALLY THE FULL WIDTH OF THE LANCASTER, LANES AND AND THE AND THE LEFT TURN LANES AND SO ON.

SO IT IS WE HAVE SOME LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IN DOWNTOWN IS RECONSTRUCTING INTERSECTIONS AND IMPROVING CROSSWALKS AND INCLUDING THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT ARE POWDER COATED BLACK FOR THE WHAT WE CALL THE DOWNTOWN AND OR THE CORE CENTRAL DALLAS TYPE. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS BASICALLY THE CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS BY DECADE SINCE 2019. AND I WANTED TO KIND OF PRESENT HERE TO SHOW THE PROGRESS AND HOW MUCH WE'RE ADDING INTO THE SYSTEM.

SO IN SUMMARY ON THIS ONE WE HAD BACK IN DECEMBER 2019, WE HAD 1380 TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN THE SYSTEM.

CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 1457. JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR OR TO CLARIFY THAT I AM KEEPING THE DATA CAPTURE CONSISTENT AT DECEMBER OF EVERY YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THAT THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SINCE DECEMBER TO NOW. BUT TO BE CONSISTENT, WE'RE SHOWING THE WE'RE REFLECTING THE DATA HERE FROM DECEMBER THROUGH

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DECEMBER COMPARISON. SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THE KEY TAKEAWAY FROM THIS ONE HERE IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT AN OVERALL SYSTEM THAT IS AN 11% REDUCTION, BUT THIS IS BASED ON THE 1457 TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

HOWEVER, IF YOU COMPARE JUST NUMBER TO NUMBER ON THERE BEFORE FOR 1980.

WE WERE WE WENT DOWN FROM 748 TO 6 27 OR 16% IMPROVEMENT.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHART ON 2020 TO 2024, WE WENT FROM 0 TO 234 TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT HAVE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND LATEST INFRASTRUCTURE ON THEM. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE ALSO THE IMPROVEMENTS OF WHAT WE CALL THE RADAR CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS. WE WENT FROM 23% TO ALMOST 43% OF THE SYSTEM THAT HAVE RADAR DETECTION ON THEM.

AND THIS IS SO CRITICAL BECAUSE THIS IS ALLOWING US TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE GETTING TO WHAT WE CALL THE ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL OPERATION, MEANING THAT THE RADAR STARTS SCANNING AND THEN THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS START OPERATING ON DEMAND RATHER THAN PRE TIMING.

AND THIS HELPS US SIGNIFICANTLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO BUILD UP THE.

CAPACITY. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE WENT FROM HAVING NO EYES ON THE ROADWAYS OR WE CALL IT CAMERAS, TO 18% OF THE SYSTEM NOW HAVING EYES ON THE ROADWAYS AND SO ON.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AS WE GO FURTHER INTO THE DEPLOYMENT OF THESE THINGS AND TRY TO GET INTO THE ADAPTIVE SYSTEM.

THESE ALL THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE DEPLOYED AND PUT IN.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE, BASICALLY I WANTED TO KIND OF USE THIS AS A REFERENCE FOR THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.

AND I'M SHOWING BASICALLY THE CHANGES OVER THE YEARS AND HOW MANY TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE IN EVERY DISTRICT.

SO ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE OF THE SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE WE HAVE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL BY YEAR. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS DISTRICT ONE HAD 5.96% BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2019.

TODAY, DISTRICT ONE AS OF DECEMBER 2024 IS 6.78%.

DISTRICT TWO IS 15.8%, AND CERTAINLY DISTRICT 14 IS 18%.

SO THE KEY TAKEAWAY FROM THIS SLIDE HERE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THE SYSTEM YOU WILL NOTE THAT CD OR COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO AND 14 ACCOUNT FOR 34% OF THE TOTAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THE SYSTEM, BUT 47% OF THE PRE 1980 TRAFFIC SIGNALS. AND THEN IF YOU INCLUDE THE TOP FIVE COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN THE CITY, YOU WILL NOTE THESE DISTRICTS ARE R ONE, TWO, SIX, 13 AND 14.

YOU WILL NOTE THAT THEY ACCOUNT FOR 50% OF THE TOTAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THE SYSTEM, BUT 71% OF THE PRE 1980 TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

SO IT IS BY NO COINCIDENCE WHEN YOU'RE APPROVING THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENTS AND ALL THE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING INTO COUNCIL, THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON, SAY, 22 SIGNALS WORK PARTNERSHIP WITH NCT AND THE TORNADO ZONE, PRIMARILY DISTRICT 13 AND SOME IN 11 AND THEN CERTAINLY IN THE DISTRICT TWO AND 14.

WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE UPGRADES THE MCKINNEY CALLS AND AND LIVE OAK AND ROSS AVENUE AND SO ON.

SO EVENTUALLY, WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH THESE INVESTMENTS, PRETTY MUCH THE CITY WILL BE AT PAR.

BUT AFTER EVERYTHING IS SAID AND DONE WE WERE A LITTLE BIT DELAYED, OBVIOUSLY, WITH WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, WE WERE DELAYED BY THE COVID. WE STARTED IN A FIVE YEAR VISION WITH THIS COUNCIL.

HOWEVER, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ALMOST 200 TRAFFIC SIGNALS UNDER DESIGN AND OR READY TO BE BID. SO THE NEXT TWO SLIDES AGAIN EXPANDS ON THE BASICALLY THE TABLES THAT SHOWS THE THE ANNUAL I MEAN, THE SIGNALS BY DECADE BY DISTRICT AND FOR REFERENCE, BASICALLY THE NUMBERS AND BY

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PERCENTAGES. SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE? IN IN INVESTMENTS SINCE 2019.

SO SINCE DECEMBER 2019, WE HAVE ADDED 77 NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO THE SYSTEM.

FROM WE WENT FROM ALMOST 1380 TO 1457, AN INVESTMENT OF ALMOST $38.5 MILLION, AND WE RECONSTRUCTED 152 EXISTING SIGNALS WITH AN AVERAGE VALUE IN $2,024 OF $76 MILLION.

SO WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INVESTED IN THE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE HAVE COMPLETED THE UPGRADES OF ALL TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLLERS IN DECEMBER OF 2021.

AND THIS ITEM, AGAIN, IS VERY CRITICAL TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, IN TECHNOLOGY, IF YOU LIKE, YOU HAVE A LAPTOP, YOUR LAPTOP CAPACITY IS ABOUT FIVE YEARS, HAS A FIVE YEAR SHELF LIFE, AND PRETTY SOON WE'RE GOING TO GET VERY CLOSE TO 2026, WHEN SOME OF THESE ELECTRONICS ARE STARTING TO AGE AND NEED TO BE UPGRADED.

AND THIS IS RELEVANT IN PART OF MY DISCUSSION AT A LATER SLIDES.

BUT THIS IS AN ITEM TO TO KEEP IN MIND, WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS OF RADAR DETECTION TO 43, SYSTEM OF THE SYSTEM OF THE LOCATIONS, AND WE ARE ABLE TO BETTER MANAGE THE THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS BASICALLY THE SYSTEM RESILIENCY.

THIS INVESTMENT IS PAYING OFF. ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU WILL LOOK AT THE BASE OF THE POLE AND THE TWO RED LINES ARE NOT ALIGNED IN THAT PICTURE.

IN THEORY, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ALIGNED. HERE.

THIS IS A LOCATION IN MARCH OF 2025, WHEN WE HAD THE THE THE ONE OF THE STORMS ON GARLAND ROAD.

THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT WE CLOCKED OR WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS THE WIND WAS CLOCKED AT ALMOST OVER 95MPH.

THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL DID NOT FALL ALL WHAT IT DID, IT ROTATED IT FROM THE BASE, AND THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS CONTINUED TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE THE NEXT. THE SLIDE ON THE RIGHT ALL WHAT WE HAD IS TWISTED HEADS, AND WE WERE ABLE BASICALLY TO GO IN AND IF POWER WAS RESTORED OR WHATEVER POWER WAS RESTORED, THE SIGNAL WAS OPERATIONAL AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE, ADJUSTED THE SIGNAL HEAD. AND WHILE WE WERE ATTENDING TO OTHER LOCATIONS, AND WHEN WE WERE DONE, WE WENT BACK AND READJUSTED THE PUT IT BACK IN THE CORRECT POSITION.

THIS IS AGAIN, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT ON THE RESILIENCY COMPONENT.

SO THE INVESTMENT IN THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALSO FREEING UP OUR RESOURCES TO HANDLE OTHER THINGS AND OTHER EMERGENCIES. AND THIS IS HELPING. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD FOR THE OVERNIGHT STORMS THAT WE HAD IF WE HAD THOSE STORMS BACK IN 2019, ALMOST 30% OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL BE ON FLASH AND HAVE SOME ISSUES THIS MORNING AND HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WHEN WE MAINTAIN POWER.

I'M AVERAGING LESS THAN 2% OF THE SYSTEM BEING ON FLASH AND OR HAVE COMMUNICATION ISSUES.

SO THIS MORNING I HAD 19 TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON FLASH.

SO ALL TO SAY IS AGAIN, WE ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OPERATION CONTINUITY OF OPERATION, AND IT IS PAYING OFF.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHEN THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, ESPECIALLY ON SOME OF THE KEY TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS NO TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT IS OPERATIONAL, IT BECOMES PROBLEMATIC AND CHAOTIC.

WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. SOME OF THEM ARE DEFINITELY IN NORTH DALLAS.

WE'VE GOT WHERE WE HAVE VOLUMES APPROACHING FREEWAY VOLUMES, AND THEN CERTAINLY SOME IN DISTRICT FIVE IN PARTICULAR WHERE I HAVE CHALLENGES WITH SAFETY AT SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONS. THAT IF THEY'RE NOT OPERATIONAL, IT'S A PROBLEM.

SO RESILIENCY OF THE SYSTEM IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE STRIVING FOR.

NEXT IS THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

JUST A, A BRIEFING IS BASICALLY THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS A SYSTEM THAT IS INTEGRATED AND STORES ALL THE DISPLAY OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AND NOT ONLY THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, BUT WE CAN ADD DATA.

I MEAN, WE CAN ADD SCHOOL FLASHERS AND OTHER THINGS TO IT.

AND IT PROVIDES US WITH REAL TIME INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS OF ALL THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN,

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IN THE SYSTEM. SO BACK IN 2017, WE HAD AN AGREEMENT OR WE HAD A CONTRACT WITH ERICSSON AS THE PROVIDER OF THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. AND WHAT HAPPENED IS ERICSSON DIVESTED THEIR BUSINESS, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY PREPARING THE PROCUREMENT OF THE NEW ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

AND THIS NEW ONE NEW SYSTEM WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPONENT, WHICH IS THE PREEMPTION FOR THE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE AND POTENTIALLY DPD, AS WELL AS THE INTEGRATION OF THE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY FOR TRANSIT AND AND SO ON.

ALL TO SAY IS THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE HOST AND HOST OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN THE SYSTEM AND WILL ALLOW US TO, TO VIEW NOT ONLY TRAFFIC SIGNALS, BUT VIEW SCHOOL FLASHERS SIGNALS THAT HAVE BATTERY BACKUP UNITS ON THE SYSTEM IF THEY ARE OPERATIONAL AND SO ON.

AND SO A LOT OF FEATURES AND AND SO ON. SO NEXT SLIDE.

SO THE FUTURE ATMS OBVIOUSLY WILL INCLUDE ALL THESE THINGS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY ON THE BATTERY BACKUP UNITS.

AND I WANT TO MAKE A POINT HERE. CURRENTLY IF WE LOSE POWER IN SOME OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL LOCATIONS, ESPECIALLY ON MAIN CORRIDORS, THOSE DO HAVE THE BATTERY BACKUP UNITS.

MY CURRENT SYSTEM CANNOT TELL ME IF THE SIGNAL SWITCHED TO BATTERY BACKUP UNIT OR NOT, UNLESS I PHYSICALLY SEND SOMEONE OUT THERE OR IT GOES DARK AFTER TWO HOURS. THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO TELL ME AND ALERT ME THAT WE LOST POWER.

SIGNAL IS OPERATING ON BATTERY BACKUP UNITS, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE THE CURRENT BATTERY BACKUP UNITS CAN OPERATE THE SIGNAL FULL OPERATION FOR 2 HOURS OR 4 HOURS ON FLASH.

SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ON THE FLY AND NOT BE SURPRISED AND ALLOW STAFF TO REACT.

IF WE NEED TO DEPLOY FOLKS TO TO THE LOCATIONS.

SO NEXT SLIDE. SO CERTAINLY WITH ANYTIME THAT YOU GO INTO TECHNOLOGY AND, AND SMART GOVERNMENT AND SMART OPERATION THE DEFINITION OF IT IS IT'S SIMPLIFIED OR CAN BE SIMPLIFIED BY THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO ACQUIRE DATA AND CONVERT THAT DATA INTO USEFUL INFORMATION FOR EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING.

SO IN ESSENCE, HERE IS THE KEY TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN USING AI AND ALL THAT STUFF IS THE FACT THAT WE AS A CITY OF DALLAS, AND MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL WOULD BE FOR US TO HAVE A POLICY THAT GOVERNS DATA AND DATA OWNERSHIP, STORAGE, SECURITY AND USAGE AND THAT IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

BEFORE WE START GOING ON FULL SCALE DEPLOYMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND WHATEVER THAT WE WANT TO DO WITH ALL THAT STUFF.

SO THIS SLIDE BASICALLY TALKS ABOUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN THAT POLICY AND, AND, AND SO ON. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS DOING SOME TESTING, LOW LEVEL TESTING ON SOME DEPLOYMENTS TO WORK OUT SOME OF THE KINKS AND UNDERSTAND BASICALLY HOW THAT WILL WORK BEFORE WE COME BACK AND WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON THE DATA GOVERNANCE POLICY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE.

SO MOVING ON AND SWITCHING GEARS A LITTLE BIT ONTO THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS, BECAUSE THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS IS ALSO A SAFETY ITEM AND IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPER OPERATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND CROSSWALKS AND SO ON.

SO SOME OF THESE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE PICTURE SHOWS WHAT PAVEMENT MARKINGS CAN DO AND, AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, OBVIOUSLY IS THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION WITH PAVEMENT MARKINGS FOR THE CROSSWALKS.

THE OTHER ONE IS THE, THE ONE THAT SHOWS THE LEFT TURN LANES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE HAVE ABOUT 1700 LINEAR MILES OF ROADWAY THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST 8.5 MILLION LINEAR FEET OF STRIPES IN THE CITY. WE ALMOST HAVE 9200 CROSSWALKS, PRIMARILY AT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS AND ALMOST AND INCLUDES ABOUT 2600 LOCATIONS NEAR SCHOOLS.

AND LET ME MAKE A POINT HERE. HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US AS PART OF THE PROGRAM TO RECONSTRUCT OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS WHEN WE RECONSTRUCT OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS,

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WE'RE RECONSTRUCTING THEM. WE'RE ADDING THE ADA COMPONENTS TO THEM AND ADDING THE AND UPGRADING AND REFRESHING ALL THE CROSSWALKS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AS A SEPARATE FROM A SEPARATE POT OF MONEY.

BECAUSE IT IS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE DEAL. SO THIS IS WHY IT'S SO CRITICAL TO CONTINUE OUR MODERNIZATION EFFORT ON THESE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

AND THE MAJORITY OF THE STRIPING IS COMPLETED BETWEEN MARCH AND OCTOBER.

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A RAINY SEASON AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FULLY DEPLOY ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT OR IMPLEMENT ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANTED TO, TO IMPLEMENT, BECAUSE THE THERMOPLASTIC WILL NOT STICK TO A WET PAVEMENT OR A PAVEMENT THAT HAS MOISTURE IN IT. SO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE PAVEMENT IS DRY AND THEN PUT IN THE PUT IN THE STRIPES.

SO OUR NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE, THE LIFE CYCLE ON THE THERMOPLASTIC THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING IS 2 TO 5 YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC AND THE, THE CORRIDORS WHERE THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

ALL THE STRIPING, FOR THE MOST PART, IS LINEAR STRIPING IS HANDLED BY CONTRACTORS.

WE DO HAVE SOME INTERNAL CAPABILITY FOR DOING CROSSWALKS ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS, BUT PRIMARILY EVERYTHING IS DONE THROUGH A THIRD PARTY. AND LIKE I SAID MOST OF THEM ARE BEING DONE IN MARCH THROUGH OCTOBER.

OUR APPROACH BASED ON THE CURRENT THE RECENT FUNDING.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING HERE IN A MINUTE.

WE HAVE BEEN ASSUMING THAT WE'RE GOING ON A THREE YEAR AVERAGE CYCLE FOR THE STRIPING OF THE LANES ON THE ROADWAY, THE CROSSWALKS EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND THE BIKE LANE MAINTENANCE.

NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO GET AND EXPAND THE BIKE LANE SYSTEM.

SO WE'RE ASSUMING NOW 4 TO 5 YEAR ASSUMPTION.

SO THE THE FOR US TO MAINTAIN THAT SCHEDULE THE CURRENT ESTIMATE IS ABOUT $2.7 MILLION FOR THE LANE MILES FOR THE LONGITUDINAL STRIPING, 1.4 MIL FOR THE, FOR THE CROSSWALKS AND THE $1 MILLION FOR THE BIKE LANES. NOW, ONE OF THE KEY ITEMS. AND THERE WILL BE A PICTURE ON THE BIKE LANES HERE WHEN I GET TO IT, IS THE FACT THAT IF WE'RE STARTING TO DEPLOY THE USE OF THE GREEN STRIPING AT INTERSECTIONS AND KEY LOCATIONS, THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF EXPENSE FOR THE MAINTENANCE IS IS COMING INTO PLAY.

THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS BUDGET. WHICH IS THE NEXT SLIDE? AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WENT FROM SINCE 2021, THE CITY INVESTED IN PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND IT HAS INCREASED FROM A BASE OF 1.2 MIL TO AN AVERAGE OF 3.5 MIL IN FY 22 THROUGH FY 24.

AND LAST YEAR, CREDIT TO OUR CITY MANAGER . SHE ADDED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND TOOK US TO 5.5 MILLION. SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE AGAIN, THE BIKE LANES PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND AGAIN ON THIS ONE HERE, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF THE USERS OF THE BIKE LANE FACILITIES, THESE HAVE TO BE VISIBLE. AND FOR US TO KEEP THEM VISIBLE, THEN WE MAY HAVE TO INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF THE STRIPING AND REFRESHING OF THESE STRIPES ON THESE THINGS HERE.

ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS WHERE THERE IS A LIKE WE CALL IN THIS CASE THE SHARROWS THAT ARE ON THE BIKE LANES.

NEXT SLIDE. SO AND AS I MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS THE APPLICATION OF THE GREEN STRIPING AS RECOMMENDED BY THE NACTO AS WELL AS THE TMUTCD OR THE TEXAS MANUAL ON UNIFORM CONTROLLED TRAFFIC DEVICES. IN THE SENSE THAT AT INTERSECTIONS, WE'RE LIMITING THE USE OF THE GREEN PAINT AT INTERSECTIONS SO THAT WE CAN BALANCE SAFETY VERSUS COST. BUT CERTAINLY ANYTIME THAT YOU PAINT THE, THE PAVEMENT, IT'S VERY COSTLY. AND ONE OF THE KEY CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT I'LL MENTION IT. HERE IS THE FACT THAT IN SOME LOCATIONS, WHEN THERE IS A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES,

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THE TRACKING THAT IS HAPPENING ON OUR ROADWAYS IS FADING OUR PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AND THEREFORE IT'S ACCELERATING THE NEED FOR US TO COME BACK AND REFRESH. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY ITEMS, WHICH IS THE NEXT SLIDE BASICALLY SHOWS IN SOME LOCATIONS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PAVEMENT PATCHING HERE. AND AND THEN BASICALLY THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS WAS NOT PUT BACK.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE TO UNLESS IT'S REPORTED TO US, THEN IT TAKES US TIME TO KIND OF UNCOVER AND AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO NEXT, NEXT SLIDE. THIS ONE TALKS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 150,000 TRAFFIC SIGNS IN THE CITY, RANGING FROM REGULATORY SIGNS SUCH AS STOP SIGNS, SPEED LIMITS, WARNING SIGNS AND SO ON, AS WELL AS THE STREET BLADES OR THE GUIDE SIGNS.

WE'RE TRYING TO UPGRADE THESE SIGNS, AND WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 900 SIGNS MONTHLY ON A FOR A MAINTENANCE DEAL TO FOR A TOTAL OF 10,800 SIGNS ANNUALLY. THE POINT BEING IS WE NEED TO KEEP BRINGING THOSE UP TO CODE.

AND, AND ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT NEED NEW SIZE TO UPGRADE THE SIZE SIZES SUCH AS THE STOP SIGNS AND OR THE REFLECTIVITY. AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF COST INCREASE ALMOST 300% TO THE COST OF SIGNS BECAUSE OF THE ALUMINUM COST THAT WE ARE ENCOUNTERING.

NEXT SLIDE, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STREET LIGHTING AND TUNNEL MANAGEMENT.

ON THIS AND THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL. ITEM THE CITY OF DALLAS.

NEXT SLIDE. WE ALMOST HAVE ABOUT 95,000 STREET LIGHTS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

OUT OF WHICH 23,000 ARE CITY OWNED OR CITY OPERATED.

SO BASICALLY THERE ARE SOME LIGHTS THAT ARE ON THE TEXTILE SYSTEM THAT WE OPERATE FOR TXDOT.

AND THERE ARE VARIOUS AGREEMENTS THAT CONTROL THOSE.

AND WE HAVE 72,000 CITY LIGHTS THAT ARE ONCOR OWNED AND OR OPERATED THE, AGAIN, THE MAIN LANES ON FREEWAYS ARE OURS TO MAINTAIN.

AND CERTAINLY WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES. BUT AGAIN, CREDIT TO STAFF AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR TRAFFIC STREET LIGHTS IN GOOD OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS, EVEN WITH THE CHALLENGES.

I THINK CHAIR NARVAEZ KNOWS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT I-35, WE'RE ALWAYS HAVING OUR CHALLENGES THERE.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT AND KEEP IT OPERATIONAL.

CERTAINLY, THAT DEPARTMENT ALSO HANDLES THE DECK CAPS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND WILL HAVE IN THE FUTURE.

AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HANDLES THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS INSPECTION AS WELL AS THE FIRE LIFE AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE VENTILATION.

THAT THAT ARE INSTALLED UNDER THESE CAPS TO MAKE SURE AND MAINTAIN THE PROPER VENTILATION UNDER THESE ROADWAYS.

CURRENTLY, THE VENTILATION IS UNDER [INAUDIBLE] WARREN PARK.

AND THEN WHEN I STILL REFER TO IT AS THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY, HALPERN PARK.

WHEN IT IS EXPANDED, IT WILL HAVE THE NEW VENTILATION SYSTEM.

AND THAT WILL BE ALSO PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT THAT WILL BE INSPECTING THIS ITEM PERIODICALLY, BASICALLY MONTHLY. AND THAT INCLUDES ALSO THE BACKUP GENERATORS.

NEXT ITEM. SO THE SERVICE REQUESTS, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF POINT OUT THAT THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS A BUSY DEPARTMENT.

THE TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT OF IT HANDLED 4500 SERVICE REQUESTS LAST YEAR.

AND THE DISPATCH TRANSPORTATION CALLS INCLUDED TIME SENSITIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, LIKE IF THERE IS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON FLASH OR SOMEONE SOMEONE CALLS THE 311, SO THEY DO THE DISPATCH AND SO ON.

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AND THE KEY HERE IS THE DISTRICT ENGINEERING COMPONENT THAT HANDLES ALL YOUR SERVICE REQUESTS FOR SPEEDING, SPEED HUMPS AND SO ON. JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE DISTRICT ENGINEERING HANDLED 3800 SERVICE REQUESTS LAST YEAR. IF WE ASSUME EIGHT HOURS PER SERVICE REQUEST, THAT'S BASICALLY THAT WILL EQUATE TO 15 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES THAT IS NEEDED FOR THAT SERVICE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN ON THE PAYROLL. SO WHEN WE ASK FOR TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SINGLE ITEM IS HANDLED THROUGH A SERVICE REQUEST.

THIS HELPS US KEEP TRACK OF WHO'S ASKING FOR STUFF.

AS A MATTER OF FACT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YESTERDAY, ONE OF OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN GETTING EMAILS ABOUT A SITUATION AND WE'RE SAYING AND, AND ONE OF IN THE CONTENT OF THE EMAIL.

WELL, WE SENT YOU EMAILS A LONG TIME AGO. WELL, THE EMAIL WENT TO WHOM AND WHERE WAS THE SERVICE REQUEST AND WHAT WAS THE CONTENT OF THE SERVICE REQUEST? SO WE CANNOT TRACK THEM. WE CANNOT FOLLOW UP, DO A PROPER FOLLOW UP IF THEY ARE NOT IN THE SYSTEM, EVEN THOUGH THAT THE SYSTEM, SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY, WELL, IT HAS SOME FLAWS IN IT, BUT STILL IT'S A BETTER THAN NOT HAVING SOMETHING IN THE SYSTEM THAT IS TRACKABLE. SO JUST THE NEXT FEW ITEMS I MEAN, THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE CHANGES FROM YEAR OVER YEAR. AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE PARKING MANAGEMENT COMPONENT OF THE SERVICE REQUEST IS ABOUT 38,000 SERVICE REQUESTS LAST YEAR OUT OF THE 65,000 OR 64,500.

SO PARKING MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN VERY BUSY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT AS WE START MAKING CHANGES TO WHETHER THE ZONING OR THE LAND USE AND SO ON, THEN WE'RE SEEING AN UPTICK IN REQUESTS FOR SERVICE REQUESTS.

AS FAR AS PARKING MANAGEMENT THE PIE CHART EXCLUDES THE PARKING MANAGEMENT COMPONENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT. AND THE 54% HAS BEEN THE DISPATCH TRANSPORTATION CALLS, LIKE I MENTIONED, IT IS RELATED TO AFTER A STORM, PEOPLE ARE CALLING AND SAYING, HEY, I HAVE A A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT IS ON FLASH AND SO ON.

14% ARE FOR THE DISTRICT ENGINEERING, WHICH IS THE TRAFFIC CALMING COMPONENT, AND SO ON.

AND THEN ANOTHER 14% THAT IS FOR SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND SO ON.

SO ALL TO SAY IS AGAIN, WE HAVE A LOT OF SERVICE REQUESTS AND WE CONTINUE TO ATTEND TO THEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

NEXT SLIDE BASICALLY. NEXT ONE PLEASE. PRETTY MUCH SHOWS THE THE INNOVATION AND REAL TIME ANALYTICS.

AND I KNOW AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN ALL BEEN CONTACTED BY AI FIRMS AND, AND OR VENDORS TRYING TO TELL US, I MEAN, TO INFORM US, HEY, WE HAVE A PRODUCT AND WE WANT TO DEPLOY AI.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS WE HAVE BEEN KIND OF TESTING AT SOME LOCATIONS, THE AI CAPABILITIES AND SO ON.

HOWEVER, LIKE I SAID, THE FULL SCALE DEPLOYMENT WILL REALLY DEPEND UPON THE COUNCIL APPROVING THE POLICY ON THE DATA GOVERNANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON AND TALKING ABOUT. SO THE THE KEY CHALLENGES AND THE NEXT STEPS.

SO THE KEY CHALLENGES OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE TO BE THE SUPPLY CHAIN RESOURCES AND WAREHOUSING.

SO WE ARE STILL AVERAGING A GOOD 6 TO 8 MONTHS, NINE MONTHS ON THE ON THE FABRICATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL COMPONENTS.

SO SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND APPRECIATE AGAIN, COUNCIL APPROVING THIS IS THAT WE HAVE SHIFTED TO GO TO AN ON CALL CONTRACT. SO WE ARE PURCHASING THESE TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLES AHEAD OF TIME.

AND THEN WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PUTTING THESE ITEMS IN THE CONTRACTS.

SO WHEN THE CONTRACT IS AWARDED, WE'RE ALLOWING THE CONTRACTOR TO UTILIZE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE IN THE WAREHOUSE, AND THEN WHEN THEY ORDER THEIRS, WE PUT IT BACK IN THE WAREHOUSE.

AND THIS IS ALLOWING US TO ACCELERATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOME OF THESE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

OBVIOUSLY, THE INFLATION AND COST CONTAINMENT WE WENT FROM ALMOST IN 2019, THE COST OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL OF ALMOST 200

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TO $250,000, WE ARE AVERAGING TODAY ABOUT 540,000, GIVE AND TAKE 40,000.

SO PRETTY MUCH IT'S WIPED CLEAN. EVERY SINGLE SAVINGS THAT WE HAD IN THE SYSTEM THAT IS THAT WE'RE USING FOR US TO PAY FOR ALL THAT STUFF. WE'RE HAVING SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE UNAUTHORIZED EXCAVATIONS AND OUR BORINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING NEAR OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS. AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL EITHER IS SETTLING OR DRILLING THROUGH OUR CONDUITS THAT ARE UNDER THE PAVEMENT AND.

AND SO ON. CERTAINLY WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS WITH THEFT OF WIRING THAT RENDERED THE STREETLIGHTS INOPERABLE.

THE SPECIALIZED CONTRACTORS AVAILABILITY. THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR CHALLENGE.

TWO REASONS. NUMBER ONE IS THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ARE VERY LIMITED.

NUMBER TWO, YOU CAN THROW MONEY AT ME. THE MAXIMUM THAT WE CAN DELIVER AT THIS POINT BASED ON THE CONTRACTOR CAPACITY, IS 40 TO 45 TRAFFIC SIGNALS PER YEAR. THAT'S ALL THE CAPACITY THAT THERE IS.

AND THEN EVEN WITH THAT, SOME OF THESE CONTRACTORS ARE SO BUSY TO THE POINT THAT SPECIFICALLY TWO DISTRICTS WERE IMPACTED BY IT, DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT 12. DISTRICT FOUR.

IT TOOK US TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO PUT IN A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT WAS FUNDED IN THE 2017 BOND AT ROCKPORT AND RAMONA AND THEN DISTRICT 12.

THREE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER CONTRACT SINCE A YEAR AND A HALF, AND THE CONTRACTOR HAS NOT EVEN STARTED.

SO THOSE ARE CRITICAL ONES. COIT AND MCCALLUM AND HILLCREST AND AND CAMPBELL AND MEANDERING WAY. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A, A CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE WORKING, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'M EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES ON HOW TO HANDLE THAT.

AND THEN CERTAINLY THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF SPECIALIZED WORKFORCE.

AGAIN, WORKING WITH HR. CURRENTLY WE'RE OPERATING ON THE SIGNAL TRAFFIC ELECTRICIANS AND ELECTRONICS.

WE ARE AT 50% CAPACITY, AND WE'RE AS OPPOSED TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

AND THEN ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE, WE'RE ABOUT 70% ENGINEERING CAPACITY.

SO WE ARE REALLY RUNNING THE CITY AT THE WITH THE BARE MINIMUM, BUT WE'RE RUNNING IT AND WE'RE DELIVERING. SO THE NEXT STEPS OBVIOUSLY WE WILL BE FINISHING UP THE THE DOCUMENT TO ADVERTISE THE NEW ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PLATFORM. PACKAGE.

THE THE PROJECTED TIMELINE AT THE MOMENT IS ADVERTISED HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND BE ON COUNCIL FOR AWARD IN Q1 OF 2026.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON THE DATA GOVERNANCE POLICY SO THAT WE CAN BRING IT TO COMMITTEE TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION CONSIDERATION AND POTENTIAL ADOPTION.

WE CONTINUE TO DESIGN THE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS ON THE ADVANCED FUNDING AGREEMENTS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO WITH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT TO DELIVER UP TO 200 TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT ARE COMING UP FOR THE DELIVERY TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED ON TIME. AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH POTENTIAL WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS HUMAN RESOURCE AND CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON WORKFORCE ISSUES SUCH AS POTENTIALLY NEW SERIES FOR OUR TECHNICAL STAFF AND ON CITY ORDINANCES TO POTENTIALLY REVIEW AND OR STRENGTHEN SOME OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCES REGARDING SOME UNAUTHORIZED YOU KNOW, EXCAVATION AND, OR HOW TO HANDLE THE, SAY, TRACKING ON OUR ROADWAYS THAT IS PREMATURELY CAUSING OUR PAVEMENT MARKINGS TO FADE. SO THAT BASICALLY CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

BUT IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME, MR. MAYOR, TO MENTION ONE THING OR COUPLE OF THINGS.

NUMBER ONE IS COUNCIL. DOES NOT OFTEN GET THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES.

AND I WANT TO MENTION AND BE ON THE RECORD TO SAY THAT HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THIS COUNCIL AND THE MAY 2020 COUNCIL THAT HAD DIVISION HAD THE THE BELIEF IN THE MISSION AND VISION, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS.

IT WAS MONUMENTAL, IF YOU WILL, BACK IN 2020, WHEN THEY APPROVED US TO FLEX THE 2017 BOND MONEY AND ALLOWED US TO LEVERAGE THAT MONEY, ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER ADDING ARPA MONEY DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

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THAT ALLOWED US TO TURN $25 MILLION INTO ALMOST 125 TO $150 MILLION THAT CAUSED THIS SYSTEM TO BE UPGRADED.

I WILL BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION MR. MICHAEL MORRIS AND NCT COG FOR, THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.

CERTAINLY. TXDOT ON THE CIP PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM SINCE 2015 HAS INVESTED ALMOST $100 MILLION IN THE SYSTEM AND ALLOWS US TO REPLACE ABOUT 200 TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT BY NO COINCIDENCE, THAT OUR CRASHES HAVE GONE DOWN FROM 38,000 TO 28,000 CRASHES, ESPECIALLY AT THE INTERSECTIONS WHERE THESE TRAFFIC SIGNALS HAVE BEEN UPDATED.

I WANT TO ALSO THANK DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTIES FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP ON PROJECTS YOU KNOW, DALLAS COUNTY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE COLLIN COUNTY PORTION ON THE FRANKFURT CORRIDOR.

OUR PARTNERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE TABLE AND PARTNERING WITH US ON PUTTING IN SOME MONEY FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM ON THAT.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY MANAGER .

SO WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT JOB. OKAY, MISS WILLIS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC.

WE ARE ON ITEM A OF TODAY'S BRIEFINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUS. REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.

SO YOU SAID JUST TO. I THINK I HEARD YOU RIGHT.

YOU SAID ONLY 19 SIGNALS WERE FLASHING OUT OF 1400.

THIS MORNING. AFTER THE STORM. THAT WAS PRETTY BAD STORM.

SO THAT'S JUST 1%. THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON PAGE 23.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ATMS, THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DPD HAS RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED URBAN STK TO MONITOR SPEEDING.

YOU KNOW, I GUESS ALL OVER THE CITY, NOT JUST AT INTERSECTIONS AND RED LIGHT RUNNING AND THAT SORT OF THING IS, IS YOUR DEPARTMENT TALKING WITH THAT SYSTEM? I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN BASE THESE IMPROVEMENTS OR HAVE MEASURES THAT ARE USING THIS DATA BEING COLLECTED ON THESE PEOPLE, VIOLATING THE LAW, SPEEDING AND RUNNING RED LIGHTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. AGAIN, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN CLOSELY WORKING WITH DPD WITH THEIR NEW SYSTEM.

SO AND NOT ONLY WORKING WITH THEM, THEY ARE INCLUDING US IN SOME OF THE MEETINGS THAT THEY'RE HAVING WITH THE VENDOR.

AND IT HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL WHERE THEY'RE DEPLOYING THEIR TARGETED ENFORCEMENT.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT. AND THE ATM SYSTEM, AGAIN, THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR US TO WORK PRIMARILY.

WE'LL START WITH DFR FOR THE RESPONSE ON THE EMERGENCIES FOR THE PREEMPTION.

THE KIND OF LET ME, IF YOU ALLOW ME ALSO TO CLARIFY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PREEMPTION AND TRANSIT PRIORITY, JUST REAL QUICK PREEMPTION IS WHEN THIS WHEN THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS GOING THROUGH, THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS START OPENING GREEN TO CLEAR THE SYSTEM, THE THE TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY IS ADJUSTMENTS TO THE GREEN TIME TO TRY TO CATCH UP AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND WE GOT A LONG DAY. SO I WANT TO FOCUS ON JUST THE SPEEDING AND RED LIGHT ASPECT OF THIS.

SO SO YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND HOW THESE THINGS CAN WORK IN TANDEM.

RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON 31, PAGE 31, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THERMOPLASTIC MARKINGS AND A LIFESPAN OF 2 TO 5 YEARS.

I MEAN, THERE HAS GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY. THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT IS WEARING OUT TOO FAST.

WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE? WHAT CAN WE BE DOING THAT WOULD HAVE A LONGER LIFESPAN? SO WE AREN'T IN THIS CONTINUAL. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH TXDOT .

I KNOW IN THE PAST, THE TXDOT WERE EXPLORING THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE SOME OTHER MATERIALS SUCH AS EPOXY.

BUT THE POINT BEING ON THE EPOXY IS THAT IT MAY POTENTIALLY LAST LONGER, BUT IT REQUIRES A LOT MORE WORK, AND THEREFORE IT'S MORE EXPENSE THAN THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES OF IS IT WORTH TO PUT THE EXPENSE VERSUS PERFORMANCE OR SO? SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT. BUT AT THIS MOMENT WE'RE ALL USING THERMOPLASTICS OKAY.

ON THE SCHOOL CROSSWALKS, ARE THOSE PRIORITIZED? I MEAN I'VE GOT SOME THAT ARE JUST ABOUT WORN OUT.

AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE ANYTHING THAT CONDITION BE READY.

SO NEXT YEAR. THE ANSWER IS DEFINITELY YES. SO PLEASE ENSURE THAT WE RECEIVE THE SERVICE REQUEST AND WE'RE NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE IT UP AND ADDRESS THOSE OKAY. AND THEN I APPRECIATE YOU CALLING OUT SOME OF THE COST INCREASES LIKE ALUMINUM SIGNS OR THAT COST GOING UP 300%. AND THEN THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL COST FROM 219,000 TO 524 FROM 2019 TO 2025.

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I THINK AS WE'RE GOING INTO BUDGET SEASON, WHICH GREAT JOB CALLING OUT CITY COUNCIL GOING INTO BUDGET SEASON, THAT'S REALLY WISE. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT HELPS WHEN OUR RESIDENTS ARE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT WISELY AND THAT WE SEE THESE CRAZY INCREASES IN, IN PRICING OF THINGS THAT ARE VITAL TO THE SAFETY AND OPERATION OF OUR CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT. FINALLY, YOU HAD REFERENCED WE NEED AN AI DATA MANAGEMENT POLICY.

I DON'T THINK I SEE THIS IN THE NEXT STEPS. MAYBE I MAYBE I MISSED THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT CAPTURED SO THAT SO THAT IT HAPPENS AND REALLY HAPPENS SOONER.

IT'S ON SLIDE 48. THE SECOND BULLET ON SLIDE 48.

OKAY. YES, MA'AM. AND THAT WILL BE ONE OF OUR GOALS TO ACHIEVE.

WHAT IS THE TIMING. WHAT DO WE SEE? WHEN DO WE SEE. WE WOULD HOPE THAT THE WORK BEGINS NOW.

SINCE THIS HAS BECOME A PART OF HOW WE THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO BUSINESS GOING FORWARD.

AND I WOULD HOPE TO HAVE SOMETHING HOPEFULLY BY THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026, EVEN SOONER.

BUT THAT'S OUR CURRENT TIME FRAME. YOU MEAN ON POLICY SUGGESTIONS FOR US TO DISCUSS? THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT HAS TO BE DONE ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, NOT JUST FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT.

SO WE WANT TO APPROACH IT LOOKING AT THE WHOLE DATA COMPLIANCE, DATA MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION.

SO WHEN WE BRING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IT WILL ADDRESS NOT JUST THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

THE GOAL WOULD BE TO GET IT DONE SOONER. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST PROJECTING THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING AROUND JANUARY OF 26. WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I THINK MR. [INAUDIBLE] REFERENCED ON PAGE 45.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS OUT IN THE MARKETPLACE THAT ARE INCREDIBLE AS FAR AS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND HOW THINGS CAN CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER AND JUST MAKING EVERYTHING SMART. AND SO THIS IS THE DOMINO THAT'S GOT TO FALL BEFORE WE CAN GET TO THAT.

AND SO WHEN I HEAR THAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, NINE MONTHS AWAY OR IT'S JUST I WOULD LOVE TO SEE I MEAN, IF THIS HAS TO BE PULLED OUT SEPARATELY AND I KNOW WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING COMPREHENSIVE, BUT GOSH, I WOULD BE A REAL PROPONENT OF SEEING HOW WE CAN BRING THIS SMART TECHNOLOGY ACROSS ALL OF OUR SIGNALS.

SO IF YOU'RE IN THIS CHORUS, CHIME IN. THAT POINT'S WELL TAKEN.

I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS, EVEN IN THE THE APPROACH THAT WE TAKE FOR THE BUDGET, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO DO. BUT JUST FROM AN OVERALL STANDPOINT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICY ALLOWS FOR US TO OPERATE THE ENTIRE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE WITH THAT PIECE IN PLACE. AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY CAN DO NOW.

THERE ARE THINGS WE'RE DOING NOW, INCLUDING SOME OF THE AI PIECES THAT WE'RE DOING, WHETHER IT'S PROCUREMENT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH TRANSPORTATION, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH CODE. BUT I THINK FOR THAT OVERALL GENERAL POLICY DIRECTION, WE WANT TO COME TO COUNCIL WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL BE BROAD. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS ESPECIALLY WHEN WE KNOW THAT AI IS IS MOVING FASTER THAN WE CAN SPEAK. BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY COME BACK.

AND IF WE CAN, THROUGH THAT TIME FRAME UP AND GET IT DONE SOONER, WE WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT.

BUT YOUR POINTS ARE WELL TAKEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CHAIRMAN WEST. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A. THANK YOU MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE THE VERY DETAILED, VERY DATA DRIVEN PRESENTATION, GUS.

I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO REVIEW THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST AT GETTING MY QUESTIONS TO YOU.

YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST SAY GENERALLY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ABOUT SIX YEARS NOW, AND I HAVE SEEN A MUCH BIGGER PUSH TOWARDS THE DEPARTMENT BEING DATA DRIVEN, WHICH I THINK IS IS OUTSTANDING.

AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT. WHAT I WOULD HOPE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE, MOVING FORWARD FROM THE CITY MANAGEMENT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A VISION TOWARDS HOW DO WE TAKE A BIG LEAP TOWARDS ACHIEVING OUR VISION? ZERO GOALS, REALLY TURNING THE TIDE ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW OUR ROADS ARE DETERIORATING EVERY YEAR AND GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE VISIONARY PROGRAMS FOR SPORTS RECRUITMENT, FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER, FOR HOMELESSNESS AND FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN ALMOST EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT EVERY TIME WE DO A COMMUNITY SURVEY.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ROADS AND STREETS.

AND I'D LOVE TO SEE ALL THIS DATA THAT GUS HAS COLLECTED BE TRANSLATED INTO SOME VISIONARY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

WE GOT PIECES OF IT HERE WITH THE EYE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SO I'M GOING TO GO INTO IT NOW. I WANT TO START WITH STREET RESURFACING.

DO WE HAVE A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE STREET RESURFACING SCHEDULE? SO I WILL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE THAT ADDRESSES THAT PIECE.

HOWEVER ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, WE SUBMIT THE MEMO TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE THAT HAS THE LINK TO ALL OF OUR PLANNED

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PROJECTS AND IN THE STREET RESURFACING AND BRIDGE MAINTENANCE.

OKAY. AND THIS IS SHARED WITH DW AND WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS SECTION OF YOUR DEPARTMENT.

RIGHT. EVERYBODY'S IN SYNC. YES. AND WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT WILL INVOLVE AND DOES INVOLVE SIGNIFICANT RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PAVEMENT, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE PUTTING IN CONCRETE PAVEMENT THAT WE'RE GETTING WE'RE CONTACTING DW AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE CLEARED BEFORE WE PUT IN THE NEW PAVEMENT. THANK YOU.

I SEE MY TIME HAS BEEN RUNNING THE ENTIRE TIME HE'S BEEN TALKING. YEAH.

I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS THAT I. GOT A NEW CITY SECRETARY, AND SHE'S MY KIND OF SECRETARY.

IT WILL MAKE THE MEETING MOVE FASTER, MAYOR. SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS I GET, AND I THINK A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES DO, TOO, IS YOU GO IN AND RESURFACE A STREET, AND THEN SOMEBODY COMES UP AND RIPS IT UP THE NEXT WEEK.

AND TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, IT DRIVES RESIDENTS CRAZY AND DRIVES US CRAZY TOO.

BIKE LANES? WHEN WILL WE HAVE A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE STREET SWEEPING SCHEDULE FOR BIKE LANES? SO AGAIN, I'M WORKING ON NOT ONLY THIS ITEM, BUT ALSO THE ITEM OF THE SCHEDULING AND AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE NEXT STEP BASED ON THE APPROVAL OF THE BIKE PLAN. SO I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH A MEMO OR SOMETHING ON THAT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? LIKE A MONTH, TWO MONTHS? WHAT'S AS FAR AS FOLLOWING? WE'LL GET THE SCHEDULE FOR BIKE LANE SWEEPING.

NO, I'LL GET YOU THAT. I MEAN, IN A MONTH IS REASONABLE.

OKAY. 30 DAYS? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SLIDE 30 OF YOUR PRESENTATION.

I JOTTED DOWN IT SAID WE HAVE ABOUT 90 MILES OF BIKE FACILITIES.

BUT THE BIKE PLAN WE JUST PASSED SAYS WE HAVE 148 MILES.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE DISCREPANCY IS? I'M SORRY.

CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? YEAH. SLIDE 30. SAYS THAT WE HAVE 89.79 MILES OF BIKE FACILITIES, BUT WE JUST PASSED THE BIKE PLAN. SO IT'S VERY FRESH IN MY MIND.

SAID WE HAD 148 MILES, SO CORRECT. SO THE INTENT, THE INTENT ON THIS ONE IS THE OLDER EXISTING ONES THAT HAVE THE SHARROWS AND SO ON, THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF REFRESH AND AND FOCUS ON THOSE FACILITIES.

CERTAINLY WE NEED TO KIND OF AGAIN, FOLLOW UP AND LET YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME PROJECTS.

IF YOU RECALL IN THE PLAN WE HAD SOME PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE REVAMPING THOSE PROJECTS.

SO I DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR THOSE HERE, BUT I WILL CLARIFY IT IN THE MEMO ON THE BIKE PLAN.

SO ARE WE NOT STRIPING THAT LAST 50 OR WHAT ARE WE DOING? NO WE ARE. THEY ARE NEWER ONES ALSO. SOME OF THEM ARE NEWER ONES.

SO LIKE I SAID, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH A MEMO ON THE ON THE BIKE LANE ITEMS. OKAY. IF WE CAN JUST CLARIFY THAT DISCREPANCY IN A MEMO, THAT'D BE GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. FUNDING. DO DOES YOUR DEPARTMENT HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING, GIVING YOUR PLANNED INCREASE IN MAINTENANCE AND THE OBVIOUS INCREASE IN 311 SERVICE REQUESTS? WHERE'S THE CITY MANAGER ? I'M JUST KIDDING.

KEV. DEV'S OVER HERE. HE'S GOT PLENTY OF MONEY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION AND COMMENT ABOUT THE BUDGET.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING OUR FY 26 BUDGET AND LOOKING TO MAXIMIZE THE FUNDING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO DO AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I ANTICIPATE THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT THAT.

MORE SERVICE REQUESTS. IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE HOW WE DO OUR 311 TRACKING WHEN STAFF MARKS A SERVICE REQUEST IS CLOSED? SOMETIMES THE WORK HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN DONE YET.

DRIVES MY RESIDENTS CRAZY. WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS INTERNALLY TO YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT WHEN YOU'VE REVIEWED SOMETHING.

BUT IT'S REALLY NOT DONE YET, CAN WE MARK IT AS REVIEWED OR WORK SCHEDULED OR SOMETHING BESIDES CLOSED SO THE RESIDENTS DON'T GET A NOTIFICATION THAT'S BEEN CLOSED? SO MY COMMENT AGAIN, LIKE I STATED IT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, IS THE SYSTEM IS NOT PERFECT AND IT HAS ITS FLAWS.

AND WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE AND KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE ON HOW WE HANDLE IT.

SO DEFINITELY, I CONCUR WITH YOU AND EVEN MYSELF WHEN I REVIEW SOME OF THESE SERVICE REQUESTS, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO DO A FOLLOW UP PHONE CALL OR SOMETHING TO CLARIFY THAT WHILE IT IS CLOSED IN THE SYSTEM, IT IS STILL BEING WORKED ON. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO TALK TO THE VENDOR AND, AND OUR 311 DIRECTOR AND SEE WHAT IMPROVEMENT CAN BE MADE.

ME. OKAY. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.

I WANT TO ALSO SAY I AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS SAID AMONG THE THERMOPLASTIC.

IT SHOCKS ME THERE'S NOT A BETTER SYSTEM OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.

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AND IF THERE'S NOT, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO INVENT THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL WORLDWIDE, I WOULD ASSUME. OKAY, I'LL END ON THIS. WE ARE, ACCORDING TO FORBES, SEVENTH IN THE NATION IN CAR RELATED FATALITIES, FIRST IN MAJOR CITY CITIES AND CAR RELATED FATALITIES.

I LOOK FORWARD TO A VISIONARY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. MR.. OH, WOW. MR.. RESENDEZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR, FOR THE UPDATE AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA.

SO I WANTED TO BEGIN BY RECOGNIZING YOUR WORK IN GENERAL AND THE TREMENDOUS INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT THAT YOU'VE BUILT OVER THE YEARS.

IT'S CLEAR FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU'RE DEEPLY ENGAGED IN THE STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF THIS DEPARTMENT. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY IN OUTLINING THE PERSONNEL CHALLENGES THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS FACING. THESE ARE REAL ISSUES THAT IMPACT RESPONSE TIMES AND QUALITY OF SERVICE.

AND SO I AGREE THAT ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL IF WE WANT TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND.

THIS WORK, AS COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED, IS ALSO ESSENTIAL TO ADVANCING OUR VISION ZERO GOALS.

INVESTING IN A MORE RESPONSIVE AND WELL-STAFFED TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MEANS WE CAN MORE EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS SAFETY HAZARDS, IMPROVE SIGNAL TIMING, AND IMPLEMENT THE INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES NEEDED TO PREVENT SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES ON OUR STREETS.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TO CONTINUED UPDATES AND TO SUPPORTING THE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS THAT WILL HELP US BUILD A STRONGER AND MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR ALL OF DALLAS RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. GUS ON PAGE JUST I'M LOOKING AT THE SIGNAL LIGHT AND ON PAGE 16 AND PAGE 18, CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN IN DISTRICT EIGHT, THE TOTAL SIGNAL LIGHT AND IN COMPARISON WITH THE ENTIRE CITY ATTRACTED LIGHTS? RIGHT. SO ON SLIDE 16 THE TOTAL COUNT OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN DISTRICT EIGHT IS 45 TRAFFIC SIGNALS, WHICH ACCOUNT ABOUT 3% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THE SYSTEM.

AND WHEN YOU SAID 3% OF THE TOTAL TRAFFIC IN THE SYSTEM.

SO WHAT IS THE TOTAL SHOULD BE IN DISTRICT EIGHT.

DO YOU COMPARE WHAT IT SHOULD BE THERE? YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, BUT ONLY LOOKING AT IN THE DISTRICT.

SO I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER WITH ME ON THE THE WARRANTED TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT REMAIN TO BE INSTALLED.

BUT I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT SEVERAL THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE FOR TO BE BUILT.

AND THAT'S WHY. I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.

ON THE NUMBER. AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE SHOW THAT THE FUTURE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, HOW MANY WE ACTUALLY NEED, BUT ALSO THE TIMELINE THAT BECAUSE OF FUNDING, BECAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDING, WE CANNOT PUT THE SYSTEM THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING.

SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER BOND PACKAGE OR WHATEVER BEFORE YOU REALLY GET WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO BE SAFETY IN THE, IN THE SYSTEM. THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. WE'VE GOT SOME AGAIN, THAT DID NOT MAKE THE FINAL CUT IN THE 2024 THAT ARE STILL ON THE QUEUE LIST FOR THE WARRANTED SIGNALS. SO, SO THEREFORE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, IS THERE A TIMELINE? IS THERE A FINANCIAL BUDGET THAT IS GOING TO SAY, HEY, OVER A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, YOU NEED X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO TO MAKE SURE WE GOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC SYSTEMS THAT NEED TO BE WARRANTED.

RIGHT. SO IF WE HAVE THE FUNDING, WE KNOW PRETTY MUCH WHAT IS WHAT WE'RE AVERAGING AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE IS CONCERNED.

IT IS THE THE UNKNOWN IS THE UNFUNDED ONES AT THE MOMENT.

OKAY. AND SO WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE THAT WARRANT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL? I KNOW ON LANCASTER AND WHEATLAND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS WARRANTED BECAUSE MANY ACCIDENT ON CRASHES THERE.

BUT WHAT IS THE WARRANTY IN THERE? WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET ONE, EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE FUNDING, BUT THE WARRANT BECAUSE AN ACCIDENT, YOU NEED TO BE THERE.

SO WHAT IS OUR BACKUP PLAN? SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

NUMBER ONE IS IF WE HAVE A SERVICE REQUEST FOR A WARRANT STUDY.

WE CAN DO THE WARRANT STUDY. SO THAT DOES NOT TAKE MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, GENERALLY, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO TO GET TO COLLECT THE DATA THE TRAFFIC VOLUME DATA AND THAT WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 4 TO 5 MONTHS TO GET THAT AND THEN ONE MONTH TO DO THE STUDY.

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AS FAR AS THAT TIMELINE IS CONCERNED THE WARRANT STUDIES ARE BASED ON THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, AND THERE ARE EIGHT CRITERIA. ANY ONE OF THESE CRITERIA THAT IS MET WOULD QUALIFY THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO BE INSTALLED. AND THEN AFTER THAT, BASICALLY WE WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDING SPECIFICALLY IN YOUR DISTRICT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ALSO ON SYSTEM OR TEXTILE FACILITIES THEREFORE ANY INSTALLATION ON ANY TEXTILE FACILITIES, WHILE THE CITY OF DALLAS OPERATES THESE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

BUT WE STILL HAVE TO GET THEIR PERMISSION, IF YOU WILL, OR THEIR CONCURRENCE FOR US TO INSTALL THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON THESE FACILITIES.

OKAY. NOW ON RESEARCHING BY DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAD POTHOLES THAT NEED TO BE DONE. I KNOW SOME AREAS, ESPECIALLY OVER THERE IN KLEBERG-RYLIE.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING US. I GOT X AMOUNT OF POTHOLES AND WE FINISH A POTHOLE.

BUT THE STREET NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY RESURFACED. BUT WHAT WHAT IS OUR FUTURE PLAN? I MEAN, BECAUSE THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT ONE STREET, YOU MIGHT HAVE 100 POTHOLES ON ONE STREET, YOU KNOW, CRADLES WHATEVER. AND YOU GO FIX THAT ONE POTHOLE.

BUT THEN TO THE NEXT DAY, THE NEXT RAIN, THEY POP BACK UP BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION OVER THERE.

SO WHAT IS OUR NEXT FUTURE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THESE POTHOLES? WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GO DO A BOND PACKAGE. I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU DO? RIGHT. AGAIN, I WILL BE COMING BACK WITH A SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC PRESENTATION OR BRIEFING ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN.

AND WE'LL ADDRESS THESE THINGS. BUT BRIEFLY ON KLEBERG RYLIE AREA.

WE HAD ABOUT $1.8 MILLION IN THE BOND, AND WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THAT MONEY INTO AN $8 MILLION FUNDING, THANKS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT. AND FOR THAT ROADWAY, BECAUSE THE ROADWAY WHEN WE INHERITED THE ROADWAY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH STRENGTH TO SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC THAT IS BEING IMPOSED ON IT.

SO PRETTY MUCH IT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCTED.

AND THE FUNDING THAT WE GOT LEVERAGED, IF YOU WILL, WAS TO RECONSTRUCT THAT SEGMENT, SPECIFICALLY THE SEGMENT OF LASSETER ROAD IN THAT AREA.

SO THAT WILL INCLUDE COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DRAINAGE AND THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAWSON AND LASSITER.

THAT WILL BE PUT IN AS PART OF THE IMPROVEMENT.

SO IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO OPTIMIZE THE USE OF OUR RESOURCES AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN IT AS BEST AS WE CAN UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT.

AS MR. MICHAEL MORRIS LIKES TO SAY, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS.

THE BAD NEWS IS WE HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS, AND WE'RE TAKING WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT TWO YEARS BEFORE WE GET OUR HANDS ON THE MONEY.

SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT, YOU KNOW, MY DISTRICT, WHATEVER.

WE CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF DASHBOARD THAT THAT SHOW IN REAL TIME MAYBE NOT IN COMPLETE REAL TIME, BUT THE RESIDENT WOULD KNOW THAT, HEY, HERE IS THE STREET HERE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, TO ON A BOND PACKAGE OR FINDING OUT AVAILABLE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING INUNDATED WITH A WHOLE LOT OF REPAIRS THAT WE CAN'T GET REPAIRS. HEY, AND NUMBER ONE, WHAT WE DO, WE DO 311311 SAID, HEY, GET A TRANSPORTATION.

BUT IT'S NOT NO FUNDING. IT'S NOT GOING TO GET FUNDED.

BUT WE ALSO GOING TO FIX THE POTHOLE, TRY TO MAINTAIN IT.

BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD FIND SOME KIND OF MECHANISM THAT THE RESIDENTS AND THE PEOPLE IN ALL DISTRICTS SHOULD KNOW.

HEY, I KNOW I GOT A REQUEST, YOU KNOW, TO FIX A POTHOLE, BUT HEY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE RESEARCHED.

IT GOT TO BE A BOND PACKAGE. I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE THE BIG CONCERN OF MOST OF THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT. HEY, HEY, THE MONEY'S NOT THERE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE POTHOLE AND AND CAN YOU SAID THAT WHEN SOMEONE CALL IN 311, THEY SAID THEY GOT A POTHOLE. REQUEST, THOUGH, WILL GET FIXED.

RIGHT? SO REPAIRS WILL GET DONE. EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TO REPAIR MORE THAN ONE TIME.

IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? YEAH. SO IN ESSENCE, LET ME LET ME CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS.

NUMBER ONE IS ANY PROJECT THAT HAS 2017 OR 24 BOND, WE DO HAVE THE DASHBOARD ONLINE.

SO THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT INFORMATION TIMELINE IS ON THE WEBSITE.

SO THAT'S THAT PIECE. THE OTHER PIECE ON THE 311, WHEN WE GET THE CALL FOR A POTHOLE REPAIR AND SO ON THEN WE'RE GOING OUT THERE AND DOING IT NOW AGAIN, AS MR. WEST MENTIONED AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT, IS THAT WE NEED TO DO WE NEED TO KIND OF EXAMINE HOW WE'RE COMMUNICATING

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THE ACTION BACK IN THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE NOT JUST CLOSING THE ITEM IN THE SYSTEM AND, AND NOT INDICATING WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE.

SO WE WILL BE EXAMINING THAT. CERTAINLY THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM EIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY COMPLIMENTING DOCTOR CONCARLI ON HELPING US BUILD THESE PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT YOU SAID. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF THEM AS FAR AS THE CITY OF DALLAS, WITH TXDOT AND AND NCT AND ALL OF THAT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT'S IMPROVED SO MUCH THAT NOW IT'S THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP.

THEY WANT TO HELP. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THESE PROJECTS AND GETTING THEM TAKEN CARE OF, AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO HELP. SO THAT'S A GREAT THING.

SO THANK YOU. THAT'S LEADERSHIP HELPING US PULL THOSE TOGETHER.

AND SO YOU SAID SOME NICE THINGS ABOUT US. BUT MR. MAYOR I WANTED TO SAY THAT ONE NICE THING ABOUT DOCTOR CONCARLI, BECAUSE IT HAS IMPROVED DRASTICALLY OVER THE FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT I LIKE THAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS, THIS PRESENTATION IS YOU CAN TELL THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE BASICS.

I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY, BUT IT'S LIKE STRIPING, PAINTING THE THE CROSSWALKS.

IT'S LIKE IT'S EMBARRASSING. ONE THING AS FAR AS, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE ESPECIALLY HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT. AND SO THANK YOU. I ALREADY HAVE MY FOLKS SENDING IN THOSE SERVICE REQUESTS FOR THE SCHOOLS.

BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WE CAN GET TO IT BEFORE BACK TO SCHOOL STARTS.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE SCHOOL SAFER FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO WALK BACK AND FORTH.

EVERYTHING'S BEEN DATA DRIVEN, MR. MAYOR. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE ALSO BEEN REQUESTING OF US.

AND THAT'S A GREAT THING THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE WHETHER IT'S SCRAPING A NEW STREET, YOU KNOW, RESURFACING WHATEVER THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HAPPENING.

IT'S THROUGH THE DATA. IT'S NOT JUST LIKE, OH, BECAUSE SOMEBODY SCREAMED AND YELLED LOUD ENOUGH TO GET THEIR STREET DONE FIRST.

THE STREET TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THAT WAS WILD. WHEN YOU PRESENTED TO US ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO FIND OUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE 2 OR 3 YEARS BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY GET IT IN PLACE, BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. BUT THAT'S INFORMATION WE NEEDED TO KNOW SO THAT WE COULD PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

AND THEN, MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO BELABOR THIS ONE FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT, IS ON FUNDING AND FULLY FUNDING MAINTENANCE FOR STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND BRIDGES AND ALL OF THAT. WE DID IT AT, I THINK, THREE YEARS IN A ROW IN THIS BUDGET, THIS CURRENT BUDGET, WE WENT WE COULDN'T FULLY FUND.

I MEAN, IT WAS JUST HARD ONE. BUT IT SHOWS WHEN WE ARE FULLY FUNDING AND YOU RESURFACE THAT STREET AND WE KEEP KEEP IT MAINTAINED, MR. MAYOR, THEN IT DOESN'T COST AS MUCH WHEN YOU RESURFACING IT EVERY 2 OR 3 YEARS VERSUS IF YOU WAIT 20 YEARS AND THEN WE'RE HAVING TO RIP EVERYTHING OUT AND START ALL OVER. AND THEN THAT MAKES EVERYBODY UPSET.

AND, YOU KNOW, NOBODY LIKES TO LIVE THROUGH CONSTRUCTION. AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE I HAD A FEW RESIDENTS ASK ME, WHY ARE THEY RESURFACING THE STREET ALREADY? WE IT JUST THEY JUST DID IT LIKE THREE YEARS AGO.

IT DOESN'T NEED ANYTHING. IT LOOKS GOOD STILL. IT'S LIKE, OH, LET ME EXPLAIN WHY. AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH, I LIKE THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE END UP WITH MORE A STREETS INSTEAD OF GOING INTO, YOU KNOW, DETERIORATING INTO D AND F STREETS AND AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO RECONSTRUCT.

SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT ON THERE. I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT THE BIKE SWEEPING PLAN.

I KNOW THERE'S ONE OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE ONCE A MONTH THEY HIT HERE OR THERE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT CERTAIN AREAS SO THAT SOME JUST LIKE THE SYLVAN BRIDGE, I KNOW, I KNOW, IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE CHANGING IT UP RIGHT NOW, BUT LIKE THAT ONE, IT'S LIKE IT JUST GETS DIRTIER FASTER BECAUSE IT'S LIKE BIG BRIDGE, BIG AND WIDE. RIGHT? SO HAD TO HIT THAT ONE PROBABLY TWICE A MONTH INSTEAD OF ONCE A MONTH.

FULLY FUNDING MAINTENANCE. OKAY. SO THE CODE 311 THING I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE I FIRST GOT HERE I THINK IT'S LIKE TEN DAYS LESS THAN EIGHT YEARS AGO NOW. AND THAT IT'S WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE 311, YOU CALL IT IN OR YOU GET IT RIGHT, IT'S CLOSED BY CODE. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT DIDN'T GO SOMEWHERE.

BUT ALL THEY SEE IS AND THIS ISN'T ON YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT IN CHARGE OF CODE, SO. BUT IS THEN IT SAYS IT'S CLOSED. SO THEN PEOPLE THINK THAT NOTHING'S BEING DONE.

AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT STAFF CAN INPUT NOTES OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT, WITH THAT 311 REQUEST. SO YEAH, IT'S CLOSED BY CODE OR IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

MAYBE THERE'S A BETTER WORD THAN CLOSED. RIGHT.

AND THEN THAT WAY STAFF CAN INPUT WHEREVER IT GOES TO.

SOMEBODY CAN INPUT LITTLE NOTES LIKE THAT KEEPS PEOPLE UPDATED BECAUSE THEY DO GET VERY FRUSTRATED THAT THEY THINK THAT WE'RE DOING NOTHING WITH THEIR

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ITEM, BECAUSE IT MIGHT TAKE 2 OR 3 MONTHS FOR CERTAIN CODE REQUESTS.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS. RIGHT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, NOT ON YOU, NOT ON T AND I, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP T AND I OUT A LOT FOR THOSE ISSUES.

AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.

WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. GENTLEMEN.

ARNOLD, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM EIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND THIS HAS BEEN A VERY INFORMATIVE UPDATE. BUT I WAS LOOKING I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE DATA AND OF COURSE I AM IMPRESSED.

AND AND WE'RE PLEASED WITH THE STEADY INCREASE, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO DISTRICT FOUR.

AND I COULD SEE THAT IN TERMS OF THE CHART IN TERMS OF INVESTMENTS.

BUT OF COURSE, WE'RE HOPING THAT WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THE PROCESS WILL MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE RELIEF THAT WE NEED ON THESE STREETS AND JUST THE WHOLE INFRASTRUCTURE.

BUT I'LL JUST COMMENT JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE AND THE AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO TELL ME THAT THEY'RE LISTENING ONLINE, IT WILL TAKE US WORKING TOGETHER CONTINUOUSLY TO REPORT THESE AREAS WHERE WE KNOW WE NEED HELP AS OPPOSED TO JUST SITTING BACK AND LIVING WITH THEM. AND SO WHETHER THEY'RE CALLING IN THROUGH THREE, 311 TO REPORT THEM ARE COMING IN TO.

I GUESS DURING BUDGET SEASON TO WEIGH IN IS WHAT I'M ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DO.

BUT JUST SO THAT FOR THE EDUCATION PIECE, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO WORK ON MORE IN THE CITY, I THINK WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT WHEN WE MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE MONEY IS COMING.

SOMETIMES THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE.

AS YOU WITNESSED DURING THE CONVERSATION WITH VISION ZERO ALONG THE LEDBETTER CORRIDOR THERE WAS A NEED FOR IN THE IN THE IN THE OPINION OF THE AUDIENCE, NEED MORE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT DEVICES.

AND WHEN THEY HEARD THAT IT MAY TAKE TWO, THREE, FOUR YEARS, THEY HAVE BECOME ENRAGED AND OUTRAGED.

SO WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE SYSTEM. AND SO HERE YOU'RE SAYING HERE ARE SOME OF THESE DEVELOPERS ARE THEY'RE WORKING.

BUT TO YOUR WORK AND YOUR TEAM, I CONTINUE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.

AND THE RESPONSE? I ALSO IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND THAT ROCKPORT LIGHT, REALLY I FROM 17 TO 2024 IS JUST AMAZING. AND WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THAT LIGHT TO GET THERE.

AND I FOLKS KEPT ASKING ME ABOUT THEM LIKE, WELL, I KNOW IT'S COMING, I KNOW IT'S COMING.

BUT WHEN WE FINALLY WORK WITH WITH THE CITY AND THE CONTRACTORS AND I THINK ATMOS OR ENCORE, EVERYBODY WE WERE SUPPOSED TO WORK WITH, WE FINALLY GOT IT.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ONLINE AND THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I DO POST EVERY NOW AND THEN ON ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I POSTED A PICTURE OF THE LIGHT AND THE CROSSWALK BOXES.

I GOT ALL THESE LIKES BECAUSE FOLKS WERE EXCITED THAT WE WERE NOW INCLUDED AND HAD COME TO FRUITION.

AND SO I WAS JUST AMAZED THAT FOLKS WOULD GET THAT EXCITED OVER THE LIGHTS.

BUT THEY DID. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE KNOW WE NEED.

IT'S A LIFE SAVING INVESTMENT. BUT. AND THAT IS IN THAT CORRIDOR WITH WITH THE LEDBETTER VISION ZERO.

AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING ON THAT. BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU AND YOUR TEAM UNDERSTAND THAT I DON'T KNOW EVERYONE BY NAME, BUT I WILL SAY IT WHILE I HAVE THE CHANCE TO SAY IT, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK.

WE DO HAVE A FEW CONTRACTORS WHO NEED TO DO A LITTLE BETTER JOB OF CLEANING UP AFTER THEY LEAVE.

NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. TAKE THOSE CONES AND ALL THOSE LITTLE HORSES AND ALL THAT WITH THEM SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN ACCIDENT.

BUT HOLISTICALLY, OVERALL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND WE ALSO CONTINUE, AS YOU'RE SAYING NOW WE'RE SEEING MORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH MICHAEL MORRIS.

I CAME INTO TO A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM IN 2015, AND HE PROVED TO ME THAT HE WAS ABOUT PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES AND HIS INTEREST OF SUPPORTING THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, WHICH I DIDN'T BELIEVE.

AND HE HE WALKED THE WALK, HE TALKED THE TALK AND HE WALKS IT.

AND SO I SEE THE WORK. I SEE HIS INVESTMENTS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY HIM, THANK HIM AND ANYONE ELSE, ANY OF OUR PARTNERS.

I KNOW COMMISSIONER PRICE AND HIS TEAM ALSO WORKS, BUT UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN WITHOUT TO THE DEGREE OF SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE EXCITEMENT. SO I WANT TO PUBLICLY LET FOLKS KNOW THAT THAT TIMELINE, WHEN YOU'RE USING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF MONEY, IT DOES TAKE TIME TO GET DOWN TO THE CITY BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO DEPLOY IT.

BUT YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB. I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

WHILE I HAVE THE MIC AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU, WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, AND I WOULD IMAGINE EVERY PART OF THIS CITY THAT HAS BEEN WAITING THERE ALL JUST AS EXCITED,

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BECAUSE IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND DALLAS BETTER, IT MAKES A HAPPIER COMMUNITY AND A HAPPIER CITY.

SO THANK YOU, MR. GUS. AND I THINK MR.. MY COLLEAGUE OMAR NARVAEZ GETS TO PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME MORE FLUENTLY THAN I DO.

I THINK THAT'S IT. I WANT TO JUST GIVE IT A LITTLE, RIVAL HIM A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.

BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MR. GUS. THANK YOU MA'AM.

APPRECIATE IT. CHAIR MORENO, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM EIGHT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR GUS. THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BEING AVAILABLE AROUND THE CLOCK, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MERGER BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION.

I THINK THAT WAS THE RIGHT MOVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER ONE DEPARTMENT.

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW STAFFING LOOKED WHEN YOU HAD TWO DIFFERENT WHEN YOU HAD PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION AND HOW STAFFING LOOKS NOW? AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE WORKLOAD THAT Y'ALL HAVE AND IF YOU DID HAVE MORE MONEY IN THE, IN, IN THE BUDGET KIND OF ALLUDED THAT YOU STILL WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PERFORM ANY ADDITIONAL WORK BECAUSE OF OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS AS WELL.

BUT INTERNALLY WITH ENGINEERS, WHERE ARE WE AT? DOES THAT NEED TO BE INCREASED OR ARE WE AT THE RIGHT NUMBER? SO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYTIME THAT YOU HAVE A MERGER, YOU HAVE TO EVALUATE A THE PURPOSE, THE THE OUTCOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND THEN START LOOKING AT THE GAP ANALYSIS.

SO WE'RE JUST IN THE FINAL PHASES OF THE GAP ANALYSIS TO SEE BASICALLY WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE NEED TO DEPLOY OUR RESOURCES.

AND AGAIN, THE POINT THAT I'M MAKING HERE IS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I MENTIONED ABOUT THE DISTRICT ENGINEERING AND WHERE WE'VE GOT SO MANY SERVICE REQUESTS AND HOW MUCH, HOW LONG IT'S TAKING US AND THE NEED FOR ALMOST DOUBLING THE STAFFING, THEN THE QUESTION IS, AM I, I'M LOOKING AT ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION AND SAYING, OKAY, DO I REALLY NEED THESE RESOURCES HERE OR DO I NEED TO SPLIT RESOURCES AND SO ON? SO WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS OF DOING THE GAP ANALYSIS AND FINALIZING IT AND TRYING TO OPTIMIZE THE THE ASSIGNMENTS, IF YOU WILL, BASED ON THE SERVICE DELIVERY THAT WE NEED.

THANK YOU. I'LL ECHO THE 311 CONCERNS. IT'S GREAT THAT NOW THEY'RE UNDER ONE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE BEFORE IF SOMEONE TURNED IN TO PUBLIC WORKS RATHER THAN TRANSPORTATION WAS CLOSED OUT IMMEDIATELY, NOW IT GOES ALL TO TRANSPORTATION. BUT STILL THE CONCERN WHEN IT SAYS CLOSED AND IT'S REALLY JUST BEEN RECEIVED AND YOU'RE WORKING ON IT.

SOME BACK AND FORTH COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONSTITUENTS WOULD BE GREAT.

CAN YOU GO OVER CRITERIA FOR RAISED MEDIANS AS OPPOSED TO SPEED CUSHIONS? ONE PARTICULAR THAT, THAT I'M INTERESTED IN, THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT IS WHEN WE'VE HAD A SCHOOL THAT'S ON ONE CORNER AND NOW THEY'RE MOVING TO A DIFFERENT CORNER ON THE SAME OR SAME BLOCK, BUT AT A DIFFERENT INTERSECTION.

AND SO VERY INTERESTED IN DOING A SPEED CUSHION OVER AT SHILOH AND HEALY, WHERE THE SCHOOL IS MOVING FROM ONE CORNER TO TO THE OTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SAFE.

SO IF YOU CAN PROVIDE ME WITH THE CRITERIA, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THIRD PARTY DAMAGES. THAT'S A BIG CONCERN OF MINE.

WE'RE LIMITED IN FUNDS AND RESOURCES. I CAN UNDERSTAND THE CITY BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR OLD INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR CORRODED INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT WHEN THERE'S AN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENS IN A VEHICLE, AN 18 WHEELER IS TAKING OUT AN ENTIRE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. WHAT IS OUR PERCENTAGE OF GOING AFTER DAMAGES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE? AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO TO THAT, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT? WELL, I'M PLEASED TO HAVE MY COLLEAGUE ZERONDA DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND CAN ADDRESS THAT QUESTION.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS RHONDA SMITH AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT.

WE HAVE A CLAIM REPORTING PROCESS IN PLACE AND ARE MY OFFICE.

MY MY DIVISION OF SUBROGATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECOVERY OF OF ANY MONIES DUE TO US.

DUE TO A THIRD PARTY. SO WE DO HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE.

A CLAIM PROCESS IN PLACE. WE REVIEW. POLICE REPORTS.

WE HAVE A MANAGER AND ADJUSTER. AND THEN WE ALSO IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. BUT I GUESS MY CONCERN IS SOMETIMES WE TELL INDIVIDUALS TO JUST GATHER IF THERE'S A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, NOT TO CALL 911 AND JUST TO GATHER EACH OTHER'S INFORMATION.

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SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A REPORT BEING MADE, WHEN SOMETIMES WE'RE ASKING FOLKS TO DO IT ONLINE OR TO GO THROUGH THEIR INSURANCE? WELL, IF THERE'S AN INCIDENT THAT INVOLVES TWO DRIVERS AND NEITHER ONE OF THOSE DRIVERS IS IS CITY EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES INVOLVED IN IT.

SO THERE'S REALLY NOT A WAY FOR MY OFFICE TO KNOW.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE CONSIDERED PRETTY MUCH A HIT AND RUN.

SO THE ONLY WAY THAT I GET NOTIFICATION IS THAT ONE, IF CITY EQUIPMENT IS INVOLVED, IF THERE'S A POLICE REPORT THAT INDICATES THAT THERE'S PROPERTY DAMAGE AND THERE'S SOME DRIVER INFORMATION THERE, OR I GET IT DIRECTLY FROM A DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY WAY. SO I WOULD CONSIDER THAT A HIT AND RUN.

OKAY. THANK YOU. GUS, WE SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT AND THAT GPS FM LAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AS WELL ABOUT MAKING SURE WHEN UTILITIES GOING TO HAPPEN THAT THEY WORK COINCIDE WITH THE SCHEDULE.

BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING IN SOME SORT OF STIPULATION WHERE WORK COULD NOT BE DONE.

IF A STREET HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, WITH A WITH CONCRETE WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON PUTTING SOMETHING IN PLACE LIKE THAT? SO THIS IS ONE OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS HERE THAT WE WANT TO.

GO AHEAD AND REVIEW ALL THESE ORDINANCES, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE ITEMS THAT CAME UP FROM THE GPFM AND OTHERS, BASICALLY TO ADDRESS NOT ONLY THE PREMATURE CUTTING OF THE PAVEMENT, BUT ALSO THE QUALITY CONTROL ON THE RECONSTRUCTION AND THE INSPECTION PROTOCOL AS WELL AS WE NEED TO ADDRESS ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION, TRACKING OF DIRT ON THE PAVEMENTS AND THE FADING, PREMATURE FADING OF THE TRAFFIC PAVEMENT MARKINGS, BECAUSE, AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING TO GO OUT A WE CANNOT GO OUT THERE AND CLEAN IT BECAUSE THERE'S STILL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. AND B, BASICALLY IS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK OUT THERE AND REDO IT.

SO THESE ARE AND THIS IS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS WE NEED TO REVIEW ALL THESE ORDINANCES AND SEE PREPARED LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON HOW TO APPROACH IT AND STRENGTHEN THE LANGUAGE.

OKAY. ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, IT'S GREAT TO SEE A NEW STREET REPAVED AND WITHOUT POTHOLES.

BUT SOMETHING THAT I CONTINUE TO SEE IS DEBRIS THAT'S LEFT OVER BARRICADES FLAGS.

WHO'S SUPPOSED TO GO OUT TO VERIFY THAT THAT MATERIAL HAS BEEN PICKED UP BY THE CONTRACTOR? I MEAN, YOU CAN WALK PRETTY MUCH ANY PART OF TOWN, AND THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S LEFT BEHIND FROM CONSTRUCTION CREWS IS.

IT'S A LOT. WE'VE GOT TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE IS IF IT IS A IF IT IS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT BY PERMIT, LIKE THROUGH LIKE A DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO SEND OUR RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT TO REVIEW IT.

AND THEN IF IT IS A CONTRACTOR THAT IS WORKING FOR US UNDER OUR ADMINISTRATION, WHETHER IT BE IN TPW OR DW OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT, THEN THE RESPECTIVE INSPECTORS FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THAT IS BEING HANDLED.

SO WE'RE FROM I CAN SPEAK FOR TPW, WE'RE I'M WORKING WITH OUR CITY ENGINEER TO REVIEW ALL THESE PROCEDURES AND HOW WE'RE HANDLING THAT.

THANK YOU. ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T HEAR TOO MUCH IN YOUR PRESENTATION WAS BRIDGES AND THE SAFETY OF BRIDGES.

SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND THE OVERSIGHT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PARK TRAIL PROJECTS.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE SAFETY OF PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE PARK DEPARTMENT WHEN THERE'S PROJECTS ON THE ROADWAY? RIGHT. THIS AGAIN, THIS ITEM WAS GOING TO BE COVERED UNDER THE IMP OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE THAT I WILL BE BRINGING TO COUNCIL LATER ON. BUT I WILL BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THAT ITEM.

WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE ENSURING THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT BY FEDERAL LAW, ANY PROJECT, ANY BRIDGE THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FALLS UNDER THE NATIONAL BRIDGE INVENTORY STANDARDS.

AND THEREFORE IT HAS CERTAIN SET OF REQUIREMENTS ON WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY MODIFICATIONS OR ANY OF THESE ITEMS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, SPECIFICALLY ON THAT PROJECT THAT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM ON THE SOLVENT BRIDGE.

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I MEAN, BASICALLY THAT FALLS UNDER THE SAME PREMISE AND THEREFORE IT HAS TO BE ANY MODIFICATIONS HAS TO BE DONE BY A ENGINEER WITH EXPERIENCE IN STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS, BECAUSE THAT THOSE MODIFICATIONS HAVE TO GO INTO THE IF YOU WILL, THE FOLDER OF THAT BRIDGE SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW AND CLOSELY UNDERSTAND SHOULD, GOD FORBID, SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE HAVE A CLEAR RECORD OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAYOR. CHAIRMAN GRACEY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I JUST HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. AND I'LL ECHO EVERYTHING THEY SAID ABOUT THREE, ONE, ONE AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS AS WELL AS WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS ASKED ABOUT THE JUST THE FUTURE NEEDS AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE AND REALLY HELP ME UNDERSTAND.

I KNOW YOU TALKED THROUGH IT, BUT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU PROVIDED A LOT OF DATA THERE.

BUT YOU KNOW, THE DATA THAT SUPPORTS, YOU KNOW, THE CONDITIONS OF THE STREET IS ONE THING, BUT CAN YOU TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW DO WE MEASURE THE GROWTH OF A, OF A DISTRICT OR THE AND I KNOW IT'S THE WE PUT THOSE STRIPS DOWN TO MEASURE THE USAGE OF STREETS TYPICALLY AS WELL. IS THAT DONE? DO YOU ALL DO THAT WITHOUT COMMUNITY PROMPTING OR IS IT ONLY BY REQUEST IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS ARGUMENT OF, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THIS STREET AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY BAD.

BUT NO, IN ACTUALITY, THE STREET OVER HERE IS IS WHAT WE DEFINE AS BAD.

HOW DO YOU ALL PROVE THAT? I MEAN, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M ASKING? SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE RANK AND PRIORITIZE A ROADWAY THAT NEEDS WORK.

RIGHT. RIGHT. SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO COVER THAT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN.

HOWEVER, JUST HIGH LEVEL, WE DO A A SCANNING, IF YOU WILL, OF THE CONDITION OF THE PAVEMENTS.

AND THEN WE RUN CERTAIN MODELS. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO CALIBRATE HOW THEY HOW THE FORMULA WORKS IN ORDER TO, FOR US TO HAVE A BETTER REPRESENTATION ON THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX THAT WE'RE REPORTING AND THAT WHICH IS BEING USED AS A PRIORITIZATION TOOL FOR WORKING ON PROJECTS.

AND I GUESS POPULATION INCREASE IN A PARTICULAR AREA WOULDN'T NECESSARILY.

I GUESS THAT WOULD BE COVERED IN THE, IN THE THE USAGE WHEN THEY'RE MEASURING THE USAGE OF THAT PARTICULAR STREET.

CORRECT. SO THIS TRANSLATES INTO ONCE WE DETERMINE, LET'S SAY IF WE'RE REDESIGNING A ROADWAY, THE PAVEMENT DESIGN ACCOUNTS FOR THE ADDITIONAL VEHICULAR AND ANY OTHER LOADING THAT IS TAKING PLACE ON THE PAVEMENT, WHICH WILL ALLOW IT TO, LET'S SAY, IF WE NEED TO.

IN SIMPLE TERMS, IF WE WANT TO GO FROM 8IN TO 10IN FOR THE PAVEMENT TO SUSTAIN THE LOADING AND HAVE A LONGEVITY OF, SAY, 40 OR 50 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO DEFINITELY THOSE THIS DATA IS INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS.

OKAY. AND AS FAR AS WORKFORCE IS CONCERNED, AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT WHAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS EXIST IN TERMS OF ENSURING THAT THERE IS A WORKFORCE? I KNOW WE HAVE DSD HAS THOSE PROGRAMS AND PRAIRIEVIEW HAS AN OUTSTANDING ENGINEERING PROGRAM.

WHAT KIND OF RECRUITMENT OR PLANNING ARE WE DOING OR PARTNERSHIPS EXIST CURRENTLY TO TO ADDRESS THE WORKFORCE.

RIGHT. SO AGAIN I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH HR ON THE PROGRAM.

I MEAN, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS NUMBER ONE IS COMPETITIVENESS COMPARED TO WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS PAYING FOR A VERY SIMILAR POSITION.

SO NOT ALL ELECTRICIANS ARE CREATED EQUAL. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE OUR CHALLENGE IS.

OUR WORK IS SO SPECIALIZED AND UNIQUE. SO WE HAVE TO CREATE THOSE POSITIONS FIRST AND THEN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS LIKE YOU MENTIONED IS ON THE RECRUITMENT, WHETHER WE INCLUDE INCENTIVES FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING OR SOMETHING OR, OR HOW WE HAVE THOSE GROWTH SERIES AND SO ON.

SO AGAIN, GREATLY APPRECIATE HR. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THEM.

AND, AND. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND AGAIN I JUST WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE THE PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP IN SAYING YES, THERE ARE THESE CERTAIN LEVELS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN ROLES AND POSITIONS, BUT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH ALL OF THESE EXISTING PROGRAMS TO BEGIN POSITIONING SOME OF OUR YOUTH TO BE IN THAT POSITION GROWING UP INTO THAT.

SO IT'S NOT A QUESTION DOWN THE ROAD. SO I JUST. WANT AND HAPPY TO BE PART OF ANY EFFORT THAT YOU ALL HAVE AS FAR AS COMMUNITY MEETINGS OR EVEN GOING TO SCHOOLS AND STUFF LIKE

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THAT, IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE MORE FOLKS TO BE IN THOSE SPECIAL SPECIALTY PROGRAMS. THANK YOU, GUS. AND OF COURSE, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN DISTRICT THREE AND CONTINUE TO DO. I WAS RIDING AROUND FRIDAY AND GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THAT WE HADN'T HAD THE SIDEWALK UP THERE THAT THEY HAD BEEN REQUESTING IN FRONT OF THE SENIOR FACILITY.

AND I GOT THE CHANCE TO SEE THE GUY JUST KIND OF ROLL OUT THE PARKING LOT AND ROLL UP THE PARKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK. AND I'M SURE THEY ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

AND MISS DOROTHY PIN IS OF COURSE, APPRECIATIVE.

THANK YOU SIR. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM A.

THANK YOU. FIRST I WANT TO SAY NOT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, BUT JUST GOOD PRESENTATION.

THAT WAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE BRIEFING. I APPRECIATE IT.

THE FIRST THING I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT IS THE STRIPING.

WHEN I STARTED IN 2019, THIS WAS PART OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

I KNOW OVER THE YEARS I THINK IT WENT TO CRF.

I KNOW IT WENT TO ARPA. I KNOW WE'RE USING DART FUNDING FOR STRIPING NOW.

ARE YOU INTENDING CITY MANAGER TO PUT THAT BACK IN OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN, FOR THAT COMMENT.

OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL SOURCES OF FUNDING, INCLUDING CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE THE DART FUNDING.

GUS MENTIONED THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH, WITH COG, ETC..

SO WE'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT FOR NEXT YEAR AND UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR DIFFERENT SOURCES.

BUT YOU KNOW IT'S A IT'S A GREAT COMMENT. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON IS HOW DO WE FUND THE THIS IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS. SO ACTUALLY THAT WAS A QUESTION.

BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE COMMENT. THE COMMENT IS ALMOST EVERY BUDGET THAT HASN'T INCLUDED THIS IN GENERAL FUND.

I'VE SPECIFICALLY SAID THIS BELONGS IN GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS BREAD AND BUTTER OF WHAT OUR CITY IS REQUIRED TO DO.

LIKE THIS IS NECESSARY. WE SHOULD NOT BE LEVERAGING EXTRAORDINARY FUNDS OR UNUSUAL FUNDS TO DO WHAT IS OUR REGULAR BASIC MAINTENANCE.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO LOOK FOR THINGS. THIS SHOULD BE PART OF IT.

AND SO $5.5 MILLION IS WHAT WAS PUT IN. I KNOW OVER THE YEARS IT'S GROWN.

BUT NOT A LOT. NOT A LOT WHEN YOU CONSIDER INFLATION.

SO I'LL BE LOOKING FOR THIS. I WILL, AND AS I DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR, THIS STRIPING IS ESSENTIAL.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN HAVE A VISION ZERO PROGRAM.

AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT DEATHS AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WITHOUT HAVING BASIC ROADWAY STRIPING.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING. THE SECOND THING IS UNBELIEVABLE JOB.

WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THESE PAST SIX YEARS.

AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THAT PROGRESSION OVER TIME.

THANK YOU FOR SHOWING IT. APPLES TO APPLES WITH DECEMBER, I KNOW THAT I THINK YOU SAID THAT THERE'S 200 NEW SIGNALS COMING ONLINE.

YEAH, THEY ARE EITHER UNDER DESIGN OR WE JUST A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD EIGHT TRAFFIC SIGNALS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IN THE LAST COUNCIL AND WILL BE ANOTHER EIGHT HERE COMING UP, BUT THERE WILL BE ABOUT 200 COMING UP FOR AWARD HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. SO I'M SURE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SHOWN THOSE ON THERE.

CAN YOU SAY OF THE 200 THAT ARE COMING ONLINE, ARE THOSE REPLACEMENTS OF OUTDATED ONES OR ARE THOSE FOR NEW LOCATIONS? DO YOU KNOW. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE MAJORITY OF THEM I WANT TO IF I WANT TO TAKE A PERCENTAGE, I'M CONFIDENT TO SAY THAT ALMOST 80% OF THEM ARE REPLACEMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN WHERE DID THE FUNDING FOR ALL THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNALS COME FROM? IS THAT FROM BOND FUNDING. IS THAT FROM GENERAL FUND.

IS THAT FROM OTHER PARTNERS. SO THE PRIORITY MOST OF THE FUNDING IS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

TXDOT. SOME OF THE DART ONES, OBVIOUSLY THE ONE FROM THE EXCESS SALES TAX DALLAS COUNTY COLLIN COUNTY ON THE PREVIOUS ONES IN, IN THE, ON THE FRANKFURT.

AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME BECAUSE THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE IMPACT FEE.

SO WE COLLECTED LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT IMPACTS ONE CORNER.

SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS BECAUSE OF, AGAIN, THE FUNDS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALLOWED ME TO USE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THEM. SAY IF WE'RE FIXING ONE CORNER, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADD THE MONEY AND LET'S PARTNER TO FIX THE ENTIRETY OF THE CORNER OR MOST OF IT. SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS. AND THIS IS AGAIN, THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE WERE ABLE TO CONVERT THE $10 MILLION THAT WE PUT IN IN THE FLEX FUNDS IN 2020, THE $14 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS THAT WERE ASSIGNED, PLUS THE AT LEAST CURRENTLY, BASED ON THE CURRENT ALLOCATIONS OF ALMOST $2 MILLION IN MY GENERAL FUNDS BUDGET, PUT IT TO WORK AND LEVERAGE IT SO THAT WE CAN PAY FOR THE THE

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20% OR THE MATCH THAT IS REQUIRED. TO LEVERAGE THESE THINGS.

AND WHAT WHAT DOLLAR AMOUNT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING TO HAVE FOR THOSE FLEX FUNDS GOING FORWARD? SO BASED ON THE CURRENT AGAIN, INFLATION, LIKE I MENTIONED HERE AT THIS POINT SINCE WE HAVE $16.8 MILLION IN THE 2024 BOND, I'M KEEPING $10 MILLION FOR THE ATM SYSTEM THEM AND UTILIZING THE $6 MILLION FOR THE LEVERAGING. SO I'M TRYING TO KIND OF SEE WHERE I'M AT SO I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT THE POTENTIAL PROJECTION IS FOR THESE 200 IF WE'RE GOING TO FALL INTO A, INTO A GAP.

BUT AT THIS POINT THAT'S THE PLAN. THAT'S HOW WE'RE DOING IT.

SO IF YOU USE ALL THE BOND FUNDS FOR LEVERAGING NOW, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 2 OR 3 YEARS? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

I HOPE THAT YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT GOING TO TERM OUT IN TWO YEARS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT.

MY THIRD THING IS THAT YOU HAD LOTS OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS, AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY PAVEMENT CONDITIONS, THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND TRAFFIC SIGNS YOU KNOW, TUNNELS, DECK CAPS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM.

STREET LIGHTS. AND THEN ALL YOUR SERVICE REQUESTS.

I MEAN, ALL OF THOSE TO ME ARE THE CORE AND HAVE TO BE FUNDED.

AND AS MUCH AS I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO PULL BACK ON A LOT OF AREAS IN OUR BUDGET.

YOURS IS NOT ONE. AND I'M CONCERNED WHEN I HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THE SIGNS ARE COSTING SO MUCH MORE, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE STOP SIGNS. WE HAVE TO HAVE A NO PARKING SIGN OR WHATEVER IT IS LIKE.

THAT CAN'T BE PART OF WHAT WE'RE PULLING BACK ON.

SO I'M I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE 64,000 SERVICE REQUESTS.

I MEAN, I PULLED UP YOUR BUDGET TO LOOK AT YOUR STAFFING.

DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH STAFF FOR THAT? WELL, AS I MENTIONED, AGAIN THE EXAMPLE THAT I GAVE ON THE DISTRICT ENGINEERING IF WE LOOK, I MEAN, IF WE ASSUME THAT EIGHT HOURS PER SERVICE REQUEST THAT WOULD TRANSLATE INTO 15 FTES AND CURRENTLY I'M AT SEVEN. SO AS MR. MORENO MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO, IS WHERE I'M STILL GOING THROUGH THE GAP ANALYSIS.

AND TO SEE AT A AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL OF IF I NEED TO KIND OF SHIFT SOME FTES FROM ONE SECTION TO THE OTHER IN ORDER TO HELP IT OUT BEFORE COMING OUT AND REQUESTING ANY FTES FROM DURING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT SEASON.

OKAY. WELL, AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT COME BEFORE US THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT THAT I CARE ABOUT, BUT IT MAY BE THAT SOME OF THOSE FTES NEED TO SHIFT TO YOUR DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT SAYS, YEAH, MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE BIT CUSHY OVER THERE.

I DO NOT THINK IT IS. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT REVENUE.

ZERONDA HAD JUST COME UP. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CITY MANAGER .

I'M CONCERNED FOR OUR RISK MANAGEMENT. THE DOLLARS THAT ARE RECOUPED GO BACK TO GENERAL FUND.

THEY DON'T GO BACK TO TRANSPORTATION. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO AND THIS CAME UP, I THINK, AT A TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING.

SO SOMEBODY PLOWS INTO A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL GOES DOWN.

LET'S SAY WE RECOUP THE MONEY. IT GOES INTO GENERAL FUND.

IT DOESN'T GO TO REPLACE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO PULL OUT OF HIS OWN BUDGET NOW THAT HE COULDN'T POSSIBLY KNOW WAS GOING TO GO DOWN.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OBSERVATION. BUT I THINK IT'S BACK TO AS WE LOOK AT THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THE UPKEEP, THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE, WE PRETTY MUCH BASE THAT ON THE BUDGET.

BUT IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL NEEDS THAT WE HAVE FOR ANY OF THOSE REPLACEMENTS, IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.

IF WE HAVE SOMETHING DOWN, WHETHER IT'S IN THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET OR WE FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGHOUT OTHER WAYS OR OTHER SOURCES.

WE STILL GET IT UP AND RUNNING. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY KEEPING MR. FROM TAKING CARE OF THAT ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BECAUSE IT HAPPENS OFTEN.

SO WE DON'T THEN LIMIT HIS ABILITY TO NOT TAKE CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE OR BE ABLE TO PUT THAT SIGNAL BACK UP.

IT STILL HAPPENS. OKAY. BUT THE ISSUE IS THERE'S NOT AN ALIGNMENT.

IF FIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS GO DOWN, THAT THE MONEY THAT'S RECUPERATED OUGHT TO GO BACK TO REPLACING THOSE FIVE.

THAT'S THE ALIGNMENT. IF NONE GO DOWN, THEN THERE'S NO MONEY GOING IN.

AND SO I JUST THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER DEDICATING DOLLARS RECUPERATED FROM RISK MANAGEMENT THAT WERE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT BACK

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INTO TRANSPORTATION TO ADDRESS THE INJURY THAT OCCURRED.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER THAT AS YOU'RE GOING FORWARD.

DO YOU NEED ANOTHER ROUND? YOU CAN GO RIGHT INTO ROUND TWO IF YOU. WOULD LIKE TO GO TO ROUND TWO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THREE. SHE'S RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES. I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND. ON JUST THE FOLLOW UP TO THAT, WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS THAT.

YOU'RE USING MY TIME, THOUGH. NO, I SHOULDN'T BE.

NO CITY SECRETARY. AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.

BY THE WAY, I HAD OTHER TIME. THANK YOU. SO WHAT WE DON'T HAVE COUNCILWOMAN.

MENDELSOHN. IS EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT HAVING ITS OWN REVENUE FUND? IT'S REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THOSE NEEDS.

AND SO IF MR. CARLEY HAS FIVE SIGNALS THAT ARE DAMAGED AND THEY GO DOWN, THE REPLACEMENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

WHETHER THE FUNDING IS SITTING IN HIS DEPARTMENT OR ELSEWHERE, WE'RE STILL MAKING SURE THAT THOSE SIGNALS ARE BACK UP AND RUNNING.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT HE'S UNABLE TO TO GET THEM REPLACED.

IT'S WE THEN COME TOGETHER AND WE DETERMINE HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S GOT THE FUNDING TO DO IT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE SEPARATE REVENUE FUNDS SET UP FOR EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. SO CONTINUING WITH THE REVENUE AND RISK MANAGEMENT, I DEFINITELY THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACTUALLY PURSUING ALL CLAIMS. I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE. I KNOW OF A PARTICULAR INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED WHERE WE DID NOT GO AFTER THE PERSON WHO HIT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

SO THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT. POLICE AND FIRE BOTH RESPONDED.

THE PERSON'S INSURED. THEY SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THAT SIGNAL. AND THEY DID NOT. THE CITY DID. FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, OBVIOUSLY AFTER THE FACT. THE SECOND ONE IS FOR THE ATMS SYSTEM.

YOU'VE BRIEFED FULL COUNCIL AT LEAST ONCE. I KNOW TRANSPORTATION MULTIPLE TIMES ON THIS FOR THE DATA MONETIZATION.

HOW IS THAT WORKING OUT? LIKE, I KNOW THE COMPANY SWITCHED AND YOU'RE WORKING ON DATA GOVERNANCE POLICIES, BUT ISN'T THAT A PLACE THAT YOU COULD GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE DEPARTMENT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL BE RECOMMENDING AS PART OF THE DATA GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY AND THE REASON I'M MENTIONING THAT? IS THAT THE WAY IT'S GOING TO WORK IS ANY DATA EXCHANGE IS GOING TO BE WITH THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND THEN THE CITY OF DALLAS WILL HAVE TO CONTRACT BECAUSE THE THE CONTRACT IS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND THEN THE THIRD PARTY WILL HAVE TO CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO THE CITY OF DALLAS WILL BE THE AVENUE. SO THERE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE COST AND ALSO THE COST OF UTILIZATION OF THE DATA.

SO AT SOME POINT AND THE IDEA AND THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE HERE IS THE MORE ELECTRONICS OR TECHNOLOGY WE INSTALL, THE MORE THE NEED TO UPGRADE AND UPDATE THAT TECHNOLOGY IN EVERY FIVE YEARS.

AND THEREFORE, IF WE START GOING DOWN THAT PATH WITHOUT SOME SORT OF A REVENUE PROCESS, THAT WOULD LIMIT THE EXPOSURE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS LIABILITY, THEN OBVIOUSLY THIS COST WILL START INCREMENTALLY GOING UP.

SO THAT IS WHY MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COUNCIL WOULD BE AS PART OF THE DATA GOVERNANCE, IS TO MONETIZE SOME OF THAT DATA IN ADDITION TO SECURING THE OWNERSHIP. WELL, AGAIN, I WOULD HOPE THAT REVENUE WILL GO BACK DIRECTLY TO THE AREA THAT NEEDS THE FUNDING. SO WHATEVER IS COLLECTED THROUGH THAT SYSTEM.

ASSUMING THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK, THAT I HOPE IT WILL GO BACK TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND, AND THE TECHNOLOGY NEEDED.

SO THE THIRD ONE IS THE HEAVY TRUCKS IMPACTING STREET CONDITIONS.

I KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE DART PROJECT, THE SILVER LINE COTTON BELT IN DISTRICT 12.

THE CONDITION OF THE STREETS IS REALLY TAKING A BIG HIT BY ALL THESE BIG TRUCKS PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

DEFINITELY TAKING A BIG HIT BECAUSE OF ALL THESE BIG TRUCKS.

AND THERE'S LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AROUND TOWN.

I MEAN, LOTS OF THEM. I JUST HAVE SEEN THIS ONE.

SO UP CLOSE, AND MY INTEREST IS IN SEEING IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF IMPACT FEE FOR HEAVY TRUCKS THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED.

IS THAT POSSIBLE? AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S DEFINITELY COSTING US SOME MONEY.

AND THEN ON THE ON THE OTHER HAND, SO THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS TO THAT.

SO THEY'VE GOT THAT ONE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS ON THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL.

THERE SHOULD BE AN ITEM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ON THE NEXT UPCOMING MEETING. WE APPROVED IT AT COMMITTEE THROUGH THE UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM, WHEREBY WE'RE GETTING SOME FUNDING FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS TO START LOOKING AT THE DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTES AND HOW THAT

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INTEGRATES INTO THE REGIONAL, BECAUSE ONCE WE DETERMINE THAT, THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO START HAVING MODIFYING THE DESIGN MANUAL TO, SAY, SPECIAL DESIGNS ON THOSE CORRIDORS. DOORS SO.

WELL, NOT JUST THAT PROJECT. I MEAN THE PROJECT ON FRANKFORD, WE HAVE TRUCKS GOING UP ON CURBS ALL THE TIME AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, DAMAGING SOME OF THEM. SO THE LAST ITEM I HAVE IS THAT AS A CONCEPT, WE SHOULD BE FUNDING OUR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND, NOT THROUGH BONDS. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME SORT OF STREET REPAIR FMPC THAT SAYS THAT WE WILL HAVE A GOAL OF A THREE YEAR STATE OF GOOD REPAIR, SO THAT WE THEN ARE ENCOURAGING AND DIRECTING STAFF TO BUDGET APPROPRIATELY TO GET TO THAT GOAL.

MR. MAYOR, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSOHN, FOR THAT INPUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE WHOLE PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING IS THAT IT'S REALLY GOING TO ALLOW FOR US TO DO THAT.

I THINK YOU'VE HEARD FROM NOT ONLY ME, BUT EVEN IN SOME OF THE JUST THE ONGOING UPDATES ABOUT HOW WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT WAITING AND LIVING AND MANAGING THE CITY, WAITING ON BOND PROGRAMS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF, A LINE ITEM THAT EVERY YEAR ALLOWS FOR US TO GET TO THIS, THIS GOOD REPAIR THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT FROM OUR FACILITIES, WHICH YOU GOT THAT BRIEFING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

SO WE'RE DEFINITELY MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWING YOU HOW THAT WILL BE REFLECTED IN OUR UPCOMING BUDGET.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELL, I HOPE IN OUR UPCOMING BUDGET IT SHOWS AREAS THAT ARE NOT OUR PRIORITY AND THINGS THAT WE'VE TAKEN ON THAT AREN'T OUR JOB. AND SO THERE IS A LIMITED PIE.

WE HAVE TO KEEP GROWING THE PIE, BUT THE DOLLARS WE HAVE COMING IN ARE THE DOLLARS WE HAVE COMING IN.

AND OUR RESIDENTS HAVE TOLD US OVER AND OVER WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE.

AND THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE. AND THEY ARE INFRASTRUCTURE NUMBER TWO.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR MAKE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT BRIEFING ITEM A BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER ? I DON'T SEE ANYONE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH GUYS.

AND MADAM CITY MANAGER , BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL, YOUR NEXT BRIEFING, ITEM B THIS MORNING IS OUR EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE ON THE CITY'S FLEET INITIATIVES,

[B. 25-1350A Fleet Initiatives Update ]

INCLUDING PROGRESS ON THE 2022 FLEET ELECTRIFICATION STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE'LL HIGHLIGHT HOW OUR WORK SUPPORTS THE OVERALL STRATEGIC GOALS THAT WE HAVE, ALIGNS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, OR CAP. TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL ALSO COVER THE KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS SUCH AS PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, COMPLIANCE, FLEET AVAILABILITY, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

WE'LL ALSO SHARE UPDATES ON OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE TRANSITION INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS.

FUEL USAGE AND RECENT TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENTS.

OUR MANAGEMENT OF OUR OVER 5700 FLEET ASSETS IS CENTRAL TO KEEPING CITY SERVICES RUNNING SMOOTHLY, WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. THIS BRIEFING JUST JUST ISN'T ABOUT PERFORMANCE, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT A CHECKPOINT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING A MORE RESILIENT, EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE AS IT RELATES TO OUR FLEET.

WE DEFINITELY WELCOME YOUR YOUR FEEDBACK TODAY AS HOW WE CONTINUE TO MAKE FUTURE INVESTMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR, VINCENT OLSON AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MATTHEW AMEND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYBODY.

AS THE INTRODUCTION MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

AND VINCENT, WILL YOU PULL THE MIC UP A LITTLE BIT CLOSER? AND SORRY, JUST A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU. SURE.

WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE STATE OF THE FLEET. SOME OF OUR FLEET ACHIEVEMENTS, AND THEN SOME OF OUR OBSTACLES THAT WE HAVE IN THE AS WELL. MATT, DO YOU WANT TO LEAD US OFF? SURE. THANK YOU, VINCE, AND GOOD MORNING. BEFORE WE GET TO FLEET INITIATIVES, WE'RE FIRST.

JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT YOU HAVE A LITTLE CONTEXT FOR THAT.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME KPIS AND THE HEALTH OF THE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN LASTLY, SOMETHING WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS SOME ADVANCEMENTS WE'VE MADE BOTH IN TECHNOLOGY AND GOALS TOWARDS FLEET ELECTRIFICATION.

SO EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT, WE ARE AN INTERNAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT WE SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF OUR CUSTOMER DEPARTMENTS THROUGH EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE FLEET THAT FOCUSES ON COST NEUTRALITY.

SO WE ARE NOT FOR PROFIT. WE ARE HOLISTICALLY OPERATION THAT MANAGES 5700 VEHICLES, AND WE MANAGE THAT THROUGH THE ENTIRE

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LIFECYCLE OF THE ASSET. SO THAT'S FROM ACQUISITION UPFITTING MAINTENANCE AND THE DISPOSAL OF THE ASSET.

WE DO THIS THROUGH FIVE SERVICE CENTERS LOCATED CONVENIENTLY ACROSS THE CITY WITH AROUND 190 MECHANICAL STAFF.

TWO OF THOSE CENTERS ARE OPEN 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE FIVE MAJOR FULL SERVICE FUEL ISLANDS, AND WE MANAGE THE ACQUISITION AND DELIVERY OF ABOUT 6.8 MILLION GALLONS OF FUEL.

AND HERE'S JUST A SNAPSHOT OF OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE ARE PROJECTING TO END THE YEAR AT BUDGET.

THE CHART BELOW IS JUST YOU'LL BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS CHART YOU SEE IN THE BAR REPORT.

AND IT'S OUR PROJECTED FUND BALANCE. AND I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT JUST IN THAT CALCULATION IS INCLUDED VARIOUS BSAS, INCLUDING THE VALUE OF OUR ASSET OR VEHICLE PARTS ON THE SHELF.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING, OF COURSE, AS WE MENTIONED, IS TO GIVE YOU UPDATES ON FLEET INITIATIVES AND THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE TOWARDS THE FLEET ELECTRIFICATION.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW THOSE INITIATIVES ALIGN WITH THE CITY MANAGER 'S GOALS AND THE GOALS OF CECAP. AND LASTLY, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US FEEDBACK TOWARDS FUTURE POLICY.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF TO VINCE WHO'S GOING TO DISCUSS KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.

THANKS, MATT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS REALLY A KEY FUNCTION OF ANY WELL-RUN FLEET AGENCY IS HOW WELL DO WE TAKE CARE OF THE ASSETS THE CITY IS PROVIDING FOR US. AND IN THIS SLIDE HERE YOU CAN SEE IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A LONG CLIMB.

BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE FORECASTING UP AROUND 82% PPM COMPLIANCE.

WHAT IS PPM COMPLIANCE. NOT ONLY DID WE PERFORM THE SERVICE BUT WE WHAT WE DID IT IN THE INTERVAL THAT IT WAS NEEDED.

WHETHER IT'S TIME, HOURS OR MILES, THAT'S GOING TO BE WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 2300 SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

WHY IS THAT SIGNIFICANT? BECAUSE AS A FLEET, WE'RE MIGRATING AWAY FROM A BREAK FIX AGENCY TO A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OPERATION.

AND THIS WILL TIE IN NICELY TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

BECAUSE OF WHAT I JUST SAID WAS TRUE, THEN THE THEN THE DEPARTMENTS SHOULD HAVE MORE ACCESS TO THEIR ASSETS AND WE SHOULD SEE FLEET AVAILABILITY START TO RISE.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE ACROSS THE CITY IS AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 84, 83% AVAILABILITY OF ASSETS.

AND IN THIS GRAPH WE ALSO SEE KIND OF THE MEN'S AND THE MAXES, THE MAX BEING OUR DPD FLEET, THE PATROL FLEET AT AROUND 86, 87% FLEET AVAILABILITY.

AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM WE SEE SOME OF THE SANITATION ASSETS THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE TO WORK A LITTLE HARDER AT.

THEY'RE USUALLY MORE LABOR INTENSIVE. AND WE ALSO WITH THESE DEPARTMENTS, WE ALSO DO CUSTOMER SERVICE AGREEMENTS OR SLAS.

SO THEY HAVE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT QUANTITY OF FLEETS THEY SHOULD HAVE AND HOW WE WORK THROUGH SHORTAGES.

SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES WITH FLEET AVAILABILITY, OUR VENDOR SOME OF OUR VENDOR WORK.

EVERY TIME I SEND SOMETHING TO A VENDOR, WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 21 DAYS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID TO WORK AROUND THAT IS WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH VENDORS THAT GIVE US ONE, 2 OR 3 LEVEL OPTIONS. IF VENDORS AREN'T PERFORMING, WE'RE NOT STUCK WITH THAT BAD PERFORMANCE OF THE VENDOR.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FORM 35. OUR MANAGERS AT THE SERVICE CENTERS FILL OUT THE FORM, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE THESE VEHICLES ON TO THE NEXT VENDOR.

SO THAT'S GIVING US A LOT OF LEVERAGE WITH VENDORS AND KIND OF DRAWING THEIR ATTENTION BACK TO TAKING CARE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY GOOD TOOL FOR US. LEAD TIME FOR REPLACEMENT UNITS AND PARTS.

I, YOU KNOW, I HEARD THE LAST PRESENTATION DISCUSSED THAT WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME OF THOSE DELAYS ON SOME OF THESE TECHNOLOGY ISSUES AS WELL.

IT'S NOT JUST THE ELECTRONICS IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

IT'S STILL THE ELECTRONICS IN SOME OF THE CONVENTIONAL VEHICLES, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF TECH.

THIS IS REALLY A RACE RIGHT NOW IN TECHNOLOGY.

ISN'T VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTATION INFLATION AND COMMODITIES AND TARIFFS.

SURE. THEY'RE AFFECTING BUDGETS, BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING, I THINK, A REASONABLE JOB OF LOOKING AT NEW VENDORS AND NEW SUPPLIERS.

SOME OF THAT IS STARTING TO POP UP AND HIRING AND RETAINING STAFF.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN JUST A SECOND. A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE ALSO WORTH TALKING ABOUT.

INCREASED EMPLOYEE PRODUCTION, INCREASED PARTS INVENTORY.

WE'VE UNDERSTATED WHAT WE'VE DONE IN TERMS OF CENTRALIZING OUR PARTS AND HAVING A HUB AND SPOKE SCENARIO.

EVERY MORNING AT 530, OUR SOFTWARE IS CHECKING ALL OF OUR PARTS BINS SAYING, HEY, WHAT PARTS DID YOU ISSUE YESTERDAY? AND LET'S START RESTOCKING THE SHELVES. SO THOSE PALLETS ARE BEING BUILT BY 530 6:00 IN THE MORNING BY STAFF OUT AT HENSLEY FIELD.

THAT'S THAT. STAFF OUT THERE HAS A VERY LARGE INVENTORY OF PARTS THAT ARE TAILORED TO OUR SERVICE CENTERS, MEANING SANITATION, DPD, ETC. THE WORKFORCE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RECRUITMENT, CAREER SERIES,

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INCENTIVE PAY AND TRAINING RECRUITMENT. WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH DALLAS COLLEGE.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE EIGHT TECHNICIANS WHO HAVE RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM DALLAS COLLEGE.

AT OUR SERVICE CENTERS. THEY'LL COME ON THROUGH A TEMPORARY WORK PROGRAM.

MAYBE THEY'LL GRADUATE. MAYBE THEY'RE JUST FINISHING THINGS UP.

WE GET TO KNOW THEM, THEY GET TO KNOW US. AND HOPEFULLY AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE START TO MAKE WAY FOR THEM TO COME THROUGH.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE PROVIDE THEM A CAREER SERIES.

HOW DO WE HOW WHAT SKILL SETS DO YOU NEED TO DEVELOP SO THAT WE CAN BRING YOU UP THE PAY SCALE AND FARTHER ALONG IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL CAREER? WE HAD 15 PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT THIS FISCAL YEAR AND INCENTIVE PAY ASE CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS, WE DOUBLED THEIR INCENTIVE COMPENSATION AND THEN TRAINING.

WE'VE HAD A RIGOROUS TRAINING COURSE. WE WE THERE'LL BE OVER 500 STUDENTS WILL PASS THROUGH HENSLEY FIELD.

THOSE ARE OUR STAFF SOMETIMES SUING THREE AND FOUR ROTATIONS OF TRAINING THROUGH OEM INTERNAL STAFF CONDUCTING TRAINING, AS WELL AS BRINGING CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS IN FROM CITY OF DALLAS COLLEGE OR DALLAS COLLEGE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HEALTH OF THE FLEET. THIS IS REALLY KIND OF A PASSIONATE SLIDE FOR ME, BECAUSE I WAS HERE WHEN THE HEALTH OF THE FLEET WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 37%.

THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT HAVE HERE IN DALLAS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF HELPING US REPLACE A LOT OF REALLY OUTDATED FLEET ASSETS.

THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THEM.

YOU HAVE THREE ASSETS AND THREE STAGES IN THIS GRAPH RIGHT HERE.

STUFF THAT'S IN ITS NORMAL LIFE CYCLE, WHICH IS A WHOLE NOTHER PRESENTATION, STUFF THAT'S DUE TO BE REPLACED AND STUFF THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THAT, ROUGHLY 1630 ASSETS. YOU'LL SEE THAT BROKE DOWN IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

THOSE ARE ASSETS THAT WE'LL DEFINITELY WE WE TEND TO TAKE THE DEPARTMENT'S KIND OF IN QUESTION.

SOME OF THESE ASSETS ABOUT DO WE REALLY NEED THEM.

HOW CAN WE GET YOU KNOW GET YOU WHAT YOU NEED DONE.

DO WE NEED TO KEEP BUYING YOU SAME SIZE DUMP TRUCKS? WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY? CAN WE CHALLENGE THEM WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES? ALL KINDS OF OPTIONS. BUT YOU'LL SEE US PROBABLY LESS EXCITED ABOUT THIS NUMBER BECAUSE WE'RE WE QUESTION IT WITH EVERY MEETING WE HAVE WITH THEM.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YOU KNOW, MATT, I'M GOING TO TAKE A BREATH AND HAND IT BACK TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY.

THANK YOU. NANCY. SO THERE'S SOME EXCITING THINGS GOING ON IN FLEET TECHNOLOGY.

AND OUR TECH TEAM HAS BEEN BUSY IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF THOSE.

SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A CHART REPRESENTING ALL THE DIFFERENT MODULES THAT WE'VE CURRENTLY BEEN WORKING ON AND BRINGING INTO OUR WORK ORDER AND INVENTORY SYSTEM.

SO THIS IS A HOLISTIC SOFTWARE THAT LETS US DO MORE THAN JUST RECORD A WORK ORDER, BUT IT AUTOMATES A LOT OF THINGS.

IT HOUSES OUR GPS DATA OUR SOME OF OUR TRAINING SCHEDULES.

WE CAN TRACK HOURS. IT'S REALLY COMPREHENSIVE.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO TRY TO AUTOMATE WHAT WE CAN.

AND WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THAT EFFORTS.

AND A LOT OF THIS IS DOABLE BECAUSE OF ADVANCEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WITH GPS TECHNOLOGY.

SO BECAUSE OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY, BOTH ON THE HARDWARE SIDE AND THE SOFTWARE SIDE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ELIMINATE SOME REDUNDANCIES AND BRING A LOT OF THAT INTO ONE SYSTEM. SO THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE HARDWARE AND THE PLATFORM PRESENTS EFFICIENCIES FOR US FROM A MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO TO OUR CUSTOMERS, AS THEY NOW HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF THAT TELEMATICS DATA AND EASY TO USE AND INTUITIVE PLATFORM. AND AS MENTIONED, THE ELIMINATION OF SOME OF THE REDUNDANT HARDWARE LEAVES ROOM TO INCORPORATE THINGS SUCH AS RFID READERS, TEMP SENSORS, AND CAMERAS ALL WITHIN THE VEHICLE AND ALL WITHIN ONE SYSTEM.

TO DATE, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED ABOUT 30% OF THE NEW UPFITTED GPS DEVICES, AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 50% INSTALLED.

SO THIS PLATFORM AGAIN, ISN'T JUST GPS. WE ARE ADDRESSING A LOT OF THE NEEDS FOR OUR CUSTOMER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.

WE'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE SOME MANUAL PROCESSES, SUCH AS THE PRE AND POST TRIP CHECKLISTS, WHICH HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN JUST PAPER CHECKLIST.

AND THAT'S NOW IN THE SYSTEM. AND DEPENDING ON IF A VEHICLE FAILS THE CHECKLIST OR WHAT'S CHECKED.

IT MAY KICK OFF AN AUTOMATED WORKFLOW THAT GOES TO OUR SHOPS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SHOP MAINTENANCE CHECKLISTS FOR OUR MECHANICS, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON INTEGRATING SOME OTHER PLATFORMS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY GPS RELATED, SUCH AS MOTOR POOL RESERVATIONS. WE'VE ALSO BEEN ADDING TO OUR MOTOR POOL, AND PICTURED TO THE RIGHT THERE IS A HOOK LIFT TRUCK,

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AND I KNOW IT'S A COOL ASSET, BUT BECAUSE I'VE HEARD VINCE EXPLAIN IT, IT'S COOL.

SO I'M GOING TO LET HIM EXPLAIN WHY THAT'S COOL. BUT AND THEN KICK IT OFF SO YOU CAN TALK ABOUT CAP.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A HOOK LIFT TRUCK. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TRUCK RIGHT THERE, THERE'S FOUR BODY SYSTEMS ATTACHED TO IT.

ONE CHASSIS. THAT TRUCK CAN DUMP A BOX OFF IN ONE LOCATION, TAKE OFF, GO GET ANOTHER BOX WHILE THE BOX IS BEING LOADED BY A WORKING CREW.

AND INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO CHASSIS, WE ONLY HAVE ONE.

AND SO THESE TYPE OF STRATEGIES, WE'RE LOOKING TO TEACH SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS HOW THEY CAN USE THESE THINGS.

BECAUSE THERE IS A BACK AND YOU KNOW, THERE IS A STRATEGY TO IT, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO OPERATE THESE THINGS SAFE.

BUT YOU CAN GET A LIMITLESS NUMBER OF ATTACHMENTS ON THE BACK OF THESE TRUCKS.

AND AGAIN, REDUCING IT DOWN TO ONE CHASSIS. AND TO MATT'S EARLIER POINT ABOUT THE THE SPECTRUM OF SOFTWARE, YOU KNOW, THAT DIRECTIVE CAME FROM THE CITY MANAGER 'S OFFICE TO LOOK AT LEVERAGING EXISTING SOFTWARES AND EXISTING PLATFORM.

WE WENT AND WE DUG INTO THAT THOSE EXISTING PLATFORMS, MOST OF THAT STUFF WE ALREADY HAD ACCESS TO, WE JUST EXPANDED IT TO SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND HAVE BEEN GROWING THE USE OF IT ALL ALONG.

SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. CAP INITIATIVE, ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THIS.

I'M GOING TO GET THROUGH AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN 2024.

WE DID RECEIVE OUR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE AWARD FOR GOLD FLEET THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

IT'S FOR OUR INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE YOUR EMISSIONS REDUCTION.

ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND JUST OUR DIRECTION IN EV.

I DO SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE AT THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND WE DO.

WE ARE QUICKLY BECOMING ONE OF THE FACES THAT THEY LOOK TO TO ASK, HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING THIS? WHAT EXPERIENCES HAVE YOU HAVE? SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THIS RIGHT HERE IS A CHECKLIST FROM THE 2022 ELECTRIFICATION STUDY.

AND RECOMMENDATIONS. A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT'S CHECKED OFF THERE THAT'S ALREADY COMPLETED, THE THINGS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS ARE WORTH BRIEFLY MENTIONING, GETTING THE SOFTWARE TO COMMUNICATE AND DATA THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE A CHARGING STATION HERE, THE SHOP MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE HERE, SOME OF THAT INTEGRATION HAS BEEN A BIT OF A CHALLENGE.

SO WE'VE WORKED ON THAT. ANOTHER THING RECENTLY I JUST GOT BACK FROM LAS VEGAS SITTING WITH THE COUNCIL FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ELECTRIC ELECTRIFICATION SAT WITH SCHOOLS LIKE HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

MANY PRIVATE ENTITIES TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND HOW FAR THEY'VE COME, AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THEY'VE HAD WITH CHARGING SYSTEMS AND EVS.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S A IT'S A RAPIDLY CHANGING WITH A LOT OF TECHNOLOGIES.

SO I THINK WE'RE TAKING SOME CAUTIOUS BUT GOOD STEPS IN THIS DIRECTION.

HYDROGEN IS STILL ON OUR RADAR. I WILL SAY THAT BATTERY TECHNOLOGY ITSELF HAS COME A LONG WAY VERY QUICKLY, AND WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE START TO PAUSE ON THE HYDROGEN SIDE TO SEE HOW MUCH OF THE ELECTRIFICATION WE CAN ACTUALLY FIT IN.

AND WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD EXAMPLES OF IT, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THE TOYOTA RAV4 THAT ARE BI FUEL VEHICLES, ELECTRIC WITH GAS. AND WE'LL I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT SHORTLY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THESE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE C-CAP.

OUR MOTOR POOL HERE AT CITY HALL HAS 12 CHARGING STATIONS IN IT.

ALL PART OF OUR FORD CONTRACT. OUR MOTOR POOL HAS BEEN COMPLETELY ELECTRIFIED.

AT CITY HALL. SO IF YOU GO TO SIGN OUT A VEHICLE.

MATT EARLIER MENTIONED THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SOFTWARE CHANGES COMING UP IN PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 90 TO 120 DAYS WHERE YOU CAN RESERVE, TAKE AND CHECK OUT THAT SEAMLESSLY. THERE'S A BUS DOWN THERE AS WELL THAT'S BEEN USED ON THOSE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT.

YOU'RE SEEING JUST SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO GET SOME OF THE ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE, SOME OF THE CHARGING STATIONS THAT'S AT THE NORTHEAST SERVICE CENTER.

AND WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE WORK GOING ON. BUT THAT WAS JUST SOME OF THE MOST RECENT PHOTOS WE HAD.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS OUR LEVEL THREE CHARGING THAT WE'VE HAD UP SINCE ABOUT OCTOBER.

AND WE'LL HAVE SOME DATA IN A FEW SLIDES THAT'LL TALK ABOUT THESE LEVEL THREE CHARGERS.

AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR US IN TERMS OF REPLACING FOSSIL FUELS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THAT IS THE FINISHED PRODUCT UP AT NORTHEAST SERVICE CENTER.

THAT'S A BANK OF I THINK IT'S 12. IT'S REALLY 23 OR 24 CHARGING STATIONS, TWO PER PEDESTAL.

WE'RE JUST SIMPLY WAITING ON FINAL INSPECTIONS AND THEN ONCOR TO COME PLUG THEM IN.

AND SO THEN THAT BANK WILL BE UP AND WORKING AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF CREPT IN HERE A LITTLE BIT ONLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

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THESE ARE COMPLETELY OFF GRID SOLAR CHARGING CANOPIES THAT WE USE AT OUR CENTRAL SERVICE CENTER AND OUT AT HENSLEY FIELD.

AND WHAT THESE THINGS DO IS IF YOU SEE THE VERY TOP OF IT, IT'LL TILT AND PAN WITH THE SUNSHINE SO THAT IT GAINS AS MUCH SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY AS POSSIBLE. STORES HAVE BEEN A SET OF BATTERIES AND CHARGERS VEHICLES.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS WEEK I THINK I'VE TRAVELED 160 MILES COMPLETELY ON OFF GRID SOLAR ENERGY.

SO NOT THAT'S OUR FIRST WEEK OF THIS, REALLY.

WE'VE ONLY HAD HIM ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF. BUT THESE ARE THEY'RE NOT FIXED TO THE GROUND.

WE CAN MOVE THEM. WE WERE TO LEAVE HENSLEY FIELD OR WHATEVER THE CASE, WE CAN TAKE THOSE WITH US.

SO AND NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT UP ABOVE, THEY HAVE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS ON THEM.

IF YOU NEEDED A 240 OR A 110 OUTLET AND SAY WE HAD A POWER OUTAGE, YOU COULD ACTUALLY TAP INTO THESE THINGS FOR AS LONG AS THEY HAD ENERGY LEFT AND WE'RE RECHARGING. SO THAT WAS NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WE STILL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT CONVENTIONAL FUELS AND DIESEL FUEL. AND WHAT WE DID IN THIS SLIDE IS WE CONDENSED A LOT OF THE FUELS.

WE TALK ABOUT BIODIESEL, OFF ROAD DIESEL VARIATIONS OF DIESEL.

IT'S REALLY A HEAVY FUEL. AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE AGGREGATE GALLONS IN THE GOLD AND THEN GASOLINE AGGREGATE GALLONS MID-GRADE IN THE GREEN AND CNG AND THE GRAY AND THEN BUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO GET THE NUMBERS FOR EV KILOWATT HOURS REPRESENTED IN OUR FUEL USE.

NOW, FUEL USE CAN BE MISLEADING BECAUSE IT DEPENDS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING DEPARTMENTS TO DO IF THEY'RE DOING MORE WORK, IF WE'RE MAKING IF THERE'S GREATER PATROLS, IF THEY'RE FIXING MORE POTHOLES, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ON THESE HEAVIER AND BIGGER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, SOME MORE FUEL USE. NOW, OUR FUEL USE HAS BEEN REASONABLY CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BUT AS WE MOVE THROUGH MORE OF THESE EVS AND START DEPLOYING THEM, THERE MAY OR THERE MIGHT NOT BE AN OFFSET BASED ON, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MORE WORK THE DEPARTMENTS ARE PHYSICALLY DOING. THE ONE THING THAT IS WORTH MENTIONING IS A DIESEL ENGINE TODAY IN L9 CUMMINS VERSUS A 466 TT THAT'S 20 YEARS OLD. BURN FUEL DIFFERENTLY.

ONE OF THEM CAN BURN A GALLON OF FUEL AND LEAVE VIRTUALLY ZERO EMISSIONS, WHICH BY NOW IS WHERE THEY'RE AT.

BUT IT'S THE OLDER STUFF THAT'S KIND OF THE DIRTY DIESEL PEOPLE CALL IT.

SO YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT, BUT GIVING YOURSELF CREDIT FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN VEHICLE REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN AS BIG A PART AS REDUCING EMISSIONS AS ANYTHING.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THIS SLIDE IS KIND OF EXCITING. BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES IS IT LOOKS AT OUR FIVE CHARGING DEPOTS INDIVIDUALLY.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST DEPOT THERE WITH 747 KILOWATT HOURS.

THAT'S THE MOTOR POOL. THAT'S WHAT IT'S USED SINCE ITS INCEPTION, SINCE IT'S BEEN INSTALLED CHARGING OUR MOTOR POOL UNITS.

THE NEXT DEPOT THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE. THE SECOND ONE IS THE SOLAR CANOPY AT CENTRAL SERVICE CENTER.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S 17 THESE THINGS HAVE JUST BEEN INSTALLED WHEN WE GOT THE SOFTWARE FINALLY COMMUNICATING.

SO THE POINT BEING IS THAT WE HAVE A WAY OF LOOKING AT EACH OF THESE DEPOTS AS WELL AS AT THE SOLAR, HOW SOLAR IS PARTICIPATING AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE OTHER THREE DEPOTS, THE LEVEL THREE CHARGING SPOT AT BAYLOR STREET BEHIND CENTRAL IS CERTAINLY OUR BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR. I KNOW OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS IS USING IT.

TRANSPORTATION IS USING IT. WE'RE NOT WE'RE JUST USING THE SOLAR CANOPIES, BUT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT VEHICLE THAT WORKS WELL THERE. AND THEN WE HAVE MUNICIPAL STREET AND AS WELL THE SOLAR CANOPY OUT AT HENSLEY FIELD FOR CHARGING NEW VEHICLES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. FUTURE POLICY AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES.

THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEXT SLIDE. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON A FEW THINGS THAT WE PRESENTED LAST YEAR DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT CONVERTING TO A 4/10.

WE MONITORED PM COMPLIANCE, VEHICLE FUNCTION AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

AND WE TALKED WITH DPD ROUTINELY TO SEE HOW OUR SERVICES ARE DOING FOR THEM.

WE LOOK AT THE KIND OF SERVICES THAT WE'RE PERFORMING, AND WE'VE SEEN NO NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN OUR OPERATIONS, SO WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH HELPING THEM MOVE FORWARD OR SAYING, YES, YOU KNOW, SUCCESS, AS YOU GUYS ARE HAVING. WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.

SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. WHILE THEY'VE GOTTEN BETTER, THEY STILL WE STILL STRUGGLE GETTING VEHICLES, FUEL OIL, GREASES AND LUBRICANTS. WHAT WE'VE REALLY SEEN ON NEW ICE ENGINES IS A LOT OF NEW OIL TYPES DRIVEN BY SOME OF THE EMISSIONS POLICIES DRIVEN BY THE ENGINE DESIGNS THEMSELVES. AND THEN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HELPING TO MIGRATE OUR OUR WORKFORCE AWAY FROM SOME OF THE CONVENTIONAL LIGHT

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VEHICLES INTO THE HEAVY VEHICLES. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.

AND THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS FOR US WILL BE TO CONTINUE TO BRIEF CITY COUNCIL ON OUR PROGRESS, WORK THROUGH OUR CITY. OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER , DONZELL GIBSON, TO KEEP YOU GUYS APPRIZED OF ANY HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE HAVE.

AND AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.

WORK WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN USE IT.

AND LISTEN TO YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. MEMBER STEWART, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON BRIEFING ITEM B, EVERYONE. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. JUST A REALLY QUICK QUESTION ON SLIDES.

20 AND 21, THESE ARE THE THE STATUS OF THE LEVEL TWO AND THREE CHARGERS.

I MEAN, MAYBE I'VE JUST SAT THROUGH SOME OF THESE PRESENTATIONS AND LOST TRACK OF TIME, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PENDING STATE FOR BOTH THE LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE FOR QUITE A WHILE, AWAITING AN ONCOR AND WAITING ON FINAL INSPECTIONS.

BUT EVEN IF I ANYWAY. EITHER WAY, I WOULD. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO PRIORITIZE THIS.

IS THERE DO WE HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THIS? ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER .

WE'RE ACTUALLY OUTPACING THE WORK AT WHICH ONCOR CAN DO FOR US.

SO THAT'S WHY I LIKE THE NORTHEAST. STUFF IS DONE.

WE HAVE SOUTHWEST IS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS WELL, AND THAT'LL BE IN THE GROUND PRIOR TO US.

INITIALLY THE TRANSFORMERS FOR THE LEVEL THREES, THOSE ARE LIKE A 52 WEEK LEAD TIME ANYWAYS.

SO FROM THE TIME YOU FIRST SAW THE SLIDES AT WHICH THEY WEREN'T, THEY WEREN'T IN THE GROUND.

THEY WERE JUST KIND OF A PICTURE OF THEM. SO YOU'RE RIGHT.

THESE THINGS WILL GO AWAY BECAUSE THEY WERE PART OF THE CAP.

AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS LIKE YOU SAW IN THE SLIDE AFTER THAT WAS THE THE INSTALLED.

YES. I HOPE I WILL SEE THAT EVENTUALLY. BUT MY QUESTION REALLY IS HOW LONG UNTIL I SEE THAT IS STEWART.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. DON GIBSON, CITY MANAGER 'S OFFICE.

WE HAVE LEVERAGED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ONCOR TO THE HILT.

I'D LOVE TO COME TO THIS BRIEFING AND BLAME THEM FOR EVERYTHING, BUT THEY'RE UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES.

WHERE ARE THERE ARE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CHARGING EQUIPMENT RIGHT? NOT NECESSARILY THE CHARGING EQUIPMENT THAT SUPPLIES TO THE VEHICLE, BUT THE ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GOES INTO THE GROUND, THE TRANSFORMERS, ALL THE ASSOCIATED CONDUIT, ALL THE LEGWORK, ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE TO DO.

THEY'VE GOT LONG, LONG LEAD TIMES ON IT, AND THEY HAVE OPEN DISCUSSIONS WITH US ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT IT'S IMPACTING ALL THEIR OPERATIONS, WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WHICH IS WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY THE BEST SOLUTION OR BEST CONVENTIONAL THING TO DO IS THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP WHEN THERE'S STORMS LIKE WE HAD IN MAY LAST YEAR AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THEY KEEP A CACHE OF THINGS LIKE THIS, OF THIS NATURE ACTUALLY ON HAND.

AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY KIND OF IN A COMPETING INTEREST OF HOW DO THEY KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, THEORETICALLY, RIGHT, IN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, RIGHT, VERSUS THIS ADVENT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE FROM THE SAME SUPPLY WHERE THERE'S SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF IT. SO IT'S A COMPETING INTEREST.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. WE'RE MOVING AS FAST AS WHAT THE SUPPLY OF THIS EQUIPMENT WILL ALLOW US TO DO.

EXCUSE ME. IF YOU HAD TO JUST GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE.

ARE WE TALKING SIX MONTHS OR SIX YEARS OR. NO.

SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR MILESTONES RELATED TO.

GETTING THESE CHARGERS. TO TO THESE CHARGERS.

OKAY. SO YOU WANT AN ETA ON THESE INDIVIDUAL CHARGERS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO.

LIKE THIS HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR A WHILE SPINNING AND THAT WE I HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH PROGRESS.

THE THE LAST. TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT. YEAH.

THE LAST TWO LOCATIONS. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULDN'T BE FINISHED IN SIX MONTHS.

LIKE I SAID, THE TRENCH WORK'S ALREADY THERE.

SO THE CHARGERS, THE CHARGERS, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF AVAILABILITY ON CHARGERS.

THE ONLY OBSTACLE THAT WILL HAVE WOULD COME FROM ONCOR.

AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TO ONE OF DANIEL'S POINT, LIKE IN THE NORTHEAST SERVICE CENTER, WE DID THE UNDERGROUND WORK AND GOT TO A POINT WHERE WE FOUND UNDERGROUND STUFF THAT WASN'T ON THE ON THE MAP, IF YOU WILL. AND THEN WE HAD TO RELOCATE THE WHOLE THING.

SO WE DID THAT TWICE. AND WE HAD THAT PROBLEM IN NORTHEAST A LOT.

YEAH, RIGHT. THE UNEXPECTED. RIGHT. OKAY. SO SIX MONTHS BEFORE WE CAN USE THEM OR SIX MONTHS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULDN'T BE IN IN SIX MONTHS INSTALLED.

IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO GIVE. YOU KNOW, THE GOOD THING IS, THESE ARE THE LEVEL THREES ARE DONE.

THE LEVEL THREES ARE UP AND DONE. ALL ALL OF THEM ARE DONE.

CORRECT. UP AND WORKING. YEAH. OKAY. I THOUGHT IT STILL SAID PENDING.

MAYBE IF IT DID. IF IT DID, THAT WOULD BE MY MISTAKE.

BECAUSE THEY, THEY'RE THEY ARE UP AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING.

IN FACT IN THOSE SLIDES THAT I SHOWED THAT HAD THE KIND OF THE DEPOS THOSE WERE THE POWER OUTPUT AT THOSE.

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SO THE TEN MEGAWATT WAS CENTRAL AND THE THREE MEGAWATT WAS SOUTH, BUT THAT WAS ALL FOUR CHARGING PORTS.

SO THE LEVEL THREES ARE UP AND RUNNING. BUT THE BATTERIES, YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T.

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. LEVEL THREE. CHARGE THEM ALL THE TIME. THEY NEED TO BE ON THE LEVEL TWO CHARGER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FOR A SLOW, DEEPER CHARGE. AND THAT'S THE STUFF THAT'S CAUSED US A LITTLE BIT OF THE DELAY HERE.

OKAY. WELL, PERHAPS WE COULD GET JUST A BRIEFING ON THIS AT PTE SO THAT WE COULD JUST FROM A CECAP PERSPECTIVE MONITOR THIS A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JUST FOR CLARITY'S SAKE MISS STEWART, VINCE, SHE WAS REFERRING TO SLIDE NUMBER 21.

I THINK YOU WERE REFERRING TO THE CONSTRUCTION AT BOTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST.

IT WAS BOTH. THAT HAD TAKEN SO LONG. SO. RIGHT.

SO THEY'RE NOT DONE WITH SOUTHWEST. NORTHEAST? NO. AS YET. SO THOSE LEVEL THREE CHARGERS WHILE THEY'VE BEEN DESIGN HAS BEEN PLANNED.

AND ALL THE OTHER STAGES THE INSTALL AND THE CHARGING OF THE ACTUAL HARDWARE ITSELF IS NOT READY YET.

NO, NO, NOT FOR THE LEVEL THREE. THE LEVEL THREE AT CORRECT AT SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL ARE DONE.

THERE'S FOR LEVEL THREES AT EACH OF THOSE. BUT THE OTHER ONES THAT SAY PENDING DONZELL.

YEAH THAT'S THAT'S TRUE. THOSE ARE THE DESIGN IS THERE.

THAT'S JUST THE BUILD ISN'T IN THE IN THE PIPE YET.

OKAY. JUST WANT TO MONITOR IT IF POSSIBLE. YES, MA'AM.

WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO TO TT. OKAY. PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. MISS SCHULTZ. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.

GREAT PRESENTATION. THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. THIS IS EXCELLENT.

AND WE LEARNED A LOT. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU.

CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM B.

GET MY TECHNOLOGY TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR AND I KNOW WE PROBABLY SHOULD.

WE'RE KIND OF ON OVERLOAD WITH THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF YOUR JOB TO DO.

BUT THE EXCITEMENT IS WHAT I'M FOCUSING ON. TO THE CITY MANAGER , IT IS AN HONOR, I THINK, FOR THIS CITY TO HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO ENJOY WHAT THEY DO.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT AND FEEL IT AS YOU PRESENT AND YOU GIVE THAT ENERGY.

AND SO I'VE KIND OF BEEN ABLE I'VE BEEN IN A POSITION A LONG TIME AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE.

SO I CAN KIND OF, I THINK I HAVE THAT ABILITY TO ASSESS.

SO I THINK YOU ALL ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB.

AND WHAT I AM EXCITED ABOUT. TO THE MAYOR WHO ALLOWED ME AND APPOINTED ME TO WORKFORCE THE WE COMMITTEE, I SEE THE WORKFORCE COMPONENT. I'M GLAD TO SEE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE FOCUSING ON CONTINUING EDUCATION AND THE THE WORD THAT WE THAT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PEREIRA LIKES TO USE UPSKILLING.

AND I THINK THAT'S VERY KEY. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT WE IF WE WANT TO HAVE A BETTER CITY, WE NEED TO TREAT OUR OUR EMPLOYEES BETTER IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I SEE HERE WITH SOME OF YOUR EMPHASIS ON THE TRAINING AND INVESTMENT IN THE, IN, IN THE STAFF. AND SO THAT'S VERY, VERY KEY.

THE TECHNOLOGY IS SOMETHING WE MUST HAVE. WE MUST BE ON THE CUTTING EDGE.

NO IFS, ANDS AND BUTS ABOUT THAT. I AM VERY MUCH INCLINED TO SAY I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE GEEKS, BUT I AM ONE OF THOSE WHO SUPPORT STRONGLY THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE WE ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW IS AVAILABLE TO US, AND WE ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP UP. I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY AS WE SIT HERE NOW, THERE'S SOMETHING COMING OUT NEW AS WE SPEAK.

AND SO AND THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE CUTTING EDGE SO THAT WE CAN BRAG ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A CITY, AND OUR CITIZENS CAN BRAG ABOUT THEIR TAX DOLLARS BEING PUT TO GOOD USE.

AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES. THAT'S REALLY OUR BOTTOM LINE HERE IN THIS CITY.

DELIVERY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE TAXPAYERS AND THE CITIZENS AND THE EVEN THE VISITORS? WE ARE DELIVERING SERVICES. SO ONCE AGAIN, I APPRECIATE WHAT I'VE WHAT I HEAR, MR. GIBSON, TODAY, I'LL CALL YOU DENZEL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ALL DO A GOOD JOB, I CALL YOU DENZEL.

I REALLY AM NOT BEING FACETIOUS AT THIS MOMENT, BUT YOU DO.

I KNOW YOU, ACTUALLY. YOU LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

ABSOLUTELY. CITY MANAGER , YOU HAVE A STAR RIGHT HERE WITH MISTER DENZEL DONZEL GIBSON.

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HE LOVES WHAT HE'S DOING WHEN IT COMES TO FLEET.

AND YOU ALL DO TOO, WITH THE TECHNOLOGY. SO THANK YOU.

I'M IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE ON PAPER. I HOPE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LISTENING ONLINE WILL APPRECIATE.

AND AS WE BEGIN TO MARKET AND CONTINUES AGAIN, CITY MANAGER , I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUS ON TELLING OUR STORY.

AND THE STORY IS THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR EMPLOYEES. TO THE MAYOR ONCE AGAIN WITH THAT WORKFORCE COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE THAT WAS THAT IS VERY KEY TO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE TO PUTTING OUR PEOPLE TO WORK AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR US ARE PROUD OF WHAT THEY DO IN DELIVERY OF THEIR SERVICES.

SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO PUT MY $0.04 IN ON THAT THIS MORNING TO LET YOU KNOW YOU'RE VERY IMPRESSIVE.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT OR ASK A QUESTION ABOUT BRIEFING ITEM B FOR TODAY.

OKAY, MADAM CITY MANAGER , BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. OUR FINAL BRIEFING BEFORE LUNCH IS BRIEFING ITEM NUMBER C.

[C. 25-1943A Reimagining Procurement Services]

THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES WILL PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A BRIEFING THAT WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE CITY'S CURRENT PROCUREMENT LANDSCAPE.

IT WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT BOTH THE STRENGTHS AND THE CHALLENGES IN OUR EXISTING PROCESSES, AND OFFER A STRATEGIC VISION FOR HOW WE ARE REIMAGINING PROCUREMENT TO BETTER SERVE THE CITY OF DALLAS, BOTH OPERATIONALLY AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR LONG TERM GOALS.

OVER THIS PAST YEAR, THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES HAS UNDERTAKEN A THOROUGH REVIEW OF PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES.

THIS INCLUDES EVALUATING OUR SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS, HOW DO WE ENGAGE OUR STAKEHOLDERS, VENDOR PARTICIPATION, AND ALL OF OUR COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORKS? WE'VE ALSO WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS SUCH AS THE CHILD POVERTY ACTION LAB TO HELP US IDENTIFY HIGH IMPACT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVERALL IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR PROCESSES.

SO TODAY YOU WILL HEAR HOW OPS IS ADDRESSING KEY ISSUES.

YOU WILL ALSO SEE HOW WE ARE LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY, IMPROVING VENDOR ACCESS AND ENGAGEMENT, AND STRENGTHENING OUR INTERNAL TRAINING AND ALIGNING OUR PROCUREMENT PLANNING WITH THE CITY'S BROADER BUDGETING AND POLICY EFFORTS.

ULTIMATELY, THIS IS ABOUT TRANSFORMING PROCUREMENT INTO A MORE PROACTIVE, STRATEGIC, AND DATA INFORMED FUNCTION THAT DRIVES VALUE, PROMOTES OVERALL OPPORTUNITIES, AND SUPPORTS EFFICIENT CITY OPERATIONS.

AND WITH THAT, IT GIVES ME PLEASURE TO TURN THIS OVER TO OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES, JUANITA ORTIZ, AND OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, KIMBERLY FRANKLIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER TOLBERT.

AS CITY MANAGER TOLBERT MENTIONED TODAY, WE WILL WALK THROUGH HOW WE'RE REIMAGINING PROCUREMENT TO BE MORE STREAMLINED, STRATEGIC AND EFFICIENT. JOINING ME TODAY IS KIMBERLY FRANKLIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND PURCHASING AGENT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE'LL START WITH WHERE WE ARE.

WE'LL HIGHLIGHT OUR CHALLENGES AND SHARE OUR PATH FORWARD.

OUR VISION IS A STREAMLINED, TRANSPARENT AND STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT FUNCTION.

I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO KIMBERLY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE CURRENT STATE OF PROCUREMENT.

THANK YOU JUANITA. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES WE ARE COMPRISED OF THREE CORE DIVISIONS.

WE HAVE OUR PROCUREMENT SERVICES DIVISION THAT MANAGES ALL OF OUR SOLICITATIONS EXCLUDING CONSTRUCTION ITEMS. WE HAVE OUR CONTRACTS TEAM. THEY MANAGE ALL OF OUR CONTRACT COMPLIANCE TRAINING AND OUR INTERNAL SERVICES SUCH AS BUDGETING, OUR EXPRESS BUSINESS CENTER AND THE CITY STORE.

AND THEN LASTLY WE HAVE OUR BUSINESS. BUSINESS ENTERPRISE HUB.

AND THEY MAINLY FOCUS ON THE BID POLICY COMPLIANCE AND VENDOR ENGAGEMENT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF PROCUREMENT'S PERFORMANCE AND THE IMPACT OF OUR WORK FROM FISCAL YEAR 2024. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE PROCESSED OVER 700 INFORMAL AND FORMAL SOLICITATIONS TOTALING NEARLY $580 MILLION IN COUNCIL AWARDED CONTRACTS. THIS DATA HIGHLIGHTS THE DEPARTMENT'S PROCUREMENT VOLUME, OUR FISCAL IMPACT, AND OUR COMMITMENT TO SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.

NEXT SLIDE. OUR PROCESS HAS FOUR PHASES. WE HAVE PLAN, PROCURE, CONTRACT AND MANAGE.

EACH PHASE IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. THE DEPARTMENTS ASSIST WITH HELPING US DEFINE THE NEEDS.

THEY MANAGE THE PERFORMANCE WHILE PROCUREMENT.

WE LEAD THE SOLICITATION, CONTRACTING AND THE OVERSIGHT PROCESS IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,

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RISK MANAGEMENT, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS CAN BE FOUND IN THE APPENDIX.

NEXT SLIDE. AND NOW I WILL GET INTO THE CURRENT STATE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES.

NEXT SLIDE. IN AUGUST OF 2024 WE LAUNCHED A PROCUREMENT STRIKE TEAM ALONG WITH CPAL.

THIS FOCUSED ON REVIEWING OUR CURRENT PROCESS, OUR CURRENT PROCESS, AND IDENTIFYING THE PAIN POINTS AND TESTING IMPROVEMENTS.

WE CONTINUE TO GATHER INSIGHT THROUGH HISTORICAL DATA AND CITYWIDE SURVEYS TO DRIVE THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. ON THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I WILL SUMMARIZE KEY CHALLENGES REVEALED DURING THE REVIEW PROCESS.

DEPARTMENTS VOCALIZE THAT IT IS OFTEN. THEY ARE OFTEN UNABLE TO SEE REAL TIME UPDATES AND JUST THE VISIBILITY INTO THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

THIS DOES CAUSE LIMITED ACCOUNTABILITY, AND CRITICAL DATA IS SCATTERED ACROSS EMAILS, SPREADSHEETS, AND DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, MAKING IT HARD TO TRACK THE PROGRESS OF PROCUREMENT.

AND LASTLY, ON THIS SLIDE STAFF DID REPORT THAT IT WAS JUST UNCLEAR POINTS OF CONTACT AND INCONSISTENT SUPPORT.

NEXT SLIDE. SO ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES ALSO INCLUDE OUTDATED POLICIES AND LOW THRESHOLD LIMITS, WHICH CAN CAUSE DELAYS IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

AND PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS ARE OFTEN REACTIVE RATHER THAN STRATEGIC.

AND THIS CAN LEAD TO INCREASED RATIFICATIONS THAT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH BUDGET.

AND THEN LASTLY HERE ON THIS SLIDE WE OUTLINED THE ONGOING LEGISLATIVE CHALLENGES AND CHANGES WHICH CAUSED LIMITED AWARENESS TO GRANT AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, WHICH DOES CREATE COMPLIANCE RISK ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. AND THE LAST FEW CHALLENGES I'LL GO OVER INCLUDE STAFFING SHORTAGES AND LACK OF VENDOR SUPPORT.

THIS IS MAINLY FOR OUR SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.

BUT THE LACK OF VENDOR SUPPORT IT DOES CONTINUE TO STRAIN CAPACITY AND LIMITS THEIR PARTICIPATION.

AND THEN ADDRESSING THE TRAINING GAPS AND IMPROVING VENDOR ENGAGEMENT ARE KEY IN THE PROCUREMENT EFFECTIVENESS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES WE'VE IDENTIFIED HERE TODAY WE HAVE HERE ON THE SCREEN NOW AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE TO MODERNIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS.

SO UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY AI INTEGRATION TO IMPROVE OUR VENDOR ENGAGEMENT AND OUR INTERNAL STRUCTURE.

STANDARDIZING PROCESSES, UPDATING POLICIES, AND INCREASING THE TRAINING ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT WILL HELP US ENSURE CONSISTENCY, COMPLIANCE, AND EFFICIENCY. SO RIGHT NOW, OPS, OUR MAIN FOCUS IS ON BUILDING A SYSTEM THAT IS TRANSPARENT AND SCALABLE.

NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. AND NOW I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO DIRECTOR ORTIZ TO GO INTO REIMAGINING PROCUREMENT.

THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO AS KIM HAS OUTLINED TODAY'S PROCUREMENT MODEL HAS SEVERAL CHALLENGES.

SPECIFICALLY WE'RE OFTEN REACTIVE INSTEAD OF BEING PROACTIVE.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A FRAGMENTED PROCESS ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

SO THROUGH THE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, WE PLAN TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES AND TRANSFORM FROM A TRANSACTIONAL PROCESS TO A STRATEGIC, COLLABORATIVE AND DATA DRIVEN FUNCTION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OUR VISION IS ROOTED IN FIVE KEY INITIATIVES TECHNOLOGY, CUSTOMER SERVICE, PROCUREMENT, PLANNING, REDESIGNING PROCESSES, AND COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT.

EACH INITIATIVE LEVERAGES OUR OPPORTUNITY AREAS TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IN PROCUREMENT TODAY.

NEXT SLIDE. AND NEXT SLIDE. SO IN 2019, THE CITY LAUNCHED BONFIRE, WHICH ENABLED US TO GO TO ELECTRONIC BIDDING AT THIS PLATFORM MADE IT EASIER FOR VENDORS TO ACCESS THE CITY'S SOLICITATION OPPORTUNITIES.

AND IT ALSO AUTOMATED THE SYSTEM FOR CITY STAFF BY AUTOMATING PARTS OF THE PROCESS DURING THE SOLICITATION PROCESS.

NEXT SLIDE. THESE TWO SCREENSHOTS HERE JUST SHOW YOU LOOK AT WHAT BONFIRE DOES FOR US.

SO EACH PORTAL OR OUR PORTAL HAS ALL OUR SOLICITATIONS POSTED.

AND THEN EACH PROJECT HAS ALL THE DETAILS THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DECIDE IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO BID ON.

IT'LL HAVE INFORMATION THAT ENHANCES THE VENDOR EXPERIENCE AS WELL AND INCREASES COMPETITION BECAUSE WE REACH MORE VENDORS.

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CURRENTLY, THE SYSTEM HAS 60,000 REGISTERED VENDORS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO IN 2024, WE LAUNCHED A STANDARDIZED INTAKE FORM IN SALESFORCE.

SO PREVIOUSLY WHERE DEPARTMENTS WOULD EMAIL US THEIR SOLICITATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO SOMEBODY.

IT NOW COMES THROUGH SALESFORCE INTAKE FORM. AND SO IT LETS US TRACK AND REPORT ON THE SOLICITATIONS AND THEIR STATUSES AS WELL AS WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS. AND THEN WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT LEVERAGING THAT SAME SALESFORCE SYSTEM TO IMPLEMENT ENTERPRISE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT.

ECM ADDRESSES SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE WITH TRACKING CONTRACTS AND THEIR EXPIRATION.

SO THE PLATFORM WILL GIVE US BETTER VISIBILITY INTO CONTRACT STATUSES AND AUTOMATE CRITICAL TASKS SUCH AS RENEWALS.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A VIEW OF OUR INTAKE FORM.

I KNOW IT'S KIND OF SMALL, BUT IT LETS US CAPTURE IMPORTANT INFORMATION UP FRONT BEFORE WE BEGIN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

THE TYPE OF GOODS THAT WE'RE BUYING OR SERVICES THE BUDGET, THE TYPE OF FUNDING THAT WE'RE USING, WHICH CAN IMPACT THE TYPE OF SOLICITATION THAT WE USE.

SO BY AUTOMATING THE INTAKE PROCESS, WE'RE REDUCING THE BACK AND FORTH EMAILS AND PRIORITIZING AND PLANNING MORE EFFICIENTLY.

NEXT SLIDE. SO AS I MENTIONED ECM IS A SYSTEM WE ALREADY OWN.

WE USE IT TO ISSUE CONTRACT NUMBERS. THOSE ARE THE THE NUMBERS IN YOUR AGENDA ITEMS. AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE IT. WE JUST DON'T USE IT TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL.

SO WHEN WE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF COLLECTING THE DATA FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AND WORKING WITH ITS TO MAKE SURE WE UPLOAD THAT INFORMATION.

AND SO ONCE IT'S SET UP AND WE HAVE ALL THE CONTRACT DATA IN THE SYSTEM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK ALL THE CONTRACT FIELDS, INCLUDING FINANCIAL INFORMATION WHICH WILL WILL BE EXTRACTED FROM ADVANTAGE, WHICH IS OUR ERP.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'LL SEND AUTOMATED ALERTS.

AND SO THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT HAS OUR A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT A EMAIL WOULD LOOK LIKE TO STAFF.

IT WILL SEND AN ALERT TO STAFF TO OPS AND TO THE CONTRACT MANAGER LETTING THEM KNOW WHEN A CONTRACT IS GOING TO EXPIRE.

AND WE CAN SEND AS MANY REMINDERS AS WE'D LIKE TO.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS NOW TO SET UP THE PROCESS THAT WE WILL USE.

NEXT SLIDE. SO HAZEL AI IS A PROCUREMENT SPECIFIC AI PLATFORM DESIGNED TO STREAMLINE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

IT CAN DRAFT SCOPE OF WORK IN MINUTES. IT WILL HELP US IDENTIFY RELATIVE RELEVANT VENDORS, AND IT ALSO WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR DOCUMENTS CONTAIN ALL THE RIGHT LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS AND SECTIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN OUR SOLICITATIONS.

IN APRIL 2025, WE HOSTED OVER 100 CITY STAFF, AND THEY OVERWHELMINGLY, OVERWHELMINGLY, OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED HAZEL AND THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD SAVE TIME AND IT WOULD PROMOTE STANDARDIZATION.

THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES SHOW YOU A LOOK INTO THE SYSTEM.

THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YES, THE SLIDE SHOWS HAZEL AI'S.

DOCUMENT BUILDER. SO EACH SOLICITATION IS BROKEN INTO CONTENT BLOCKS WHERE THE AI AGENT WILL GENERATE CUSTOMIZED TEXT.

IT WILL ALSO HAVE LOCKED TEMPLATE AREAS WHERE THE DEPARTMENTS WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES.

SO THAT'LL BE THE STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT'S REQUIRED.

BUT THE STAFF CAN CREATE EDITS TO THE SPECIFICATIONS, THE SCOPE OF WORK, AND CERTAIN OTHER PERFORMANCE CRITERIA.

NEXT SLIDE. SO USING HAZEL AI THEY WILL HAVE A ACCESS TO A VENDOR DATABASE.

THIS ONE THIS VENDOR DATABASE WILL SHOW THEM AN INTERACTIVE MAP WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO FILTER BY GEOGRAPHY SUPPLIER CAPABILITY.

AND THEY CAN ALSO IDENTIFY LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO UPLOAD OUR VENDOR DATA INTO THE SYSTEM, SO DEPARTMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IF THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING CONTRACT WITH THIS VENDOR.

IF WE'VE USED THE VENDOR IN THE PAST AND AS THE PROGRAM PROGRESSES, THIS IS A A NEW TECHNOLOGY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME OTHER KEY INFORMATION FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO USE WHEN IDENTIFYING LOCAL AND SMALL VENDORS.

NEXT SLIDE. CIVIC MARKETPLACE ALLOWS US TO EASILY IDENTIFY CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN BID OUT AND HAVE OUR EXISTING COMPETITIVELY PROCURED CONTRACTS. SO THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH NCTCOG'S TX SHARE, AS WELL AS THE ALLIANCE FOR INNOVATION, CIVIC MARKETPLACE PROVIDES A SEARCHABLE DATABASE.

IT HELPS US PROMOTE REGIONAL COLLABORATION. NEXT SLIDE.

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HERE'S A LOOK AT THE PLATFORM ITSELF. IT'S A USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE.

IT MAKES IT EASY FOR SEARCHES OF CONTRACTS EITHER BY SERVICE OR BY SUPPLIER.

YOU CAN VIEW ALL THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS IN ONE PLACE, INCLUDING PRICING SHEETS AND SCOPE OF WORKS WHICH ARE REQUIRED WHEN WE'RE SUBMITTING OUR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR CONTRACTING. IT HELPS DEPARTMENTS EASILY ASSESS WHETHER THE CONTRACTS ARE USABLE IN THEIR FOR THEIR SERVICES THAT THEY'RE NEEDING. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. WE'RE CURRENTLY RESTRUCTURING OUR DEPARTMENT.

SO I KNOW KIM AT THE BEGINNING TALKED ABOUT HOW WE ARE STRUCTURED INTO THREE DIVISIONS PROCUREMENT CONTRACTING.

AND WE ARE RESTRUCTURING THAT TO BETTER ALIGN PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES UNDER ONE UNIFIED FUNCTION.

THIS INTEGRATION IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE HANDOFF, IMPROVE INTERNAL SERVICE DELIVERY AND STRENGTHEN ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS THE PROCUREMENT LIFECYCLE. WE'VE ALSO GROUPED SUPPORT SERVICES FOR OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES SUCH AS BEH CITY STORE AND EXPRESS BUSINESS CENTER, UNDER A BUSINESS SOLUTION UNIT TO ENHANCE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND VENDOR ENGAGEMENT.

AND FINALLY, WE'VE CREATED A STRATEGIC SOURCING TEAM THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE LONG TERM VALUE THROUGH ENHANCING OPERATIONAL SUPPORT, IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR INITIATIVES, TRAININGS AND SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS TO BETTER SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS WERE ALSO FORMING PORTFOLIO BASED TEAMS. NEXT SLIDE. EACH TEAM WILL SERVE AS THE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT FOR DEPARTMENTS MANAGING THE SOLICITATIONS, FACILITATING THE PROCUREMENT PLANNING AND ALSO SUPPORTING CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.

THIS STRUCTURE ENSURES CONSISTENCY AND FAMILIARITY, ENABLING PROCUREMENT STAFF TO DEVELOP A DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS AND LONG TERM GOALS. AS SHOWN IN THE VISUAL, OUR PORTFOLIOS WILL STRATEGICALLY ALIGN TO THE CITY'S PRIORITIES.

NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. ONE OF OUR KEY PRIORITIES IS TO STRENGTHEN PROCUREMENT PLANNING BY ALIGNING ALIGNING IT TO THE CITY'S BUDGET PROCESS. WE'RE WORKING TO EXPAND THE CURRENT INTAKE PROCESS IN SALESFORCE TO ALSO INCLUDE FORECASTED PROJECTS.

SO WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT IMMEDIATE NEEDS.

WE'RE ALSO FORECASTING UPCOMING SOLICITATIONS AND NEEDS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS.

WE'RE ALSO REFINING THE PROCUREMENT TIMELINES BASED ON THE METHOD AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE AWARDS, ALLOWING FOR BETTER SCHEDULING AND FINALLY, LEVERAGING HISTORICAL DATA AND FORECASTS HELP US IDENTIFY STRATEGIC SOURCING OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS CONSOLIDATING PURCHASES, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND ALSO DEVELOPING TARGETED CATEGORY STRATEGIES.

NEXT SLIDE. TO SUPPORT OUR PROCESS REDESIGN, WE'VE ENGAGED CIVIC INITIATIVES THEY ARE A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONSULTING FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN MODERNIZING PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS FOR GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH LOCAL, STATE AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING AUSTIN, SAN DIEGO, MINNEAPOLIS, TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, AND TRAVIS COUNTY.

SO HERE IN DALLAS, THEY WILL REVIEW OUR AD4-5 WHICH IS 105 PAGES OR SO, AND THEY'LL SEPARATE POLICY FROM PROCEDURES, CREATING A SEPARATE PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT MANUAL THAT'S ACCESSIBLE AND EASILY NAVIGABLE.

NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. ONCE WE HAVE DEVELOPED OUR OUR NEW PROCEDURES, WE IMPLEMENT THESE NEW DATA.

WE'LL HAVE TO REFINE OUR TRAINING. CURRENTLY WE HAVE A CORE TRAINING BUT THAT WILL BE ENHANCED TO COVER ETHICS, LEGAL COMPLIANCE, SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT METHODS LIKE IDIQ CONTRACTS AND WILL ALSO INCLUDE HAND ON HAND ON SESSIONS WITH PLATFORMS LIKE BONFIRES, HAZEL AI AND SALESFORCE. IN PARALLEL, WE'LL ALSO CREATE CHECKLISTS, STANDARDIZED TEMPLATES, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, AND JOB AIDS FOR CITY STAFF AND FOR VENDORS.

NEXT SLIDE. WE'VE CREATED AN OPS SHAREPOINT SITE, WHICH WILL HAVE WILL SERVE AS A SELF-SERVICE PORTAL FOR THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS ALL THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED WHEN THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING PROCESSES, THROUGH ACCESS TO COOPERATIVE CONTRACTS, TEMPLATES, TRAINING MATERIAL, AND ALL OUR DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. NEXT SLIDE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE OUTLINED TODAY, WHICH INCLUDES TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION TRAINING, POLICY UPDATES, AND IMPROVED CUSTOMER SERVICE TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

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THE PROCUREMENT STRIKE TEAM WILL MEET WITH STAFF QUARTERLY TO GAUGE THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE THUS FAR, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO CLOSELY MONITOR BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT COULD IMPACT OUR OPERATIONS AS WE'LL BRING, AND WE WILL BRING FORWARD ANY CHANGES NECESSARY TO POLICY UPDATES BY THE COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL AT A LATER DATE.

NEXT SLIDE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND TIME AS WE UNDERTAKE THIS TRANSFORMATION PROCESS.

AND WE WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

MISS SCHULTZ, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM C.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK CPAL FOR HELPING IN THIS, AND I APPRECIATE THE MEETING THAT YOU HAD WITH US INDIVIDUALLY.

I KNOW THAT WAS AN OFFER TO EVERYONE, AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE THAT MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

I THINK IT'S ALSO A TRIBUTE TO OUR LEADERSHIP THAT WE'RE REALLY WILLING TO TAKE ON AND USE OUTSIDE EYES TO HELP US FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO OUR WORK BETTER.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY ON THAT. I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION ON THE I THINK IT'S I BELIEVE IT'S SLIDE 42 IN THE APPENDIX ON THE INFORMAL BIDS TAKING THE LOW BID AS THE AWARD METHOD, SOMETIMES WITH THE INFORMAL BIDS AND THE LOWER PRICE. THERE'S A PARTICULAR PRODUCT OR VENDOR OR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THAT.

AND SO BUY LOW BID. IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE. AND SO I'M WONDERING WHY IT COULDN'T BE LOW BID OR BEST VALUE TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THAT FLEXIBILITY WITH THE INFORMAL BIDS. SO FOR THE INFORMAL SOLICITATIONS WE ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN THREE QUOTES.

IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH THE FORMAL PROCESS WHERE WE CAN IDENTIFY THE CRITERIA.

WE DO HAVE INFORMAL REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS AT TIMES.

IF WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE UNDER A CERTAIN DOLLAR VALUE WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

BUT IT'S JUST NOT REQUIRED. THE MINIMUM IS THE THREE QUOTES, AND WE ACCEPT THE LOWEST QUOTE FOR INFORMAL.

GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO YES, ON THE INFORMAL PROCESS, WHICH ARE THE REQUESTS FROM 3000 TO $50,000 WE ARE ABLE TO GO WITH BEST VALUE. SO IF YOU HAVE A WHERE IT'S NOT GOODS ONLY, IT IS A SERVICE.

SO THERE CAN BE REQUIREMENTS. OKAY. SO PERHAPS MAYBE ON THAT WHEN YOU IF YOU PUBLISH THEN AGAIN THIS THAT IT WOULDN'T BE LISTED AS JUST LOW BID.

CORRECT. I THINK THAT'S. YOU WANT IT SEPARATED. I THINK BOTH THE WAY YOU'VE GOT IT ON THE WAY YOU HAVE IT FOR ON THE REQUEST FOR BIDS.

OKAY. DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YES. OKAY, PERFECT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OKAY.

CHAIRMAN GRACEY, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM C. ALL RIGHT. AND THANK YOU MISS ORTIZ, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND PRESENTING THIS.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE, I'M GLAD TO HEAR SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALWAYS, AGAIN, HAVING WORKED IN PROCUREMENT, BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THE TIMING OF WHEN CONTRACTS ACTUALLY EXPIRE.

SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THIS HAZEL, I THINK IS MEANT IS I'M GETTING THEM CONFUSED.

THE SALESFORCE ECM. OKAY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD.

SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL COST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S JUST IMPLEMENTING WHAT WE'VE OR UNBOXING WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD.

RIGHT. AND WE HAVE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS THAT ALREADY USE ECM TO MANAGE THEIR CONTRACTS, INCLUDING ITS AND THEY ROUTE THE CONTRACTS AND IT HAS ALL THE DATA ON SPEND. AND WE JUST ARE TAKING THAT MODEL AND EXPANDING IT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

PERFECT PERFECT. SO THIS WILL HELP WITH AGAIN WE'RE NOT RUSHING TRYING TO HURRY UP AND GET PROCUREMENT SERVICES.

WHEN WE RUN INTO THOSE SITUATIONS. THAT'S PERFECT. OKAY.

THERE WAS ONE MORE. OH, THE HAZEL EYES. TALK TO ME MORE ABOUT THAT HAZEL EYE IN TERMS OF IT ALSO BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE VENDOR DATABASE.

I KNOW IF I HEARD YOU RIGHT, WE CAN TAKE OUR DATABASE OF 60,000 PLUS AND UPLOAD IT INTO THERE.

WHERE ELSE ARE THEY PULLING FROM WHEN THEY WHEN WE SAY, YOU KNOW THAT THEY CAN GO AND FIND AVAILABLE SMALL BUSINESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO ONE OF THE, THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT HAZEL IS THAT WE ARE THE LARGEST AND THE FIRST CITY IN TEXAS, THAT'S USING THIS SYSTEM. THEY DO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THEY HAVE ONE WITH NEW YORK CITY OR NEW YORK STATE.

BUT WE ARE OFFICIALLY THE FIRST CITY. AND SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH US VERY CLOSELY IN REFINING THEIR MODEL AND WHAT THEY'RE INCLUDING IN THEIR PROGRAM.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS OUR I FORGOT THE SYSTEM.

I JUST WENT BLANK ON THE. O AND. B TO G. NOW I WAS THINKING BONFIRE IN MY HEAD WITH B TO G.

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NOW WE CAN PULL THAT DATA AND IT HAS ALL THE CERTIFIED VENDORS.

WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THEM, THEY UPLOAD IT, AND SO THEY'LL CREATE TAGS ON THE ENTRY FOR THAT VENDOR.

THAT'LL SAY, HEY, THIS CONTRACT IS CERTIFIED.

IT HAS A CERTIFICATION. SMALL BUSINESS, WHATEVER WE REQUEST.

THEY ALSO INTEGRATE THE SAM SEARCH, SO, LIKE, IT'LL TELL YOU IF THEY'RE DEBARRED OR, YOU KNOW, IF NOT AND THEN WE CAN REALLY DO WHAT WE WANT TO WITH IT.

WE JUST HAVE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION AND THEY'LL MARK IT.

SO WE'LL PROVIDE THEM WITH OUR CONTRACTS REPORT.

AND THEN THEY CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS VENDOR HAS A CONTRACT.

HERE'S THE NUMBER. AND EVENTUALLY, AS WE KIND OF BUILD THE THE PROGRAM, WE COULD ALSO KNOW IF THEY HAVE A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH SOMEBODY OR YOU KNOW, ANY ANY IT'S KIND OF LIMITLESS AT THIS POINT.

IT'S JUST THE DATA THAT WE CHOOSE TO PROVIDE THEM.

COUNCILMAN GRACEY JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING REAL QUICK, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

YOU'RE WANTING TO KNOW WHERE THEIR SEARCH ENGINE IS POINTED, WHERE IS THE STREAM OF DATA THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING FROM THAT WILL HELP POPULATE, RIGHT, BASED ON OUR SEARCH. CORRECT. AND THAT'S THE QUESTION.

AND IF WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THAT. WE CAN GET THAT ANSWER. BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THE QUESTION IS. OH, IT PULLS IT FROM JUST IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE INTERNET, THE GOOGLE IT'S OPEN AI. SO IT'LL PULL THE INFORMATION FOR THE VENDORS FROM GOOGLE.

BUT WE CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO TAG IT IN OUR SYSTEM.

AND AGAIN, AND WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT IS I THINK THIS SYSTEM SOUNDS GREAT AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET US IN ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE EVEN WITH B2G NOW WE HAD ACCESS TO, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THERE WAS ALWAYS THIS WE DON'T WE CAN'T FIND THEM.

AND I DON'T WANT TO RUN INTO THAT. AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT IF THIS IS INTENDED TO DO THAT, THAT IT'S ACTUALLY THERE. AND THEN THERE ARE PIECES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE NOW WALKING ALL OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GET REGISTERED.

AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL HAVE TO BE A REREGISTRATION OR.

NO, SO THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO REGISTER WITH THE SYSTEM THERE.

THEY WILL HAVE THE INFORMATION OF ALL OUR VENDORS, BUT THE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW DEPARTMENTS TO FILTER BY GEOGRAPHY OR LOCATION.

YOU CAN SET LIMITS. YEAH, COMMODITIES. IT HAS DIFFERENT SEARCH CRITERIA.

SO THEY CAN SAY I WANT A VENDOR IN A 50 MILE RADIUS OR 100 MILE RADIUS AND LIMIT THAT SEARCH THAT THEY GET BACK.

I JUST DON'T WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO LIMIT THEMSELVES OUT OF BEING ABLE TO FIND SMALL BUSINESSES.

THAT'S THE POINT THERE. THIS IS THE LAST QUESTION.

THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST QUESTION. I SEE THAT THERE'S MORE.

THIS IS, IS, IS SORT OF GETTING BACK TO A CENTRALIZED PROCESS IN TERMS OF OUR PROCUREMENT.

DOES THAT INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION? SO AT THIS TIME IT DOES NOT.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE PROCUREMENT STRIKE TEAM IS WORKING WITH THE DEV AND THE A AND E AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENTS TO WORK ON A SIMILAR SOLUTION.

SO AS FAR AS THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS CONCERNED AND EVERYTHING YOU PRESENTED, ALL OF THESE SYSTEMS, WILL THOSE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENTS BE USING UTILIZING THESE SYSTEMS AS WELL.

THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT. YES. SO, HAZEL, I ACTUALLY IS COMING IN AND DOING A SEPARATE DEMO FOR THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENTS NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE AND WHAT THEY NEED IN A SYSTEM.

SO THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL. AND FROM A, FROM A I'M GOING TO BE CAREFUL.

I'M NOT. I GUESS THIS WILL WILL THIS BE ABLE TO GIVE STAFF, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS THE ABILITY TO TRACK CURRENT CONTRACTS THAT ARE THAT ARE ACTIVE AND THOSE THINGS, WILL WE HAVE THAT SAME ABILITY TO SEE OR A REPORTING PROCESS OF SOME SORT TO SEE WHEN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS ARE MATURING, HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE DONE CHANGE ORDERS, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS? WILL ALL OF THAT? WILL THIS GIVE US THE ABILITY TO TRACK, NOT TO GET US TOO FAR OFF? I KNOW YOU'RE ONLY PROCUREMENT, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK.

AND I GUESS THE MESSAGE I'M SAYING IS, I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL OF THIS TO BE INTEGRATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCUREMENT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT, IT'S JUST GOODS AND SERVICES.

MEANWHILE, AND NOT TO SAY THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG.

WELL, ARGUABLY WITH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE IN TERMS OF TIMING, IN TERMS OF SPENDING, IN TERMS OF ALL OF THESE THINGS, BEING ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THAT THE LEVEL OF TRACKING THAT WE CAN DO WITH GOODS AND SERVICES, WE HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO WITH CONSTRUCTION.

WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, AS JUANITA WAS, WAS REFERENCING, THERE'S A SECOND STRIKE TEAM PROCESS THAT JUST BARELY GOT UNDERWAY THAT'S BEING LED BY ACM DEV RASTOGI. AND SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK AT SOME POINT AND BRIEFING ON ALL THE TECHNOLOGY AND ALL THE DIFFERENT ENHANCEMENTS AND KIND OF A REIMAGINING OF HOW WE APPROACH CONSTRUCTION. ALL THAT'S COMING SOON. PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM C.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE WINDOW OF NOTIFICATION IN TERMS OF THE EXPIRATION OF THE CONTRACT,

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HOW MUCH TIME, HOW MUCH ADVANCE WILL THERE BE IN ADVANCE? ADVANCE NOTICE SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE CONTRACTOR? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, A WEEK, A MONTH, A MONTH? WE WE WILL SET THE CADENCE OURSELVES. WE DO ANTICIPATE AT LEAST A NINE MONTH WINDOW.

JUST BECAUSE IF A DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO CHOOSE NOT TO RENEW, OR IF THERE'S NO RENEWALS ON THE CONTRACT, WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO A SOLICITATION PROCESS.

BUT WE WILL SET THAT TO A CADENCE THAT WE CHOOSE.

AND WE'RE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DO LIKE NINE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, THREE MONTHS, LIKE HELLO, IT'S EXPIRED. SO WE'LL WE'LL DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

MISS ARNOLD, IN GENERAL, THEY'LL BE UNIQUE TO EACH AGREEMENT BECAUSE SOME ARE MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN OTHERS WILL TAKE LONGER.

AND SO THEY'LL PROBABLY BE BASKETS OF TIME BASED ON THE THE DIFFERENT PROCUREMENT COMMODITIES AND HOW LONG IT MIGHT TAKE US TO ACTUALLY PROCURE THAT SERVICE OR THAT GOOD.

I NEEDED TO JUST HEAR THAT ON THE RECORD. I NEEDED BECAUSE AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ELEMENT, MY MIND KIND OF JUMPED TO THE CONCERN THAT WE HAVE, EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROCESS OF NOTIFICATION, WHETHER IT'S ZONING, WHERE WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT FLAGGING SO PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH TIME AHEAD OF TIME TO GET THEIR PLANS RENEWED, SITE PLANS OR WHAT HAVE YOU RENEWED. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE ABILITY HERE.

NOW, I DID DO JUST A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THIS, ON THIS SOFTWARE.

SO I KNOW IT IS DESIGNED ACCORDING TO WHAT I'M READING TO CHECK FOR COMPLIANCE AND ACCURACY, WHICH SHOULD REDUCE SOME OF THE RISKS THAT ARE THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ERRORS THAT MIGHT JEOPARDIZE A BID.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT. BUT I, I ALSO WE CAN I CAN DELVE INTO THIS LATER AND I'M ALL INTO THE AI AND THE USE OF THAT. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THERE HAS TO BE A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO KIND OF CHECK WHAT AI IS SAYING, BECAUSE SOMETIMES AI, WE CALL IT AISHA. SOMETIMES SHE MAKES A MISTAKE.

OKAY, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE, WE HAVE THE, THE THE BACKUP PLAN.

AND I'M SURE YOU ALL WILL CITY MANAGER SINCE YOU HAVE THAT THE ABILITY TO TO TO HIRE YOUR STAFF AND MONITOR THAT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PUSHING OUT IS ACTUALLY WHAT IT REALLY IS.

SO I'M EXCITED, OF COURSE, ABOUT THE USE OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND JUST THE EFFICIENCY AROUND COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THE BUSINESS ARENA, ESPECIALLY, WHO WANTS TO SEE MORE EFFICIENCIES IN TERMS OF THE OUTCOME.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL STOP IT THERE. BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE I DID HONE IN ON THAT POINT.

THANK YOU. MISS WILLIS, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES ON ITEM C.

THANK YOU. SO I WANTED TO LOOK AT WELL FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR DOING THE ANALYSIS OF THIS.

I MEAN THERE'S BEEN PROGRESS MADE AND WE CAN OBVIOUSLY STILL SEE BY SOME OF THESE TIMETABLES THERE'S MORE TO BE DONE.

BUT THIS IS A BIG THING TO TACKLE. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL JUST KEEP MOVING ALONG BY IDENTIFYING THESE AND BREAKING IT DOWN INTO PIECES THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON. ONE OF WHICH I WOULD SAY ON SLIDE TEN, WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUTDATED POLICIES AND THRESHOLD LIMITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT A THRESHOLD NEEDING TO BE RAISED, YOU KNOW, IT'S PANIC IN THE STREETS OR SOMETHING.

AND REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS OPERATE UNDER OUR NEW DAY OF RUNNING A TIGHT SHIP, OPERATING WITH INTEGRITY AND ALLOWING OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM TO DO THEIR JOBS AND OUR STAFF TO DO TO THEIR JOBS AND KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT MECHANISMS ON THE BACK END.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT AUDIT, WE'VE GOT AN INSPECTOR GENERAL. I MEAN, WE AS LONG AS WE'RE CHECKING AT THE BACK END, I JUST DON'T SEE THE REASON THAT WE NEED TO BE THROWING SO MANY HURDLES IN FRONT OF US AT THE FRONT END.

AND SO I WELCOME THOSE SUGGESTIONS TO SEE WHAT MAKES SENSE SO THAT WE CAN KEEP BUSINESS MOVING FASTER, AND MAYBE EVEN CUT SOME MORE TIME OFF OF THESE.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ON PAGE 22, WE TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH IS A GREAT THING. AND I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC FOR SOMETHING LIKE THE CITY THAT HAS A LOT OF BIG CONTRACTS TO LOOK BACK AT HOW TO UNBUNDLE AND ALLOW MORE OPPORTUNITY IN THE CITY FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

THE QUESTION I HAVE IS SOMETIMES WE'VE GOT CONTRACTORS OR VENDORS THAT ARE NOT PERFORMING OR DO NOT DO A GOOD JOB AFTER THE FACT.

OR MAYBE IT'S A SUBCONTRACTOR, I DON'T KNOW. BUT WHAT I WOULD FIND COMFORT IN IS KNOWING THAT OUR SYSTEM HAS A WAY THAT AS A NEW PROCUREMENT COMES UP,

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WE HAVE A RECORD OF OR WE KNOW IF SOMEONE DIDN'T COMPLETE SOMETHING CORRECTLY OR JUST FOR WHATEVER REASON.

I MEAN, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF THEM. SO CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THAT? YEAH. SO CURRENTLY THE DEPARTMENT'S HANDLE KIND OF THE DAY TO DAY MONITORING OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CONTRACTOR.

IF THEY DO HAVE AN ISSUE, THEY'LL RAISE IT TO THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES.

WE'LL WORK WITH THE ATTORNEYS AS WELL, IF WE NEED TO DRAFT A NOTICE OF DEFAULT OR JUST HAVE AN INITIAL CONVERSATION WITH THE VENDOR.

BUT THERE'S A PROCESS IN PLACE IN CASE WE DO HAVE TO DO A TERMINATION OR ANY KIND OF.

DISCIPLINARY ACTION. BUT WITH ECM, IT HAS A WAY TO ALSO TRACK VENDOR PERFORMANCE.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ATTACH COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE VENDOR.

WE CAN INCLUDE AN EVALUATION PROCESS OR, YOU KNOW, QUICK KIND OF QUESTIONS.

I THINK THERE'S A FEATURE FOR LIKE AN INCIDENT.

SO IF THEY HAVE AN EXPERIENCE WITH A VENDOR THAT THEY WANT TO TRACK, THEY'LL HAVE IT THERE.

AND SO OUR TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES, IF IT'S A CITYWIDE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PARKS HAS AN ISSUE.

BUT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS DON'T. AND SO WE DON'T HEAR EVERYTHING.

SO I THINK THIS WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO SEE THE INFORMATION ON THE VENDORS PERFORMANCE.

SO STAFF CAN ACTUALLY GO IN. AND THEY WOULD BE ENTERING THE NOTES ON THAT SO THAT YOU ALL CAN SEE THAT FOR.

AND THEN THERE'S A MECHANISM TO FLAG THAT GOING UP.

OR YOU JUST GO BACK AS ANYONE APPLIES AND YOU SEARCH THE SYSTEM AND YOU SEE IF THERE'S A RED FLAG THERE.

YES. WHEN ONCE WE IMPLEMENT ECM CURRENTLY, UNLESS IT'S BEEN REPORTED TO OUR OFFICE, WE DON'T KNOW THE DAY TO DAY, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING WITH A VENDOR. AND HOW BUSY DOES THAT KEEP YOU RIGHT NOW.

ARE THERE, ARE THERE? ARE YOU HEARING FROM STAFF ABOUT THIS? I WILL DEFER TO KIM BECAUSE SHE GETS TO HEAR ALL THE BIG COMPLAINTS.

YES. SO WE DO HAVE CONTRACT MONITORING PLANS THAT ARE OPEN RIGHT NOW WHERE IT'S JUST EITHER THE DEPARTMENT AND THE END USER, THE CONTRACTOR, ARE JUST NOT AGREEING. SO WE DO FIRST WE HEAR THE DEPARTMENT'S CONCERNS.

AND OF COURSE WE CALL THE VENDOR AND HEAR THEIR CONCERNS SEPARATELY.

AND THEN WE GET EVERYONE ON A CALL AND JUST TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES.

OF COURSE, AS JUANITA MENTIONED, TERMINATING THE CONTRACT, THAT'S WE TRY TO LET THAT BE THE LAST RESULT.

WE GIVE EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY, APPROPRIATE TIME.

AND THEN IF IT IS A SERVICE, THEY ONCE THEY COMPLETE THE WHATEVER SERVICE, THEY SEND US PHOTOS AND WE TRACK THAT WE CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT.

WAS THIS SERVICE COMPLETED? SO I THINK WE'RE KNOWN FOR OUR GENEROSITY AROUND THIS, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS GREAT IN SOME INSTANCES.

MY CONCERN IS WHETHER IT MAKES IT THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR IN THE FIRST PLACE. LIKE IF IT GETS TO YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE, BECAUSE I'LL HAVE RESIDENTS SENDING ME PICTURES OF SLIPSHOD WORK OR THAT SORT OF THING. AND SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST MECHANISM.

I MEAN, IT SHOULD BE CHECKED ON AT THESE MILESTONES OF A PROJECT.

AND I'M JUST NOT SURE HOW THAT IS ALL GETTING TO YOU.

AND SO IT MAY BE, MAYBE WITH THE EASE OF A NEW SYSTEM THAT WILL IMPROVE.

I JUST I WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THOSE WHO PERFORM FOR US AND SPEND THE TAX DOLLARS WISELY, AND WE GET A GOOD PRODUCT. AND SO I'M JUST I'VE BEEN A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT SOME THAT MIGHT SLIP THROUGH AND THAT WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO DOCUMENT THAT.

AND THEN EVEN WORSE THAN THAT, CONTINUING TO DO BUSINESS WITH SOMEONE WHO WE KNOW HAS NOT PERFORMED WELL.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO AN UPDATE ON ONCE THE SYSTEM IS IN PLACE, HOW WE CAN HOW WE CAN MONITOR THAT AND BE SURE THAT WE ARE HEARING, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE GOOD WORK BY OUR CONTRACTORS, BUT THAT WE HAVE A WAY TO REPORT THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT AND THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT WHEN WE'RE COMING DOWN TO AWARDING CONTRACTS.

THANKS. CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.

ITEM C. THANK YOU. CAN YOU TELL ME, IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU'RE TRACKING VENDORS WHO SUBMIT CHANGE ORDERS REGULARLY? SO IN OUR OFFICE, WE DO HANDLE AMENDMENTS FOR CONTRACTS, BUT IF IT'S A CONSTRUCTION KIND OF CHANGE ORDER, THEN THAT'S HANDLED BY THE DEPARTMENT. SO WE HANDLE ALL THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS TO THE CONTRACTS.

SO IF YOU HAVE A VENDOR WHO REGULARLY SUBMITS THEM, HOW IS THAT IMPACTING THEIR FUTURE? CONTRACTS? IN OUR EVALUATION, WE DO LOOK AT PRIOR PERFORMANCE AND EXPERIENCE.

WHEN WE SCORE. AS PART OF A RUBRIC. IT'S NOT OFFICIALLY IT'S OUR IT'S IT'S YOU CAN, YOU CAN.

IT DOES HAVE TO BE SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED IN THE EVALUATION CRITERIA AS SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER.

NORMALLY EXPERIENCE AND PERFORMANCE IS. SO I WOULD LIKE CITY COUNCIL TO TELL STAFF THAT WE WANT THEM TO CONSIDER IT,

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BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE VENDORS THAT ARE COMING IN AS A LOW BID, REGULARLY PUTTING IN A CHANGE ORDER TO THEN ESCALATE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

AND THEY WOULD NOT HAVE WON THAT CONTRACT IF THEY CAME IN AT THE TRUE COST.

AND THIS IS GAMING A SYSTEM UNFAIRLY. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO PUT OUR VENDORS ON NOTICE SAYING WE ACTUALLY EXPECT YOU TO DELIVER BASED ON THE COST THAT YOU RESPONDED, AND IF NOT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET EXTRA POINTS ADDED ON.

MEANING I'M SORRY OR TAKEN AWAY AND YOU WILL NOT GET THE NEXT CONTRACT.

SO I THINK THAT'S NOT JUST FOR PROCUREMENT, THAT'S FOR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.

I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GO FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS SOUND, IT'S SUSTAINABLE, THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT CURRENT CRITERIA.

BUT MUCH OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE CURRENTLY USE FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IS REALLY SET BY STATE LAW.

SO IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO LOOK AT WAYS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING QUALITY CONTRACTORS, THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED.

WELL, WE'LL DEFINITELY WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WE DON'T CREATE SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT THEN ENFORCE.

SO WE'LL DEFINITELY LET THAT BE A PART OF HOW WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND LOOKING AT THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS OVERALL.

BUT BUT WE DEFINITELY DO UNDERSTAND THE COMMENTS AROUND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY ABLE TO COMPETE BUT ALSO COMPETING, CLEARLY UNDERSTANDING THAT CHANGE ORDERS DEFINITELY DO ADD ADDITIONAL COST TO PROJECTS OFTEN, AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THAT FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR A VENDOR TO GET ON.

I'M GOING TO CALL IT THE NAUGHTY LIST A LIST WHERE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE DEBARRED. AND WHAT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO GET THEM TO BE BARRED? SO HOW CAN YOU STOP MY TIME? THANK YOU. SO THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IS NOT THE ONE DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT IF SOMEONE IS BARRED.

BUT I'LL DEFINITELY SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO JUMP IN.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE. WE DO NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL DEBARMENT POLICY.

AND SO WE DON'T BAR. WE DON'T GENERALLY BAR FOLKS UNLESS IT'S IN THE PROCUREMENT THAT IF YOU'VE SUED THE CITY THAT YOU'RE YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE IN THAT EXACT PROCUREMENT. SO I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WORKED ON BEFORE BUT NEVER FINALIZED IS AN OFFICIAL DEBARMENT POLICY. WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THERE'S VENDORS THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT HAVE DONE A REALLY BAD JOB.

THERE'S A VENDOR IN MY DISTRICT THAT REPEATEDLY HIT GAS LINES EVERY SINGLE WEEK AND CAUSED MASSIVE BACKUPS IMPACTS TO OUR BUSINESSES.

OUR SCHOOLS HAD TO BE EVACUATED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THIS SHOULD NOT BE SOMEBODY WHO'S ALLOWED TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH US, AT LEAST UNTIL THEY GO THROUGH ADDITIONAL TRAINING.

AND I HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A WAY THAT WE'RE EVALUATING THEIR PERFORMANCE AS A GOOD PERFORMER, A STRONG PERFORMER. THEY GOT THE JOB DONE ON TIME, ON BUDGET, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT ISSUES. AND SO I WOULD I'M LOOKING FOR US TO HAVE SOME KIND OF DEBARRED LIST OR TIME OUT LIST, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME SORT OF CONSEQUENCE FOR PUTTING THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS AT RISK.

MY NEXT QUESTION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE STAFFING FOR THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.

AND HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO STAFFING LEVELS OF OTHER PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENTS? SO I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON HOW IT COMPARES TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

IN OUR PROCUREMENT AREA, WE HAVE 36 EMPLOYEES.

SIX OF THOSE ARE THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE HUB AND THE OTHER 30 DO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE EXPRESS BUSINESS CENTER AND CITY STORE WHO HAVE TEN EMPLOYEES.

WELL, I WOULD FLAT OUT SAY I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE A CITY STORE IN THIS COMPLETELY SHOULD BE OUTSOURCED.

BUT THAT'S AN UPCOMING, I GUESS, BUDGET DISCUSSION.

WE'RE RENTING SPACE FOR A STORE. WE'VE GOT EMPLOYEES.

WE'VE I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE EVEN DOING THAT.

FOR THE TURNAROUND TIME, WHICH THIS IS AN EXCELLENT GRAPH.

I MEAN, REALLY WELL DONE. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE ASKED QUESTIONS ALL AROUND THE GRAPH IN THE PAST.

AND SO THIS MAKES IT REALLY CLEAR. THANK YOU.

BUT IN THIS ETA OF THE WEEKS THAT IT TAKES FOR THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PROCUREMENTS DO YOU HAVE THE CURRENT ESTIMATION OF HOW MANY FALL INTO EACH KIND OF PROCUREMENT? SO, LIKE, I'M GUESSING, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY EMERGENCY, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF,

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YOU KNOW, RFC, RFC, SP. WE'LL MAKE THAT ONE OF OUR FOLLOW UP ITEMS COUNCILWOMAN MENDELSOHN THAT WE CAN SHARE BACK IN A MEMORANDUM TO GIVE YOU THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

TODAY. I WOULD LOVE TO JUST ADD ON THAT, LIKE WHAT IS CURRENT AND THEN ALSO WHAT YOU'RE FORECASTING FOR THE COMING YEAR, BECAUSE MAYBE YOU'RE EXPECTING THINGS TO CHANGE SOMEHOW, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

THAT'S A THAT'S A REQUEST THAT WE CAN HONOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND THAT IS ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. OKAY.

CHAIRWOMAN ARNOLD, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. JUST FOLLOWING UP QUICKLY ON MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENT.

A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION AROUND CONTRACTS AS IT RELATED TO PUBLIC WORKS THAT DEALT WITH CONTRACTORS WHO WERE NOT PERFORMING WELL. AND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOME WAY FOR US TO REPORT THOSE CONTRACTORS, SO THAT WE COULD BEGIN TO SCRUTINIZE. BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I'M DRIVING AROUND AND WE DRIVE, I DRIVE MY DISTRICT. AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONTRACTORS WHO WILL LEAVE EQUIPMENT BEHIND OR EITHER THEIR WORK, WHEN I LOOK AT IT IS QUESTIONABLE. AND THEN I WOULD CALL TO SAY, CAN Y'ALL COME AND CHECK THIS OUT? OR, AND CAN YOU COME TO THE SITE RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE I'VE SEEN SOME THINGS.

SO ARE YOU ALL TELLING ME YOU DON'T HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THAT, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT LEGALLY WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO? WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT. WE SHOULDN'T KEEP SENDING BAD ACTORS BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO. COUNCILWOMAN ARNOLD, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I THINK WHAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING IS THAT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY OFTENTIMES, WHICH COULD BE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, IS NOT NECESSARILY UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.

A LOT OF OUR DEPARTMENTS LIKE DALLAS, WATER UTILITIES, THEY ACTUALLY MANAGE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND CONTRACTS OUTSIDE OF THE PROCUREMENT TEAM. SO WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CITY ATTORNEY SPOKE A LITTLE WHILE AGO ABOUT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A POLICY IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS US TO PURSUE AND WANT US TO BRING BACK SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND LOOK AT SOME BEST PRACTICES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT WE RIGHT NOW DO NOT HAVE THAT BUILT INTO OUR SCORING CRITERIA.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT'S A POLICY DECISION, WE BRING BACK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, INCLUDING THAT IN OUR OVERALL PROCUREMENT POLICY.

SO I'M UNDERSTANDING SO THE CONTRACTS FOR THIS CATEGORY WOULDN'T GO TO.

THIS WOULDN'T BE GATHERED THROUGH. HAZEL. IS IT HAZEL? WHAT THE I. YEAH. SO LIKE WE SAID, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING WITH THEM NEXT WEEK.

AND SO THEY'LL KIND OF DEVELOP THE PROCESS FOR THEIR GROUPS.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. I JUST NEED I KNOW THAT I WAS A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.

AND I KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT CONTRACTS WHERE THEY'RE BIDDING FOR PROCESS.

NOW, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. DO WILL THIS SOFTWARE HAVE THE ABILITY TO STORE ALL OF THE CONTRACTS, FOR EXAMPLE? I GUESS YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEPOSIT THEM SOMEWHERE WHERE WE WOULD KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A YEAR OR A YEAR'S TIME, OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS TIME, WHICH CONTRACTORS ARE GETTING CERTAIN JOBS.

AND WE CAN KIND OF WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DISAGGREGATE THAT DATA.

SO WE ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A SINGLE COMPANY IS GETTING A DISPROPORTIONATE, IN SOME VIEW, AMOUNT OF CONTRACTS. DOES THAT DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WHAT I'M TELLING YOU. OKAY. WILL IT BE ABLE TO DO THAT? IT COULD. BUT BUT AGAIN I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR.

EVEN IF THAT WERE THE CASE, WE WOULD NOT KEEP SOMEONE OR A COMPANY FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE.

NO, THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN AWARDED. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. NO, THE QUESTION WOULD BE IF I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A PARTICULAR A SPECIFIC CONTRACTOR WHO APPEARS TO BE GETTING CONSISTENT CONTRACTS FROM THE CITY.

I SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT INQUIRY, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT DATA.

WE CAN WE DEFINITELY THE WAY OUR PROCUREMENT, EVEN OUR SYSTEM, NOW, WE KNOW THE NUMBER OF VENDORS, IF THERE ARE CURRENTLY OPEN CONTRACTS, IF THEY'RE BEING PAID AGAINST, WE CAN DEFINITELY TELL YOU HOW MANY CONTRACTS THEY'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT NOW. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE HAZEL COMMENT THAT I MADE EARLIER, JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING FOR YOU.

IF WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT HOW OTHER ENTITIES ARE TREATING CONTRACTORS THAT MAY NOT BE PERFORMING, AND IF THERE ARE POLICIES OUT THERE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER, THERE IS A WAY THAT THAT TOOL COULD ACTUALLY HELP GATHER THAT AND BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND SHOW HERE POLICY SUGGESTIONS, HERE'S LANGUAGE, HERE'S CRITERIA.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THAT TECHNOLOGY FOR TO HELP US WITH.

SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

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AND KNOWING THAT THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE CITY OF DALLAS AS ONE OF THE FIRST MUNICIPALITIES TO TAKE ON UTILIZING THIS PLATFORM.

AND SO WE WANT TO REALLY MAKE IT BE USER FRIENDLY AND LET IT REALLY HELP US DRIVE DECISIONS.

SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A WAY TO GET TO A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL TODAY REGARDING THE USE OF THAT TECHNOLOGY. RIGHT. AND SO QUICKLY, SOMETIMES WE GET THIS QUESTION. THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE OUT IN THE IN THE PUBLIC ARENA AND THE BUSINESS ARENA, AND THEY WILL COME TO ME AND SAY, WELL JORDAN ENTERPRISES IS GETTING MORE BUSINESS OR MORE CONTRACTS THAN.

AND SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO RESPOND WITH DATA.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, IS THE ONE WHO, WHO THE BUSINESS INDIVIDUAL WILL COME TO.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE AN HONEST ANSWER AND BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE WHAT WHO IF THEY'RE GETTING EVERY CONTRACT THAT COMES UP AND AND SO THAT'S MY INTEREST IN THAT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT MUCH.

AND NOW THAT I REMEMBER WHO HAZEL IS, IS, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THE DAYS OF GEORGE JETSON.

ISN'T THAT A GREAT NAME FOR THE PLATFORM? SO.

SO, MISS ARNOLD, WE DEFINITELY WILL. OF OF COURSE, ALL OF THE, THE BRIEFINGS EVEN THAT YOU'VE HEARD TODAY IS REALLY ABOUT HOW WE'RE ELEVATING OUR PROGRAMS TO WHERE WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT WE'RE DOING, CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING, HOW WE'RE REIMAGINING SERVICES. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE.

AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THOSE QUESTIONS ARE COMING ABOUT CONTRACTS, HOW MANY VALUE, HOW MANY OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT DATA AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

IT ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE EVEN BETTER POPULATE WHAT WE SHOW ON OUR WEBSITE, AND THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN AND GRAB WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING TO DO A LOT OF MANUAL WORK.

AND SO WE ARE THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE SHIFTED OUR CULTURE TO BEING A MORE DATA DRIVEN ORGANIZATION, AND THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE, AND WE ARE FOCUSED ON ELEVATING THAT AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT ANSWER.

WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOU, CITY MANAGER . ALL RIGHT.

CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES AS WELL. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE CIVIC MARKETPLACE.

YOU YOU SPECIFY THAT IT'S SEARCHABLE FOR I'M SORRY FOR THE COGS.

PORTAL. IS IT ALSO ABLE TO SEARCH ALL THE COLLABORATIVES THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO? SO, I MEAN, LIKE YOU DIDN'T MENTION HTML AND OF COURSE, LOTS OF OTHER ONES THAT BECAUSE OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR MEMBERSHIPS CURRENTLY COLLABORATIVE. YEAH. CURRENTLY THIS ONE WILL ONLY ONLY HAS ACCESS TO THE NCT COG PROGRAM.

AND THEN ALSO ANY OTHER CITIES THAT ALSO JOIN THE PLATFORM, THEIR CONTRACTS WILL BE AVAILABLE.

SO WE'LL SEE A NUMBER OF CONTRACTS, BUT AT THIS MINUTE IT'S KIND OF LIKE HAZEL WHERE IT'S THEY'RE STARTING UP THE PROGRAM.

IT'LL BE LIMITED TO THE NCT COG CONTRACTS AS WELL AS THOSE THAT CITIES PUT OUT THAT ARE PART OF THE COOPERATIVE.

OKAY. AND THEN MY SECOND ONE IS HAVE YOU CONSIDERED ADDING A POLICY THAT SAYS ANY PROCUREMENT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, BELOW THIS THRESHOLD WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR COLLABORATIVE FIRST NO MATTER WHAT, AND DO THAT AS A TIME SAVINGS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF PROCUREMENTS YOU'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH.

SO GO AHEAD, JUANITA. I'LL FOLLOW UP IF YOU MISS SOMETHING.

OKAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT WITH CIVIC INITIATIVES, THE COMPANY WE HAVE COMING IN TO REVIEW OUR AD FOR FIVE, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED, AS WELL AS POLICIES FROM OTHER CITIES, AND TALK TO US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING POLICY.

HERE'S WHAT ONE MIGHT LOOK LIKE. OR, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE MIGHT MAKE SOME EFFICIENCIES AND SOME CHANGES.

SO THAT'LL BE ALL PART OF THAT REVIEW. AND THE FIRST SECTION, THE FIRST PART OF THE PROJECT WILL BE POLICY.

AND THE SECOND PART WILL BE OUR PROCEDURES AND OUR PROCESSES.

WELL, I'M VERY INTERESTED. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT GPFM AT LEAST TWICE WHERE WE SET A POLICY THAT SAYS IF WE ALREADY HAVE A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE ITEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PROCURE, THAT WE GO WITH THAT AND WE DON'T DO A WHOLE PROCUREMENT.

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A NUMBER THAT'S BELOW X.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M FLEXIBLE ABOUT BUT WHAT X IS.

BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE'RE BUYING THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, UNDER $100,000, IT SEEMS RIDICULOUS TO HAVE THIS MANY PROCUREMENTS THAT YOU PUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

AND THAT MEANS YOUR DEPARTMENT'S OVERSTAFFED.

IT MEANS IT TAKES LONGER FOR ALL OF THE WORK TO GET DONE.

AND THIS IS A SIMPLER, FASTER, FAIR, LEGAL WAY TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD AND AND NOT GET CAUGHT UP IN ALL THE

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BUREAUCRACY. SO I HOPE THAT WE WILL PUT A POLICY IN PLACE LIKE THAT.

AGAIN, NOT MARRIED TO WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE, BUT IT CAN'T BE THAT EVERY SINGLE THING GETS ITS OWN PROCUREMENT.

THIS IS THIS IS SORT OF INSANE. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD AT THE AT THE END OF THAT, THAT THAT IS EXACTLY WHY WE'RE HERE. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

WE HAVE WE STARTED WITH LOOKING AT THIS INTERNALLY UTILIZING OUR DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP, LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT OF THE INDUSTRY AND COMING UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT TO WHERE WE LOOK AT WAYS TO STREAMLINE.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PAIN POINTS, EVEN FROM CONTRACTORS AND JUST DOING GOING THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESSES.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE DOING IT PROACTIVELY.

THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IS TRULY TO HELP US BE MORE EFFICIENT, NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL, NOT HAVE TO DO EVERY SINGLE PROCUREMENT FROM SCRATCH, REWRITING SPECS.

IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO HELP US MOVE INTO A MORE EFFICIENT DELIVERY FOR PROCUREMENT SERVICES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK WITH SOME OF THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OR CONSIDERATIONS AND BRINGING THAT TO THE BODY FOR FOR INPUT.

WE'LL DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT WITH THE WITH THE WITH THE RESPECTIVE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND THEN BRING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO THE BODY.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT REALLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS AND MOVE INTO THE MAINSTREAM TO WHERE WE ARE NOT CREATING MORE BUREAUCRACY AND MAKING IT EVEN DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SUPPORT AND THE INPUT ON THIS BRIEFING ITEM.

SO I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT FORWARD.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT. VERY MUCH SO. BUT I'LL TELL YOU, I'VE SAT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF HOW TO SIGN ON TO BONFIRE.

I THINK TWICE. I'VE SAT THROUGH IT AND IT'S NOT EASY.

AND I'VE USED BONFIRE AS A NONPROFIT DIRECTOR, AND IT'S BEEN EASY.

IT'S BEEN REALLY A GREAT SOFTWARE TOOL ON THE NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT SIDE.

BUT ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED, BUT IT'S ALMOST UNUSABLE.

AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT WAYS TO MAKE IT SIMPLER.

BUT IT'S IT'S NOT. AND I KNOW THERE'S STILL ORGANIZATIONS THAT THINK THEY'VE SIGNED UP THAT NEVER GET NOTIFIED, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY DID IT RIGHT, OR THEY GET SO STUCK IN THE THE LOGIN SOFTWARE SIDE AND THERE'S NOBODY TO EVEN CALL, LIKE EVERY SINGLE PAGE SHOULD HAVE SOMEBODY'S ACTUAL PHONE NUMBER THAT WILL ACTUALLY ANSWER THE PHONE AND GET IT WORKED OUT.

AND IT'S SAD THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON BRIEFING ITEM C MADAM CITY MANAGER .

MR. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR BRIEFINGS FOR THIS PORTION OF THE DAY AND WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT IS 1:09 P.M.

[CLOSED SESSION ]

ON JUNE 4TH, 2025. THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551 .071 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTERS DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA. ITEMS NUMBER THREE AND FOUR AND UNDER SECTION 551.072 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND UNDER SECTION 551.074 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. SO WITH THAT, WE STAND AT RECESS AND WE WILL RECONVENE AT 2:00.

I WAS LISTENING TO. THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAD COMPLETED THIS CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.071, 551.072 AND 551.074, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT AT 531 ON JUNE 4TH. WE HAVE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.

WHAT ARE WE DOING? MADAM SECRETARY. WHERE IS KIM? SPEAKER. SPEAKER. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER ITEMS. I NEED, I NEED. LET ME. CALL HER. WE GOT THE CITY MANAGER HERE.

JACK. JACK. JACK! I'M IN CHARGE. JACK. YOU CAN'T JUST SIT THERE.

JACK. JACK SAID HE'S NOT. HE'S TAKING ALL OUR MONEY.

NO, WE DON'T HAVE THIS. YOU GOT TO MOVE THIS.

YEAH, YEAH. I GOT BUSINESS. BUSINESS. YOU KNOW? BUT. OKAY. MR. CITY MANAGER . DON'T GIVE HIM A MIC.

YES, SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM. ARE. YOU CAN COMPLETE WITHOUT A BUSINESS.

WE'RE FINISHED WITH THE BUSINESS. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MADAM SECRETARY. LET'S TALK TO THE OPEN SPEAKERS.

[Open Microphone Speakers (Part 2 of 2)]

[04:00:02]

OKAY, MR. MAYOR. I'LL RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.

SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM.

FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.

INDIVIDUALS BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR THOSE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.

PLEASE STOP FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME AND ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR ATKINS ONLY. I'LL START WITH THE REMAINING SPEAKERS.

SARAH ABDUL MOTALEB. IT'S NOT PRESENT. SCOTT SPRYER. NOT PRESENT. RYAN WOLFE. NOT PRESENT.

GREGORY PLUVIUS PLUVIUS. NOT PRESENT. O'NEILL HESSON.

NOT PRESENT. PATTY BROCKINGTON NOT PRESENT. PRECIOUS SAULS NOT PRESENT.

ALEX STEIN HAS CANCELED. MICHAEL GONZALEZ NOT PRESENT.

SOLITA WATSON. NOT PRESENT. BAINA ABDULLAH.

IS NOT PRESENT. RYAN. JAMES.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RYAN. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE DALLAS METROPLEX AND A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN COMMUNIST PARTY.

I SPEAK TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED $150 MILLION LEASE FOR 20 ACRE MILITARIZED POLICE COMPOUND, A COP CITY. THE DECISION TO SPEND THESE CRUCIAL FUNDS ON SUCH A FACILITY SHINES A MUCH NEEDED SPOTLIGHT ON THE FAILURE OF THE CAPITALIST STATE TO ADDRESS ISSUES SURROUNDING POVERTY, FOOD SCARCITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IN ADDITION TO CONCERNS SURROUNDING CITIZENS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND THE MILITARIZATION OF THE POLICE, DALLAS, LIKE MOST OF THE COUNTRY, IS LIVING THROUGH AN ECONOMIC CRISIS WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN POVERTY AND FACING FOOD SCARCITY.

OVER 36% OF DALLAS RESIDENTS LIVE IN FOOD DESERTS, AREAS WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD.

THESE ARE PREDOMINANTLY LOCATED IN SOUTH DALLAS, WEST DALLAS, AND PARTS OF EAST DALLAS.

DALLAS RESIDENTS ALSO FACE A CRISIS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WITH MORE AND MORE RESIDENTS BEING FORCED OUT ONTO THE STREETS AND REPORTS SHOWING DALLAS COULD LOSE OVER 76,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

WITH THESE COMPOUNDING CRISES OF POVERTY, HOW CAN THE CITY JUSTIFY ALLOCATING $150 MILLION TO AN ALREADY OVERMILITARIZED POLICE FORCE? IT IS CLEAR THAT THE PRIORITY OF THE DALLAS CITY GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE WELL-BEING OF ITS CITIZENS, BUT INSTEAD FEEDING THEM INTO THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S 1033 PROGRAM, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE DFW AREA HAVE COLLECTIVELY ACQUIRED APPROXIMATELY $12.1 MILLION WORTH OF MILITARY SURPLUS EQUIPMENT.

DALLAS PD DEPLOYED THEIR DRONE FLEET 8000 TIMES IN 2024.

DID ANYONE HERE VOTE FOR THE POLICE TO BE ABLE TO SURVEIL THEM WITH DRONES? WHY DOES THE CITY APPROACH ITS OWN CITIZENS WITH SUCH HOSTILITY AND PARANOIA? WE'VE ALL SEEN HOW THE POLICE ARE MOBILIZED TO THREATEN, INTIMIDATE AND EVEN ASSAULT CITIZENS WHO DARE TO EXERCISE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, WHETHER ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES LIKE WE'VE ALL SEEN OR ON THE PUBLIC STREETS.

THE CITY WILL INEVITABLY USE CRIME AS A CATCH ALL EXCUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTINUING EXPANSION OF THE POLICE STATE.

AN EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENT CRIME IS A BYPRODUCT OF A SYSTEM WHERE WORKING FAMILIES ARE LEFT BEHIND, WHERE COMMUNITIES ARE NEGLECTED AND LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES, WHERE BANKS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES IMMISERATE THE MASSES WITH DEBT AND PRICE GOUGING, AND USE THEIR ILL GOTTEN GAINS TO BUY OFF THE STATE.

THE ANSWER IS NOT MORE OVER POLICING, WHICH ONLY PERPETUATES A CYCLE OF CIVIL DISTRUST, CORRUPTION, VIOLENCE AND POVERTY, BUT A GOVERNMENT OF, BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE.

AND I KNOW THIS IS EXACTLY A CONVERSATION EVERYONE'S AFRAID OF, WHICH IS WHY YOU'VE BEEN STALLING AND TAKING FOUR EXTRA HOURS IN PRIVATE SESSION. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. ANTHONY MIRABELLI. IS NOT PRESENT.

KYLE MCGEEHAN. NOT PRESENT. MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MEETING.

OKAY. IT IS NOW 5:36. THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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