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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on June 5, 2025.]
DALLAS PARKS AND RECREATIONS BOARD MEETING TO ORDER.SO FIRST POINT ON MEETING ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT MR. HE SENT ME A TEXTBOOK, CONVEY HIS, UH, BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO YOU.
THANK YOU THAT WE GET TO OUR SPECIAL RECOGNITION WE HAVE TODAY.
I'M GONNA DO THE PRESENTATION, MS. WITH JOANNE BUDDY.
UM, IT IS MY PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT A GROUP THAT HAS BEEN SO INSTRUMENTAL, UH, IN THE WHITE BLOCK LAKE AREA.
UH, THIS IS FOR THE LOVE OF THE LAKE THAT I HAVE HERE IN ROW.
I WANT TO USE THEM IN A MINUTE.
BUT THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS, UH, SUPPORTING ALL THINGS WHITE ROCK LIKE, BUT PREDOMINANTLY, UH, THE TRASH PICKUP THAT GOES THERE ON THE SECOND SATURDAY.
I THINK THEY'RE DOING, DOING CONSECUTIVE SOMETHING LIKE 30 YEARS.
BUT THIS LAST YEAR WAS A BIG YEAR BECAUSE, UM, THROUGH THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND OUR, WE NOMINATED FOR AN AWARDS FOR, UH, THROUGH THE TEXAS RECREATION PARK SOCIETY, WHICH THEY WON, WHICH IS THE ORGANIZATION, YOUR SERVICE BOARD, WHICH IS HUGE.
THIS GROUP NOT ONLY DOES THEIR REGULAR TRASH PICKUP, BUT THIS LAST YEAR THEY, WITH A LOT OF WORK, UH, THROUGH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, WE'RE ABLE TO RAISE OVER $50,000 TO AN 88 PROJECT AT THE LAKE, WHICH CREATED, UM, BETTER ACCESSIBILITY TO A LOT OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
SO THROUGH THEIR HARD WORK WORKING WITH PARTNERS, RAISE TOTAL ESTIMATED OVER 50,000 PERSON WILL HOPEFULLY REACH HELP ADDIT 60.
SO I, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SULLIVAN, WHO IS THE CURRENT CHAIR.
WE AS VISA, WHO WAS THE BEST PRESIDENT AND VOLUNTEER WORKS TIRELESSLY FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.
MAKE SURE THE FOLKS ON TV CAN STAY YOU.
WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE PHOTO WALK.
THANK MRS. MADE TELL BOX WHAT IT IS.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU THINK.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, PUBLIC SPEAKERS, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS.
THE CHAIR HAS MADE AN EXCEPTION.
I WILL READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINE.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVING THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR, ONLY ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL
LAUNCHED THE DALLAS TORNADOES 19 60 65.
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BIGGEST PLAYERS IN AMERICAN SOCCER LIKE ROBERT PEP, PEE AND WEST THE GAME.THEY HAVE OVER 200 LOCAL SOCCER TEAMS, BOYS AND GIRLS.
UH, WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS SPEAK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, I 14 AS A REMINDER, UH, WE'VE BEEN TO OPERATE
SINCE THEN, WE'VE AVERAGED OVER 500,000 IN ATTENDANCE PER YEAR WITH AN ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF OVER 50 MILLION.
UM, WORKING WITH THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION.
UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER 104 MILLION ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
AND THAT'S JUST THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, WITH THEM ON, WHICH IS JUST A HANDFUL OF THE EVENTS.
UH, WE HOSTED NUMEROUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS, NATIONAL TEAMS ALL OVER THE WORLD WHILE STILL PROVIDING LOCAL LEAGUE FLAG FOR ADULTS AND FREE CLINICS, UH, TO DALLAS PARTICIPANTS.
UH, AND AS A REMINDER, GRASS FIELDS, UH, THEY ARE A LIVING BEING, THERE'S ONLY A FINITE NUMBER OF HOURS.
WE, WE'VE RUN THROUGH THAT ISSUE OF OTHER COMPLEXES WHERE WE TRIED TO PUSH MORE.
WE HAVE REPLACEMENT BILLS, COST 'EM AS ALMOST $2 MILLION.
AND SO WE, WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE KNOWING THAT THERE'S NOT INCREMENTAL DOLLARS OUT THERE.
THESE FIELDS ARE BOOKED TO THE MAX.
UM, DRIVING BOTH THAT BALANCE OF ECONOMIC IMPACT, BUT ALSO LOCAL PLAY.
I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, MY 14 WOULD BE, UH, AMENDED TO EXCLUDE MONEY DURING THE SOCCER PARK OR ACE DEFER SO THAT WE COULD, UH, HAVE A, A PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION ON WHAT DALLAS, UH, YOUR DIVISION ONE MAJOR LAKE SOCCER TEAM CAN HELP BRING TO, UH, TO THIS.
UM, I, I HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE AWARDS, EVERY ONE SINCE 2014, AND I WON'T RUN THROUGH THOSE.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THOSE BUILT MAINTENANCE FACILITIES ALL SPACE OUT THERE, WE HAD TO REPAIR ALL OF TIM MIGHT I, CONSTRUCTION, LANDFILL, UH, AND BEGINNING THERE WAS REBAR, PLYWOOD THAT STILL COMING UP.
AND WE REPLACED EVERY SINGLE BILL SINCE THEN.
UM, SIMILAR COMPLEXES ACROSS THE CITY, ONE POINT PLUS A YEAR.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE POOR STAFF TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE ANY, ANYBODY FROM THE WORKING DEPARTMENT TO RUN THIS FACILITY.
CONFIDENT IF GIVEN THE TIME YOU WOULD'VE HAPPENED TO GO ONE PLACE, THAT THERE WOULD BE $0 COMING FROM THE PARK DEPARTMENT TO RUN THIS FACILITY.
ALL THIS
UH, IN OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT, UH, WE HAVE A SPONSORSHIP DEAL.
80% OF THE SPONSORSHIP GOES BACK TO THE COMPLEX.
HAPPY FOR THAT TO TO BE REDIRECTED.
THANK YOU, UH, MR. CHAIR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I'M ON THE CLOCK, SO I'LL GO QUICK.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING DALLAS SCOTT.
I SPOKE TO, UH, A GROUP MONTHS AGO.
ALWAYS HAPPY TO SPEAK ABOUT, UH, THE OLDEST AND MOST PRESTIGIOUS, UH, YOUTH SOCCER TOURNAMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, AND ONE OF THE MOST RECENT KIND AROUND THE WORLD.
UH, I'M HERE TO JUST ADDRESS ITEM 14 AS IT RELATES TO MONEY BRAND.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COMPANY, DALLAS CUP, UH, TEAMS LIKE BARAD, MANCHESTER,
UH, COME TO DALLAS TO COMPETE IN THE TOURNAMENT, GIVING OUR ATHLETES HERE LOCALLY, THE OPPORTUNITY AS WELL TO COMPETE AGAINST TOP FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
UH, THE REASON, UH, WHY WE'VE HAD THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD, AND WE'RE GOING ON FIVE DECADES ALMOST.
THIS WILL BE OUR 47TH TOURNAMENT COMING UP, IS, UH, THERE ARE THREE THINGS.
ONE IS A LEVEL OF COMPETITION.
THOSE ARE BASED ON THE TWO OTHER THINGS THAT I'M NOT TO MENTION.
ONE IS HOW WELL ORGANIZED WE ARE.
THE DALLAS SOCCER COMMUNITY RALLIES EVERY YEAR, UH, TO GET BEHIND DALLAS, BUT TO PROVIDE OUR ATHLETES, UH, THE BEST POSSIBLE EXPERIENCE, UH, THAT THEY CAN HAVE PLAYING IN THE TOURNAMENT.
AND THE THIRD, UH, REASON WHY, UH, WE GET, UH, THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, OUR TEAMS IS THE WORLD CLASS FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO.
AS YOU KNOW, WE OPENED, UH, WE HAD OPENING CEREMONIES IN THE COTTON BOWL THIS YEAR.
WE HAD OVER 24,000 IN ATTENDANCE.
WE'VE ALSO PLACED SOME, UH, SUPERGROUP MATCHES AT THE COTTON BOWL.
UH, BUT THE CROWN JEWEL, UH, OF JUICE STOCK, COTTON COMPLEXES, AND THE METROPLEX IS MONEY
UH, WE ARE BLESSED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT, THANK YOU, UH, TO THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR DEVELOPING THAT COMPLEX, WHICH WE REALLY RELY ON NOW TO PROVIDE OUR TEAMS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT COME FROM ABROAD, THAT HAVE VERY, VERY COMMON EXPECTATION ON WHAT A WORLD CLASS FACILITY SHOULD BE LIKE.
UM, WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT WITH MONEY GROUND.
WE GET THE FEEDBACK FROM MANCHESTER UNITED, RAMAD DRIVEN, BARCELONA, I JUST MENTIONED, THOSE TWO SOCCER.
THEY PROVIDE US THE FEEDBACK THAT THESE, THESE FIELDS ARE WORLD
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CLASS AND, AND CLOSE TO PLAY ON AROUND THE WORLD.IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE IF NOT FOR THE RESOURCE EXPERTISE.
UH, AND THE CARE AND DEDICATION THAT THE STAFF THERE PROVIDES, UH, PROVIDES FOR TREATMENT AND ALL THOSE OTHERS THAT PLAY THERE.
WE'RE GRATEFUL TO ACTUALLY DALLAS FOR BEING PARTNERS WITH US.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO SURVIVE COVID, UH, BECAUSE THEY, THEY HELPED US, UH, WITH EXPENSES.
THEY HELPED US WITH CASH FLOW DURING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
WE WERE CLOSE TO BANKRUPTCY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO FILL SELVES, BE GRATEFUL
I JUST ASKED REQUEST WHATEVER DECISIONS GROUND THAT YOU PLEASE, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE SAME LEVEL, THE SAME STANDARD IS MAINTAINED, MOVING, MOVE FORWARD, UH, THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, WITH THE CARE AND THE UPKEEP AND THE, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PART.
BECAUSE FOR US, IT'S A GODSEND THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
THERE'S NO OTHER, THERE'S NO OTHER SOCCER BEGGING, SOCCER CONFLICT THAT SIZE IN THE METROPLEX THAT CAN PROVIDE US THE QUALITY FUEL THAT MONEYGRAM RIGHT NOW PROVIDES.
SO JUST MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S WHAT WE ASK THAT PLEASE LET MAINTAIN THAT HIGH LEVEL MAINTENANCE AT THE FIELD.
UH, NOW AS WE MOVE TO OUR LINKEDIN
SO WITH THAT, I PUT APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 15TH, 2025.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR.
I UNTIL 12, DO I HAVE MOTION
I KNOW THERE'LL BE LOT OF DISCUSSION, SO I'M BRINGING IT NUMBER 14 FIRST PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.
LET ME READ THE, THE MOTION THAT YOU'LL HAVE
SUBJECT TO ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS, ESTIMATED MINIMUM REVENUE FAIR PARK SPECIAL MAINTENANCE FUND $900,000 AND HELD FOR ATHLETIC COMPLEX ONES HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THREE YEARS, OVER THREE YEARS.
AND THIS WAS DISCUSSED IN SPECIAL COURT BOARD MEETING, EXECUTIVE SESSION, THEN CONSIDER MAY 27TH, 2025.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ON BOTH PLEASE? INDEED.
UH, MS HAS MOTION TO, IS THERE A SECOND?
UH, WITH, UH, MR. OKAY, MR. DICKEY? YES, YOU ARE THE BEST ONE TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEAL.
UM, IT'S COME UP, UH, AND IT'S A GOOD POINT THAT THE FIVE FIELDS THAT WE ARE GETTING USE OF, UM, ARE NOT LIT.
AND THAT SEEMS TO ME TO BE AN ISSUE.
UH, IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS DEAL, UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF WE ARE LOCKED INTO THOSE FIVE FIELDS OR CAN IT BE NEGOTIATED THAT WE GET SOME LIT FIELDS? BECAUSE IF OUR KIDS ARE OUT THERE PRACTICING AT NIGHT, NOT UNLIT FIELDS AREN'T REALLY GONNA HELP.
MR. VICKI, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
SO WE HAVE, UH, DISCUSSED THAT, AND THERE IS A PLAN TO UTILIZE FUNDING THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THAT, THAT ACCOUNT, THAT OWNED WORK FUND TO USE THAT TO, UH, IMPROVE THOSE FIELDS WITH LIGHTING.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO USE A PORTION OF THE REVENUES THAT WE WILL EARN FROM THIS CONTRACT TO FURTHER CAPITALLY IMPROVE THE CANDIDATES AND LIGHTING OF THOSE FIELDS WILL BE A TOP PRIORITY.
SO WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED COST PER FIELD TO DO THAT LIGHTING? I BELIEVE IT'S FROM 200,000.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS YES, SIR.
THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH TO LIGHT THOSE FIELDS?
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YES, SIR.AND WHY IS THAT BETTER THAN NEGOTIATING OR CONTINUING TO NEGOTIATE TO GET ACCESS TO LIT FIELDS? WE ARE ALWAYS IN INTENDED TO IMPROVE THOSE FIELDS WITH LIGHTS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A PART OF THE PLAN FOR SOME TIME.
UM, WELL, WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET A MILLION DOLLARS? SO, UH, I MAY, UH, RACHEL ITSELF OF THIS, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S AROUND FOUR TO 500,000 CURRENTLY IN THE, IN THAT FUND THAT WE WILL USE TO LIGHT HOW MANY OF APPEALS THAT WE CAN, AND THEN WE WILL USE REVENUES FROM THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LIGHT THE REMAINING.
THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE THE PRIORITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
AND, UH, YOU SAID IN THAT FUND, I'M SORRY, BUT WHICH FUND IS IT THAT, IT'S CALLED THE, THE ELM FOR ATHLETIC COMPLEX FUND.
THAT'S THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF THAT FUND.
HOW MUCH IS IN THAT FUND TOTAL? I, I DON'T NEED RACHEL'S HELP ON THAT, BUT I WANNA SAY IT'S IN THE RANGE OF FOUR TO $500,000.
SO AS IT SITS, IF IT'S 200,000 PER FIELD, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUND AND PLAN TO IMMEDIATELY, IF THIS DEAL IS DONE, LIGHT AT LEAST TWO OF THE FIVE FIELDS WITH THE INTENT TO DO THE OTHERS AS WELL.
UM, WHEN WE LAST SPOKE ABOUT THIS, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA RECEIVE A MASTER PLAN FOR WHAT WAS AT THE PARK, AND I STILL HADN'T SEEN THAT, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE, IF WE COULD RECEIVE THAT IN OUR INBOXES.
UH, I THINK THAT WAS, THAT THAT WASN'T FOR MONEY GROUND, THAT WAS FOR JOE.
JOE, IS THAT WHERE WE'RE AT? WE DON'T, NO, NO.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY GROUND.
HAPPY NEW YOUR HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
UH,
D BEFORE WE, UH, WHEN I LET YOU ASK RYAN, IS IS RYAN, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF STUCK IN MY
AND I'M WONDERING, UH, WE HAVE, UH, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FROM FC DALLAS SAYING THAT WE LADIES, I'M WONDERING, BEFORE WE CAME TO THIS CONCLUSION, WERE THEY INVOLVED AND DID WE TRY TO WORK OUT A BETTER DEAL WITH THEM BEFORE WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THIS? I THINK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SITTING HERE BESIDES MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD A GREAT, AS YOU HEARD FROM MR. SMITH, WE HAVE HAD A GREAT WORK RELATIONSHIP.
WE HAVE SOME DOUBTS, BUT YOU AS A BOARD AS WELL AS THE COUNSELOR, HAVE CHALLENGED ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M, THE REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING CAN DO AND THAT I CUT EXPENSES AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY SEARCHING TO REDUCE EXPENSES, BRING IN MORE REVENUE SO THAT WE CAN FUND IT AND GO INTO A LOT OF OUR CORE PROGRAMMING LIKE OUR COMMUNITY PARKS AND OUR RECREATION CENTER AND OUR POOLS.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT RE RELATIONSHIP.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THAT GOAL WASN'T MET.
WE'VE BEEN IN THIS RELATIONSHIP FOR 10 YEARS AND THE CITY HAS BEEN BEARING THE EXPENSES OF THIS OPERATION.
SO NO, FC DALLAS HAS HIT 10 YEARS TO REACH THAT GOAL, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE, FOR THE FIELDS.
UH, BUT I'VE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH LOOKING FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO OFFSET EXPENSES AND INCREASE REVENUES THAT CAN GO INTO CORE PROGRAMS IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK RYAN O'CONNOR, THAT'S WHAT HE HAS ACHIEVED.
AND YOU KNOW, RYAN O'CONNOR IS ALWAYS CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR DEALS THAT'S GONNA MEET THOSE GOALS.
AND THE, UH, MS. RE DO YOU STILL WANT TO TALK? I DO.
I DO WANNA, UH, CIRCLE BACK ON SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, UM, IN REGARDS TO OUR YOUTH OR OUR KIDS WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF
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THE FC DALLAS GROUPS.UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, SERGIO WAS WORKING ON THAT AND WE, WE WERE ALLOTTED A CERTAIN AMOUNT, WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS ONE TIME BEFORE WHERE WE HAD TO ASK FOR HOURS BACK FOR USE FOR OUR KIDS.
UM, AND THEN OTHER SPORTS, YOU KNOW, TEAMS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO, LIKE, THERE WERE ELITE SPORT TEAMS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO, UM, AFFORD THE COST OF PRACTICING THERE OR BEING ABLE TO RENT FROM THERE BECAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY LOCKED IN BY THE FC DOS SOCCER TEAMS. SO WHERE ARE WE, WHERE HAVE WE BEEN WITH THAT? AND IF SOMEBODY CAN KIND OF GIVE A, WE USED SOME OF THE HOURS, UM, BUT IF SOMEBODY CAN JUST UPDATE ME ON THAT, I, AND IT PERTAINS TO THE, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAD WITH THE, WITH THE FC DALLAS.
SO THIS DOES PERTAIN TO THIS ITEM.
SO, UH, AND I, I HAD KEISHA, MS. KEISHA RANDALL COME UP TO FAR, FAR AS TO EXPLAIN FAR AS OUR USAGE.
BUT, UH, FC DALLAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO WORK WITH US ON MAKING SURE WE HAVE FIELDS AVAILABLE FOR OUR PROGRAMS. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T MAXIMIZED THOSE HOURS IN THE PAST 'CAUSE THEY DID HAVE TO ALSO WORK AROUND THIS FIELD OR THIS FIELD.
AND IN THIS CASE, WE HAVEN'T WORKED OUT SOMETHING WHERE, HEY, IT'LL BE MORE CONSISTENT AND HERE'S A THOUSAND HOURS.
NOW MS. RANDALL CAN EXPLAIN FAR AS HOW, HOW OUR PROGRAM IS GOING OUT THERE.
I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT DALLAS REC KIDS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER TEAMS THAT ARE NOT UNDER FC DALLAS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE, UM, LIKE, OH, I, I DON'T EVEN WANNA THROW ANYBODY OUT THERE, BUT YOU HAVE OTHER ELITE TEAMS THAT ARE NOT UNDER THEIR UMBRELLA.
I, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY OUTREACH TO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THOSE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE WANTING TO ALSO USE FOR TOURNAMENTS AND DIFFERENT STUFF THAT BECAUSE OF THE LOCKED IN OF THE TEAMS THAT WERE ONLY UNDER FC DALLAS.
I JUST REMEMBER THIS CONVERSATION A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
SO I JUST WERE WANTING TO KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY OUTREACH ON THAT AND HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO USE SOME OF THOSE THOUSAND HOURS THAT WERE UTILIZED FOR? OH, YOU SPEAKING THE CITY, OUR CITY.
IT'S NOT JUST CITY REC, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT CONSTITUENTS, OTHER CONSTITUENTS.
SO YOU'RE SPEAKING OF WHEN WE, WE DON'T MAXIMIZE OUR 1000 HOURS AND WE, UH, AND THEY PROVIDE THOSE HOURS TO SOME OTHER FOLKS OR HAVE THEY UH, WELL, I CAN'T SAY TO THEIR CREDIT FC DALLAS THAT ANY TIME AN ISSUE IS BROUGHT UP AND WE REACHED OUT TO THEM, THEY DID WORK WITH US TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE OTHER TEAMS. OKAY.
I JUST REMEMBER A COUPLE DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING UP AND SPEAKING PUBLICLY THAT THEIR GIRLS TEAMS WEREN'T ABLE, LIKE THERE WAS THINGS THAT THEY WERE PUT ON THE PRACTICE FIELD, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS OR THAT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHERE WE WERE AT WITH THAT SINCE THE LEISURE, THAT LAST CONVERSATION.
AGAIN, THIS IS A COUPLE YEARS, SO YEAH, BUT OR LAST YEAR I CAN'T, I'VE SLEPT, I DUNNO.
YEAH, I MEAN, I BASICALLY, LIKE I SAID, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT WHEN THOSE ISSUES COME UP, WE REACHED DIRECTLY OUT TO FC DALLAS AND THEN THEY DO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE, I CAN'T SPEAK ON OFF THEIR OUTREACH BECAUSE FC DALLAS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
SO I DON'T THINK THEY'RE APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO BRING UP FC DALLAS.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THIS ALL COMING FROM, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS HAPPENING.
I, MR. DICKY, YOUR SECOND ROUND, SIR.
UM, IT ALL KIND OF HIT FAST AND, AND I'M TORN BETWEEN A MOVING TO DELAY THIS, BUT WHAT REALLY CONCERNS ME IS THIS QUESTION OF NOT HAVING LIT FIELDS FOR US.
HAVING THE FULL USE OF THE FIVE FIELDS IS A GOOD DEAL.
BUT SINCE THIS IS BEING NEGOTIATED AND THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO CHIME IN, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE ITEM TO REQUEST THAT OF THE FIVE FIELDS THAT WE'RE BEING GIVEN FULL USE OF THAT AT LEAST TWO OF THE FIELDS LIT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PROPOSED PARTNER, THEN WE COULD, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET MONEY.
IT WOULD, IT, IT WOULD EASE OUR ABILITY TO LIGHT ALL THE FIELDS OF THE OTHER THREE WOULD HELP US AND 'CAUSE MONEY IS TIGHT AND WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH A COMPANY THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A PROFIT OUT THERE AND BE A GOOD PARTNER.
UH, I I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE ASK IN THIS MOTION THAT WE ASK THEM TO FUND THE LIGHTING OF TWO FIELDS AND THEN WE CAN LIGHT THE OTHER THREE.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE AMENDED MOTION, THE AMENDMENT FOR THE ITEM THAT MY MOTION WOULD BE IF I GET A SECOND.
YEAH, LET'S GET CLARITY ON YOUR MOTION.
YEAH, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, UH, MR. DICKEY COOK IT.
I WOULD, BUT 'CAUSE OF THE TIMING, I WE'RE GONNA JUST ASK IF IT IS EITHER GIVE US TWO LIT FIELDS
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AS PART OF THE FIVE OR MAKE THE NO, THAT'S I THINK THE MOTION PLAN BE ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT, MR. DICKEY, MR. JENKINS, AND SAYING EITHER, ACTUALLY I THINK, I THINK I WILL GO WITH THIS MOTION.SORRY, JOHN, LET ME REPEAT YOUR MOTION.
SO MOTION MR. DICKEY HAS SAID IS THAT, UH, OUR NEW PARTNER, THEY SHOULD, UH, COME WITH LIGHTING TWO FIELDS AT LEAST, AND THEN PARK, WELL, THEY SHOULD, UH, ONE TO LIGHT TWO FIELDS SO THAT KIDS AT LEAST HAVE TWO FIELDS AND NOT PART OF THE MOTION.
BUT THEN PART WILL, OUR DEPARTMENT WILL DO THE MOTION WE ARE NOW GOING TO DISCUSS IS, BESIDES WHAT WE HAD, UH, UH, AT
DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT? UH, MR. SLAUGHTER, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE NEW AMENDED MOTION? UH, YEAH.
UM, TIM, IS THERE A TIMELINE THAT YOU IMAGINE THAT, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETED AS IT RELATES? UH, THE, FOR ME THE TIMELINE, I, THE TIMELINE I WOULD ENVISION IS THAT IF THEY ACCEPT THIS AND THE CONTRACT GOES THROUGH THAT IT BEGIN IMMEDIATELY ONCE THE CONTRACT IS, IS, UH, SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES, THAT THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGIN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THE LIGHTING IN THE TWO FIELDS.
BUT BUT TO BE COMPLETED BY, OR, WELL, UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT, UH, FAMILIAR STAFF WOULD KNOW BETTER HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DO THAT.
UH, I WOULD THINK IT'S A FAIRLY, I I DON'T KNOW.
STAFF WOULD KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET NEW LIGHTS IN A UNLIT SOCCER FIELD EVERY, WHEN IT'S EXECUTED AND LEGALLY THEY CAN START THE BOOK THEY LEGAL TRENCHES OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE PROCESS, WHEREAS SOON AS THEY LEGALLY CAN START THE BOOK, THAT'S WHERE THEY START AND WHATEVER, IT CAN BE MORE THAN TWO, THREE MINUTES.
CAN WE, I'M TRYING TO READ ALL THIS ADD AGENDA INFORMATION.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT CAN YOU, CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING GET GETTING FROM THIS OTHER
SO ABOUT POT BOWL OR MONEY BREAK, UH, MONEYGRAM MONEY.
SO THE DEAL WOULD BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR THE, THE FOUR 15% EVENT, WHICH IT WORTH GREATER.
ON TOP OF THAT, THERE WILL BE AN EVEN SPLIT ON ANY SORT OF, UH, NAMING RIGHTS OPPORTUNITY THAT IS, UM, MADE PLUS ALL EXPENSES.
AND THE TENANT WILL INCUR ALL EXPENSES.
THE CITY WILL HAVE NO EXPENSES IF GOES TO MILLION IS ABOUT 1.45 MILLION.
AND THEN WITH MR. DICKEY'S NEW, UM, A NEW MOTION, IT WOULD ALSO THEN GIVE US THAT LEAVE TO LIFE.
WE ARE DISCUSSING THE ED MOTION.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S A MOTION ABOUT THE FIELDS AND THAT WOULD, ANYTHING RELEVANT TO THAT WOULD BE PERTINENT, I BELIEVE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY.
UM, APRE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I APPRECIATE RYAN, UM, ALWAYS, UM, COMING BACK WITH THE INFORMATION AND BRINGING IT TO US.
UM, WHEN WE ASK FOR, UM, INFORMATION, UM, AND COMMEND YOU FOR LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY AND BRINGING, UM, SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HAD FROM LAST WEEK'S DISCUSSION.
UM, SO QUICKLY BACK TO THE BOARD, UM, WITH AN EVEN SWEETER DEAL, UM, FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS PARKS, UM, DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THAT AND FOR THE DILIGENT WORK.
UM, I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH, UM, ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING.
I THINK AT THE END OF THAT WE GET THE TWO FIELDS FROM THEM.
WE GET, UM, THREE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE IN OUR POT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE IN RESERVES.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD LIGHT UP THE ENTIRE COMPLEX AT THIS POINT.
UM, AND THAT HONESTLY WOULD ALLOW IT TO BE AN EVEN MORE, UM, VIABLE AND SELLABLE FIELD AND COMPLEX AS A WHOLE.
SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE REVENUE AND MORE GENERATION OF USE, UM, EVEN MORE THAN CURRENTLY IS BEING DONE.
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I, I SUPPORT MR. DICKEY'S MOTION WITH THAT.WITH THAT, JUST, UH, I THINK THE MONEYGRAM
AND THE KEY WHICH CAME THROUGH, I THINK, UH, THANKS TO PRIME CHAMPIONS AND THEY HAD DONE, I HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS HONESTLY BEFORE IT CAME HERE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I MET THE STAKEHOLDERS, I THINK, WILL YOU BRING ME A SPRITE? YEAH, SURE.
TAKE PIONEER SPORTS TO SEE THEIR OPERATIONS.
WHO IS GOING TO BE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET INTO A PATENT AND SWITCH SITUATION WHERE IT'S ALL HUNKY DO, THOUGH IT'S A SHORT TERM MINIMUM RISK DEAL.
AND I DID MY DUE DILIGENCE ALSO.
SO I, I FEEL IT'S A GOOD DEAL AND I'M PRETTY SURE I THINK WE WILL BE PARTNER WITH THAT
WITH THAT I PUT TO VOTE ALL FAVOR.
SO FURTHER, YEAH, WE HAD THE FIRST MOTION WAS THERE, RIGHT? YES.
WE HAD MOTION THAT WAS SECONDED BY LAUGHTER.
SO WE ARE VOTING ON, UH, MR. DICKEY'S MOTION WITH ALL THAT, PLUS ADDING TWO LIKE FIELDS FROM OUR NEW PARTNERS.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STEP WE TAKEN FOR
I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MS. MONICA PAUL, MS. PAUL, YOU HAVE CHANGED THE SCENARIO OF SPORTS IN THE CITY AND TODAY WE HAVE TWO IMPORTANT ITEMS FOR POLITICAL SUPPORTING.
SHE DESERVES ROUND OF A CLOCK WHEN SHE HAS DONE THAT TALK BEING HERE AND ALL.
I'VE SEEN HER IN ACTION FROM FRONT END.
SO THANKS FOR BEING HERE, QUEENS ABOUT US.
WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 15.
PARK, UH, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, MS. VERTA, UH, MS HAS, HE HAS MADE A MOTION.
THIS IS WHAT I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
THIS IS WHAT I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
SO ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GONNA GET THE PLAN, THE, UH, MASTER PLAN FOR, FOR THIS.
SO IF SOMEBODY CAN SEND THAT TO US.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY.
THIS, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST WEEK THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO, UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT LOCATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED, UM, BESIDES THE ONE THAT WERE IN QUESTION.
SO WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACT WITH THE, THE WINGS DOES NOT PROVIDE AN ADDRESS.
WHEN WE DID THAT, IT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
BUT THAT PREVENT US ULTIMATELY FROM HAVING THAT PRACTICE FACILITY IN LOCATION OF THE INVENTION CENTER.
WE THEN LOOKED AT, WE WORK WITH THE CITY'S REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT AND OUTLINED SEVERAL LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT.
ALL OF THEM WERE, UM, AN EXPENSE TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF REAL ESTATE, UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN ALSO HAVE ASKED THEM TO NOT DO, AND TO KIND OF LOOK AT LOCATIONS AND THE CITY THAT CAN BE USED AND THAT ARE CURRENTLY
AT THAT POINT, WE CONTACTED PARK AND RECREATION AND WE WENT AND LOOKED AT FOUR ADDITIONAL SITES, INCLUDING SAMUEL BRAND, THIS SITE, AND ONE OTHER COLLECTING ON BRIAN.
BUT WE DID LOOK AT FOUR SITES BEFORE ULTIMATELY COMING TO JAD.
THE, THE POSITIVES OF THE SITE WERE THAT IT WAS A FLAT SITE AND IT HAD ALREADY BEEN, THE BATCH
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PLANT COMPONENTS HAD ALREADY BEEN MITIGATED.IT WAS LANDED, HAD BEEN USED FOR 22 YEARS.
THE FAMILY WHO DONATED IT WAS ASKING FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE.
THERE WAS A MASTER PLAN THAT PARK AND RECREATION PROVIDED TO US.
IT WAS DEVELOPMENT OF IT AS POSTDOC FIELDS, OTHER FACILITIES THAT HAD TO DO WITH SPORTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.
AND IT'S 15 MINUTES TO THE AIRPORT CONTINUOUS TO I 30.
AND SO THAT CREATES EASY ACCESS INBOUND.
SO IT CHECKED ALL OF THE BOXES THAT WE HAD.
IN TERMS OF QUESTIONS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT, WHY THE OTHER LOCATIONS DID NOT ADVANCE? UM, ONE OF 'EM IS, UH, FLOODS.
UM, IT'S FOR SOCCER FIELDS AND S OKAY.
FOR A BASKETBALL FACILITY THAT MUCH.
UM, THE SAMUEL GRAHAM, THE TERRAIN WOULD'VE MADE IT HARD TO ACTUALLY BUILD THERE WITHOUT AN EXTRA EXPENSE.
AND SO OUR GOAL WAS TO DO THIS WAY THAT WOULD ADVANCE THE VALUE OF SOMETHING THE CITY ALREADY HOME, BUT WITHOUT HAVING THE OUTLAY OF A LOT OF, OF, UH, OF ADDITIONAL EXPENSE THAT IF WE COULD MITIGATE IN ANOTHER WAY WOULD WORK FOR US.
SO YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE, UM, THE BATCH PLAN.
ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANY, UH, DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY PROBLEMS FOR WHAT WE JUST EXPERIENCED WITH MONEYGRAM, UM, LAST WEEK AT CITY COUNCIL WITH, UH, BEING A PARK ON A, A BATCH PLANT OR ON A, ON A LANDFILL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AND RYAN CAN TALK ABOUT FOREST PROPERTY IS CAPPED FOREST LANDFILL.
SO THAT SITE, UM, WHEN IT WAS DONATED AN ACQUIRER WAS ENVIRONMENTALLY REMEDIATED.
SO NOT THE ENTIRE SITE WAS, UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE, BUT THE AREAS THAT WERE, WERE ADDRESSED THROUGH, THROUGH C WHICH WAS KIND OF THE STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR ADDRESSING THOSE TYPES OF SITES.
AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN YEARS AGO AT MONEYGRAM.
SO ARE WE GOING TO AT ALL IN THE FUTURE OR FORESEE ANYTHING WITH THIS SITE? NO, BECAUSE THE, YEP, THE SITE WAS ENVIRONMENTAL.
UM, AND THEN WHO SELECTED THE PROPOSED SITE? WELL, AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S UP FOR CONSIDERATION BY CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW PENDING, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHO BROUGHT, WHO SELECTED THE GROUP DISCUSSION RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT? SO WE DID, WE STARTED TO, THE COMMENCEMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STARTED TO LOOK AT THAT.
THERE WAS SOME THINGS WE NEEDED TO DO.
WE DID OUR FEASIBILITY OF THE SITE AND THE FIT TEST BEFORE WE BROUGHT IT TO ANYONE.
SO WE DID ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING, UM, TO CONFIRM WHAT, UM, BRIAN JUST SAID.
UM, WE LOOKED AT THE ABILITY TO, TO BUILD QUICKLY, UM, AND TO BE LAY OUT WITHOUT HAVING TO RERAN THE SITE.
AND, UH, WE JUST COMPLETE THAT AND THAT'S WHEN WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD.
AND THEN BESIDES US, ARE THERE COMMUNITY, IS THERE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? ARE THERE, ARE THERE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA? COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION? SO THAT'S WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL START TO INVEST IN WHAT THAT DESIGN AND ALL OF THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT OF COURSE WE NEEDED TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS THE ACTUAL SITE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AND THEN START GETTING THE ENGAGEMENT ARTIST.
AND CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE AREA? IS IT A INDUSTRIAL AREA THAT HAS 18 WHEELERS ALWAYS PASSING THROUGH, OR ARE THERE HOUSES OR, SO IT'S A MIX OF THAT.
THE CITY HAS INVESTED CAPITAL
THERE IS INDUSTRIAL LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL USE OF THE AREA, UM, THAT, BUT THERE'S 190 ACRES THAT ARE OWNED BY THE PARK THAT TAKES UP ALL THE REST OF IT.
AND THERE'S CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S, UH, TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE THAT IS PUBLIC IN NATURE BECAUSE THAT'S THE, ALONG THE RO HILL CORRIDOR.
AND SO WITH THAT, THAT, THAT WALMART IS THERE, ALL OF THAT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST USED AREAS IN, IN TEXAS.
HIGHEST TURNING WALMART IS TEXAS.
SO YOU HAVE A MIX OF USES THROUGHOUT THAT AREA.
SO IT'S MORE 18 WHEELERS OR MORE CARS OR JUST, I, I, IT'S, IT'S A MIX OF BOTH.
THERE'S SOME 18 WHEELERS THAT GO OVER THERE.
AND WHAT IS IT CURRENTLY ZONED THAT IT IS PARKED? IT'S WHAT IS THE ZONING FOR THAT LAND? I DON'T RECALL THE TECHNICAL ZONING, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT'S COMMERCIAL OR, OR INDUSTRIAL, I BELIEVE IS THE CURRENT ZONING FOR THAT SPACE.
SO IT'S NOT PARKLAND? NO, IT'S, IT IS VERY MUCH PARKLAND.
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SO THEY ARE WORKING, UM, OUR PUBLIC, UH, OUR, UH, PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS REZONING THE AREA TO OUR PLAN.I THINK THAT WAS A STEP THAT WE NEEDED TO DO ONCE THEY NEEDED, THAT WAS USED FOR THE SITE.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT'S THE REQUEST OR REQUIREMENTS FROM THE NWBA AND AT W-B-N-A-W-W-D-A? YEAH, THAT ONE.
SO THE REQUIREMENTS ARE BASICALLY A PRACTICE FACILITY THAT OFFERS, UM, FOUR TO FIVE PORTS INTERIORLY, THAT THERE'S A CLEARANCE HEIGHT, UM, THAT ALLOWS FOR THEM TO DO SOME RIGGING, ET CETERA.
UM, THEY NEED LOCKER ROOMS. THEY NEED, UM, AN AREA WHERE PHYSICIANS CAN BE HOSTED IN A RECOVERY AREA.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE BASE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, MR. VERTA, YOU HAVE WALKED YOUR
MISS, MISS MANDALE, UH, THIS AREA WAS, UH, CONCRETE AND LEAD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
IF YOU'VE BEEN IN DALLAS FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF WEST DALLAS AND BEFORE THIS WHOLE DEVELOPMENT STARTED IN WHAT IT CROP HILL ON 30.
NOW THERE WAS NEVER A CROP HILL ROAD THAT WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND IT GOT BUILT AND, AND ALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENED THERE.
AND IT'S A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT IS MIXED USE RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL ZONING, JUST FOR THE RECORD.
UM, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, BUT WE'RE JOEY G'S WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING IS A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, SO THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO INTERRUPTION OF OUR COMMUNITY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT SITE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW ALL THE OTHER SITES WERE CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW, PARISH AND ALL THOSE PLACES ARE GREAT LOCATIONS TOO.
BUT THIS IS READY TO BE BUILT.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, MOVING FORWARD, IT'S THE THING THAT WE DO BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THE PLAN WAS TO HAVE SOCCER, BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE BASKETBALL AND SOCCER AND IT'S GONNA BE PREDOMINANTLY FEMALE SPORTS THERE, WHICH IS AWESOME WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR FEMALES.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, AS MS. PAUL ME TELL YOU THAT ALL FEMALE CEOS OF AMERICA PLAYED VARSITY SPORTS.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE THAT TREND TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE, BEING THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHOLEHEARTEDLY, YOU ARE 100% SUPPORTING AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL SUPPORT US TOO.
THIS IS SOMETHING GREAT FOR DALLAS.
ANY OTHER? I THINK THIS IS NOT WORKING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, MS. COMMENT, MR. SIR.
COUPLE QUESTIONS WAS, UM, AND I I, I DIDN'T HEAR THIS WITH MS. MONDELL.
WAS FAIR PARK CONSIDERED FOR THIS? SO WE DID, UM, LOOK AT THE COLISEUM.
THE COLOS IS NOT, UM, WOULD REQUIRE A LOT OF RENOVATION IN ORDER TO MEET THE WNBA STANDARDS IN TERMS OF SIZE, NUMBER OF COURTS, UM, ACCOMMODATION FOR, UM, FOR SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THEY NEED IN THEIR MEDICAL AREA, ET CETERA.
BUT WE DID, LOOK, WE DID HAVE THE WINGS AND SOME OF THEIR WNBA
THIS PROJECT IS 55 50 $7 MILLION.
UH, PART OF IT WAS THE HISTORIC FEATURE.
SOME OF IT WAS FOUND A LOT OF MOVEMENT THAT WE COULD DO IN THE COLOSSEUM.
SO WE DID DO A FIT TEST, NOT NECESSARILY ATTACHING DOLLARS TO IT, BUT A FIT TEST OF WHAT WE COULD DO WITHIN WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO IN THE BUILDING.
WAS THERE A EVER ANY INVESTIGATION ON ADDING ANOTHER, LIKE AN ADJACENT BUILDING TO THE COLISEUM? YES.
AND SO WE LOOKED AT WHAT THAT WOULD, NOT JUST THE COST, BUT HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT, UM, THE ACTUAL LAYOUT OF THE PARK.
THAT WASN'T, UM, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE AND COULD NOT BE DONE IN THE, DID YOU ALL EVER, DID Y'ALL LOOK AT ANY OF THE, UM, CLOSED DOWN YMCAS IN THE AREA OR OTHER THAT HAD ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE THERE? NONE OF THOSE, ALL OF THOSE ACQUIRED RETRO FIT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD'VE HAD TO PURCHASE PURCHASE THEM.
AND I THINK THERE'S THE WILLING COUNCIL THAT'S BEEN WELL OUT THERE IN THE MEDIA AND TALKED ABOUT IT, SAID THEY WOULD LIKE US TO USE THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY OWN RATHER THAN GO FORTH AND BUY NEW PROPERTY.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, IS THERE AN AGREEMENT ON HOW MUCH THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE LOCATION? YES, THERE IS.
SO WE'VE ADDED, THERE'S PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT.
SO PART OF THE, PART OF THE EARLY SCHEMATIC DESIGNS THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT, HAVE VIEWING AREAS FOR THE PUBLIC SO THAT PEOPLE CAN COME AND WATCH THEM PRACTICE THERE.
AREAS FOR CLINICS, THEY ARE GOING
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TO OFFER OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW KIDS AND TEENS, NOT JUST BASKETBALL PER SE AND HOW TO PLAY THE GAME, BUT WHAT'S INVOLVED IN ACTUAL SPORTS MANAGEMENT AND THE OTHER JOBS THAT ARE RELATED IN THE SPORTS FIELD SO THAT THEY CAN, AND ALL OF THAT'S INCLUDED AS PART OF THE BENEFIT OF WHAT THEY, THEY BRING TO THE COMMUNITY IS TEACHING WHAT KIND OF CAREERS YOU CAN HAVE IN THE SPORTS INDUSTRY OTHER THAN PLAYING ON COURT.IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE CON IN THAT THE CONTRACT? IS THAT GONNA BE THROUGH LA WILSON, THE FOUNDATION? IT'S GONNA BE PARTIALLY THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE WINGS FOUNDATION, BUT THEN THEY, ONCE WE AGREE TO ALL OF THIS, AND THEY'RE ALSO GONNA DO A CALL FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO LOOK AT OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE WITHIN DALLAS WHO CAN ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH THEM AND HAVE GREAT CONNECTIONS WITH EXISTING, UH, WITH KIDS AND COMMUNITIES.
AND SO THEY'LL BE A CALL PARTNER WITH THOSE.
THERE'S EXAMPLE JOHNSON HEADS, UH, HEADS UP FOUNDATION, I THINK IT IS.
AND THERE'S SEVERAL OTHERS THAT ARE OUT THERE, UH, WHO PROVIDE THEM AN INITIAL LIST, BUT OBVIOUSLY WILL BE ASKING
AND THEY SO ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO WELL-KNOWN, RESPECTED AND PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HELP THEM NOT JUST TEACH THESE KIDS, BUT NOT
UM, WALKING IN HERE, I WAS, I WAS PRETTY TORN ON THIS.
UM, THIS IS A BIG PIECE OF IT WITH COMMUNITY PIECE LAST TIME.
WHAT I HAD UNDERSTOOD, THIS HADN'T BEEN DEFINED YET.
UM, AND SO KNOWING THAT I KNOW LADONNA PERSONALLY, LIKE I SAID, LANA, HER FRIEND MM-HMM
UM, KNOWING THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LOT BETTER.
UM, AND, UM, I'LL STOP WITH A SECOND ROUND.
UM, I WANT THANK MS. MONDELL FOR HER QUESTIONS, UM, AROUND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE OF THIS, UM, TO TALK ABOUT LAND USE AND ZONING.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS MORE LAND USE THAN ZONING.
UM, WHAT WE LEARNED FROM BATCH PLANTS, IN PARTICULAR AT MONEYGRAM AS IT RELATES TO FORD, DALLAS, 2.0184 DALLAS 2.0 IS WITH US AND WE HAVE TO FOLLOW HIS GUIDANCE FROM MENUS.
I WANNA ADD SOME CLARITY TO, UM, MS. DEL'S QUESTION.
UH, SO FIRST OF ALL, THIS, THIS AREA, AS I LOOK AT IT FROM GOOGLE MAPS AND OVERLAY IT TO FOUR DALLAS 2.0, IT'S, IT'S FLEX COMMERCIAL AND THAT BORDERS COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL.
SO AS WE LOOK AT THAT AND HOW IT, HOW, HOW MONEYGRAM WAS IMPACTED ABOUT ITS LAND USE, MONEYGRAM IS INDUSTRIAL HUB, WHICH IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT LIKE THE DIRTY SCALE OF LAND USE, INDUSTRIAL HUB IS LIKE THE DIRTIEST, THEN IT'S INDUSTRIAL PARK AND THEN IT PROBABLY GOES INTO LIKE FLEX COMMERCIAL.
SO WHERE THIS AREA IS PROPOSED, I WANNA SAY THAT LIKE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY ANY RISK OF OF, OF BATCH PLANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT DOES BORDER COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL.
AND IF THERE'S ONE THING OUR CITY DOES REALLY WELL IS PROTECTING COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL AGAINST REALLY DIRTY USES LIKE BATCH PLANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I'M CONFIDENT AT LEAST IN THAT PIECE OF IT AS IT PERTAINS TO LAND USE IN FOR DALLAS 2.0.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IN CASE THAT, UH, HELPED WITH CLARIFYING LAND USE FOR THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION.
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEM AND JUST SAY LIKE, AS A LONGTIME DALLAS PRESIDENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THIS
SO JUST APPRECIATE THAT SOUTHERN DALLAS IS ON THE TABLE AND WE APPRECIATE THE, WE WE ARE CONSIDERING SOUTHERN DALLAS AND EVENING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BEHALF OF A SOUTHERN DALLAS, UH, PRESIDENT AS WELL AS PARK MR. SLU.
I'M NOT GONNA BE HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY IT TOO MUCH MORE LONGER.
I JUST WANNA THANK, UH, UH, UH, A CITY OF CITY, UH, DALLAS CONVENTION SERVICES AND MEANS, UH, I THINK WHAT WE NEED DO ON THIS BOARD IS NOT ONLY BE PRACTICALLY SENSIBLE AND IT'S REALLY UP TO US, THE COUNCIL TO MAKE THE DECISION, BUT WE SHOULD SUPPORT THIS NOT ONLY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, BUT I'M SICK AND TIRED OF TEAM SAYING THAT THEY'RE DALLAS TEAM, BUT THEY'RE IN FORT WORTH, UH, AND, AND IN
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AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE FIRST TEAM BECAUSE DALLAS WILLIAMS BE IN DALLAS.AND I TO THINK EACH YOU GOING, WE DON'T GIVE STAFF AND OUR PEOPLE ESPECIALLY, UH, DALLAS SPORTS, SHE, SHE'S DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB.
SHE STAYS IN THE BACKGROUND AND YOU KNOW, SHE'S SO HUMBLE.
AND I, I I, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I THINK THIS IS A NO BRAINER FOR US AS A
I KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF
THEY CAN DECIDE BASED ON CONVENTION CENTER MONEY AND THE PARK BOARD I THINK TO DO OUR JOB AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
AND THIS IS WITH THAT, I PUT IT ON A BOARD ALL FAVOR.
SO HOPEFULLY, AND CONGRATULATIONS AND HOPEFULLY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL FIND A WAY THAT WE ACTIVATE THIS PART GREAT FACILITY AND MS. PAUL ANOTHER VICTORY.
SO, AND AND ROBIN, WELCOME TO OUR MEETING WITH THAT WE NOW MOVE TO NUMBER 13, PAY TRACK
MR. SLAUGHTER HAS BEEN, UH, ANY DISCUSSION WE ARE ON PAY TRACK.
ANY DISCUSSIONS? I DON'T SEE ANYONE I DON'T MENTIONED YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK.
SO YEAH, GO AHEAD MR. THANK YOU SIR.
I HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.
CAN YOU GIVE A BACKGROUND ON THIS ITEM? YES.
UM, SO YES, WE DID SEND OUT AN ADDITIONAL EMAIL ON THE ITEM TO PROVIDE SOME UM, BACKGROUND.
BUT LET ME GO AHEAD AND CUT FURTHER TALK CAREFUL CLARIFY ON THAT ITEM BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT THIS ITEM HAS BEEN OUT FOR BID
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY BIDS AT THAT TIME, WHICH CLOSED DOWN IN 2 2 2.
SO AT THAT POINT WE WERE GIVEN UM, TWO CHOICES.
ONE OF THEM WAS TO DO AN EMERGENCY TYPE PROCUREMENT, WHICH BASICALLY THERE IS NO, WE JUST TYPE AND THEY KIND OF BE THEM OR WE COULD DO A SOLE SOURCE AT THIS POINT WE DID A SOLE SOURCE.
SOLE SOURCE REQUIRES ADDITIONAL, UM, PROCESSES, ADDITIONAL
SO WE WENT THROUGH, UM, THOSE HAVE ALL GONE THROUGH UM, OPS, WHICH INCLUDED GETTING VERIFICATION FROM ITSC, UM, ITS SERVICES.
AND ADDITIONALLY OUR BANKING, WHICH WOULD BE CCO WAS THE UM, KIND OF THE BACKGROUND ON THAT.
THIS IS WHERE WE ENDED UP WITH OUR SOLE SOURCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST DISCUSSING.
SO SOURCE IN ITSELF, IT'S KIND OF, THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE HISTORICALLY WE HAVE HAD A SYSTEM, UM, PREVIOUSLY CAR CONNECTED WITH BARBARA GATEWAY.
SO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS SOLE SOURCE PROCESS, WE FOUND OUT THAT THIS, THIS ACTUAL SYSTEM, UM, WHICH IS PAT TRACK, ACTUALLY CONNECTS TO OUR SYSTEM WITHOUT THE GATEWAY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS, SO MUCH SO ON SOME OF OUR CREDIT CARD PROCESSING.
SO IT'S KIND OF GIVEN US, YOU KNOW, WE COULD NOW ACCEPT ALL CREDIT CARDS.
IT'S NOT SPECIFIC CREDIT CARDS THAT, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY WORDS AS WHAT OUR GATEWAY WAS ABLE TO ACCEPT GOING THROUGH THE CITI BANK.
UM, WE'VE BEEN GIVEN ON THIS PARTICULAR WE, YOU KNOW, SOURCE, WE NOW HAVE EEX, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE BEFORE, WHICH WAS A PROBLEM FOR OUR ATHLETICS TEAMS, OUR LARGER ATHLETIC TEAMS. SO THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT IS EXPANDING KIND OF OUR SERVICE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, AND AT THIS POINT, WE NEVER TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT, BUT WE KNOW THAT FOR US AS A SIMPLIFIED RECONCILIATION WE CAN DO IT DAILY OR MONTHLY.
UM, WHICH FOR US HAS A LOT OF IMPACT WHEN WE'RE DOING UM, KIND OF DISPUTES ON CREDIT CARDS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE KIND OF HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE BANKING TO COME BACK AND TELL US WHERE THE DISPUTE IS.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET THE DISPUTE, ALMOST MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THAT BANKING SYSTEM HAS ALREADY ARCHIVED THE INFORMATION.
SO WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND MAKE A SPECIAL REQUEST.
UM, IT AFFECTS US AND I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE AN INCREASE IN OUR DISPUTE, YOU KNOW, SOLUTIONS MAYBE INCREASED UP TO 50% THERE, UM, BECAUSE WE
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HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE DISPUTES A LITTLE BIT BETTER THROUGH THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE USING.UM, SO, AND THEN OF COURSE WITH US NOT HAVING THE ADDITIONAL PROCUREMENT FOR THE GATEWAY MAKES IT THIS LITTLE BIT MORE EASIER FOR THE PCI COMPLIANCE.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF DISCUSSING A LITTLE BIT WITH WHERE WE ARE AND WHY WE DID THE SOLD SCORES ON THAT.
UM, THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THIS, WHICH IS THE PURCHASE OF THE ACTUAL DMB READERS, THE ACTUAL CREDIT CARD, UM, PROCESSING TO THAT.
SO YES, UM, WE WILL BE PURCHASING, THESE ARE CHEAPER THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST, WHICH IS ING UM, THE CURRENTLY, I THINK WHAT WE TOOK THIS ITEM TO ADMIN AND FINANCE BACK IN APRIL, WE DID HAVE LISTED WITH KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING.
WE HAVE SINCE HEARD FROM THAT
SO NOW THEY'RE UPGRADING US TO A DIFFERENT EMV LEADER, WHICH I THINK IS LIKE WHAT IT'S RIGHT HERE.
SO WE DO, WE WILL HAVE AN EEMV READER.
UM, WE'RE OH, I JUST WANNA INTERJECT BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE RACHEL'S GIVING A LOT OF INFORMATION AND BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I APPRECIATE THIS IS A VOTING ITEM.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SUM UP AND MAKE SURE WE KNOW THE INTENT OF THE ITEM, WHICH I THINK WAS MR. CONNER'S UH, INITIAL QUESTION, WHICH IS SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN PAYMENT, UH, PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD FOR OUR PAYMENT SYSTEM, WHICH IS RED TIRE.
SO THAT'S MORE OR LONG TERM KEEP HOPEFUL YOUR DECISIONS.
NO, I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS BUT YEAH, YEAH.
YOU BETTER EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT THE CREDIT THE CARD CONNECT NOT CONNECTING PROPERLY.
SO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CITY IS WE ARE TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM BANK OF AMERICA.
WHEN WE FIRST WENT THROUGH AND PURCHASED THE CARD, CONNECT THAT SYSTEM TO CONNECT TO REC TRACK, IT WORKED THROUGH THE BANK OF AMERICA.
SO WE LITERALLY HAD TO LEAVE THE CCO AND FIND A, A SERVICE THAT WOULD CONNECT OUR BANK WITH OUR RED TRACK SYSTEM.
THE CITY SINCE HAS TRANSITIONED AWAY OR IS TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM BANK OF AMERICA, WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS CHASE.
AND IN THAT PROCESS, UM, IT'S ONCE AGAIN DIFFICULT TO FIND THOSE GATEWAY READER, GATEWAY PEOPLE THAT WILL CONNECT US NOW WITH CHASE AND RED TRACK.
SO THIS SYSTEM IN ITSELF, WE DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A GATEWAY PROCESSOR AND CAR CONNECT.
FROM WHAT I KNOW CAR CONNECT CONNECTS TO JP MORGAN CHASE PAYMENT.
SO WHY WOULD WE MOVE AWAY FROM CAR CONNECT? WELL CURRENTLY THAT IS NOT A, I WOULDN'T SAY A FEASIBLE, I DON'T WANNA SAY FEASIBLE, BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE IS ACTUALLY PROVIDES MORE.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE IN THAT THAT WE CAN USE THAT WE CANNOT GET WITH POWER CONNECT SPECIFICALLY.
BE MORE LIKE THE CHECK THE ELECTRONIC CHECKS, THE INSTANT REPORTING, THE INSTALL SIGNING RULES AND THAT ABILITY TO KIND OF FIGHT UM, THOSE ITEMS THAT COME THROUGH THAT ARE REJECTED.
SO ON THE CARD CONNECT ITEM, I SAW IN YOUR MEMO THAT IT SAID THE CARD CONNECTS, UM, WANTED TO STOP DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WHO, WHO TOLD US THAT? SO ORIGINALLY WHEN WE PUT THIS OUT TO BID CARD CONNECT DID NOT BID, ACTUALLY RE DID NOT BID EITHER.
THERE WERE NO BIDS, WHICH IS WHY WE WENT TO THE SOLE SOURCE ITEM AT THAT POINT.
SO I DID NOT HAVE ANY BIDS FROM PARK CONNECT OFFICE.
BUT THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, CORRECT, UM, PARK CONNECT DECLINED TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL DIS SO THAT'S WHY WE REALLY LEFT WITH JUST ONE, UM, VENDOR PROVIDER ION AND THAT IS THE PAYCHECK WHICH WE, FOR THE BID DOESN'T THE FULL PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
UM, CLARK CONNECT OBVIOUSLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON THIS, BUT THEY DECLINED TO DO SO.
UM, HOW IS THE NEW SYSTEM GONNA HELP YOU WITH CHARGEBACK? OH WELL THE CHARGEBACK IS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT INFORMATION, IT'S PRETTY MUCH WE CAN RUN THAT REPORT THAT DAY OR WITHIN THAT WEEK AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY GO INTO THAT SYSTEM WITH THE BANK, LOOK AT THE CHARGE BACK, RECONCILE IT, AND THEN SEND IT BACK.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT INFORMATION TO COME INTO US.
UM, WHO WAS THE PARENT COMPANY OF PATRIARCH? IT IS VERMONT SYSTEMS. WHO IS THE PARENT COMPANY OF VERMONT SYSTEMS, VERMONT SYSTEMS CLUB ESSENTIALS.
CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT CLUB ESSENTIALS? I'M SORRY.
UM, CAN YOU DOING MORE ABOUT CLUBES
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ESSENTIALS, UM, ROLE ATSO WE DO NOT PROCURE THIS PROCUREMENT SERVICES PROCURE THIS.
SO ANY INFORMATION ON THE BACKGROUND OF ANY OF THOSE, UM, BUSINESSES OR WHAT THEY'RE OPERATING UNDER IT UNDER IS NOT ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD'VE, THAT WOULD'VE GONE THROUGH OUR ACCOUNT SYSTEM.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PAYMENT COMPANIES THAT YOU USE FOR TRACK LIKE CAR CONNECT, ANY OTHER PAYMENT COMPANIES THAT CAN BE CONNECTED TO CAR CONNECT OR PAYMENT TRACK? PAY TRACK? YEAH, SO THE TWO COMPANIES THAT WHERE CAR CONNECT AS AN OPTION AND THEN RENT TRACK.
SO WE'RE AWARE OF, DO YOU KNOW NOT THAT THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT CONNECT TO THE RED TRACK SYSTEM.
SO PATRA IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF HERON SYSTEMS? CORRECT.
SO BASICALLY DOUBLE DIPPING ON REVENUE AND LOCKING US IN FROM A REVENUE PERSPECTIVE IN DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
IS THERE ONLY MY CLUB ESSENTIALS YOU TECHNICALLY THAT.
DID A PAYMENT ATTORNEY LOOK AT THIS AGREEMENT? UH, ATTORNEY ACTUALLY THAT IT THROUGH I A REGULAR ATTORNEY IS DIFFERENT THAN A PAYMENT ATTORNEY.
JUST LOOK AT THIS, THIS, THIS TIME, THIS IS MY PROCUREMENT MANAGER SHOW THE OTHER BUDGET.
SO WHEN WE MAKE A SERVICE REQUEST, UH, WE PROVIDE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO THE PROCUREMENT AND IT GOES TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THEY THEN ASSIGN IT TO AN ATTORNEY THAT SPECIFICALLY, UH, SPECIALIZES IN THAT BILL.
BUT THAT'S HOW SUBMITTED IT'S HAS TO SAY SOMETHING.
UH, MR. CONNOR, THE, UH, SERVICE REQUEST WENT TO THE GOVERNMENT SERVICES SECTION.
SO NOT THE REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS WHAT CONNIE, MATT AND I.
SO, UM, THE ATTORNEY THAT ACTUALLY WROTE THAT AGREEMENT, UM, IS IN A DIFFERENT SECTION AND WE CAN REACH OUT FOR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE.
CAN ANY OF YOU GUYS DESCRIBE WHAT A, IN SECTION ONE OF THE CONTRACT THAT IT, UH, TALKS ABOUT H TRACK BEING A PAYMENT FACILITATOR, ANY OF YOU DESCRIBE WHAT A PAYMENT FACILITATOR IS, HOW TO CHECK MARGIN AND UM, DO WE KNOW WHO THE, UH, INCEPTION TWO OF THE PAYCHECK TERMS AND CONDITIONS IT, THIS SPECIFIES A SPECIFIC PROCESSOR, BUT DOES IT MENTION WHO THE PROCESSOR IS? WHO'S THE PROCESSOR BEHIND PAYCHECK? I
UM, THE BACKEND FOR PAT IS A SYSTEM CALLED WORLDPAY.
UH, THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY THE, THE BACKEND PROVIDER FOR
SO GONNA GO THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT PAYMENT FACILITATION BEING A PAYMENT FACILITATOR AND HOW THAT IMPACTS THIS DEPARTMENT.
I DO NOT HAVE THE DIRECT ANSWER FOR THAT.
THAT'S GONNA COME BACK IN A SECOND.
UM, WHAT'S THE UNDERWRITING CRITERIA THAT'S IN SECTION THREE THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERGO.
HAS THAT BEEN SPECIFIED BUT UNDERWRITING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
SO I DON'T HAVE THE TERMS OF THE, THE CONTRACT IN FRONT OF ME.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT THEY WERE ALL REVIEWED BY THE CITY'S ATTORNEY AND THEY'VE BEEN
SO SECTION FOUR OF THE PAT TRACK PAYMENT SERVICE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF POINTS OF PAYCHECK AS THE LIMITED PAYMENT AGENT FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING BOTH AND SETTLING PAYMENTS.
DOES PAYCHECK HAVE A MONEY TRANSMITTER LICENSE TO BE ABLE TO HOLD OUR SETTLEMENT? THEY'RE BASICALLY HOLDING OUR MONEY.
SO AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE DIRECT CONTRACT IN FRONT OF ME.
AND AGAIN, THAT WAS ALL VETTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
ALRIGHT, SO SECTION 10 OF THAT SAME AGREEMENT SAYS WE'RE NOT A BANK MONEY TRANSMITTER OR OTHER MONEY SERVICE BUSINESS.
SO I HAVE A BIG QUESTION ABOUT HOW THEY'RE HOLDING SETTLEMENT IF THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE A MONEY TRANSMITTER LICENSE IF THAT'S ACTUALLY AGAINST THE LAW.
UM, IS PATRA A, UH, REGISTERED PAYMENT FACILITATOR LISTED ON THE MASTERCARD PAYMENT FACILITATOR LIST? I'M NOT SURE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UM, HOW MUCH VOLUME I SAW ON THE END OF THIS.
THE END OF THE ITEM THAT IT'S $5.5 MILLION THAT'S GONNA BE RUNNING THROUGH THE SYSTEM? CORRECT.
YOU RUN APPROXIMATELY THAT MUCH PER YEAR AND THE, THE CONTRACT INCLUDES THE 5% INCREASE IN THE YEAR.
DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT IS VISA AND MASTERCARD PULL THE REPORT ITSELF TO GIVE YOU THOSE SPECIFIC NUMBERS? SO VISA'S THE MOST PREVALENT CARD ON THE MARKET.
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BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR SO LONG THAT IT'D PROBABLY BE ABOUT 50 TO 60% OF THE REVENUE THAT'D BE COMING THROUGH AS A PAYMENT FACILITATOR AND AS A SUB USER UNDER, UNDER A PAYMENT FACILITATOR OF VISA AND MASTERCARD HAVE SPECIFIC RULES ABOUT VOLUME REQUIREMENTS AND YOU CANNOT GO OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN VOLUME ANNUALLY ON ANY ONE OF THE GIVEN CARDS.SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE CONTRACT ONCE WE GO OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN EITHER ONE OF THOSE CARD RATES? SO THERE IS A SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT, OR IT IS NOT A SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT, BUT A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT THAT IS REFERENCED IN THE CONTRACT THAT WOULD GO INTO AFFECT ONE SUITE.
THAT OUTTA TIME, BUT I'M GONNA CHIME BACK IN A SECOND.
I GOT THAT SPRITE, BY THE WAY.
HEY, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION, MS. RACHEL, IF THIS DOESN'T PASS TODAY, IF WE DELAY THIS, HOW DOES THIS AFFECT OR GOING FORWARD, IS THIS A PERFECT DEAL? I THINK THAT LOOKING FOR A BETTER DEAL, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WAS ANYBODY THAT WAS TRYING TO BID ON THIS TO GIVE US A BETTER DEAL.
SO WE'RE SEEKING TO DO THE BEST DEAL THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO, IS WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING.
AND WHAT ARE THE IMPLE IMPLEMENT? IMP UH, I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD AT THE MOMENT, BUT THE, IF WE DON'T PASS THIS TODAY, WHAT IS IT GONNA COST US? IS IT GONNA COST US TIME? WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT IF WE DON'T PASS THIS TODAY, HOW WOULD THAT GO FORWARD? AND PART TWO IS, IS IT EXPANDABLE? IF WE EXPAND, UM, TO MORE, UH, STUFF, HOW IS THIS EXPANDABLE GOING FORWARD? IS IT EASILY DONE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY A SYSTEM WE USE, OR DO WE HAVE TO, UM, PAY MORE? AT THAT POINT, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, YOU'RE ASKING WHAT HAPPENS IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PASS THIS TODAY? YEAH.
SO TECHNICALLY WE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE A PROVIDER.
WE DO HAVE A, UM, A, A ON, NOT US, BUT WITHIN THE CITY, A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH LONGER WE CAN USE CAR CONNECT.
SO TECHNICALLY WE WOULD BE MOVING TO A CASH BASED SYSTEM WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM.
ON THE SECOND QUESTION, IF, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF WE EXPAND WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM, WILL THIS WORK? YES.
BUT ONLY IF WE USE THAT SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, REC TRACK, UM, WE CAN USE PAY TRACK.
WE HAVE OTHER SYSTEMS WITHIN THE PARK, YOU KNOW, WITHIN FOR GOLF, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WE DO NOT USE REC TRACK.
UM, BUT FOR THOSE SYSTEMS, AS LONG AS WE EXPAND THOSE ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS INTO REC TRACK, YES, THEN WE CAN EXPAND THIS SYSTEM.
I, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT, IT'S HONESTLY, WE REALLY MAY NOT BE GETTING A PERFECT OPTION, BUT IT'S A ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL OPTION, BUT IT ACTUALLY WORKS WITH THE SYSTEM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE THAT I THINK WE'VE ALREADY VOTED TO EXTEND THE REC TRACK, UM, SYSTEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
SO THIS IS A SISTER OR A APPROVED, UH, METHOD TO ADD ON TO THAT.
SO TO ME IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A, A GOOD OPTION AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THOSE WORK TOGETHER, NOT HAVING THE GATEWAY, UM, AND HOPEFULLY THE EQUIPMENT WILL IZE OVER THE SEVERAL YEARS AND NOT HAVE TO BE UPGRADED EVERY YEAR.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY, UM, IT'LL BE A ONE-TIME PURCHASE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO AND IT'LL PAY FOR ITSELF OVER, UM, THE SEVERAL YEARS OF SERVICE WITH US.
SO I, I, I APPRECIATE THE CALL THAT YOU CALLED TO EXPLAIN A LOT OF THE, AND ANSWER A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME.
SO I, TO ME, I'M SUPPORTING IT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN THERE AND YOU'VE DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE IN TRYING TO FIND, UH, THE BEST OPTIONS FOR US.
MR. WOOD, DID YOU GET YOUR STRIDE? NO, I DID.
SO, UM, SO, SO I'M GONNA BE THE NICE ONE.
BUT, BUT TO BE FAIR, MR. CONNOR HAS SOME VALID POINTS.
UH, AND, AND IT'S AN AREA THAT IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY CLEAR TO EVERYONE
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WATCHING THAT HE'S, HE'S A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.UH, BUT FOR THOSE OF US NOT AS WELL VERSED, I JUST GOT A SIMPLE QUESTION.
HAVE WE EVER HAD A BRIEFING ON THIS? LIKE, LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING LIKE WHERE WE COULD SAY LIKE, LOOK, YEAH, WE HAD THIS BRIEFING, OR MAYBE WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS BRIEFING, AND IF WE DO, WE COULD ALL BENEFIT FROM IT AS A BODY.
UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NEXT.
GO TO MR. SLAUGHTER RESPONDER.
I'LL COME BACK TO YOU FOR A SECOND.
VICKY, YOU WANT TO GO WITH DICK OR YOU WANT GO? NO, I WANT TO GO WITH YOU, MR. YOU WANNA I LIKE IT.
UH, I'M, MR. NER SAID IS, IS I IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
YOU, WE NEED TO I'S AND CROSS OUR T'S, BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ALSO, AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M ABOUT FAIR B, WHEN YOU PUT A BID OUT AND EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, AND THIS IS WHAT WE GOT, AND THIS IS GOING TO BENEFIT US, AND WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE SO DETRIMENTAL TO OUR, OUR CITIZENS BECAUSE NOBODY USES CASH NOW.
AND YOU IMAGINE WALKING UP THE GOLF COURSE OR NOT, WE'RE NOT IN THAT SYSTEM, BUT YOU, OUR RECREATION CENTERS AND MOTHERS AND DON'T CARRY CASH ON IT.
AND WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STREAMLINING AND, AND, AND GOING TO THE FUTURE.
UH, HOW ARE WE GONNA LOOK LIKE WE SOME BACKWOOD CITY, YOU GO TO ONE OF OUR FACILITIES AND YOU CAN'T USE THE CREDIT CARD, YOU KNOW? SO I, I, I THINK, UH, UH, I, I SUPPORT THIS, BUT I ALSO SUPPORT WHAT MR. NER SAID BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T READ THE, THE FINE PRINT READ, YOU KNOW, HAVE A QUESTION MARK ON YOUR CREDIT LETTER.
SO I, I'M, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE NEED TO DO.
'CAUSE IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES? THANK YOU, SIR.
I THINK THAT MR. CONNOR, YOU RAISED SOME VERY VALID QUESTIONS, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU GOT ALL THE ANSWERS THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AS I WAS LISTENING, JUST LIKE YOU WERE.
HOWEVER, I ALSO, UH, FOR WHAT MR. SLAUGHTER JUST SAID, AND I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH HIM AS WELL.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, CASH IS NOT KING.
I THINK THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS, FOR TO BE COMPETITIVE, WE NEED TO HAVE A TYPE OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEM.
I THINK THAT, UM, THE BIDS THAT CAME IN LOOKED AT THOROUGHLY, AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE ARE.
I WANT TO STAY THERE FOR THE RECORDS.
UM, BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN EXACTLY EVERY ANSWER THAT YOU, UH, AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION YOU'VE RAISED.
BUT AGAIN, UH, WE CAN'T BE IN THE DARK ON THIS PARTICULAR MEASURE.
UM, I HAVE A PROCESS QUESTION.
UM, THIS, THIS CAME THROUGH THE ADMIN AND FINANCE COMMITTEE THAT I SAT ON AND WE HAD A GOOD BRIEFING ON IT AND, UH, WE PASSED IT OUT.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HEARD MR. CONNOR'S POINTS.
HE IS AN EXPERT IN THE INDUSTRY AND HIS QUESTIONS AT THE TIME, OF COURSE, HE WAS CHAIRING THE PLANNING AND DESIGN COMMITTEE AT THE DAY, ON THE DAY THAT WE HAD THE ADMIN AND FINANCE COMMITTEE HEARING.
SO MY QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCESS IS, GIVEN THAT MR. CONNOR HAS THIS VAST AREA, THIS EXPERTISE, AND HAS RAISED THESE QUESTIONS, HAVING TO HEAR THOSE THE LAST MINUTE, AND WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'LL PASS THIS TODAY, OR WE'RE GONNA SHOOT THIS DOG, OR THE DOG'S GONNA DIE KIND OF SITUATION THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN WAY TOO OFTEN.
UM, WHAT, WAS THERE A REASON WHY YOU WOULD NOT, STAFF WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, HEAR THIS FROM MR. CONNOR AS THIS ALL WAS BEING PUT TOGETHER? BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL THE POINTS HE MADE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE KNOWN THAT HE AND STAFF OR THAT HE WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO STAFF THAT LIKE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THINGS YOU SHOULD BE ASKING THIS VENDOR.
WHAT WAS THERE A REASON THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN? SO I'LL RESPOND TO THAT.
UM, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT, I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR.
I'LL SAY THAT MR. CONNOR MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE TO ME.
I REACHED OUT TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS HIS EXPERT.
AND BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE HIM, ALONG
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WITH LIZ AND HIMSELF, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO ASK THE VENDOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.WE WERE ABLE TO ASK THE VENDOR ABOUT THE END OF LIFE.
WE WERE ABLE TO ASK ABOUT ARE WE GETTING THE BEST DEAL? CAN WE SEE THE, UM, COMPARABLE RATES THAT COULD TARGETING OTHER CITIES? SO FROM THAT CONVERSATION, WE WERE ABLE TO BET AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE GETTING A GOOD DEAL.
THE LEGALITIES BEHIND IT, THAT'S NOT OUR EXPERTISE.
AND THAT WAS WHAT NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES, ALONG WITH THEIR, UM, ASSIGNED ATTORNEYS.
IN OUR CONVERSATION, MR. CONNOR DID ADDRESS THE SPECIALIZED ATTORNEY.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S ALL IN THE CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE, UM, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
BUT BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION, I'D HAVE TO ASSUME THERE'S NOT SOMEONE WHO SPECIALIZED IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA AS HE IS.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD.
THE LATTER PART, NO, LATTER PART OF APRIL, SORRY, LATTER PART OR APRIL THE FIRST WEEK THAT MAY PRIOR TO THE SOLICITATION PROCESS.
I DON'T KNOW, UM, ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A WELL VERSED IN WHAT MR. CONNOR'S.
UM, I WANNA SAY I WANT TO THANK MR. CONNOR FOR HIS WILLINGNESS, BECAUSE WE SAW THIS, AT LEAST I DID.
AND CRYSTAL, WE SAW THIS IS FREE ADVICE FROM SOME, SOMEONE FROM A EXPERT.
WE KNEW HE COULDN'T BE PART OF NEGOTIATING, BUT HE SURE COULD ADVISE US ON HOW TO BEST STRUCTURE THIS, GO BACK AND ASK QUESTIONS BACK TO THE CONTRACTOR.
AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE POINT IT GOT DROPPED.
WE TRIED TO, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT MAY HAVE CHANGED THIS OUTCOME BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURES THAT WE GO THROUGH.
PROCUREMENT AND THEIR LAWYERS HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE FOUND A SAFE, BUT I AM DISAPPOINTED WE DID NOT UTILIZE HIS FREE ADVICE TO THE FULL OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND I DID HAVE ONE MORE CLARIFICATION QUESTION.
UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION OF THE, ON THE, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PURCHASING, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS SORT OF END OF SERVICE LIFE WHERE THERE WAS AN OPTION TO GET ONE THAT WAS HAD GREATER.
DID WE RESOLVE THAT AND WE'RE NOT GETTING SOME EQUIPMENT THAT'S ABOUT TO BE, UH, NOT WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IS BEING AT END OF SERVICE LIFE, WE'RE GETTING THE, THE NEWEST, BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE PER PURCHASING IN TERMS OF EQUIPMENT, CORRECT.
MR. VICKIE? WE DID, UH, THINK OUR BOARD MEMBER COMMERCE ADVISED I DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE VENDOR THAT WE ARE RECEIVING, UH, A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT IT IS NOT ON THAT
THE SPECIFIC PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS MOBILE CREDIT CARD TERMINAL.
UM, AND GENCO, WHO MAKES THEM THE MOUSE THAT IT'S END OF LIFE'S THE SHEER IN SERVICE TEAM, WHICH IS WITHIN THE CONTRACT PHASE.
SO WE DID GO BACK TO THE VENDOR AND VERIFY THAT WE WILL RECEIVE NOT THE ENGINE OR NOT THE LINK, 2,500, BUT THE ENGINE, THE LINK 2,500 L WHICH IS NOT THE SAME UNIT, IT'S NOT THE SAME PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
UM, DIFFERENT MODEL, UH, AND GET THE KNOW WOULD LIKE FOR, IT'S A BRAND NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
AND BY THE TIME WE'RE ABLE TO PLACE THE ORDERS FOR OUR EQUIPMENT, THAT WOULD BE THE
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. CONNOR FOR GOING THE EXTRA MILE ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST DEAL AND THE BEST EQUIPMENT WE CAN GET AND THE STAFF IS DOING WHAT YOU COULD.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MR. CONNOR FOR THE QUESTIONS.
I THINK THESE ARE VALID ISSUES.
I THINK THERE'S A TOO MUCH OF A PATTERN OF, UM, BOT COMMUNICATIONS THAT CAUSE THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS. AND I DON'T LOVE WHEN WE GET A VOTING ITEM, BUT WE GET A MEMO THEN LESS THAN 24 HOURS BEFORE THAT BASICALLY SAYS WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO APPROVE IT.
SO WHILE I DO DO APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION, AS MUCH AS WE CAN TRY TO AVOID PUTTING THE BOARD IN THAT POSITION WITH SOMETHING THAT HAS PLAYED OUT OVER A PRETTY LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THAT WE ARE BASICALLY BEING TOLD IF WE DON'T APPROVE THE ITEM, YOU KNOW, IN LESS THAN 24 HOUR AHEAD OF TIME, UM, IT'LL CAUSE MASSIVE CHALLENGES FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THAT'S NOT A POSITION PUT US TO.
UM, SO AS MUCH AS WE CAN IMPROVE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPARENCY GOING FORWARD AND OUR PLANNING, UH, I THINK IT IS A, IT'S A WAY TO THANK YOU,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO THANK MR. CONNOR.
UM, I MEAN, WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS HERE.
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SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO EXTEND THEIR EXPERTISE, UM, JUST AS A VOLUNTEER AND HELPFUL, IT'S, IT'S, IT SAYS, THERE'S A SAYING THAT THE GIANTS ARE NOT, GIANTS ARE NOT HERE TO DEFEAT YOU.UM, AND THAT'S SAYING BACK THREE OVER 3000 YEARS AGO.
SO, UM, ANYWAYS, I, I DO WANNA, UM, SAY IT'S REALLY IS TO STARTING WHEN IT'S A KIND OF LIKE THIS, WE MUST DO THIS NOW.
IF NOT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE THINK GONNA FAIL.
UM, AND I ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S WRONG WITH CASH.
I LIVE IN A CASH, IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER THING TOO.
UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO NOT HAVE CREDIT CARDS.
SO, UM, THAT COULD HAVE, UH, PUTTING THAT OUT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT LIKE, WAIT, WHAT, WHAT'S WRONG WITH CASH? SO, UM, I, I DO THINK IT'S, IT'S STARTING TO, UH, CONSTANTLY FEEL THAT WE'RE IN THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GIVING OUR TIME, UM, AND OUR TIME IS VALUABLE AND, UM, AND THAT WE'RE NOT, FOR THAT NOT TO GO RECOGNIZED, UM, IS IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE, IS DISAPPOINTING.
UM, SO, BUT, AND ALSO TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME COMMUNICATION THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE COHESIVE COMMUNICATION AND WE DON'T HAVE TO, LIKE MR. DICKEY'S ALWAYS SAYING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE COMMITTEE ITEM AND THEN THE, THE SAME DAY VOTE.
IT'S LIKE, THERE ARE TIMES WE ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALWAYS RUSHED TO DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? UM, IT'S LIKE THE, THE SECURITY LIGHTS AT MOSS FIELD A LONG TIME AGO.
LIKE, THERE'S THINGS THAT IF I LOOK AT THE, THE, THE, THE YEARS THAT I'VE SPENT ON THIS BOARD, I, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE UNDERLYING THEME.
AND, AND LET'S KINDA STEP BACK A LITTLE BIT AND, UM, AND REALLY TRY TO BUILD A BETTER COHESIVE.
UM, WELL, JUST TO CLARIFY THIS, THIS WAS REVIEWED AT ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE BACK APRIL.
SO IT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT EXPEDITED ADMIN AND FINANCE AND THEN VOTE ON IT SAME DAY.
SO THIS WAS ALREADY VETTED AND WENT THROUGH ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE A FEW MONTHS AGO.
IT BE, REMEMBER IT CAME AND WE, SO, YOUR HONOR, HONOR, OKAY.
SO IT, IT'S, THIS IS NOT SO, AND SOMETIMES WE DO GET THAT KIND OF RUSH THROUGH BECAUSE THERE A TIMELINE, BUT IT'S BEEN ONGOING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE HAD THE DREAM TEAM IN MY ESTIMATION HAS BEEN, WE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
I MEAN, LANE IS TALKING IN A LANGUAGE THAT'S SO I THINK MOST BEST ARE NOT REALLY THAT FAMILIAR WITH, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ASKING VERY CRITICAL BURDEN QUESTIONS.
AND THOSE ARE THINGS I'M HOPING THAT IF WE HAVEN'T ASKED THEM THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CLARIFY THOSE THINGS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THEIR PROCUREMENT PROCESS, DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT BID ON IT AND WE'RE KIND OF BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
WE VET THE PERSON THAT HAS A SOLUTION THAT WILL WORK.
UM, IT'S GONE THROUGH OUR ATTORNEYS MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF IT.
YOU CALL 'EM A PAYMENT ATTORNEY.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK WITHIN OUR, WITHIN IN OUR ABILITIES AND OUR, AND OUR STAFF AND OUR RESOURCES, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR ABILITIES AND OUR STAFF AND OUR RESOURCES.
OTHER THAN HAVING, YOU KNOW, MR. CONNOR BEING PART OF THAT PROCESS EARLIER ON, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE, FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE VETTED THIS AS WELL AS WE CAN, CONSIDERING THAT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE OTHER CHOICES UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING.
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE OTHER CHOICES.
SO IF WE DEFER OR DENY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, WHAT THE PLAN B IS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
LIKE IF WE SAY, OKAY, WE'RE, WE DON'T WANNA DO, WE DON'T WANNA DO IT, OR WE WANNA DEFER IT AND WE GO TO A CASH BASIS, IS THAT WE GO TO A CASH BASIS BASIS UNTIL A COMPANY ARRIVES THAT WANTS, DOES IT GO BACK TO PROCUREMENT AND THEN WE HOPE THAT SOMEBODY BIDS ON IT AGAIN AND THAT NOBODY BIDS ON IT AGAIN.
ARE WE JUST IN A, A CYCLE OF CASH BASIS ONLY UNTIL SOMEBODY ARRIVES ON THE SCENE, WANTS TO BID ON IT? OR IS THIS A TYPE OF SITUATION WHERE WE CAN MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS VENDOR AND THEN GET THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED CONCRETE BEFORE WE SIGN ON DO LINE? CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT OUR CHOICES ARE? SO STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY
AND IF NOT, HOW LONG ARE WE STUCK IN THIS QUAGMIRE OF NO VENDOR? OKAY, SO WE STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, OFFER CORRECT, WITH THE VENDOR GET CLARIFICATION.
UH, WE'RE STILL ESSENTIALLY
IN TERMS OF IF IT'S NOT, UM, APPROVED, THEN WE DON'T HAVE THE TO GO OUT, WE HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH RED TRACK FOR OUR UNTIL 2028.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE SAME SITUATION THAT CONTRACT EXPIRES.
SO NEED SOMETHING THAT YOU CURRENTLY WORK THE TRACK, UH, REGULATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ESSENTIALLY
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THE, THE ONE THAT CHRONIC.SO GIVEN THAT WE'RE IN THAT POSITION, IS THERE A WAY, IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS SOME KIND OF PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS THAT, THAT MR. CONNOR WAS ASKING AND IT, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WERE SOME SORT OF LIKE, LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT HE WAS ASKING.
AND TO ME, PROCEDURAL, OKAY, WE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE, BUT THE LEGAL, LIKE IS THIS LEGAL OR IS THIS NOT LEGAL? YOU KNOW, CAN YOU SPEND ONLY A MILLION DOLLARS AND THEN YOU HAVE TO STOP THE PRESSES.
LIKE THOSE ARE CRITICAL PIECES THAT I, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE ANSWERS ON BEFORE WE SAID YES, BUT SOME OF THE PROCEDURAL ONES, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT TO ME.
SO I GUESS HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD NEED TO DO THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO NOT BE IN A ON CASH
SO IT NEEDS THAT THIS APPROVED POSITION.
IT WAS TWO WEEKS ENOUGH TIME TO BRING IT BACK.
COULD WE HAVE IT BACK? DID GET ANSWERED? YES.
HE SAID THAT HE, THAT TWO WEEKS WOULD BE ENOUGH TIME TO BRING IT TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
WHAT? ACTUALLY IT'S, IT'S ON THE, UH, CALLS OF AGENDA NEXT THURSDAY.
MY, MY CONCERN IS NOT WITH THE COMPETITOR.
IT IS LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE, WE, THERE'S NO OTHER CHOICE TO APPEAR.
AND SO FOR INSTANCE, THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE WITH A PAYMENT FACILITATOR AND BEING A SUB MERCHANT AND HAVING RULES, VISA AND MASTERCARD HAVE VERY SPECIFIC RULES AROUND VOLUME THAT THEY HAVE TO RUN A PAYMENT FACILITATOR.
I STILL HAVEN'T HAD AN ANSWER TO THAT.
LIKE, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GO OVER A MILLION DOLLARS? WHAT IS THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE RATES AND THE FEES? 'CAUSE TYPICALLY THAT'S DONE AS A GOTCHA.
SO THAT YOU CAN THEN INCREASE THE RATES SIGNIFICANTLY TO GO TO A, A FULL, TO GET OUTTA THE PAYMENT, FACILITATED CONTRACT TO GO TO A FULL CONTRACT AS A, AS A MERCHANT WITH A, WITH A PROCESSOR DIRECTLY.
AND YOU PROBABLY THAT
I WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, WE'VE HAD A HEALTHY CONVERSATION BETWEEN US TALKING ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CONTRACT.
HOW AND WHERE IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN ENGAGE HIM IN HIS LACK NEGOTIATION, WHETHER IT'S STAFF, ADVISING STAFF ON WHAT TO ASK, BUT WHAT'S THE PROCEEDING? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T HELP TO ASK QUESTIONS OF FOLKS WHO AREN'T GOOD TO ANSWER.
SO HOW CAN WE GET THE QUESTIONS TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE? WHAT'S THE, I I'M NOT, I DON'T WANNA NEGOTIATE.
I HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT NO, YEAH, BUT I'M SAYING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, HOW DOES THAT WORK? CAN MR. CONNOR JUST PROVIDE THOSE QUESTIONS TO US AND THEN WE IN TURN.
SO, SO MR. CONNOR IS MORE THAN WELCOME TO SHARE GUIDANCE.
MR. CONNOR IS, IS WELCOME TO SHARE HIS
UP IN THE BEGINNING, WE HAD, WE HAD, UH, PLEASE DON'T START MY TIME ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT THIS.
WE, WE HAD A CLEAR DIRECTION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT I COULD SPEAK TO THE VENDOR AND THEN THAT GOT DROPPED AND THEN IN THE 25TH HOUR, AND IT WASN'T ABOUT ME NEGOTIATING, IT WAS ABOUT ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.
'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A GAME OF TELEPHONE.
LIKE I'M GONNA ASK THEM, THEY'RE GONNA ASK THE VENDOR, THE VENDOR'S GONNA ASK TO RESPOND, THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK TO ME.
I'M GONNA ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.
AND IT'S, IT'D BE EASIER TO JUST HAVE A 10 MINUTE CONVERSATION ON THE PHONE WITH THE VENDOR AND NOT TO NEGOTIATE LITERALLY TO ASK POINT.
IT'S LIKE, I'M NOT GONNA NEGOTIATE RATES AND FEES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
IT'S LEGAL QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GO OVER THIS THRESHOLD THAT IS PUBLISHED ON ME'S WEBSITE.
BECAUSE WHOEVER YOU TOLD ME TO TALK TO IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I HAVE AN OPINION IN MY EMAIL.
IT SAYS, YES, YOU ARE OKAY TO TALK TO THAT VENDOR, RIGHT IN THE CODE OF ETHICS, YOUR FREE ADVICE, UM, AND RETROSPECT MAYBE HAVING
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CON AND THE VENDOR, THAT WAY STAFF IS ALSO INVOLVED.BUT WE DO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT
BUT IN THIS CASE, YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH STAFF IN CONJUNCTION AND TALKING WITH THE VENDOR.
I THINK
WE DIDN'T LOOK AT THE SPECIFICATIONS.
IT WAS SOLE SOURCE, WHICH IS PRINCIPAL UNDER
AND I THINK IN THIS CASE, THAT ALL HAPPENED PRETTY EARLY ON.
I I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH US HAVING A SOLE SOURCE.
IT'S TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, SECTION SIX OF THE CONTRACT STATES THAT THE CITY WON'T SURCHARGE OR, OR CHARGE CONVENIENCE FEES.
WE CHARGE CONVENIENCE FEES OR SURCHARGE.
LIKE IF SOMEBODY PAYS $10 CAN BE CHARGED LIKE A $3 OR 3% CONVENIENCE FEE AT ALL.
THE CITY DOES THAT IN OTHER PLACES.
OKAY? THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT BECAUSE THAT, THAT IS ACTUALLY ALLOWABLE BY LAW FOR THE, FOR CITIES TO DO THAT.
CONVENIENCE FEES WERE PUT IN PLACE FOR CITIES TO CHARGE THAT.
AND WE CAN DO THAT AND RECOUP CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO, AGAIN, THERE'S THINGS ABOUT THIS CONTRACT THAT I HAVE VERY BIG MISGIVINGS ABOUT, WHICH IS WHY I, I BROUGHT THIS ALL UP.
AND THEN THE, THE, THE, THE DEVICES THAT WERE LIFE THAT GOES BACK TO THIS CON THE, THE CONTRACTS TOLD, WE WENT THROUGH MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND THEY KNOW THEY WERE GIVING US THESE, THESE, UH, LINK 2,500 COMPANION PIECES THAT WERE END OF LIFE.
AND THEN WE BRING IT UP TO THEM AND SAY, OH YEAH, NOW WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU DEVICES THAT ACTUALLY ARE GONNA BE THE REAL DEVICE WE SHOULD HAVE GAVE YOU.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A SIGN OF GOOD FAITH AS A PARTNER TO DO THAT.
SO WE HAD TO GO TO THEM TO ASK THEM TO GIVE US DEVICES TO WARRANT END OF LIFE.
AND BY THE WAY, THE DATES ON THOSE THAT WENT END OF LIFE IN 2024, DECEMBER 31ST FROM 24 IS WHEN INGENIKA WENT LAST TIME TO BUY.
SO THEY HAVE A SURPLUS OF DEVICES IN THEIR OFFICE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SELL TO US IS MY MY OPINION BECAUSE THEY HAVE INVENTORY SITTING ON THE SHELVES BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BUY THOSE DEVICES RIGHT NOW FROM INGENIKA.
I WANTED TO THAT WE'RE JUST AT, UM,
YOU SCAN SOURCE, ALL OF THE WILL BE PURCHASING WILL BE DONE THROUGH
UH, WHO'S THE PARENT COMPANY? US PORTAL.
UM, WHAT I WILL SAY THOUGH IS THAT OUR TERMS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SYSTEM, VERY CLEARED.
WE WILL RECEIVE THE HARDWARE, IT IS AVAILABLE PURCHASE IN THE PORTAL WHENEVER WE PLACE WHATEVER HARDWARE THAT IS, THAT IS THE CURRENT HARDWARE THAT THEY HAVE ON, ON OFFER BASED OFF OF THE TIMELINES BECAUSE THAT THOSE DEVICES ARE STILL WITHIN SERVICE FOR 2018.
WE WENT BACK TO THEM UNDER MR. OR MR. CONNOR'S GUIDANCE AND ASKED WHEN IS THE NEW DEVICE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE PORTAL RESPONSE THAT WE RECEIVED WAS THAT THAT DEVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE STARTING IN AUGUST.
SO WHEN WE PLACE OUR ORDER FOR OUR HARDWARE, WE CAN CHOOSE BY BUY THE OLD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT POSTED INTO SERVICE STATE IN 2018, OR I'M SORRY, 2028, UH, OR THE NEW UNIT.
AND THE PRICES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR FAULT ARE THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SET A LINE ITEM COST, UH, AND IT NEEDS TO BE HIGH ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY INCREASES IN PRICES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
OUR FIRST INITIAL PERSON PURCHASE OF HARDWARE WILL BE AROUND 140 UNITS.
UH, THE OTHER 30 THAT ARE WRITTEN INTO THE QUOTE ARE FOUR LOST STOLEN REPLACEMENTS OVER THAT THREE YEAR TERM.
SO WE'LL PLACE OUR FIRST ORDER FOR THE NEEDS THAT WE NEED TO MOVE THIS
MR. WOOD, NOW YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR, THANK YOU.
THE PLEATHER OF INFORMATION THAT WAYNE HAS ABOUT THIS IS GOLDEN TO THE OVERALL CONVERSATION.
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THINK THAT I, I HATE THAT THIS DOESN'T COME TO BOTH COMMITTEES BECAUSE I KNOW MARIA'S GONNA CHAIR THE, UH, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE, LANE CHAIRS, THE, THE PLANNING COMMITTEE.AND IN MY OPINION, THIS FALLS UNDER BOTH OF THOSE.
I HATE THAT SOME THINGS ARE JUST SEGMENTED INTO ONE OR THE OTHER.
BUT LYNN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING A LOT, SO MANY VALID POINTS BECAUSE THIS IS SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT YOU KNOW, ME AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND RUN THROUGH STRIPE AND PAYPAL.
UM, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL GAME.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THAT, LIKE OUR BUSINESSES PARK AND RECS, IT'S NOT COLLECTING PAYMENTS.
SO THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IS INVALUABLE AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO USE THAT.
I HATE THAT WE'RE OVER A BARREL, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS.
I THINK THAT GET THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED SO THAT WE'RE NOT, ONCE WE CLOSE THE THRESHOLD THAT WE DON'T GET, YOU KNOW, CAN INCLUDE UM, EVEN FARTHER.
UM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'LL SUPPORT GOING FORWARD.
BUT I THINK THAT, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY, UM, INVALUABLE INFORMATION LOOKING OUT FOR US.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT THE EQUIPMENT, I THINK THE CITY GETS MESSED UP ON THAT EVERY TIME WE DO A DEAL BECAUSE WE MIGHT SOLE SOURCE OR WE MIGHT GET A A, A FIRE SYSTEM IN A, IN A BUILDING.
IT, IT, THE CONTRACT IS THE YEAR.
I KNOW, BUT YOU STARTED ME FIVE SECONDS FOR, UH, YOU GOT SIX SECONDS NOW I GET NINE.
BUT THE, THE, THE, WE MIGHT PUT A FIRE SYSTEM IN THAT'S FOR A CERTAIN VENDOR AND THEN THAT RUNS OUT AND THEN THEY GOTTA REPLACE A $200,000 FIRE SYSTEM.
SO THE MONEY THAT WE SAVE HAS TO BE REPET ON NEW EQUIP EQUIP EVERY TIME.
SO WE, WE, THERE'S BETTER OPTIONS, BUT I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND I THINK WE HAVE TO PLAN GOING FORWARD, UM, TO DO IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER STILL.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK LAST QUESTIONS AND I HAVE A PROPOSAL.
UM, SECTION 17 OF THE AGREEMENT STATES THAT, UH, THEY'RE GONNA PULL THE RATES AND FEES OUT OF OUR BANK ACCOUNT.
DOES THE CITY OF DALLAS ALLOW ACHS DIRECTED FROM THE BANK ACCOUNT? MOST OF THESE DO NOT.
AGAIN, THAT'S A, A QUESTION THAT IS NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW.
UM, THERE'S TWO SERVICE MODELS THAT ARE ON THE AGREEMENT.
ONE THAT HAS A FLAT RATE OF 1.85%
AND HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH ONE WE'RE GONNA GET? 1.85 OR 3%.
SO OUR RATE IS A FLAT RATE AND IT IS INCLUSIVE OF INTERCHANGE.
SO WE ARE NOT PAYING ANYTHING ON TOP OF THAT 1.85%.
SO ON SECTION 17 IT SPELLS OUT THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SERVICE FEE MODELS, A FLAT RATE MODEL AND A SERVICE FEE MODEL.
WHICH ONE ARE WE GETTING? WE'RE USING THE FLAT RATE MODEL.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY THE SERVICE FEE MODEL IS IN IN THE CONTRACT.
UM, UM, I, UH, YEAH, I I I THINK THAT AT 3M TO MEMO GOING OFF THE DAY BEFORE THIS ITEM WAS SENT OUT, UM, IS NOT STANDARD SOP FOR US.
I THINK THIS IS NOT THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, THIS WAS DELAYED TO THIS POINT.
I THINK THIS IS STAFF AND WE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
UM, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO DELAY THIS ITEM UNTIL SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR 15 PLUS YEARS AND I HAVE, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CONTRACT, THIS AND JUST A NORMAL PERSON THAT I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS ITEM.
SO I'M EITHER GONNA VOTE NO OR I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO DELAY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
MR.
I I'M NOT, I DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA NEGOTIATE RATES AND FEES AND TERMS THAT'S ON PROCUREMENT.
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WITH VISA ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS DURING THIS CONTRACT.BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAFF GUIDANCE.
YOU CAN, YEAH, THAT'S NOT OFTEN WE HAVE AN ARGUMENT AND CERTAIN AREAS.
IS THIS MARY? SO I, I'M, I'M OPEN TO IT.
ANY DISCUSSION ON DEMENT
IF WE WERE TO APPROVE IT TO GO TO COUNCIL, COULD THOSE LIST OF QUESTIONS BE SUBMITTED TO STAFF AND HAVE DEFINITIVE ANSWERS TO THEM READY TO GO TO COUNCIL SO THAT IF THEY'RE NOT ANSWERED OR THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY'RE ANSWERED IN A WAY THAT WE'RE LIKE, OH, THIS IS A THUMBS DOWN, THEN COUNCIL CAN VOTE IT DOWN SO THAT THEN WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION OF BEING IN A CASH ONLY SITUATION.
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? IN OTHER WORDS, LIKE WE SAY, OKAY, BUT YOU CLARIFY THAT CASH ONLY SITUATION AS WELL.
YEAH, I MEAN LIKE, IS THIS GONNA TURN OFF MONDAY SO THAT, I THINK THIS, I THINK WE'RE BLOWING THAT A LITTLE BIT OFF REPORT.
HE SAID MONTHS S MR. JENKINS IS SUPPORTING, SO I'M SURE HE HAS THOUGHT OVER IT THAT WE CAN EFFORT.
SO AGAIN, LET BOTH, OKAY, MR. BUT WE ARE OUT OF FUNDING FOR THE CAR CONNECT.
WE DON'T PLAN IS THAT AT THE END OF JUNE, WE WILL TERMINATE ALL, UM, ACTIONS TO, TO MR. ASPEN.
IF, IF THE BOARD WERE TO APPROVE THIS TODAY AND THE SAY THOSE QUESTIONS ARE NOT ANSWERED, HE COULD, WE COULD TAKE IT OFF THE COUNCIL AGENDA.
HE CAN GET BACK ON THE LAST VOTING AGENDA.
THAT JUST AS AN OPTION TO JUST PUT IT, YOU KNOW, STALLING IT IN A WAY BACK TO US AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
IT WON'T BE ABLE TO GO TO COUNCIL UNTIL AUGUST.
AGAIN, I I I'M NOT SURE I'M HEARING THE ANSWER I'M LOOKING FOR AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
IS IT LIKE, SORRY, NO MORE CREDIT CARDS OR IS IT AT THE END OF THE MONTH WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND OUR EXISTING CONTRACT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS AT THE END OF THE MONTH, THERE'S NO, WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING ANY WELL, WE HAVE ANOTHER PARK BOARD MEETING BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND THE COUNCIL HAS A MEETING AT THE VERY END OF THE MONTH.
IF WE COULD DELAY THIS BY TWO WEEKS THROUGH OUR EX PART BOARD MEETING AND IT CAN STILL MAKE SENSE.
IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? THAT I THINK IF WE DON'T GET ANSWERED THEN YEAH.
AND I, AND, AND IT IS NOT, BY THE WAY, QUESTIONS THAT IT HAS A YES NO TO, I STILL WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO IF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BECAUSE YOU COULD ASK A QUESTION ABOUT, AGAIN, THIS VISA ISSUE, THAT THERE ARE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ASKED AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PAYMENT TELEPHONE.
SO IF I, IF YOU WANNA BE ON THE CALL TO MAKE SURE THAT I DO NOT NEGOTIATE
SO, SO ARE YOU OKAY WITH DRAWING YOUR MOTION?
OKAY, SO WE ARE BACK THROUGH AND I THINK WE HAVE THE LAST ONE.
OH, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH WHAT WE'RE COMING TO.
THANKS FOR, UM, AND I THINK FOR STAFF.
IF YOU DON'T VOTE IT ON TOMORROW.
YEAH, I KNOW MR. CORNER DID NOT, I DIDN'T SEE DID YOU HOLD? I'M, I'M SORRY I'M NOT ON.
LET'S TAKE BOTH AND FOR SURE BECAUSE SEE I DIDN'T SEE ALL THAT WE HAVE.
OKAY, SO I THINK IT UH, PASSES WITH, UH, THAT UH, WE ARE, IT'S UH, 1144.
WE TAKE UP 15 MINUTE BREAK AND BRING OUR EVENTS HERE FOR EXACT SESSION.
SO 15 MINUTES TODAY, OH 2:00 PM ON JUNE 5TH, 2025.
THE APPROXIMATE RECREATION BOARD
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WILL NOW GO TO CLOSE SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 5, 1 0.07 OR UH, CHAIR ALL REAL QUICK.WELL, THE PARK RECOGNITION BOARD HAS COMPLETED ITS CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS OPEN 80 ACT AT 1:17 PM ON JUNE 5TH, 2025.
WE HAVE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.
ALRIGHT, THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE A BRIEFING, BUT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DEFER THAT TO OUR NEXT TO NEXT REPORT, JUNE 26TH.
WE'RE GONNA TURN THAT TO JUNE 26TH, OUR BRIEFING AND NEXT ITEM ON AGENDA.
NEXT ITEM ON AGENDA IS, UH, WORKSHOP.
MS. RACHEL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR WORKSHOP? NO, WE DON'T HAVE NOTHING FOR THE WORKSHOP, SO WE'LL WRITE THAT ALONG.
AND NOW WE GOT SOME PART BOARD ON REPORT.
UM, OUR IS ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL GO THERE.
BUT, UM, SORT OF ON A RELATED TOPIC, I WENT TO THE ZOO, I WAS INVITED AS YOU ALL ARE TO GO TAKE A LITTLE BEHIND THE, THE SCENES, THE CO BAR, WHICH IS FABULOUS, FUN THEM.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT FOR THAT.
THE, WHO'S GOT SOME BEAUTIFUL NEW EXHIBITS OUT THERE? THE NEW BUTTERFLY GARDEN.
AND IF THE BOARD HASN'T TAKEN A CHANCE TO GO AND SEE BEHIND THE SCENES, THEY'RE REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB.
SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO VISIT WHILE THE WEATHER IS STILL NOT AWESOME.
BUT ON THE NO, I WAS JUST MAKING SURE HARRISON WAS OKAY WITH IT.
UM, I DID PART THIS TO MR. HARRISON.
MR. HARRISON WANNA TALK ABOUT YOUR RIBBON CUTTING GOING ON ON SATURDAY.
WHAT
WE GOT A BIG RIBBON CUTTING THIS SATURDAY.
UH, MS. JOHNSON, COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND TALK ABOUT IT.
JOHNSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UH, THE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE STILL ON TOUR.
THAT'S WHAT I CALL
WEEKDAY, UH, OPENING ALL KINDS OF EVENTS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WE HAVE UH, JUDGE CHARLES ROSE GRANT OPENING RIBBON CUTTING ON SATURDAY MORNING.
UH, HAVE YOU ALL CONFIRMED AS TO WHO IS GOING, WHO'S GOING? OKAY, WE NEED TO GET YOUR CONFIRMATION TO ROSA.
IT IS IMPERATIVE BECAUSE OVER 300 PEOPLE HAVE R PED.
OKAY? SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE EVENT.
UM,
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET YOUR CONFIRMATION.
'CAUSE ROSE'S GONNA COME TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED IF YOU TO VALET, OKAY? AS A-S-V-I-P.
AND SO YOU PULL RIGHT UP TO THE PARKING FRONT OF THE PARK AND THEY WILL TAKE YOUR CAR.
THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL VIP VALET.
OKAY? THEY WILL HAVE BE THERE, OKAY? YOU NEED TO GET THERE EARLY, OKAY? IT, IT IS UH, 10 O'CLOCK FOR START OF THE SHOW.
YOU NEED TO BE ON THE PREMISES.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IN THERE.
THEY HAVE OF COURSE SOME THINGS GOING ON FOR YOU ALL, BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE, OKAY, THAT YOU GET THERE.
EARLIEST IMPERATIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING AND EXCUSE ME, COFFEE
AND SO IF YOU RECALL THE GROUNDBREAKING WE HAD OVER, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, 300.
SO IF WE HAVE OVER 300, THEY HAVE RP, HOW MANY ARE GONNA SHOW UP, YOU KNOW? UM, SO WE ARE EXPECTING, UM, BIG NUMBERS, UM, IF FOR SOME REASON, BUT I KNOW ALL OF IT IS GONNA BE THERE.
BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THERE IS SOME OVERFLOW PARKING FOR VIP AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THAT INFORMATION AT CITY OF HOPE CHURCH 60 0 60 61 BY YOU.
BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT.
UM, SO PLEASE, PLEASE, I CANNOT REITERATE ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE YOU CONFIRM WITH ROSE.
WE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL YOUR CREDENTIALS SO THAT WE CAN GET YOU IN AND SEE
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YOU.WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
COMMUNITY'S LOOKING FORWARD TO.
IT'S GONNA BE A FABULOUS EVENT ON SATURDAY.
ANY OTHER LIAISON? ANY, ANY OTHER STAFF? ALRIGHT.
UM, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, APRIL, UH, JU, UH, APRIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 26TH, 2025 AT 10:00 AM NOW ADJOURN AT ONE 30.