* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] OKAY, SO WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL TODAY. [Dallas Park and Recreation Board on June 26, 2025.] MEMBER, MEMBER . HAVE YOU DONE EVERYTHING? YES. OKAY. YEAH. BUT WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION PRESENT TO UH, GET A PICTURE. YEAH, YEAH. YES. HI. AND YOU CAN THANK MR. OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE HE WAS LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO, BUT WE WON'T REMEMBER. THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. WHAT? PUT IT AT ONE OF THESE ALL NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU GOTTA GIVE US SOME WORDS. YEAH. ALRIGHT. WHAT PART WE GONNA NAME AFTER YOU? WHATEVER. NO. AWESOME. YEAH. , WE WERE BACK IN 20 STARTING . TIM AND I WERE TALKING LAST NIGHT ABOUT THAT FIRST MEETING AND MARK AND ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS GOING. JUST A, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS. I'M REALLY PROUD OF IT AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DO SO. TRAIL COALITION, ALL THE OTHER GROUPS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN. SO, UH, STAY IN TOUCH AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE COMMUNITY DONE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. THANKS VERY MUCH. YEAH. JEFF. JEFF, I THINK SOME BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SOME COMMENTS. OH, THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S HUGELY APPROPRIATE THAT THIS SIGN SAYS JEFF KITNER WAY BECAUSE THE JEFF KITNER WAY IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD ALL EMULATE, WHICH IS TO BE KIND DECENT FOCUSED. WHEN YOU HAVE A DISAGREEMENT ON A POLICY, THAT'S THE VERY NEXT DAY, IT'S ONTO THE NEXT THING. IT'S ALL ABOUT COMMENTING AND GETTING ALONG. AND FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYONE TO NOT GET PERSONAL, NEVER HAS IN SEVEN YEARS. UH, WE'VE DISAGREED ON SOME BIG ISSUES THAT'S BEEN JUST WONDERFUL. IT'S JUST THE WAY, IT'S THE WAY WE SHOULD EMULATE THE JEFF KITNER WAY. IT'S BEEN BRIGHT . HAPPY NEW YEAR, . YEAH. IT'S COUNTING. HAPPY NEW YEAR. UH, AS WE GROW OLDER AND AS WE HAVE OUR PLACE HERE ON EARTH, A LOT OF US DON'T KNOW WHY. WE HEARD WHAT THE REASON IS. AND I THINK MR. KITNER DOES. [00:05:02] HE'S ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE I KNOW THAT'S A DECENT HUMAN BEING, UH, AND HAS, UH, THINK HE WAS SAYING REALLY. HE ALWAYS SHOWS EMPATHY. HE'S ONE OF THE FEW, UH, GUYS THAT I KNOW THAT WENT TO A SCHOOL THAT TURNED ME DOWN, STILL BECAME, WENT TO, UH, I HAD THE GRADES, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY. BUT HE ALWAYS WANTED TO COME TO THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF DALLAS TO EAT, TO HANG OUT. AND I JUST THANK GOD I MET HIM. AND WE HAD CONFERENCE. SO THE BOOK, AND I'LL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU. THANKS, BO. SAFE YOU, AND ANYTIME YOU WANNA MEET FOR LUNCH IN SOUTHERN DALLAS, OR I STILL WANNA GET YOU ON THAT WATER SLIDE SO WELL YOU, AND THAT JUST SHOWS YOU, WE WHITEBOARD YOU ALMOST DROWN HAIR . WE CAN TAKE THEM TO THE KITTY. BLACK PEOPLE AIN'T TOO FAMILIAR WITH WAR . THANK YOU. UM, TIM SAID IT VERY, VERY WELL. UM, YOU'RE HERE, YOU DON'T NEED, YOU COULD MAKE A WHOLE LOT MORE MONEY DOING SOMETHING AS AN ATTORNEY. YOU COULD BE MAKING VERY GOOD MONEY, BUT YOUR PASSION IS PEOPLE AND PARKS THE TRAILS AND IT'S SELFLESS. YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE THERE EVEN WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE NOT, WHEN THE MEDIA IS NOT THERE, WHEN THE HEADLINES ARE NOT THERE. YOU'RE THERE WITH YOUR HEART FOR THE PEOPLE. YOU'RE THERE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. IT WAS AN HONOR TO SERVE AND THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO ALWAYS BEING YOUR FRIEND. UM, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE DO IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOOD AND HONEST TO PEOPLE, THEY, UH, THEY SERVE WELL. AND THAT'S WHAT THE CITY DALLAS MEANS TOMORROW IS PEOPLE THAT SERVE WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU, DANIEL, AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM, FROM YOU AND APPRECIATE, UH, EVERYTH YOU'VE DONE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DO SO. AWESOME. I HOPE YOU JOIN US ON THE NEXT INFRASTRUCTURE BIKE RIDE TOO. WE CAN DISCUSS. I NEED, I MIGHT NEED A THREE WHEELER BY THEN, BUT , THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. UH, MR. KITNER. JEFF, UH, IN SOME CIRCLES, UH, YOU'RE CALLED MY JEFFY. UH, NEVER FORGET, UH, ALL THE MILES WE PUT IT DOWN ON THE TRAILS, ALL THE SMILES, THE, THE, THE SLIDE CHALLENGES, THE TRAIL SAFETY VIDEOS, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS GOT OVER 10,000 FEET MUST YEAH, I'M NEVER GONNA FORGET. UH, REALLY WONDERFUL TIME WITH YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. YEAH, THANK YOU. AND I LOVE SEEING YOU IN THOSE ORANGE, UH, BICYCLE SAFETY VESTS AND PLEASE KEEP TRAIL LINES, TRAIL SAFETY'S IMPORTANT. EVERYBODY PLATFORM, REMEMBER? YEAH. PLEASE BE SAFE, MS. ANTHONY. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A FUN EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH YOU AND KNOWING YOU AND, UM, I'M GONNA SUM IT UP VERY SUCCINCTLY WHEN SOMEBODY DESCRIBED YOU ONCE AS BEING PART OF THE WALL OF REASON. AND SO I WOULD, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE BEING THE WALL OF REASON. YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SOMEBODY THAT I THINK ALL OF US HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RELY ON TO SEE THINGS VERY CLEARLY WITHOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IN SPITE OF MAYBE HAVING A DIFFERENT OPINION OF ALWAYS BEING WILLING TO HEAR OUT YOUR, YOUR FRIENDS AND TELEPORT MARKET. SO WE'LL MISS THAT. SO CONTINUE YOUR GOOD WORK AS BEING THE WALL OF REASON IN THE WORLD AND KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATED YOUR CONTRIBUTION HERE WITH ALL OF THAT. YEAH, THANK YOU, MARIA. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE WALL OF REASON WITH ME AND . KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SHE'S WHAT I WANNA SAY. THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BENEFIT. 11. YOU HAVE BEEN A SERVANT LEADER. YOU HAVE LOOKED OUT FOR ALL PEOPLE ACROSS DISTRICT 11. YOU NEVER LEFT ANYBODY OUT. YOU TALKED WITH ANY AND EVERYBODY THAT WOULD LISTEN, AND WE ARE VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE HAD YOU AS OUR PARK BOARD LEADER, WHICH ALSO MEANS THAT I HAVE A BIG JOB TO DO AS THAT, AS I AM NOW SITTING IN YOUR SEAT. BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, WITH THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD AND WILL HAVE THAT, UH, WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE DISTRICT 11 IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU, YOU HAVE DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO AS MUCH SUCCESS GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU, DR. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, UM, AS THE DISTRICT LEVEL REPRESENTATIVE [00:10:01] AND I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE, YOU'LL CONTINUE TO WELL AND EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU MR. GOLD. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, JEFF. EVERYBODY SAID IT MORE BEAUTIFULLY THAN I COULD, BUT THANK YOU FOR, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. YOU, YOU REALLY ARE A MODEL PUBLIC SERVANT IN A TIME WHEN POLITICS IS VERY ACRIMONIOUS. AND AS, UH, MR. DICKEY SAID, IT'S NEVER PERSONAL WITH YOU. YOU'VE BEEN A, A GREAT ADVISOR FOR ME SITTING NEXT TO ME WHEN I FIRST CAME ON PARK BOARD, AND I JUST ADMIRABLY CARE YOURSELF. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT APPRECIATE YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU, SCOTT, FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND ALL YOUR ADVICE OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS AND WAS FORWARD, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU AS WELL. YEAH, I THANK EVERYONE IS SAID. I, SORRY. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH, JEFFREY. I CAN REMEMBER 10 YEARS AGO WHEN OUR KIDS WERE TOGETHER AND YOU WERE THE PARK BOARD. UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT YOU REALLY GUIDED ME, UM, AND HAVE HELPED ME AND REALLY PAVED THE WAY, UM, ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND ISSUES, UM, AND, UM, TAUGHT A LOT FOR ME. IT TAUGHT ME, UM, REALLY HOW TO, UH, LISTEN TO EVERYBODY. AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. UM, AND AS IN YOU EMBARK ON THESE OTHER ADVENTURES AND ENDEAVORS. UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL YOUR, YOUR NEXT JOURNEYS. SO, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'VE, YOU'VE REALLY BEEN A, A SOLID, UM, SOLID MENTOR FOR ME. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FA AND WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM EACH OTHER. I THINK THAT GOES BOTH WAYS. LIKE YOU'VE TALKED A LOT AND APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP, AND I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME. AND JUST FORWARD SEEING YOU CONTINUE TO THRIVE ON THE BOARD AS WELL, TOO. , IF EVERYONE HAS SAID REALLY VERY GOOD SAID, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I THINK WE DID HAVE ANY CONFLICTING QUOTE IN THIS BODY, WHICH, BUT ANYTIME I WAS CONFUSED, I WOULD ASK HIM, BUT YOUR VIEWPOINT WAS SO BALANCED, HE NEVER TOOK SIDES. SO THAT WHEN I SHAPED MY THOUGHTS, SO THANK YOU. I I WOULDN'T SAY THAT MISS YOU BECAUSE WE'LL MAKE YOU ONE OR ANOTHER AND THE TRAIL ARE STILL COUNTING ON YOU. SO GOOD LUCK WITH ALL THE SUCCESSES AND FORWARD WORKING WITH YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU AND REAL PRIVILEGE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT TIM AND BERT AND, AND BO AND HARRISON AND HOW WE ALL STARTED TOGETHER AND NOW WE'RE ALL ROLLING OFF TOGETHER. AND SO, UH, I KNOW TIM'S OFF TO COLORADO AND HE'LL HAVE ONE OF THESE SOON TOO. AND IT'S JUST BEEN, UH, IT'S BEEN A GREAT ADVENTURE AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU AND GETTING TO KNOW EVERYBODY AND, UM, CONTINUE TO MAKE DALLAS THE BEST PLACE YOU CAN BE. SO THANK YOU. DON'T VERY MUCH. I LOVE IT. , STEVE, WHO WANTS DO THE SLIDE CHALLENGE THAT, UH, BRETT AND I WILL COME AND START THE COCKTAILS. WE'LL START THE COCKTAILS. ARE YOU READY FOR IT? BARTENDING RIGHT HERE. AND ONE MORE. TEAM. MORNING IS YOUR SON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, STEVE BAKER SIMPSON, DIRECTOR OF RECREATIONS SERVICES. THIS TIME I HAVE THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING OUR OUTOF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM STAFF. COME FORWARD, PLEASE. UM, SO WE RECEIVED TWO AWARDS FROM OUR, UH, DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL, WHO IS OUR, UH, PARTNER AND THEY HELP US IN SO MANY WAYS AND HELPED SUPPORT US, UH, WITH OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING. FIRST AWARD THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THEM WAS A JOB COMMITMENT AWARD THAT HONORS OF TEAMS THAT EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE CULTURE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT. THE OUTOF SCHOOL TIME DIVISION IS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED THAT WHEN YOU INVEST IN PEOPLE, THE STRENGTH OF PROGRAMS AND CREATE LASTING COMMUNITY IMPACT. BUT BY DEDICATED LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE SCHOOL TIME DIVISION MANAGES AT OUR SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAM TO DEFEND DALLAS ISD CAMPUSES, MULTIPLE RECREATION CENTERS AND LIBRARY SITES. AND WHAT THIS DIVISION, WHAT MAKES THIS DIVISION EXCEPTIONAL IS NOT JUST THEIR COMMITMENT TO SERVING YOUTH YOUTH, BUT HOW THEY PRIORITIZE THE PEOPLE DELIVERING THAT SERVICE. PROVIDING CLEAR, UH, CAREER PATHWAYS FOR PART-TIME STAFF TO ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS. TO PARTNERSHIPS LIKE DALLAS AFTERSCHOOL NETWORK. THE SCHOOL TIME DIVISION SETS A GOLD STANDARD ON HOW ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD SUPPORT AND UPLIFT AND EMPOWER THEIR TEAMS, UM, STAFF FEELS SEEN, SUPPORTED IN HER, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH REGULAR SITE VISITS OR OPEN COMMUNICATION, UM, OR, UH, OR IN INTENTIONAL MENTORSHIP OUT OF SCHOOL TIME. UH, FOSTER THE WORKPLACE WHERE TEAM MEMBERS GROW AND THRIVE. SO REALLY HONORED TO RECEIVE THAT AWARD. REALLY PROUD OF THIS TEAM AND THIS, AND THIS IS, THIS IS OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE 43 45, [00:15:01] UH, OTHER PART-TIME STAFF WHO ARE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTERS WHO ARE DOING SUMMER CAMP RIGHT NOW. SO, UH, THEY WEREN'T ALL ABLE TO BE HERE, OTHERWISE YOUR PHONES WILL BE RINGING OFF THE HOOK. SO REALLY HAPPY TO HONOR THEM FOR THE JOB COMMITMENT AWARD. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UM, SO CAN WE GIVE THEM A ROUND PLUS FOR THAT? AND THEN THE OTHER IS FOR OUR, UM, DALLAS AFTER SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR. AND THAT IS, UH, MARISSA GARCIA. THE BOARD RECOGNIZES, UH, HIGHLIGHTS AND EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP AND IMPACT ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT SERVES AS A CORNERSTONE, THE AUDIT SCHOOL TIME DIVISION, WHERE SHE BRINGS AN EXTRAORDINARY BLEND OF PASSION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND PURPOSE TO EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES AS A KEY LEADER WITHIN OUR AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMMING EFFORTS. SHE'S KNOWN, NOT KNOWN, SHE IS KNOWN NOT JUST FOR WHAT SHE ACCOMPLISHES, BUT HOW SHE DOES IT. WITH COMPASSION, COLLABORATION, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF DUKE. OVER THE PAST YEAR, UH, MARIZA HAS SUPPORTED, UH, ASSURANCE, ASSURANCE EFFORTS THAT HAS LED TO 10 OF OUR 11 SITES, UM, BEING CERTIFIED AS AQUA CERTIFIED. SO AFTERSCHOOL QUALITY, UH, UH, ASSURANCE, UH, ASSESSMENT, PASSING. SO WE'RE AT A VERY HIGH STANDARD THERE. UH, SHE'S PROVIDED ONGOING MENTORSHIP AND TRAINING FRONTLINE STAFF, GUARANTEEING THAT THEY'RE EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS AND CONFIDENCE TO SUCCEED. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, JUST CULTIVATE A MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CREATING NEW PATHWAYS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, FOR YOUTH SUCCESS. THE PROFESSIONALISM IS, IS ROOTED IN SERVICE, SERVICE TO OUR ORGANIZATION, HER TEAM, AND THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE. UH, THE VISION OF INCLUSIVE HIGH QUALITY AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR ALL. CONGRATULATIONS, STEVE . THANK YOU, ELLE. WE JUST NEED TO GET MORE WITNESS CALL. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. CAN I ASK YOU FOR MOMENT PERSONAL PRIVILEGE? UM, I, I REPEAT MYSELF ON THIS CONSTANTLY, BUT I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WITH YOU ALL HERE. UM, I BELIEVE WHAT YOU DO IS ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THIS DEPARTMENT DOES. UH, I'M A PRODUCT OF THE DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION SUMMER PROGRAMS FROM THE TIME I WAS NINE YEARS OLD. AND GET IT. GET IT, GOT IT. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. AND SO WHAT YOU DO SAVES OUR CITY. YOU KNOW, THE POLICE ARE ALWAYS SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SOCIETY, THEY DUMP OUR PROBLEMS OFF ON US AND THAT'S A VALID COMPLAINT. BUT WHAT STANDS IN THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT THE THIN BLUE LINE? WELL, YOU ARE THE THIN GREEN LINE, GREEN BEING PARTS. YOU DO WHAT KEEPS OUR KIDS FROM THE POLICE HAVING TO DEAL WITH , GET 'EM OFF THE STREET TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO DO. YOU INSPIRE THEM. UM, I COULD TELL STORIES ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES AND MY COUNSELORS AT CAMP KIWANIS AND THE SUMMER PROGRAM AT FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT IT'S, IT IS SO IMPORTANT AND, UH, THE, THE FUNDING NEEDS TO GO AND IT IS DONE A GREAT JOB. CRYSTAL ROSS DONE A GREAT JOB ABOUT GETTING PROGRAMS FOR OUR KIDS IN WEST DALLAS, BUT IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOUR 45 STAFF THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW DOING IT RIGHT AS WE SPEAK. UM, I JUST BELIEVE, AND I'M ABOUT TO COME OFF THE BOARD, BUT AFTER EIGHT YEARS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I'D LIKE FOR ANYONE TO REMEMBER ME BY, IT'S THAT I'M SAYING THAT YOU ALL ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO. AND YOU, YOU SAVE OUR CITY EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND I JUST, I JUST WANT, I CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, BUT THANK YOU. [00:20:06] I WITH THAT SPEAKER. SIR, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKER. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN . PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIRMAN. ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES WILL BE. HI, THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME IS PAUL O'CONNOR. MY COMPANY'S NAME IS . AND I SPOKE TO YOU GUYS A LITTLE OVER FIVE YEARS AGO. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS WERE IN HERE, BUT RIGHT BEFORE COVID. AND I THINK ALL WE COULD THINK ABOUT WAS COVID AT THAT TIME. SO, UM, MY MESSAGE IS THE SAME. OUR COMPANY DOES PRE-CLEANING AS A BUSINESS AND PART OF THAT BUSINESS MODEL IS 10% OF OUR WORK IS DONATION CLEANING. I'VE DONE CLEANUPS AT BOTH TENON GOLF COURSES, BACHMAN LAKE. I'VE DONE WORK AT LIKE ROCK CREEK. SEVERAL OF MY EFFORTS HAVE BEEN WHERE THERE'S PROBLEM, I WANT FIX IT. AND IT'S UPSET ME FOR YEARS HOW WHEN TRASH HITS THE CREEK, WE ALL KIND OF LOOK AWAY. IT SEEMS LIKE NO ONE REALLY DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SO THE MESSAGE IS THE SAME. I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS AND YOU WANT ME TO DO A DONATION CLEANUP IN YOUR PARK AREA, CALL ME, LET ME KNOW. BUT THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE TODAY. UM, I WAS MOTIVATED TO SPEAK AFTER SEEING THE, UM, WORK DONE AT , SUNSET , THAT AREA HAS BUG. I SIT , GET IN THERE AND CLEAN IT UP. JUST WAS TRASH ALL THE TIME. WEEDS AND EVERYTHING WAS SO BAD THAT IT WAS VERY, YOU HAVE TO ACCESS IT FROM THE OR. UH, ANYWAY, THAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE. I JUST WANT THANK BECAUSE IT NEEDED FOR, I DON'T KNOW WHO JUST THIS IN AND I DON'T KNOW WHO TO BANK, BUT LOOKS LIKE IT. THANK FRIENDS OF WHITE ROCK. I CAN TELL YOU MONDAY MY KAYAK AND CAME TO THE END AND THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE. THERE WAS A SCENE OUT OF IT WAS AGAIN, THANK YOU YOUR HONOR. THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY. AND, UH, UH, SPEAKER IS NOT . HELLO EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING PARK BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS NAIMA HILL AND I'M HERE TODAY WEARING . FIRST AS BOARD MEMBER OF PARKS COMMITTEE, LEADERS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND ALSO AS THE FOUNDER AND BOARD CHAIR OF ABBY SUNSHINE, A NONPROFIT. WE STARTED IN HONOR OF MY 22 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER WHO WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH IN NIGHT OF 2023. I WAS ENCOURAGED TO COME SPEAK WITH YOU ALL BECAUSE RIGHT OVER I 30 JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN. OUR COMMUNITY IN THE CEDARS IS WORKING HARD, BUT WE NEED YOUR PARTNERSHIP TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD. WE'RE ASKING FOR SUPPORT, COLLABORATION, AND COMMUNICATION ON THREE KEY ITEMS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PARKS. THE FIRST ONE IS, IS OLD CITY PARK COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IN THE MASTER PLAN, WE WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE OLD CITY PARK MASTER PLAN AND SPECIFICALLY HOW AND WHEN COMMUNITY GUIDANCE WILL BE INCORPORATED. [00:25:01] WE'VE HEARD CONVERSATIONS, BUT MANY OF US ON THE GROUND, NEIGHBORS, ORGANIZERS, ORGANIZERS, FAMILIES WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR VOICES ARE HEARD AND PART OF THE PROCESS. MANY OF US, JUST LIKE ME, I CALL THAT MY HEART PART. THE NUMBER TWO, THE POCKET PART PROMISE ENHANCEMENTS. WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE TIMELINES AND THE ENHANCEMENTS PER MONTH PROMISE FOR OUR EXISTING POCKET PARK. WE'D LOVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN WORK ALONGSIDE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO HELP BRING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO LIFE. OR IF MY NEXT ASK NUMBER THREE NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO AN OLDER PLAN. SO ONE OLD CITY PARK, TWO, THE POCKET PARK, AND THEN THREE ARE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUNDS OF CRITICAL NEED. AS IT STANDS, WE DON'T HAVE A PLAYGROUND IN THE THEATERS. SO THIS PROJECT REALLY WAS STARTED. THE CATALYST WAS MAD JOB COUNTY PARK PRACTICE. WE DECIDED TO DO THIS GOOD WORK IN HER HONOR. THROUGH ABBY SUNMAN TRIBE, WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY FUNDRAISING AND MOBILIZING THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE PUBLIC PLAYGROUND THAT REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF THE HEART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. JUST THIS PAST SATURDAY, WE HOSTED OUR SECOND ANNUAL ABBY SUNSHINE TYPE FESTIVAL, A FREE JOY FILLED EVENT WHERE OVER 500 PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER TO FLY KITES IN HONOR OF THEIR LOST LOVED ONES. WE WERE HONORED TO WIN THE LOVE YOUR BLOCK GRANT AND WE INCORPORATED A LIVE MURAL PAINTING AND A POWERFUL WIND TELEPHONE IN INSTALLATION DONE BY LOCAL ARTISTS. THIS IS THE KIND OF ENERGY AND CARE OUR COMMUNITY IS READY TO BRING. WE JUST NEED A SPACE TO ROOT IT. SO MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE ASKING TO WORK TOGETHER TO ALIGN ON WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND TO BEGIN FORMAL COMMUNICATION THAT ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD ON GRANTS PERMISSIONS AND PLANNING. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, BUT MOST REQUIRE CLEAR CITY PARTNERSHIP OR APPROVAL FOR THE USE OF THE SPACES. FINISH IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. BEGINNING WITH THE UNDERUTILIZED, THERE WASN'T A THING, SO I WOULD'VE SP IT UP. BEGINNING WITH THE UNDERUTILIZED GREEN SPACE AT OLD CITY PARK THAT OUR COMMUNITY VOTED FOR THE NUMBER ONE PLACE FOR OUR PLAYGROUND. WE BELIEVE IN WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER. PLEASE REACH, REACH OUT TO ME. OUR WEBSITE IS ABBY SUNSHINE PRIDE.COM AND YOU CAN FIND US ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA AT THE SAME. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. SPEAKER IS BARBARA COHEN. LET'S KEEP OUR APPLAUSE TO MINIMUM. HELLO EVERYBODY, MY NAME IS BARBARA COHEN. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF FRIENDS OF WILLIS WINTERS PARK DISTRICT 14 OLD EAST DALLAS. AND, UM, MANY TIMES I COME HERE SHARING ALL MY CONCERNS. SINCE 2017. YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING TO ME, TAKING MY EMAILS AND PROBABLY DRIVING CRAZY. BUT TODAY I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU AND I, I PROBABLY DON'T DO THAT ENOUGH, SO I JUST WANT TO, TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US. AND I'VE GOT A VERY SHORT TIME. I WANNA SHARE SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHICH THERE ARE MANY. WE REMOVED THE FENCE AT WILLIS WINTERS PARK, OPENING UP OUR PARK TO THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AND DERELICT. YOU KNOW IT, THAT CHANGED SO MUCH. I GOT CHILL BUMPS JUST EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT. WE THE FIRST POLLINATOR GARDEN IN DISTRICT 14, WE RESURFACED SOCCER FIELD. WE'RE A MASTER NATURALIST PROJECT, NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE PROJECT. WE WON A PRESERVATION PALACE AWARD ON OUR PAVILION. THAT'S AMAZING. HISTORIC PAVILION, THE SECOND OLDEST PAVILION, SISTER PAVILION, NICOLE PARK. IT'S AMAZING. AND GETTING OKAY, WATER, FOUNTAIN, WET, PET WASTE BAGS. UM, GOD RE UH, RETRIP OUR PICKLEBALL COURT, LIKING OUR COURT, UH, COURTS, BARBECUE GRILLS. I MEAN ALL THIS, WHAT HAS IT DONE? IT'S CREATED A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND WELLBEING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NEEDED IT. IT HAS BROUGHT US TOGETHER. WE HAVE HAD SO MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS. PEOPLE COME TO THE PARK, CHIP, WE DO CRAFTS, WE DO VOLUNTEER. WE HAVE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND THE CHANGE IN A PARK IN YOUR PROJECTS. 'CAUSE IT CAN HAPPEN. AND I THINK OF US LIKE A FAMILY. SOMETIMES WE GET ALONG, SOMETIMES WE DON'T. AND I'M THAT IRRITATING ONE, BUT NEVER GIVE, GIVES UP. AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE NOT GIVING UP ON US. I ALSO WANT [00:30:01] TO SAY, UH, FUTURE PROJECTS. WE'RE GETTING A PLAYGROUND. OH MY GOD, AFTER 20 YEARS, WE'RE GETTING OUR PLAYGROUND REPLACED. WE'RE GETTING TURF IN OUR BASEBALL FIELDS. GOD, I'M GETTING A LITTLE EASY, BUT WE ALSO ARE PUTTING IN A FITNESS TRAIL. I'M HERE TO DROP OFF A CHECK TODAY FOR $20,000. THE BIGGEST I HAVE IN MY LIFE. THANK YOU. AND IT'S ALL NOT GIVING ME UP. AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW I'M MOVING. RUTH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR US. I KNOW YOU GUYS, YOU PROBABLY TALK TO BE CRAZY TOO, . JUST THANK YOU. DON'T GIVE UP. DON'T GIVE UP SOMETHING ELSE. DID I? SOMETHING ELSE? THERE'S SO MUCH YOU GAVE , SO, UM, THERE'S SO MUCH. I JUST, RIGHT. UH, BARBARA, YOU LEFT NOTHING OUT THAT I THINK WE SHOULD CALL THE MEETING. GO HOME, . I KNOW. UH, BUT, UH, BUT THIS RIGHT HERE, THE TRAINING. I SHOULD NEVER EVER GIVE UP. FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO THIS PARK WAS MORE OR LESS AN . PEOPLE DUMP THEM ALL THE TIME. BUT NOW IT'S OUR NEIGHBORHOOD JAPANESE STAFF AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FRIENDS OF WILL WILLIAMS PARK, FORMERLY RANDALL PARK, OUR DEPARTMENT, AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US ONE FIVE TO LAUGHTER. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THAT WE ARE GOING TO PULL OUT NUMBER TWO, NUMBER FOUR. SO WE ARE VOTING ON NUMBER ONE, AND THREE. YEAH. SO, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND BY MR. I DISCUSSION THAT ALL IN FAVOR STATE, RIGHT? AYE. AYE. GO TO NUMBER TWO. FAIR PARK. UH, MR. STEIN MAKING A MOTION. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO TO ADD, UM, FORMER PARK BOARD MEMBER PRI CIVIL RIGHTS THE BLACK, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING COUPLE FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR PARK MEMBERS BEING CONSISTENT THAT HER NAME TO THE PLA SO THERE'S AN AMENDMENT TO ON IT TO ASK TIKI ANY DISCUSSION. MR. WOOD? THANK YOU. I AGREE THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR PLAQUES CONSISTENT. WE CAN'T, UM, ADD PEOPLE SOMETIMES, NOT ADD PEOPLE OTHER TIMES. UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE A POLICY THAT SAYS THE PLAQUE SHOULD BE WHAT IT IS WHEN IT IS. AND I KNOW THERE'S FLEXIBILITY TO THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO CONSISTENCY BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE NOT CONSISTENT, GIVE PEOPLE THAT THEIR FEELINGS MAY BE HURT AND THEY'RE LEFT OFF. UM, SO I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT. UM, SO I AGREE WITH MR. GOLDSTEIN. I, MR. RICE WAS JUST AS SUPPORT ALL OF OUR OTHER MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE DURING THAT VOTE. WE'RE GONNA ADD PEOPLE, MAKE SURE THAT WE CONSISTENT, UM, FOR PLANNING WAS JUST WANT TO CLARIFY TO THE BOARD. UM, IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU ALL MAKE THESE EXCEPTIONS. THIS CASE, IT'S, IT'S ONLY WHEN WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT WHERE IT'S TAKEN. GOOD EXAMPLE FACILITIES. SURE. I AND COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE IT WENT ACROSS A COUPLE YEARS. AND IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE WE STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION LAST YEAR AT, WITH THE, THE COTTON BOWL. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE EXCEPTION TODAY TO INCLUDE MS. RICE. 'CAUSE WE DID START CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. AND IT IS REALLY WITH THOSE MAJOR SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ADDING. I'M, I'M THANKFUL AND I'M GLAD THAT THEY MADE THAT MOTION. I'M, I'M THANKFUL TO ADD, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS DO THAT. UM, SO WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE MS. RICE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS PRISCILLA, YOU KNOW, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SHE, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT SO THAT ALL OF OUR, UM, PROJECTS, IF THEY SPAN OVER TWO YEARS OR TWO COUNCIL YEARS, THEN WE INCLUDE. 'CAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS DO THAT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. [00:35:01] UH, NOW WE ARE TAKING NUMBER FOUR. AND MISS, UH, SHE'S LOSING HERSELF. UH, WITH THAT I NEED A MOTION. UH, READY? UH, HAVE SECOND MS HAS ANY DISCUSSION? UH, THIS HAS BEEN, UH, AGREEMENT IN WORKS FOREVER. DOWNTOWN PARKS HAVE BEEN SO CRITICAL TO WHAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE SEEN HOW DOWNTOWN PARKS RESHAPED THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT HAS BROUGHT. SO THIS NEW AGREEMENT, AGREEMENT TAKES THE, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, UH, REALLY TO THE NEXT LEVEL. VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR . AYE GUYS HAVE IT. AWESOME. NOW WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. UM, SO IT IS TIME 10 37 ON JUNE 26TH, 2025, APPROXIMATELY ION BOARD WILL NOW GO SECTION OF SECTION 5 5 1 20 0 7 2 . THANK YOU. NEXT ONE. CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 1 30 7:00 AM ON JUNE 20. COME EVERY MONTH. NOW THAT BRINGS UP OUR VOTING ITEM NUMBER FIVE PAGE. DO I HAVE MOTION? SECOND? ANY DISCUSSIONS? YEAH, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE ITEM FROM THE LAST, IS THAT CORRECT? I CORRECT MYSELF. HE CONSIDERED THE MOTION FROM LAST MEETING. UH, SO I STAND, CORRECT? YES. YES. UH, THANK YOU. HAPPY TO, UH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PAY TRACK THE AUTHORIZATION OF A THREE YEAR SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE DELIVERY OF YOUR PAY, MASTERCARD AND VISA COMPLIANT CREDIT CARD, SINGLE SOURCE PAYMENT SOLUTION WITH THE PURCHASE OF EMB TERMINALS FOR THE PARKING RECREATION DEPARTMENT. SECOND. SECOND, MR. STEIN. AND NOW DO YOU WANT TO NO. ANY DISCUSSION HERE? JUST WANT TO YELL TO THE DIRECTOR. OKAY. , WE STAND BY BUTTON. MS. DO THANK YOU MR. GOLDSTEIN. YEAH, JUST, UH, WANTED TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION TO THE BOARD WHILE WE ASKING TO PROCEED THIS ITEM. UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, REGARDING THE PAY TRACK. NEW INFORMATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AS DIRECTOR THAT I FEEL LIKE MORE SINCE I BEING . UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND ACTION BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE THE NEW INFORMATION WAS BROUGHT TO ME. INFORMATION WAS NOT DISCLOSED TO THE BOARD. SO YOU ALL COULD MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. ALSO, THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I FEEL LIKE ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO, IN THE INTERIM PERIOD, BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, STAY WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR. BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, I FEEL LIKE IT GIVES US TIME TO THEN PUT THIS BACK OUT TO BE. AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. IT'S UNFORTUNATELY THAT THE BOARD DID NOT GET ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ALL NEEDED TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. UH, WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT ISSUE INTERNALLY WITH A PARTICULAR STAFF MEMBER. HOWEVER, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR, OUR, OUR CHECKS AND BALANCES AND OUR PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MINIMIZE THIS FROM EVER HAPPENING IN. AGAIN, IT CANNOT BE PUT IN A GOVERNING BOARD THIS TYPE OF POSITION. SO I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO RESCIND THIS ITEM. I'M RESCIND THE ITEM. WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER. OH, AND THEN YOU DO THE UH, MOTION ON HOW YOU NOT TO HANDLE THE ITEM. [00:40:01] OKAY, PERFECT. NOT VOTE. OKAY. SO WE ARE VOTING ON THE RECONSIDER ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDER ITEM FIVE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A A HAVE IT. GO AHEAD. UH, MS. TON, GO AHEAD. OKAY. UM, AND LIGHT OF NEW INFORMATION. I'LL MOVE TO DENY. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. REQUEST THAT THE CURRENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS BE CANCELED. THE STAFF INITIATED A NEW RFP PROCESS IDENTIFIES PRESENTATIONS. SECOND, AGAIN, MR. , THANK YOU. MAY PART OF YOUR STATEMENT. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO AHEAD, UH, JACKET, UH, NO MORE THAN, UH, ONCE AGAIN ONCE WE COMPLETE OUR PROCESS REGARDING AN INVESTIGATION RELATED TO THIS MATTER. AGAIN, OUR PROCESSES HAVING CHANGE TO THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WE WILL HAVE CONTINUED OUR CURRENT SERVICES BEYOND THE END OF JUNE. UH, THAT'S CORRECT. YES. I JUST, THE DIRECTOR FOR THE TRANSPARENCY PROCESS IT EXACTLY ON THE RIGHT ORDER. BUT I THINK WE AWARE. THANKS . AND ALSO THANK MR CONNOR FOR HIS DILIGENCE, UH, WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. I THE, UH, . YES. I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, MR. CONNOR FOR YOUR EXPERTISE IN THIS MATTER. UH, YOU WERE UH, UH, JUST HAD A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. OKAY. I REPEAT THE, THESE FACTS ALSO. CONNOR, YOU WENT OUT OF YOUR WAY. TOAND EDUCATE THE STAFF. AND THAT'S WE I THANKS FOR YOUR THIS BOLD STEP. IT GIVES A MESSAGE VERY LOUD AND CLEAR THAT UH, MAKE MISTAKES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. HAVE EVERYTHING. THANK YOU AGAIN. BUT THAT WE GO IN OUR BRIEFING, PREPARING THE FUTURE STRATEGIC RECRUITMENT EFFECTIVE SUCCESSFUL PLAN. AND I'M PARTICULARLY WE RIGHT SUCCESS. IT IS OUR TODAY SCHEDULED FOR THE LAST PART WHERE WE AT SOME POINT. SO LET'S FAST FORWARD PLEASE. ALRIGHT, SLIDE LINE GIVES YOU A LOOK AT OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ALMOST $22 BUDGET AND A LARGE PORTION OF THAT STAFF COSTS ASSOCIATED STAFF STAFF. AND THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON IN ANY LARGE ORGANIZATION. CHUNK, STAFF COSTS. NEXT SLIDE. ON OUR NEXT SLIDE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MAKEUP OF STAFF. SO WE HAVE POSITIONS BUT BETWEEN FULLTIME AND PART TIME POSITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE PRINTING OF THIS 45 EMPLOYEES PIPELINE. SO NOW I'M SURE THOSE SUCCESS FOR AND UM, OUR OVERALL RATE WIDE SPREAD AROUND 15% LOOKING AT TIME AND THE LAST ASSISTANT AND RUNNING RIGHT AROUND 15%. NEXT SLIDE. DEPARTMENT OF REFERS TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE [00:45:01] LEFT AND OF COURSE THAT IMPACT ON ORGANIZATION WITH REGARDS TO OVERTIME COST CONTRACT GOOD IS THAT WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE THAT THAT ARE SOME OF THOSE TIMES. SO THEY THOUGHT GOOD ENOUGH TO COME BACK THAT THEY'VE GONE AWAY AND GOT WORSE. SO ANNUAL CLASS THREE, FOUR. AND SO FIRSTLY, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S A SUCCESSFUL SPECIAL BENEFIT PROGRAM, IT CONSISTS OF INTERNAL AS WELL AS A NEW OUTSIDE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT INTERNAL LIVES, UM, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORK KNOW FORWARD AND LIKEWISE EXTERNAL . SO WE HAVE A NEW MIX. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT AGAIN, SLIDE, SHOW YOU THE NUMBER , UM, FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, STILL LOOKING AT UM, DIVERSITY AND DEMOGRAPHICS. DIVERSITY NOT JUST ABOUT RACE, RACE, PERSONAL THOUGHTS. CLEARLY WE CAN'T MENTION PERSONAL THOUGHTS. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE , WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE DIVERSITY THOUGHTS. WE HIRE THE BEST QUALIFIED AND AND CENTER. SO WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS DALLAS AT WHAT EXISTS OUT, WE LOOK AT . NOW ALSO WORTH KNOWN FIVE GENERATIONS OF FIRST PLACE. I'M SORRY, HAVE FOUR GENERATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE. WE WERE ABOUT THREE HAD FIVE GENERATIONS IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS. THERE WERE FIVE GENERATIONS IN THE WORKPLACE. AND SO NOW THAT SILENT GENERATION THERE. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. STILL LOOKING AT AND FERENCE THE LAST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THAT REPRESENTS A HUNDRED THAT HAVE 16. SO LOOK AT, HERE'S SERVICE. WE KNOW SO DOESN'T MEAN THEY WILL CERTAINLY THAT MANAGEMENT FIVE YEARS OR LESS. THAT MEANS WE HAVE A LOT OF AND PARAMOUNT . NOT ONLY THE CULTURE BUT THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER UM, THE WORK PRODUCTS THAT ARE IN RIGHT? DO THOSE VACANCIES, YEAH. COLLEGES. SO WE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT POSITION. SO WE'RE ATTRACTING AND COLLEGE HAVE PROTOCOL. SO WE'RE GONNA CLOSE POSITIONS WITH THE HANDSHAKE AT ALL COLLEGE CAMPUSES. SO WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO STAY RELEVANT AND . NEXT SLIDE. HOW LONG YOU BEING HIGH? FIVE. SO WHAT DOES, UM, OUR SINGLE TO REDUCE THE TIME FRAME THAT IT TAKES TO GET ONBOARD? 'CAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES PROCESS. UM, WE HAVE NOW SUCCESSFULLY [00:50:01] GOT AN ONBOARDING STAFF . WE'VE TAKEN AS WELL AS PHONE CALLS AS WELL AS EMAILS, KEEPING THEM ENGAGED WITH WHAT THEY NEED TO DO . AND THAT'S ALMOST A FULL-TIME POSITION FOR OUR STANDARD CENTRAL HUMAN. ALSO ADD TO THEIR ONBOARDING STAFF AND THEY'VE CREATED UH, ATION. BUT PREVIOUSLY THEY ONLY TWO WEEKS NOW THAT WE ARE ALSO THE ONLY DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW DEPART. BUT THEY WANT, THEY'LL GO TO THEY, THEY COME IN AND THEN THEY GO ABOUT. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH SUGAR WORK AND GIVING , WE ARE HEARING THAT THEY WANT FROM OUR ENGAGEMENT SERVICE. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS THE SLIDE, THIS IS THE G THAT WE ARE PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU. UM, THIS SUCCESSION MANAGEMENT TEAM. SO WE HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS. OUR TRAINING MANAGER, MS. TIFFANY WILL, MS. WILLIS HAS A, A DEPTH BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION AND SHE IS WORKING TO DEVELOP OUR EXECUTIVE. SHE'S MET WITH THE DIRECTOR AS WELL, IDENTITY DIRECTOR TO SEE WHAT THEIR NEEDS WANTS OFF FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. AND SHE'S PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER, THEY HAS CHANGED, IT'S OFF. AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL IS OFF IN JULY ANALOG. PEOPLE THEREFORE TAKE VACATION AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO WE CAN WANT RUN CONFLICTS. THE DATA'S BEEN ADJUSTED TO START IN AUGUST AND SO WE PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT FUTURE EXECUTIVES BE ABLE TO BELIEVE THIS DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THEY WILL GIVE A PARTICULAR POSITION, BUT IT CERTAINLY PREPARES THEM TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE WHEN THAT OPPORTUNITY . AND NEXT WE GOT A AGAINST TWOFOLD. SO THE NEXT STEP IS DEVELOPING A SUCCESSION MANAGEMENT MODEL THAT'S DUSTED MODELS. HE ALSO COMES FROM ACADEMIC WORK, DEVELOPED A FOUR BASE PLANS PILOT IN ONE OF OUR CITY, UM, MEETING. AND ONCE WE TEST THAT AND SEE HOW WELL THAT WORKS AND WORK OUT THE KINGS, THEN IT'LL BE ROLLED OUT. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH AT THE SAME TIME, WORKDAY OUR HUMAN RESEARCH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ROLLED OUT IN MOVEON AND MODULE AND THAT RESPONSE SUCCESS MANAGEMENT. SO WE DIDN'T WANNA GET AHEAD OF IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE GOING DOWN ONE PATH ONLY TO FIND OUT THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ALMOST THE SAME, UM, IN WORKDAY. SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT TO ROLL OUT. SO WE FIRST ARE MARRIED TWO TOGETHER, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING BACK TO YOU WITH A DIFFERENT, TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR SUCCESSES. ONCE WE DO THAT. AGAIN, BOTH ARE VERY WELL QUALIFI COME KSA, THOSE AND CONTACTS IN THE EDUCATIONAL THAT WILL HELP US DEVELOP INTERNSHIPS, UH, EXTERNSHIPS AS WELL AS APPRENTICESHIPS. AND SO BASICALLY AGAIN, THAT HELP US BROKE OUR NEXT LEVEL, NEXT GENERATION OF . NEXT LEVEL. SO WE GOT SOME CHALLENGES ON THIS SLIDE AND WE HAVE SOME . THE CHALLENGES YOU SEE PARTS, POSITIONS, FIELD THAT WE HAVE. AND THOSE ARE THE ARE FULL MECHANIC, SENIOR IRRIGATION TECHNICIANS BE INVOLVED, DEPART, MAINTENANCE WORKER ONE AND TWOS AND RECREATION CENTER ASSISTANTS, , IANS. SO THOSE ARE THE HARDEST POSITIONS TO FILL. AND AGAIN, IN PUBLIC SECTOR WE SIMPLY DON'T PAY WHAT PAY SECTOR. SO IT MAKES IT A CHALLENGE. SO WHAT CAN WE DO? WE TELL THINGS THAT WE CAN SUCH AS TUITION REIMBURSEMENT SUCH AS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT CITY OF DALLAS HAS BEEN A PARENTS WORK POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, A CONFERENCE AND ANOTHER BRAG MOMENT. AND IT'S THE NUMBER OF TRAINING OFFICER RECEIVED 27.35 ON CAMPUS FOR EMPLOYEE THAT WAS THE SON HAVE HAD HONESTLY, UM, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE CITY HAS WHAT'S CALLED UPSKILL PROGRAM AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS PARTICIPATED IN AND THAT'S DEDICATED TO EMPLOYEES AND THE $46,000 PER FOR YEAR. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS THERE'S A CO . WE HAVE ENCOURAGED OUR EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE AND WE MANAGE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THAT EITHER QUALIFIES THEM TO EARN MORE MONEY INTERNALLY, HOPEFULLY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. BUT CERTAINLY WE ALSO HAVE TWO THAT HAVE ELECTED TO RETURN [00:55:01] TO SCHOOL TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATE IN THE TUITION TUITION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. NOW, NOT WITH REGARD TO THAT 46,000 LIMITATION, YOU ALL HAVE ALSO SEEN HOW THE CR GRADUATES, THOSE THAT WENT CERTIFICATION AND FIELD RECREATION. SO WE'RE DOING LOTS OF GOOD THINGS FOR EMPLOYEES TO GROW THEIR SELF. THERE'S A 2025 DELOITTE SURVEY ON MILLENNIALS AND THE WORK CASE, MILLENNIALS AND ATION AND THE THINGS THAT THEY VALUE. AND EDUCATION ON GROWTH IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. AND THERE'S A QUOTE THAT STUCK OUT IN MY MIND THERE FROM CERTAINLY. AND WHAT THEY SAID WAS, IT'S NOT FOR THEM NECESSARILY THE PAY, IT'S ABOUT THE GROWTH WHEREVER THEY WERE, THAT THEY ARE GROWING AND NOT, AND THAT THEY'RE SET AND NOT GIVING US. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SAID . SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TRAINING OUR EMPLOYEES AND THAT WE'RE LISTENING. LASTLY, FOR OUR NEXT STEPS, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO ENHANCE RECRUITMENT, I'M SORRY, NEXT SLIDE. THAT'S THE SOME OF OUR, AND THEN ON THIS NEXT SLIDE. BUT WE'RE DOING UM, IS ENHANCING OUR RECRUITMENT, EXPANDING OUR OUTREACH AGAIN WITH COLLEGES, WITH TRADE SCHOOLS, WITH THE P-TECH SCHOOL IN DALLAS. WE'RE IMPROVING OUR RETENTION BY SEEKING WAYS TO IMPROVE EMPLOYEE ENGAGE. WE KNOW THAT ENGAGED EMPLOYEES ARE BETTER EQUAL FOODS. AND WE LOOK AT THE BACK, WE HAD A SLIDE THAT SAID THERE WERE HUNDRED 39 EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE 16 PLUS YEARS. SO LISTENING TO THEM SO THAT THOSE FIVE EMPLOYEES TRANSITION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE SHARED WITH YOU THE SUCCESSES THERE WITH NOW TRAINING THAT IS PROVIDED AND WORKDAY CITY FOR STUDENTS SYSTEM HAS ADDED A TRAINING MODULE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. THE PARK DEPARTMENT PROVIDED MEETING AND THAT STARTS WITH THE SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS. AND WE HAD 300 LICENSES, SO NOT ENOUGH FOR 900 EMPLOYEES, BUT CERTAIN OTHER INTERESTED EMPLOYEES WERE LICENSE. BUT NOW WE HAVE SITTING THIS ROLE AGAIN IN THE FALL AND ALL EMPLOYEES. AND THEN LASTLY, MONITORING COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ON TRACK WITH WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES ARE. THE CITY DOES PULSE SURVEYS, TO BE HONEST, AN ENGAGEMENT SURVEY TO HEAR FROM EMPLOYEES AND THEN THEY SURE HAVE FEEDBACK WITH THE DEPARTMENT. AND SO ALWAYS STAY ATTUNED THAT ONE OF THE PIECES OF FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THAT. AND ALL SENIOR DEPARTMENTS, BUT IN PARTICULAR PIECE OF ACTION ON POSTING AND QUARTERLY LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT IN ONE LOCATION. AND THEY GET A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, UH, THE FOLKS THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS. YEAH, THAT IS THE UPDATE FOR NOW. UPDATE. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. NO, RENEE IS OVER THERE, BUT NO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION, A HIGH SCHOOL, A FEEDING PROGRAM TOO WAS THOMAS JEFFERSON REALLY WANTED TO TRY TO HAVE A TRUE FEEDING PROGRAM TO HIGH SCHOOL. HE CAN COME AND WORK IN SOME TYPE OF APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. UH, THANK YOU MS. GRAY FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND UH, ABSOLUTELY. I I I LIKE WHAT DIRECTOR HUG JUST SAID, IF THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE THROUGH GRAPEVINE THAT WE DID HAVE SOME KIND OF INTRODUCTION TO ALL THE, ALL THESE ALBUMS. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT DISD ESPECIALLY OUR SUPERINTENDENT, SHE HAD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVER GET THE CHANCE TO MEET HER, YOU REALLY, YOU JUST LISTEN TO WHAT SHE'S, SHE'S TRYING TO DO WITH DISD. YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALL KNOW FOUR YEAR DEGREE IS, IS IS AWESOME. BUT THERE'S SOME KIDS THAT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT, RIGHT? OR FINISH THE WHOLE FOUR YEARS OR EVEN THE TWO YEAR. BUT THEY'RE PUSHING A LOT OF HANDS-ON PROGRAMMING LIKE PLUMBING AND, AND MECHANICAL. THEY'RE STARTING TO BRING BACK THOSE CO-OP PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD AS KIDS IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES. SO HOPEFULLY WHAT SHE'S THINKING OF IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AND IT, IT IS HAPPENING, BUT WE CAN GET TO A HIGHER, HIGHER PLACE. WE'RE BRINGING BACK KITCHEN, UH, UH, AND I KNOW, UH, CHEFS CHEF AND UH, AND JUST A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING AT DIC. SO THAT'S GREAT THAT IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, INTRODUCE OUR KIDS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, FIXING WELL MEAN AND OTHER THINGS THAT GO WITH, WITH PEOPLE [01:00:01] THAT MAYBE NOT ARE EDUCATED. BUT, UH, THAT'S GREAT THAT WE, WE ARE TRYING TO, IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL GO WITH, UH, MR. ATE. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE GOOD WORK AND GOOD REASON. BUT THERE'S SUCH GREAT STORYTELLING OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND WE'VE SEEN IT TODAY WITH MR. DICKEY WHO'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA TIME ON HIS HAND SOON TO JUST DO INTERVIEWS AND TELL HIS STORY. I THINK THE VALUE OF LIKE THE PURPOSE OF WORK THAT YOU CAN DO FOR THIS DEPARTMENT, THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE OBVIOUS. UM, AND SO THE STORY'S ABOUT HOW IMPACTFUL IT IS ON SHAPING YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES, UH, TO WORK IN THIS DEPARTMENT. AND THEN LIKE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS TODAY, WERE THANKING, BASICALLY THANKING US, BUT THEY'RE REALLY THANKING JOHN'S TEAM FOR THE GOOD WORK THEY DO. SO I THINK FROM A CON THERE'S ALWAYS POTENTIAL TO GET THOSE ANECDOTES AND PUSH THOSE STORIES, UM, TO, TO RECRUIT PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY MEANINGFUL WORK. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, MR. DICKEY. THANK YOU MR. VICE PRESIDENT. UM, I JUST LIKE TO ADD ON THE IDEA OF THE FEEDER PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS. UM, DALLAS, ISD HAS A DIVISION CALLED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. WITHIN THAT THEY HAD EIGHT, EIGHT OR NINE PEOPLE. AND MY SON USED TO WORK IN THIS DIVISION TO DO INDUSTRY OUTREACH AND HE SPECIFICALLY WAS CONSTRUCTION AND TRADE, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THEY'RE A FULL-TIME JOB IS TO GET INTERNSHIPS. AND SO I I I HAVE A FEELING YOU'RE ALREADY GOING THERE, BUT THAT THE, THE DIRECTOR OF, THAT'S A LADY NAMED CHANEL HUMPHREYS AND THEY HAVE EIGHT PEOPLE WHOSE FULL-TIME JOB IS JUST TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE LIKE US, MOSTLY INDUSTRY, BUT WE'RE INDUSTRY. WE HAVE THE TRADE. SO THAT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS CONNECTION TO MAKE AND NURTURE BECAUSE MY SON SUPPORTED 95 TEACHERS IN CONSTRUCTION AND TRADES IN THIS DIVISION. AND HE ALSO BEFORE THAT WORKED IN INDUSTRY OUTREACH AND GREAT RESOURCE. THEY, THEY SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON THESE ADMINISTRATORS DO THIS. SO WE GOT PEOPLE IN DALLAS, ISD THAT WE CAN COORDINATE WITH. SO I APPRECIATE YOU GOING THAT DIRECTION. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, ATTRITION. I NOTICED, ESPECIALLY IN MY AREA, LIKE MAYBE THIS MAINTENANCE THERE FIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, THAT A LOT OF OUR, OUR GOOD PEOPLE WITH US FOR MANY YEARS HAVE BEEN BASICALLY, UH, RECRUITED AWAY BY OTHER CITIES. I'M FAMILIAR WITH MY AREA AND THE WAY IT'S AFFECTED US. WE'VE LOST SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE TO OTHER CITIES THAT COULD EITHER PAY MORE. SO DO YOU HAVE A, CAN YOU GIVE A SENSE OF HOW BIG AN ISSUE THAT IS THAT OTHER, OTHER CITIES BASICALLY POACHING OUR GOOD PEOPLE, BUT ACTUALLY, AND THEN WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING BACK OVER HERE BECAUSE OF THE CULTURE. AND SO AGAIN, I POINT OUT BACK, SHE LEFT THE BROKEN CLOSURE SAY THAT TIM, ANOTHER THING WE'RE WE JUST SEE THE DALLAS PARK SYSTEM , ALL THE THINGS WE'RE DOING, ALL THE INNOVATION, ALL OF THIS. AND THEN WE'RE SPEAKERS AND ALL THE NATIONAL REGIONAL CONFERENCES NOW TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN THIS IN DALLAS, WHAT THIS BOARD HAS DONE AND PEOPLE ARE SEEING THOSE RESULTS. THEY ARE GOING TO COME AFTER YOUR TOP TALENT. I MEAN, WE ARE GETTING FOLKS WHO ARE AREA MANAGERS AND THEY'RE BEING RECRUITED TO SMALLER CITIES TO BECOME THEIR ADS AND DIRECTORS. BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS. SO IT'S A GOOD THING. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRULY MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FORMALIZED PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE DEVELOPING TALENT INHOUSE. WE HAVE THAT PIPELINE TO CHOOSE FROM. I I TELL MY AD'S ALL THE TIME AND I TELL MY SENIOR MANAGERS, IT IS YOUR JOB TO CREATE THAT PIPELINE BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE YOUR TALENT. SO THAT GETS ME TO MY NEXT POINT, WHICH IS ON, I SEE THAT, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, RETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TALENT, UM, A LOT OF IT IS FOCUSED ON INTERNAL AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A GOOD CHANCE MOVING UP. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OR ENCOURAGE THAT OUR PERSON WHO'S HIRED TO DO THIS ALSO SPEND TIME LOOKING [01:05:01] AT OTHER CITIES SO WE CAN POACH. YES. AND UH, IF MOST, INSTEAD OF JUST BEING INTERNAL, BUT THE OTHER THING IT DOES, AND WHEN YOU BRING IN PEOPLE, NOT EVEN FROM JUST NORTH TEXAS, BUT FROM NATIONWIDE IDENTIFYING PEOPLE. AND I THINK TRUST REPUBLIC LAND WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IN THIS AND TO, TO IDENTIFY PROMISING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MAYBE ARE FROM MIDSIZE CITIES LIKE WACO OR MAYBE SOMEWHERE UP IN WISCONSIN OR WHATEVER, THAT WE CAN POACH. YEP. UH, AND I JUST LIKE TO FOLKS SEE A FOCUS ON THAT. IF TO SEE IT, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT IN MIND 'CAUSE THEY BRING IN, UH, CULTURES, YOU KNOW, UM, IT, SO IT'S JUST HEALTHY. UH, SO I'D LIKE TO HOPE THAT WE COULD DO SOME POACHING OURSELVES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. . UH, MS. HENICK, UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS. I THINK WE'VE ALL TALKED AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT WE JUST DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO STAFF UP AND THIS ALL SOUNDS REALLY GOOD AND LOOKS REALLY GOOD ON PAPER, BUT I JUST ONLY CAN EXPERIENCE IT FROM MY INTERACTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING THERE. UH, I MEAN I'VE SEEN MY COMMUNITY LIAISON PERSON. I THINK I'M ON MY SIXTH ONE. I'VE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ONE. I'VE HAD MY AREA MANAGER COME AND THEN THEY WORK BACK AND THEN THEY COME AGAIN. AND THEN I HAD A DIFFERENT PERSON. SO I'VE SEEN THE CHURN IN THAT. I'VE HEARD THE FRUSTRATION FROM SOME OF THOSE FOLKS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO HIRE PEOPLE TO DO THEIR JOBS AS IRRIGATORS AND ELECTRICIANS. I HEAR OUR FACILITY SERVICES PEOPLE SAYING WE'RE TEN TWO YEARS BACKLOG BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO DO THESE JOBS. SO THIS ALL SOUNDS LOVELY, BUT I JUST, ANECDOTALLY, FOR ME IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT WAY. AM I, AM I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE STRUGGLING TO HAVE OUR TOP TIER OF, OF ADS HERE. LIKE SO ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS? OH YEAH. I COULD, I CAN TELL YOU, I KNOW WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. 'CAUSE I MEAN, WHEN WE LOOKED AT DATA THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE RUNNING A 20% ANCY RATE, WE'RE NOT RUNNING A 20% VACANCY RATE. WE'RE ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE OUR TURNOVERS, WE ARE ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME TO. AND WE ARE ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT DOES HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST VACANCY RATES. WITH SUCH A LARGE DEPARTMENT WITH 1500 PEOPLE, YOU ARE GONNA EXPECT TO HAVE IN ANY GIVEN TIME TWO TO 300 PEOPLE. 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO'S ELIGIBLE TO . AND ONCE AGAIN, WE CANNOT IGNORE THE FACT PEOPLE ARE POACHING OUR FOLKS LEFT AND RIGHT. Y'ALL DON'T SEE SOME OF THE PEOPLE GET POACHED AWAY. I MEAN, I'VE WATCHED FOLKS ON MAINTENANCE, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A SUPERVISOR AND THEY GOT POACHED AWAY TO BE THE HEAD PERSON OVER IN A SMALL CITY OF OF 50,000 PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING. AND I, WE USED TO DO THE SAME THING. I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU. WE USED TO POACH WHEN DALLAS PARK SYSTEM WASN'T AT THIS LEVEL AND WE WANTED TO BRING IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT COULD HELP US GET TO THE LEVEL. TO TIM'S POINT, WE'RE STILL POACHING BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE BRING IN NEW IDEAS. SO WE DON'T GET TO JUST THE GROUP THINK. AND SO WE TRY TO HAVE THAT BALANCE. BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I KNOW IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU FEELING THE PAIN, I KNOW MY, MY MY EXECUTIVES AND MY MANAGERS, THEY FEEL THE PAIN. BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE IN A BUSINESS WHERE YOUR SUCCESS IS GOING TO BE THE WORST THING FOR YOU WHEN IT COMES TO KEEPING STAFF. YEAH. OKAY. WE TRY TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE TRY TO CREATE A FAMILY ENVIRONMENT HERE. WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT WORK LIFE BALANCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. BUT WE TRY TO COMPETE IN DIFFERENT WAYS BY CREATING A CULTURE OVER HERE WHERE WE EMPLOYEES KNOW WE CARE. AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S TO ME, THAT'S OUR BEST RETENTION TO, AS I TELL MY EXECUTIVES AND SENIOR LEVEL MANAGERS, YOU BETTER MAKE SURE THOSE EMPLOYEES KNOW YOU CARE BECAUSE THEY HAVE OPTIONS TO GO OTHER PLACES. NOW BECAUSE WE'RE IN AN ECONOMY THAT IS CONTINUING TO MOVE UP, WE HIT THESE LUXURIES. I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYEES BEING ABLE TO HIRE, PICK WHAT YOU WANT. WE HIT THIS SINCE 2009 AND THEN WE HAD A BRIEF MOMENT IN 2012. SINCE THEN, THE MARKET HAS BEEN VERY COMPETITIVE AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN OUR IRRIGATORS. WELL, THANK YOU. I, AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE NEVER HEARD IN THE DEFENSE OF EVERYBODY HERE, I HAVE NEVER HEARD CRITICISM OF THIS IS A HORRIBLE PLACE TO WORK. THE CULTURE STINKS. WE DON'T LIKE OUR MANAGER. IT'S NEVER THAT. IT'S JUST, WE JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TO COME WORK FOR US ONCE THEY'RE HERE. I, I DON'T HEAR PEOPLE ARE LEAVING 'CAUSE THEY HATE [01:10:01] IT. SO I ONLY HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT. AND THEN, AND THIS I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THAT YOUNGER GENERATION, HOW NIMBLE AND EFFECTIVE IS OUR ONLINE JOB APPLICATION AND PROCESSING. BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD A JOB LISTING AND I TOLD SOMEBODY, OH, IF WE HAVE A JOB LISTING, YOU SHOULD GO TRY THAT. COULD, COULDN'T FIND IT. WASN'T EASY. COULDN'T FIND WHERE TO FIND IT. AND THEN WHEN THEY TRIED TO FIND IT, COULDN'T FIND THE LISTING, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO CALL SOMEBODY TO SAY, WHERE IS THIS? OH, WELL. SO I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND SOME MONEY AND TIME AND EFFORT, I THINK THE, THE EASINESS OF GETTING TO US IS KEY. WE NEED TO MAKE IT SO EASY. AND THEN THE ONBOARDING PROCESS, I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF RELYING ON HR THAT MAY BE OUT OF OUR CONTROL, BUT WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO EXPEDITE THAT. 'CAUSE I THINK WE HAVE LOST PEOPLE THAT GET, WE'RE TOO SLOW TO ONBOARD 'EM AND THEY GET ANOTHER OFFER. SO I BEG AND PLEAD WITH YOU, TAKE SOME OF THESE RESOURCES. I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR STAFF DIVERSITY. I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM IN THE DIVERSITY THING. WE'RE FINE THERE. MAYBE TAKE SOME OF YOUR DIVERSITY DOLLARS AND GO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO WORK FOR US. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY CRIPPLING US. YEAH, NO, WE'LL SAYING WE DON'T SPEND ANY DOLLARS. DIVERSITY IS THE CULTURE WE CREATE HERE THAT MAKES FOLKS OF MY BACKGROUND WANNA WORK HERE. CORRECT. I'M SAYING WE CAN FIND SOME MONEY THAT SOMEWHERE, I DON'T KNOW. BUT THAT EASE OF, OF GETTING GET, FINDING THE JOB, GETTING ON BOARD AND THEN ONBOARDING. I KNOW IT'S FRUS, I HEAR THE FRUSTRATION FROM EVERYBODY. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE FIX IT, BUT YOU ARE RIGHT. I MEAN, I SHOULD BE ABLE HAVE ENTRY LEVEL FOLKS AND ANYBODY SHOULD BETTER GO TO THE PHONE THEY HAVE IN YEAH. AND BE ABLE TO GET A RESPONSE BACK FROM THE PHONE AND PROCESS SO QUICKLY. PROCESS SO QUICKLY. I'M WAITING WHEN YOU GET A HOT ONE, BE ABLE TO LIKE GO YEAH. MEET YOU ON MONDAY. SITTING IN, SITTING AT YOUR DESK ON FOLLOWING TWO WEEKS FROM THAT DAY. SHOULDN'T TAKE THAT LONG. SO THAT'S MY 2 CENTS. BUT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS, SO THANK YOU. AND I TOTALLY AGREE THAT EVERYTHING'S TECHNOLOGY. EVERYBODY'S ON THEIR PHONE, EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO GOOD ON THEIR PHONE. SO WE GOTTA FIGURE THAT OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW FAST CAN WE PROCESS MS. GREEN. THANK YOU. UM, LOOK, I THINK, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE. THIS IS GONNA ADD ON TO WHAT, UH, MY COUSIN , WE'RE ALL STORYTELLERS. OUR DEPARTMENT'S A STORYTELLER. I'LL TELL YOU ONE OF THE STORIES I REMEMBER BEST FROM THIS DEPARTMENT YEAR TWO AGO WHEN MAC TEAM, UH, PUT OUT THE YOUTUBE ON, UH, WOMEN IN OUR WORKFORCE DOING THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN'T THINK WOMEN WOULD DO, LIKE WELDING AND MACHINERY WORK. AND, UH, IT WAS UNDER JEREMY WILSON'S TEAM. AND THAT VIDEO GOT SHARED BY ME. IT GOT SHARED BY, BY A BUNCH OF FOLKS, MAYBE SOME FOLKS. I APPLIED TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT BASED ON SOME VIDEOS LIKE THAT. BUT WE HAVE A LOT MORE STORY. I'LL TELL YOU ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, SMALL BURST OF HAPPINESS, UH, RECENTLY IN THIS DEPARTMENT IS, UH, IS OUR AQUATICS RECRUITMENT BRAG ON, UH, RAUL ROBLES AND, UM, ROB CUTRIGHT AND, UH, CONTINENTAL LIVINGSTON AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE RECRUITING, UH, FOR OUR POOLS IN EAST DALLAS, SPECIFICALLY TC AND SAMUEL GRANT. WE MADE A, A MAD DASH TOGETHER AND WE GOT SO MANY TEENAGERS HIRED IN A RECORD AMOUNT OF TIME. AND I, AND I STAY IN TOUCH WITH THESE TEENAGERS AND THEIR MOMS AND DADS BECAUSE A LOT OF 'EM APPROACH ME AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, CAN YOU HELP JUNK? I MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE WHO KNOWS SOMEONE, RIGHT? BUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS IS, IS LIKE FIVE STARS. AND, AND, AND THESE ARE KIDS THAT WHEN THEY'RE WORKING AT FIRST JOBS, THEY GOT NO EXPERIENCE. 15 YEAR OLDS. AND WE, WE MAY HAVE POACHED SOME FROM A, A VERY, YOU KNOW, HIGH PROFILE COUNTRY CLUB OVER AT EAST END. WE MAY HAVE POACHED SOME LIFEGUARDS FROM A COUNTRY CLUB, I'M NOT GONNA LIE, AND, AND THEY'RE HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES. THIS IS A STORY. LET'S GET SOME OF THESE STORIES OUT THERE IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET THESE STORIES LIVE FOREVER, EVER. BECAUSE THIS WILL HELP OUR RECRUITMENT, THIS WILL HELP PEOPLE WANTING TO COME BACK. I HOPE THAT EVERY SINGLE 15 AND 16-YEAR-OLD WE JUST HIRED COME BACK WHEN THEY'RE 16 AND 17 YEAR OLDS AND MAKE THAT BIG MONEY WORK ON THEIR TAN AND LOW KEY SINGLE LIFE ONE DAY. YOU KNOW, SO THEIR STORIES HERE, RIGHT? THERE'S STORIES AND THEN THERE'S NOT CERTAIN CROSS CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION. LET'S DO IT. I WANNA SEE THAT HAPPEN. YEAH. ONE OF THE SECRETS THAT SHARE THAT OUT, I'LL SHARE IT AND GIVE OTHER PEOPLE. AGAIN, I GOT A, I GOT A LITTLE TUTORIAL ON SOME OF THAT MESSAGING, HOW IT WORKS. MM-HMM . [01:15:06] THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. SLAUGHTER. HAPPY NEW YEAR. OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. UH, I'M LIKE DI HAVE PART A RECREATION SYSTEM HERE. UH, LITTLE AT BUNTON RECREATION CENTER WE HAD WAS X LINE, THAT'S ALMOST LIKE A TWO AND A HALF MILE HIKE WENT FOR MY MOTHER BEATING ME IN X LINE. I PROBABLY, YOU GUYS WOULD PROBABLY BE VISITING ME AT STER ON MY BOOKS. I'VE GOTTA GET THIS DEPARTMENT CREDIT BECAUSE WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND WE HAVING THESE JOB S AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET UP TO PARK AND GOD BLESS JOHN KING, HIS, HIS LICENSE PLATE. HE CALLED INDEED. YOU HEARD OF THAT? YOU KNOW, WHEN HE TRYING TO RECRUIT SOMEBODY. YOU INDEED. THAT'S JOHN KING CRYSTAL AND RENEE AND, AND RYAN AND YOU GUYS. I'M, I'M JUST SO EXCITED. I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP WHEN I WAS AT X LINE. THESE KIDS KNEW THAT THEY COULD, I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I COULD GET A JOB WORKING AT X LINE OR WHAT I SAW THIS GROWN PERSON DOING. I, I, I MEAN THIS WOULD BROADEN THESE KIDS TO VERIZON. YOU KNOW, IF I, I'M, I'M, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK THIS DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THIS, UH, A CREDIT CARD THING, AND I GOT TO GIVE A, A ELAINE SOME KUDOS. THANK YOU, ELAINE. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW BY NOW, PEOPLE'S NOT ON THIS BOARD. YOU CANNOT OUTDO A VOLUNTEER'S HEART. SO I WANNA THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR SITTING ON THIS BOARD. YOU DOING IT FOR YOUR HEART, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, DON'T HAVE ANY ULTERIOR MOTIVES. THAT IS A BLESSING. BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND, AND, UH, I'M GONNA BE OUTTA HERE PRETTY SOON. UH, A YOUNG MAN THAT I WAS BRINGING AROUND INTRODUCING EVERYBODY TODAY THAT, UH, HE'S A PRECINCT CHAIR AND HE WAS A REAL, UH, UH, HE WAS ONE OF THE INITIAL FORTUNE BY CHANGE THE NAME OF COLLEGE PARK, AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOTTA GIVE HIM KUDOS FOR THAT. BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS APARTMENT AND I'VE BEEN HERE AND I, I, I'VE, I, I'VE, I'VE ENJOYED IT. SO I'M GONNA BE, I THE YOU ASIDE FOR A LITTLE MORE TIME. I AM EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT'S DOING WITH THIS RETENTION AND THESE JOB FORS. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HAVING SEVERAL JOB FORS AND WHAT YOU GUYS DID WITH THE, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. WE NO LONGER HAVE TO WAIT THREE MONTHS BEFORE WE GET HIRED AT AND PUT IT DOWN TO A COUPLE OF THREE WEEKS. THAT, THAT IS AWESOME. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SLAUGHTER. WE DONE THREE WEEKS. . I JUST MAKING SURE I WAS GOING GET ON THAT. HEY, FROM THREE MONTHS TO, WELL, YEAH, WE DO THE, WE DO THE OTHER, WE THE OTHER WAY. BUT, UH, UH, MR. WOOD, THANK YOU. UM, I AGREE THAT GROWING THEM INHOUSE IS THE WAY TO GO. UM, I DID JUST CONNECT MISS CRYSTAL ROSS WITH THE PRINCIPAL AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE'LL MAKE THAT EASIER TRANSITION. UM, AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ROADBLOCKS, UM, AS MR. WATA INDICATED, UM, MS. ADE OR DR. ADE, UM, IS ALL ABOUT MAKING IT HAPPEN FOR THE KIDS AND THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS. UM, AND SHE WILL LOOK AT EVERY AVENUE TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. AND ANYTIME WE CAN INVOLVE THE KIDS, LIKE MR. DICKEY SAID, WE CAN KEEP 'EM OUT OF TROUBLE. LIKE WE TRIED TO KEEP MR. SLAUGHTER OUT OF TROUBLE, BUT PEOPLE DON'T BUY. I SAY THIS A LOT, THAT PEOPLE DON'T BUY HOUSES OR HOMES ANYMORE. THEY BUY HOUSES AND THEY MOVE AROUND A LOT. THEY, IT IS THE SAME THING WITH JOBS. THEY DON'T HAVE CAREERS LIKE MR. JENKINS IS A CAREER PARKS PERSON. HE'S BEEN HERE FOR DECADES. IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT POSITIONS WITHIN IT, BUT HE'S NOT THE NORM ANYMORE. AND TO HOLD ONTO THOSE PEOPLE IS THE KEY. YOU SAY IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT MONEY, BUT IT IS ABOUT MONEY BECAUSE THEY MOVE AROUND FOR THE MONEY. BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T GET THEM MORE MONEY HERE, THEY LEAVE TO GO GET MORE MONEY. SO WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET CREATIVE HERE TO KEEP THEM HERE. UM, WE NEED TO KEEP THEIR INTEREST LIKE WE SEE, UM, SOMETHING IN ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM KUDOS. SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S EMPLOYEES THAT BOARD MEMBERS THAT THEY'VE OUTSHINED AND DONE THINGS, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEM RECOGNIZED AND GET THEM IN A PATH TO SUCCEEDING, INTO MOVING UP INTO [01:20:01] DIFFERENT THINGS. BECAUSE IF WE SEE THEM AS SOMEBODY, IF THEY'VE MADE AN IMPRESSION ON US, THEY'VE UH, MADE THAT IMPRESSION ON OTHER PEOPLE. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THOSE PEOPLE, UM, ENGAGED. UM, FIGHT FOR THEM AND GIVE 'EM OPPORTUNITIES. LET'S NOT HOLD 'EM BACK JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OH, THEY MIGHT BE DOING GOOD IN THE POSITION THAT THEY'RE AT. WE NEED TO LET THEM MOVE UP BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T, WE'RE GONNA LOSE THEM ALTOGETHER. AND I'VE SEEN THAT QUITE A BIT, UM, IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE'VE LOST A LOT OF PEOPLE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S OUR FAULT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOT TO ENGAGE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP PEOPLE. SO, BUT OVERALL, GREAT WORK. I THINK, UM, SOMEBODY IN THE DIRECTOR LEVEL TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT IS DOING BETTER THAN WE'VE EVER DONE. AND THE STREAMLINING AND THE EXPERTISE AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND YOU KNOW, JUST EVERYTHING IS FLOWING SO WELL THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, I WOULD AGREE WE'RE DOING WELL, BUT WE'VE GOTTA KEEP THOSE PEOPLE SO THAT IT MAKES YOUR JOB EASIER. MR. BUT TO YOUR POINT ON, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO WATCH OUT FOR US AND MAKE SURE CAREER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO WORKING FOR THE CITY 'CAUSE WE CAN'T COMPETE OUR WAY FINANCIALLY. BUT IF I CAN GET YOU TO YEAR 10, THEN YOU START RECOGNIZING HOW IMPORTANT THE PENSION IS TO YOU, YOU START MAKING THIS A CAREER INSTEAD OF JUST A JOB. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO MAKE SURE EARLY ON THAT THERE ARE PROGRESSION STEPS WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET THOSE PROMOTIONS. 'CAUSE THAT IS WHAT'S GOING TO KEEP THEM HERE IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE MORE MONEY. AND IF THEY HAVE A FAMILY THAT THEY WILL MAKE MORE MONEY RIGHT OFF THE BAT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK AT THESE POSITIONS AND MAKE SURE THERE IS CAREER PATHS. BECAUSE THAT LAST THING YOU WANT THEM TO DO IS GET STUCK IN A POSITION FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEY DON'T GET PROMOTED, YOU KNOW, UNTIL FIVE YEARS LATER. SO TO YOUR POINT, YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT, BUT THE MAGIC NUMBER IS GIVE 'EM TO 10 YEARS. 'CAUSE THEN THEY START LOOKING AT IT AS A CAREER. RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST BEING HONEST WITH YOU. YOU SAW THOSE STATS. IT'S HARD. GIVE 'EM THE FIVE RIGHT NOW. AND WOULD YOU SAY, VANESSA? WE PROBABLY HAVE, I THINK I SAW THE STATS. THAT'S PROBABLY NOW ONLY PROBABLY 30% OF THOSE WERE 10 YEARS OR MORE. WHEN THAT USED TO BE THE OPPOSITE. IT USED TO BE 15 YEARS OR MORE WAS PROBABLY 6% OF THE, OF THE ORGANIZATION. AND TO MR. DR. NEWMAN, SOMETHING HE TOLD ME A WHILE BACK WHEN HE GOT ON THE BOARD, WE TALKED ABOUT YOUNG EMPLOYEES, HOW WE HAVE TO CONNECT. AND HE TAUGHT ME SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. I SHARED WITH MY EXECUTIVE TEAM, WE GOTTA ADAPT TO THOSE, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND. 'CAUSE AS HE EXPLAINED TO ME, YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND WITH THIS GENERATION, THEIR ATTENTION SPAN, IT'S A LOT SHORTER. SO WHEN YOU'RE HAVING MEETINGS, YOU CAN'T HAVE THOSE MEETINGS GO OVER, OR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A BREAK AFTER A CERTAIN TIME. AND THAT'S STUCK WITH US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, UH, RICHARD JENKINS. YEAH. WE USE IN, UH, IN OUR PROFESSORSHIP WHAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUDIES, UH, MICRO LEARNING AND MICRO LEARNING WORKS VERY WELL. WE, WE'VE SEEN A TREMENDOUS GAIN. WHEN WE USE MICRO, BE IT MICRO VIDEO, MICRO LECTURES, YOU JUST WATCH THE, UM, SCORES INCREASE, THE KNOWLEDGE LEVELS INCREASE BECAUSE AGAIN, UH, NEUROLOGICALLY SPEAKING TECHNOLOGY, ET CETERA, WE'VE FOUND OUT THROUGH OUR PSYCHOLOGIST WITHIN THE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY AS WELL AS OTHERS AS MYSELF, BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS, HOW, UH, THAT AFFECTS THE BRAIN. AND SO, AGAIN, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO BRING IN THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE AND KEEP THEM AROUND, YOU REALLY NEED TO TALK TO THEM SHORT AND QUICKLY AND THEY WILL PROCESS IT. BUT LIKE IN MY GENERATION, WE WOULD SIT BACK AND LET SOMEBODY ENGAGE IN SOME TYPE OF ABSTRACT METAPHYSICAL, YOU KNOW, HERMENEUTIC EPISTEMOLOGY. AND WE COULD SIT BACK AND LISTEN, WE KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, BUT TAKE IT . THEY, THEY DIDN'T, THEY DON'T DO THAT. , THANK YOU. THANK YOU DR. NEWMAN. AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF US STILL HAVE THAT HISTORY OF HAVING, WE USED TO CALL IT BUGS IN OUR PLANTS AND, AND YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN REMEMBER THAT BOAT, BUT SERVICE FOR THAT , I JUST WANNA SAY HOW MUCH I ENJOY THAT STRING OF WORDS THAT THERE PROFESS TODAY. UM, ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, TYING TOGETHER [01:25:01] A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT DOTS THAT REMEMBER HAS MANY ALL HAVE ALL SAID AS FAR AS THE POWER OF STORYTELLING AND YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH PEOPLE ACTUALLY ENJOY BEING HERE ONCE THEY'RE HERE. UM, AND YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HOUSES, NOT HOMES, AND ALSO, UH, JUST HOW TO ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE IN A SHORT, SIMPLE INFORMATION. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT A SOME KIND OF CAMPAIGN THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE NOT FOR US TO TELL THEIR STORY, FOR THEM TO TELL THEIR SHORT SOCIAL MEDIA CLIPS. LIKE TALKING TO THESE 16 AND 17 YEAR OLDS WHO ARE WORKING AT THE , THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO REALLY DO ENJOY THEIR JOBS, AND SHOWING THE BREADTH OF OPPORTUNITY THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND, AND SHOWCASE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THAT WE ARE SHOWING THESE PEOPLE AND HOW MUCH THEY RESPECT THEM AND HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY THEIR JOBS, BUT HOW THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE A PART OF THIS TEAM, THIS PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND SHOWCASING THE CULTURE. 'CAUSE I THINK THE IDEA OF WORKING FOR ANY MUNICIPAL BODY OR IT'S LIKE THE CITY OR IT'S VERY KIND OF DRY AND UNATTRACTIVE, ESPECIALLY TO YOUNGER PEOPLE, DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT OF FUN. IT FEELS VERY BUREAUCRATIC. I THINK ALLOWING PEOPLE TO TELL THOSE STORIES THROUGH THEIR OWN WORDS. UM, AND THEN HAVING THEY COORDINATED CAMPAIGN REALLY THOUGHT THROUGH LIKE HOW DO WE CREATE LIKE A THROUGH LINE OF SHOWCASING THESE FOLKS AND, AND THEIR STORIES SEEM REALLY FUN TO WORK HERE. GREAT PLACE TO BE IN A PLACE YOU CAN BUILD A CAREER. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOUNGER GENERATIONS WOULD WANT TO BE SHOPPING FOR HOUSES INSTEAD OF HOMES. I THINK IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND A PLACE AND IMAGINE A PLACE THAT YOU CAN BE FOR THE NEXT 20 OR 30 OR 40 YEARS. HOWEVER, ESPECIALLY IN A WORLD OF AI, EVERYONE UNDER 30 IS THINKING WHATEVER JOB I HAVE NOW IS NOT GONNA EXIST IN FIVE YEARS. RIGHT? SO JUST SORT OF PROVIDING THE CONCEPT OF THAT THIS IS A FUN, SAFE PLACE TO BE, A PLACE THAT HAS A GREAT CULTURE AND AWESOME PEOPLE. AND THERE'S SO MANY COOL JOBS THAT YOU CAN DO AND BE A PART OF. AND DOING THAT BY SHOWCASING PEOPLE STORIES TO THEIR OWN VOICES AND PERHAPS HAVING LIKE HASHTAG CAMPAIGN LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M DALLAS PARKS OR WHATEVER. SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT TIES IT ALL TOGETHER. I JUST WANNA SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY AS ON THE ONBOARDING PROCESS. IT, IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME AT ALL TO HEAR THAT YOU'VE LOST PEOPLE THROUGH THE ONBOARDING PROCESS. SAME THING HAPPENED. UM, THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. I'M SURE THAT'S A CITYWIDE PROBLEM. I'M TRYING TO IMAGINE A SIX TO EIGHT WEEK ONBOARDING PROCESS. I CAN'T DO IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT POSSIBLY COULD BE HAPPEN. TIME . UM, IT'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK, SO I I I'M GREAT. LIKE I'M VERY HAPPY. I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE EVEN BOTHER APPLYING TO JOBS BECAUSE OF HOW LONG THEY PERCEIVE IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET THE JOB AND THEIR SENSE OF URGENCY IS JUST MUCH SHORTER THAN THAT. UM, I, I AM ONE OF THE FRUSTRATED PEOPLE STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR FOR MY DISTRICT WHO I HEARD WAS HIRED MONTHS AGO, BUT I HAVE YET TO MEET THIS PERSON OR CONNECT WITH THEM. SO MAYBE THEIR ONBOARDING PROCESS IS STILL HERE. UM, YEAH, I JUST WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT SHORTLY. THANK YOU SIR. YEAH, AND I'LL, AND I'LL TELL YOU A QUICK STORY. UH, I'M PRETTY SURE SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH AN, UH, ROBERTO BARRAN AND ANTON ANTONIO CHAVEZ. THEY WERE OUR MAIN CREW FOR KEITH COMPLEX. THE KEY CIRCLE, RIGHT? THE INSIDE CIRCLE FOR PARDON IS POINT 12 WHEN HE FIRST OPENED. AND, AND MAYBE I KNOW WHERE ROBERTO WAS FOR SURE. I THINK IT WAS 2005 AND THEY WERE THERE FOR SO LONG AND I, I SEE 'EM FOR BREAKFAST QUITE A BIT. AND UH, ROBERTO WAS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT NOBODY COULD DO THE JOB LIKE I COULD DO. AND SO WE GOT, WE GOT ACTUALLY HAD AN ARGUMENT WITH THAT'S 'CAUSE YOU WEREN'T TRAINING NOBODY YOU WEREN'T TRAINING THE PERSON TO DO THE JOB AS GOOD AS YOU. AND, AND, AND, AND, AND NOTHING BAD ABOUT HIM. HE WAS JUST AFRAID THAT HE WAS GONNA LOSE HIS JOB. I'M GONNA LOSE MY POSITION, BUT REPEATING THE COMPLEX. SO, AND, AND, AND AS HE DIRECTOR JIMMY SMILING 'CAUSE HE'S PROBABLY HEARD THAT HUNDREDS OF TIMES THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS BEING HERE. BUT OUR OUR OLDER OUR OLDER PEOPLE ARE, ARE AFRAID TO TRAIN THE YOUNGER PEOPLE 'CAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THEIR JOBS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY DON'T SEE THEM BEING SUPERVISED THEMSELVES BEING SUPERVISED LIKE THAT. AND THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS IN THE HISTORY. BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE GOTTA ENCOURAGE TRAINING. EVEN WITH ALL THE, WITH ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS. YOU SAID IRRIGATION, POOL POOLS, MAINTENANCE REC CENTER, UH, ASSISTANT MANAGERS I THINK WAS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST THINGS. WE'RE NOT TRAINING THE NEXT PERSON TO MAKE TO TAKE UP A JOB, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE TO TRAIN THE NEXT PERSON THAT WANTS TO, THAT WE WANT SOMEBODY TO REPLACE US. 'CAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE COMPETITION, THEN WE GET STAGNANT AT OUR JOB. AND SOMETIMES, UH, ROBERTO ANTONIO, OUR, OUR REC MANAGERS OR OUR CREW THAT, THAT RUNS OUR, OUR THAT DO DOING AQUATICS, THEY MIGHT NOT WANNA TRAIN THE NEXT PERSON TO PICK THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GONNA LOSE THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY SEE NO PATH FORWARD TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN OUR DEPARTMENT. SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE GOTTA THINK ABOUT. HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THE NEXT GROUP TRAINED TO TAKE OUR JOBS? AND I HAVE THAT DEAL WITH MY TEAM ALL THE TIME. WHO WANTS MY JOB? WHO WANTS TO BE MY POSITION WHEN I DECIDE I'M WANT TO LEAVE AND, AND THEY [01:30:01] ALL LOOK, WE DON'T WANT YOUR JOB. I SAID, YES YOU DO. YOU JUST DON'T REALIZE RIGHT NOW YOU DO AND YOU'RE READY FOR IT. BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT INITIATIVE AND WANT TO LEARN WHAT I'M DOING AND MAKE THOSE TOUGH PHONE CALLS AND, AND, AND DO STUFF LIKE THAT. SO JUST SOMETHING THAT WE GOTTA DO IS JUST ENCOURAGE OUR PEOPLE TO TRAIN AND HAVE SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO GO WHERE THEY DO TRAIN THAT NEXT PERSON, WHERE'S THEIR NEXT POSITION OR WHO ARE THEY GONNA GO TRAIN NEXT FOR THAT JOB? SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. BUT, BUT I KNOW ALSO SEEING THAT WE HAVE 10 OF OUR ADMIN TEAM HERE, I GUESS IN THIS BUILDING AT 35 OR UH, THINK IT WAS 25 YEARS PLUS 10 OF OUR ADMIN. THAT MEANS I COULD COUNT SIX OF 'EM IN THIS ROOM ALREADY. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE MATH, WHO THIS ROOM IS, WHO'S GONNA REPLACE YOU, WHO'S GONNA REPLACE YOU FOR THE NEXT POSITION, WHETHER HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT OUTSIDE, WE GONNA TEACH 'EM VERY D FROM THE BEGINNING BUT SOMETIMES GONNA REPLACE YOU TO TAKE OVER. IE THE DIRECTOR, THE DEPUTY DIRECTORS, ALL EVERYBODY. SO I'M PRETTY SURE, YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE 10, ALL THOSE 10 PEOPLE ARE IN THIS, IN THIS OFFICE SOMEWHERE. BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE GOTTA LOOK AT FOR THE FUTURE, HOW WE'RE GONNA BE REFLECTING OUR LEADERSHIP. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THAT'S GREAT. ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO BUDGET UPDATE. OH, MS. BARRY HAD SOMETHING FOR US TODAY. WE, WE'VE, WE ON GOOD KNEES MS. BARRY. OKAY. I JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE AND FOR THIS UPDATE I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO OUR BUDGET OPERATING BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR. PATRICK, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD MORNING. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES. REALLY GONNA BE A REALLY BRIEF UPDATE TODAY AS PART BOARD. SO ON JUNE 18TH, THE DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND THE CHIEF PHYSICAL OFFICER, UPDATED CITY COUNCIL ON BUDGET BRIEFING FISCAL YEAR 25 AND BUDGET, THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED 24 PROGRAMS TOTALING TO $126.2 MILLION. EXCLUDING OUR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ENHANCEMENT AS WELL AS OUR PARK PARK ENHANCEMENT. OUR FORECASTED REVENUES STAND AT A LITTLE OVER $11 MILLION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. ALSO NOT ACCOUNTING FOR FAIR PARK, THE VIBRANT FOUNDATIONAL PILLAR WHERE THE UH, PARKING REC DEPARTMENT IS HOUSED. IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES A DEPARTMENT LIKE THE LIBRARY, THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND A FEW OTHERS. THAT VIBRANT PILLAR IS APPROVED FOR A $213.5 MILLION BUDGET. AND SO JUST GIVING YOU THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND UNDERSTAND, AND THAT DEPARTMENT, RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS SUBMITTED, UH, PROGRAMS TOTALED TO $126.2 MILLION. WE'RE ALL SHARING THAT APPROVED BUDGETS OF 213000000.5. THOSE, UH, DEPARTMENTS THAT ALSO ARE ENCOMPASSED IN THAT A VIBRANT FOUNDATION OF PILLAR. SO JUST, UH, CONTINUING TO UPDATE ONE LAST DISCLAIMER. THE REVENUE, UH, AMOUNT AND EXTRA AMOUNTS LISTED TODAY ARE PRELIMINARY AND THEY'RE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. AND THE FINAL NUMBERS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE CITY MANAGER PROPOSED BUDGET THAT IS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST THE 12TH. WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE MAY BE ANY. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT OUR REVENUE HAS TO BE AT 13 MILLION OR THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING? WE'RE PROJECTING CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE OF ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM PREP PARK, $11 MILLION FOR THE YEAR OUTSIDE OF FEDERAL PARK. YES SIR. OUTSIDE OF PEP PARK, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, I I'M PRETTY SURE, UH, REGISTRATIONS FOR THE SPORTS. YES SIR. FIELDS, ANYTHING, UH, GENERATING REVENUE FOR THE DEPARTMENT. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, MS. HESSMAN, WHAT IS THIS TERM? YOU'RE USING VIBRANT PILLARS? YES. YES MA'AM. SO THIS CURRENT YEAR, THE CITY MANAGER HAS BROKEN DOWN THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT IN FIVE FOUNDATIONAL PILLARS. AND THE PILLAR THAT THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FALLS UNDER IS THE VIBRANT FOUNDATION. VIBRANT FOUNDATIONAL. AND WE ARE IN THE FINE COMPANY OF DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. YES MA'AM. UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. I LIST THEM ALL 40 MATTHEW, IF YOU DON'T MIND. YES, PLEASE. . SO THE DEPARTMENT, RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE LIBRARY OFFICE CULTURE, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE AND EMPOWERMENT, OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION. AND LASTLY, [01:35:01] THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. SO DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT ALL OF UH, US VIBRANT PILLARS ARE SHARING A BUDGET OF 213? THAT IS CORRECT. YES MA'AM. AS OF RIGHT NOW, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE REQUEST WAS? IF YOU ADDED UP ALL THOSE VIBRANT PILLARS? SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE ONLY KNOW WHERE OUR DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST IS. THE 126.2 MILLIGRAM OUT OF THAT. DO WE HAVE IT, DO WE HAVE HISTORICAL DATA TO ALLOW US TO KNOW SORT OF, I GUESS THE QUESTION I'M ASKING IS NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN LUMPED INTO LUMPED, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THIS GROUP OF VIBRANT PILLARS, DO WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S GONNA CHANGE OUR ABILITY TO GET WHAT WE NEED AS FAR AS OUR BUDGET? NO. AND WE ALWAYS BEEN LOCKED IN WITH GROUPS BEFORE. OKAY. THERE'S NOTHING NEW. OH, OKAY. I JUST HAD NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE. BRAND. YEAH. WE ALWAYS HAD TO COMPETE FOR OUR PIECE OF, RIGHT. YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S OUR COMPETITION THIS YEAR DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THEY GROUPED US OR IS IT JUST MORE OF THE SAME STANDPOINT OF THE WAY THAT THE BUDGET PROCESS HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED THIS YEAR AND THAT IS THAT EVERYBODY WENT DOWN TO A, WHAT, WHAT'S CALLED A ZERO BASED BUDGET PROGRAM BASED? YEAH, THAT'S ALL. OKAY. AND THEY LOOKING AT IT BY, BEFORE WE, WE SUBMITTED SEVEN SERVICES. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THIS YEAR WE HAD TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO 24 PROGRAM. 24 PROGRAM. THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE. OKAY. SO GO. SO AT THE NEXT MEETING IS WHEN WE'LL KNOW IF OUR UH, 1 26 0.2. SO WHAT HAPPEN IS, AND I, SO THEY FINISH OUR, GIVE YOU ALL KIND OF UPDATE FOR YOUR HOME RIGHT NOW JUST BEFORE WE LEAVE. LEAVE. OKAY. BEFORE WE LEAVE TODAY, WE'RE HOPING AS AN EDITOR AUGUST MEETING OR SEPTEMBER, SO THEY HAVE AN OFFICE MEETING SCHEDULED. THEY WON'T BE WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THE FOUNDATIONAL PILLARS THROUGH THE, THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY STARTING NOW. SO THEY'LL COME BACK TO US AND THEY WILL REQUEST PATHWAY WAY OF COMING UP WITH MORE MONEY, WHICH THEY'VE ALREADY PASSED US NOW. UM, SO WE ARE HAVING FINE FOR THAT TWO 13 BUT IT SHOULDN'T REALLY CHANGE THE WAY WE'RE AFFECTED. WE ARE OF COURSE THE LARGEST GROUP INSIDE OF THAT. SO, UM, ARE . YES. BUT BECAUSE IT IS PROGRAM BASED, TECHNICALLY THEY COULD COME BACK IN AND SAY, OKAY, IN SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS WE COULD CUT THESE SMALL PROGRAMS TO GET THE MONEY THAT WE NEED TO BALANCE. 'CAUSE IT IS JUST A BALANCING FOR THEM. THANK YOU. DIDN'T WANNA GET TOO IN THE WEEDS. I HEARD OF IT BEING CALLED A VIBRANT PILLAR BEFORE . YES. QUITE EXCITED. AND UH, THANK YOU MS. NOW I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU VERY, UH, THAT WHENEVER WE GET ALL THESE GROUPS TOGETHER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DAUGHTER, REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE TOP THREE PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE MAYOR TO MAKE SURE YOU MAKE SURE YOU, YOU USE THAT A LOT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION. AND OF COURSE NOW WE HAVE FAIR PARK TOO. WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE GET PLENTY OF DOLLARS FOR THAT. WE BRING THOSE THOSE THINGS UP DURING BUDGET TALK. SO, AND, AND WE ARE IN AUGUST BEFORE, SO WE'LL HAVE MORE LOOK AT EXAM. SO , THANK YOU. SO WE FEEL GOOD. FIVE, SIX, ONLY 6, 7, 6 OF US. 3, 6, 7. WE NEED ONE MORE. WE NEED ONE MORE. WE NEED ONE MORE. SO THANK YOU. SORRY. YEAH, HE GOT A MEMBER . ALRIGHT. SORRY. THAT WAS LIE. UH, YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THE SEEING KNOW OTHER PEOPLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, I'LL MOVE INTO OUR OTHER NON-ACTION ITEMS. UH, PARK AND PREPARATION BOARD MEMBER LIAISON REPORTS. MS. HASLEY, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT TO THE ARBERY LAST WEEKEND FOR PRIDE AND BLOOM. UM, THINGS ARE STILL LOOKING SUPER FANTASTIC OUT THERE, SO GO SEE IT NOW BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS SCORCHING MONTHS OF SUMMER WHILE EVERYTHING'S STILL GOT SOME FLOWERS ON IT. OKAY. KNOW LIAISON ABOUT A STAFF. YEAH, ONLY THING IS JUST UH, I KNOW READY TO GO ON OUR BREAK. UH, IF THERE'S ANY URGENT, IF THERE'S ANY URGENT BUDGET, 29. OH, SORRY. OH, THERE WE GO. IF THERE'S ANY UH, URGENT BUDGET UPDATES, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW EITHER THROUGH MEMO OR CALL A SPECIAL CALL MEETING. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW IF ANYTHING CHANGE. I DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING TO CHANGE, BUT WE DON'T, IT'S A NEW PROCESS. ALSO, WE'LL [01:40:01] KEEP YOU UPDATED ON OUR PROGRESS ON FAIR PARK 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S FLUID RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, WE SENT A MEMO, WE HAVE ASSUMED BUT GOING THROUGH THE TRANSITION PROCESS OVER THE 90 DAYS AND SO WE WILL TRY TO KEEP YOU UPDATED EITHER BY PHONE CALLS, MEMO OR WE ON SPECIAL CALL MEETING. UH, AND AND BEYOND THAT, I JUST WANNA SAY TO THE BOARD, I KNOW YOU'VE GONNA GO ON YOUR BREAK. I JUST WANT SAY THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ENJOY YOUR BREAK. 'CAUSE YOU WANNA WORK HARD, YOU ARE VOLUNTEERS. BUT IF YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THIS BOARD TAKES THIS CHARGE AND MISSION VERY SERIOUSLY. YOU TAKE YOUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY. YOU KNOW, YOU GO BEYOND THE CALL AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL AS A DEPARTMENT AND STAFF AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR THIS CITY AND FOR THIS PARK DEPARTMENT EVERY DAY. AND I DON'T THINK YOU ALL HEAR THAT ENOUGH. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE HERE FROM ME AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALL OF MY EMPLOYEES. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITIZENS. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR THE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A VOLUNTARY JOB, BUT YOU, YOU WR YOU RISE TO THE OCCASION. TAKE CHARGE SERIOUSLY. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A VERY GOOD PARK SYSTEM THAT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECI THOSE WORDS TO US AND, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU THE DEPARTMENT DOES AND ALL THE STAFF AND AND AND TAKING CARE OF US A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE SHOULD BE, BUT I DO, WE APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GIVE BO A LITTLE TIDBIT HERE. BOLD. THERE'S ONLY NINE, TWO DAYS LEFT TO THE OPENING DAY FOR STATE FAIR. SO HAPPY NEW YEAR ON THAT PART, . AND, AND IF YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW'S 270 DAYS TO BASEBALL OPENING DAY. BUT THAT'S WHAT, SEE. ALRIGHT, UH, UH, WITH THAT OUR NEXT BOARD, OUR NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 2025 AT 10:00 AM I NOW ADJOURN THE MEETING AD WELL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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