[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on September 4, 2025.]
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THAT, UH, MAD SECRETARY SPEAKERS? NO, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS TODAY.
LET'S DO BY MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 21ST.
THERE ARE AMENDING TO REFLECT, LEAD ON IT AS THE DECIDING CHAIR.
BUT WE ARE PULLING OUT 5, 6, 7, 8.
SO WE ARE GOING TO GO 1, 2, 3, 4.
JUST A SMALL CORRECTION ON ITEM TWO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, IF THAT
I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT CORRECTION.
CORRECTION THAT DISCUSSION PLEASE.
MS. AL, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YES, BUT JUST TELL ME THE NUMBERS.
WE JUST 1, 2, 2, 4, 9, 10, 11.
SO, JUST IN REGARDS TO THE TEXAS LATINO PRIDE, IT'S HOSTING ITS 11TH ANNUAL CULTURAL PRIDE FESTIVAL AND IT'S BEEN HOSTED AT RIVER SHOP FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS.
AND WE JUST WELCOME THEM TO ALWAYS BE THERE.
THEY'RE JUST GREAT PARTNERS, UM, AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH.
AND, UM, AND THEY PRIORITIZED SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CONTINUING USE OF
UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANNA COMMEND ON ITEM NUMBER 10, BRIAN AND HIS TEAM FOR THE INNOVATIVE THINKING OF HOW THEY APPROACHING THIS, UM, AQUATICS AND THE NEW ADDITION FOR THIS AREA THAT WILL REALLY BE ASSET THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, HIGHLIGHTED IN, MADE TO COME BACK INTO THIS COMMUNITY AND REALLY MAKE IT, UH, SPECIAL FOR ALL, ALL OF DALLAS SCHOOLS.
UH, A, A COUPLE ITEMS. I SEE, UH, NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE, UH, FLAG FOLK HILL.
WE, AGAIN, THIS, THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP.
LAST TIME WE DID NOT APPROVE A ALCOHOL PERMIT FOR THESE, FOR A FLAG FOLK HILL.
NOW WE GOT TWO ITEMS THAT ARE COMING BACK TO US FOR, FOR, UH, APPROVAL OF ALCOHOL OR IS THE THIS A FAMILY CONCEPT OR ARE WE GOING GET, LET THIS ONE THROUGH? WE LET IN THE LAST ONE IS MY QUESTION.
YOU ABOUT TO ANSWER THAT LATER.
YOU FROM STOP THAT, PULL THE ALCOHOL PERMIT.
AND THEN I'LL ALSO ASK KEISHA RANDALL.
SO THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS ARE RECURRING ITEMS. AND SO THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WE HAD SURROUNDING LARGE EVENTS IN FLAGPOLE HILL, UM, THERE WAS GOING TO BE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR NEW LARGE EVENTS THAT WERE GONNA COME IN.
BUT THESE ARE LONGSTANDING EVENTS, TWO YEARS PLUS I BELIEVE.
AND SO WE'RE STILL GONNA WORK CONSISTENTLY WITH THE ORGANIZERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH WHAT THE CITY HAS LAID OUT FOR THEIR REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE LARGE
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? NO, THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, SO THEY MET ALL OF THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT WE IN IT IS BEEN 10 YEARS.
SO THEY ARE, UM, A GROUP THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH COLLABORATIVELY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
SO ONE LAST THING I WOULD NOTE IS THAT WE'RE GONNA START LOOKING AT THESE LARGER EVENTS MORE CLOSELY JUST TO SEE, ARE WE GROWING LARGER THAN WE NEED TO FOR CERTAIN FOOTPRINTS? AND WE'LL ADDRESS THAT AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE ORGANIZERS, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS BRINGING BACK TO THE BOARD OF COMMITTEES.
AND, AND THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS 'CAUSE LAST TIME WE DECIDED A BLACK POLE WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH OR LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD OPEN EVENT ALCOHOL THEY WERE GONNA DO.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THESE ARE NOT OUTSIDE THE FOOTPRINTS THAT MY FELLOW BOARD BOARD MEMBERS BROUGHT UP AT THAT TIME.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INSIDE THE FOOTPRINT.
AND THE OTHER THING I ALSO SUGGEST IS THAT IF WE'RE GONNA DO ALCOHOL RELATED ITEMS FOR ANY OF OUR PARKS, NOT JUST
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SPECIAL DEPARTS IS WE, WHEN WE REQUIRE POLICE OFFICER, WE, WE REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT WE SHOULD, NUMBER ONE, THE FIRST OFFICER SHOULD ALWAYS BE A DALLAS MARSHAL, ONE OF OUR PARK MARSHALS IF POSSIBLE.AND THEN THE LIAISONS CAN BE DPD OR WHO REQUIRED, BECAUSE OUR MARSHALS AND, AND I KNOW WE HAVE OFFICER HERE, THEY KNOW THE RULES AND, AND THE LAWS OF OUR PARKS.
SO IF WE, IF WE COULD HAVE THEM BE THE, THE, THE, THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE LAW AND THEN, AND THEN FROM THERE WE HIRE WHOEVER WE NEED TO, TO FULFILL THAT AGREEMENT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THEY'RE FOLLOWING OUR LAWS.
BUT IF IT'S ALCOHOL IN THIS, IN THESE CASES, THEY HAVE TO BE INSIDE A FENCE AREA, RIGHT? YOU, YOU, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A FENCE AND BE INSIDE A FENCE AREA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
NO SMOKING, ALL THOSE, ALL RULES THAT WE HAVE.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND MAKE OUR MARSHALS THE FIRST PERSON IN CHARGE.
OR IF OUR MARSHALS ARE NOT, ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME, MAYBE ONE OF OUR PARK RANGERS COULD BE THE LIAISON TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, THE, THE RULES OF OUR PARKS ARE BEING FOLLOWED THROUGH.
BUT I'M NOT SAYING WE PAY FOR THE PERMIT HOLDER HAS TO PAY FOR THEIR OVERTIME OR THEIR ADDITIONAL TIME THAT THEY'RE WORKING.
THAT AGAIN, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE EVENTS THAT WE'RE DOING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ALCOHOL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. GOLDSTEIN.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THOUGH, EVENT WE DENIED WAS A NEW OUT OF TOWN EVENT THAT APPEARED TO, IT WAS BE IN THAT PARK SPECIFICALLY, AND THEN WE FOUND 'EM AN ALTERNATE.
WE ENDED UP FINDING 'EM AN ALTERNATE LOCATION, RIGHT? WE DID FIND THEM LOCATION CITY PARK.
SO IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC TO THE FACT THAT THEY HAD NO HISTORY.
THEY HAD THE HISTORY WE COULD FIND DID NOT SEEM LIKE, COULD BE COMPATIBLE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PARK.
THAT'S WHY WE AND, AND GOT THEM AN ALTERNATE LOCATION.
AND IT WAS VERY FOCUSED ON THE CALL.
IT WAS CALLED SOMETHING, UH, MS. COLLINS.
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO THANK, UM, STAFF, UH, ON YOUR CREATIVITY AND ON THE, UH, MARCUS PARK RECREATION CENTER GRANT, UM, PARTICULARLY JARED WHITE AND DID A GREAT JOB IN WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS TO GET THIS UNDERSTANDING THE GRANT WAS AVAILABLE AND THEN COMING TO, UH, COMING TO ME AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT FOR THE RECREATION CENTER RENOVATION.
SO, UM, THAT MOVED HOW MUCH WE WOULD'VE TO SPEND OUT OF THE BOND PROGRAM AND VERY MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE TO, TO YOU MARCUS.
A AYE MS. HAVE IT NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO 5, 6, 7, 8, AND NINE
OKAY, SO WE ONLY, NO, BUT, SO WE ARE VOTING ON 5, 6, 7 THEN NOT ME.
ANY DISCUSSION? WE VOTING ON 5, 6, 7.
WE ARE ON FROM THE DATE AND THE WHOLE THING.
ANY DISCUSSION WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A TAKE OF A
BUT NAMING APPLICATION MOTION, UH, MR. WATER.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. KINI? ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MR. UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THE, UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
YEAH, AGAIN, THIS IS EXCITING FOR DISTRICT ONE TO HAVE ALL THESE CONNECTIONS PUT IN PLACE THROUGH OAK CLIFF, UM, JUST DISTRICT THREE, ONE AND THREE.
AND THEN OF COURSE PART OF OAK CLIFF WEST DALLAS IS DISTRICT SIX.
ITS EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT ALL THESE NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER AND HOPEFULLY WE, WE CONTINUE THE SPACE TO HAVE OUR WALKABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, IN OAK CLIFF.
AND THAT'S JUST ONE THOSE THING.
EVERYBODY'S MAKING THIS DALLAS COUNTY.
I JUST WANNA THANK THAT THE LARGER FAMILY FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE WAY THEY, THEIR INNOVATION, INNOVATIVE THINKING OF HOW TO REALLY MAKE THINGS BETTER.
UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THEIR EFFORTS TO WORK FOR INCLUSION, FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY CREATED
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IN THE ARTS, UM, AND THEM HAVING IN PARTS AND THEIR NAME IN OUR, ON OUR TRAIL AND ARTS IS WONDERFUL.GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT BOARD.
UM, WE ARE EXCITED THIS MORNING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT PARK SAFETY.
UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, WE HAVE REALLY EVOLVED AS IT YEAR AFTER LAYER AFTER LAYER, UH, THEIR IMPROVEMENTS
AND SO TODAY WE ARE, UM, PEACOCK PROUD, UH, AS TO, UH, THIS NEW INITIATIVE WITH THIS PARTNER.
AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE, UH, KEVIN'S THUNDER.
UH, THIS TEAM, MY TEAM, KEVIN MUD AND JEREMY
AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO KEVIN AND HE CAN BRING THE THUNDER.
MORNING JOHN SAID, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE, WE HAVE A CO CENTER WITH US THIS MORNING DEPARTMENT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR SENIOR LEADERSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT.
IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, WE HAVE DR.
BRITTA EK, WHO'S THE CHIEF DATA OFFICER WITH THE OFFICE OF DATA AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE.
MELANIE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL, UH, FROM THE OFFICE OF DATA AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE.
AND OUR CO-PRESENTER, WHO'S TING WITH US THIS MORNING, IS JOCELYN GUERRERO.
SHE'S A DATA SCIENCE ANALYST, ALSO WITH THE OFFICE OF DATA AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PRESENTATION OVERVIEW THIS MORNING, WE'LL KIND OF GO WITH SOME BACKGROUND AND HOW WE GOT TO TODAY.
WE'LL ALSO, UM, REMIND YOU OF OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS AS IT IS LAID OUT IN OUR PARK SAFETY AND STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE'LL ALSO PRESENT YOU OUR DALLAS PARK SAFE DASH SAFETY DASHBOARD AND ALSO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, TO SHARE WITH YOU ON A BLOOMBERG, UH, CITY DATA ALLIANCE PROJECT THAT CAME BY WAY OF, UM, THIS, THIS INNER AGENCY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE.
UH, WE'LL ALSO REVIEW SOME THIRD QUARTER SEMI DATA OF, OF WHAT SAFETY LOOKS LIKE AND HOW YOU'LL BE ABLE TO VIEW DATA DIFFERENTLY AS IT RELATES TO YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A FEW NEXT STEPS.
SO AGAIN, THIS PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL HEAR THIS MORNING WILL, UH, INTRODUCE YOU TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARTS SAFETY, UH, DASHBOARD, ALONG WITH UPDATES OF KEY SAFETY IS SECURITY MEASURE, UH, FOR FFY 25.
THAT'LL TAKE YOU FROM MAY, 2025 THROUGH JUST RIGHT AT THE END OF JULY.
SO PRIMARILY COVER OUR SUMMER MONTHS.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THESE ARE THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS OF OUR PARK SAFETY PLAN, WHICH COVERS INTERAGENCY INITIATIVES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVENTORY, AND OUR SAFETY STRATEGY GUIDELINES.
SO THIS PARTNERSHIP, UH, THAT WE'RE INTRODUCING YOU TO, THE DATA COMES OUTTA OFFICE DATA AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE COMES STRONGLY OUT OF OUR INNER AGENCY INITIATIVES THAT WE TRY TO FIND MORE WAYS TO COLLABORATE WITH NOT ONLY OUR INTERNAL PARTNERS, CITY PARTNERS, BUT ALSO EXTERNAL PARTNERS WELL IN NATIONAL CITY.
AND AT THIS TIME, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS KICK IT TO, UH, MS. JOCELYN, WHO IS A DATA SCIENCE ANALYST AS I INTRODUCED HER EARLIER, AND SHE'S GONNA WALK US THROUGH WHAT THEY HAVE DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES, AND PRESENT THE DALLAS SAFE PARKS DASHBOARD.
GOOD MORNING PARK BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHOWCASE THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN DALLAS PARK AND
UM, BEFORE WE SHOWCASE THE DASHBOARD, WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INTO WHAT TOOK US TO THIS ENDEAVOR.
SO THE REQUEST THAT WE GOT WAS A WAY TO AUTOMATE THE PARK RANGER MARSHALLS DATA.
WE ALSO WANTED A WAY TO SHOWCASE THE INSIDE OF THE ACTIVITIES AND PERFORMANCE THAT THEY'RE HAVING, AND A WAY TO KIND OF EASE THAT COMMUNICATION TO STAKEHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE.
UM, SO TO DO THAT, WHAT WE DID IS WE CREATED AN AUTOMATED DATA PATHWAY FROM PARK RANGERS AND MARSHALL'S DATA.
AND THE ENDPOINT IS A DASHBOARD THAT SHOWCASES ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES AND INTERACTIONS SO YOU ALL CAN SEE IT AND ALSO RESIDENTS CAN SEE IT.
UM, WITH THAT, UM, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU THE DASHBOARD ITSELF.
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IT IS QUEUED FOR US.ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU'RE SEEING THE SEG PARKS DASHBOARD.
THIS DASHBOARD REFRESHES WITH NEW DATA, DATA DAILY.
UM, IT WILL BE A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DASHBOARD.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING THE PARK RANGERS PAGE.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE NAVIGATION PANEL, WHICH INCLUDES DATE FILTERS INCLUDING FISCAL YEAR AND MONTH.
SO THE USER CAN FILTER TO A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR, A SPECIFIC MONTH, OR A RANGE OF MONTHS.
SO SAY I'M INTERESTED IN Q1, FISCAL YEAR 2025, I COULD SELECT THAT AND FILTER TO THAT DATE RANGE IN THE DASHBOARD.
BELOW THAT, WE ALSO HAVE OUR NAVIGATION BUTTONS.
UM, THAT ONE THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED WILL SHOW YOU THE PARK, UH, RANGERS PAGE AND IT WILL TELL YOU WHAT PAGE YOU'RE ON.
UM, BELOW THAT WE HAVE OUR NAVIGATION BUTTON.
UM, WHEN THE USER HOVERS OVER THAT BUTTON ITSELF, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE DASHBOARD DEFINITIONS AND AS WELL AS CONTACT INFORMATION AND LINK TO PARK, UH, PARK RECREATION WEBSITE, AS WELL AS FAQ PAGE.
NOW LET ME JUMP INTO THE NUMBERS THEMSELVES.
SO LOOKING AT THAT TOP NUMBER, WE SEE THE NUMBER OF VISITS THAT PARK RANGERS, UH, CONDUCTED IN THE YEAR OF FISCAL YEAR 2025.
WHEN THE USER HOVERS OVER THAT CARD, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, THE NUMBER OF VISITS OVER TIME.
NEXT, WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF INFRACTIONS, AND THAT NUMBER CARD WILL ALSO TELL THEM WHAT THE TOP INFRACTIONS ARE.
NEXT WE HAVE TRAIL MILES, WHICH WILL GIVE THEM THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN BIKE AND THOSE DONE BY THE TV.
AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR COMPLIANCE RATE, AND THEN THEY CAN SEE HOW THAT COMPLIANCE RATE CHANGES OVER TIME AS WELL.
BELOW THAT, YOU'LL SEE SOME, SOME OF THE BAR CHARTS, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, TOP 10 INFRACTIONS, CITED, TOP 10 PARKS, WIDTH INFRACTIONS, UM, TOP 10 PARKS WITH A SPECIFIC INFRACTION OF DOG OFF LEASH.
AND THEN OUR TOP 10 PARKS ARE TRAILS WITH TRAIL MILES CONDUCTED ON THEM, BROKEN DOWN BY UTV AND BIKE MILES AS WELL.
NOW GOING DOWN, WE ALSO HAVE A MAP.
UM, WE WANTED TO SHOWCASE WHERE ALL THESE ACTIVITIES ARE TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO THE U THE USER CAN FILTER THAT MAP BY COUNCIL, DISTRICT PARK, MAINTENANCE DISTRICT AND PARK DISTRICT.
UM, AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO FILTER TO THE TYPE OF ACTIVITY THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
SO IF I WANT TO SEE TRAIL MILES INFRACTIONS, CITATIONS OR VISITS COMPLETELY BY PARK MAINTEN, I CAN SEE THAT THERE.
UM, NEXT TO THAT YOU'LL SEE THE PARK LIST.
IF YOU SELECT A NAME ON THAT FRONT PLACE, IT'LL TELL YOU WHERE THAT PARK IS LOCATED, UM, IN THE MAP.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR PARK RANGER COMPLIANCE RATE TABLES, WHICH SHOWCASES TOTAL COUNTS OF FRACTIONS COMPLIANCE RECEIVED, NOT RECEIVED RATE, AND, UM, CITATIONS ISSUED BY PARK RANGERS BROKEN DOWN BY MONTH AND YEAR.
UM, WITH THAT I'LL TAKE US TO THAT DALLAS MARSHALLS PAGE.
SO THE MARSHALLS PAGE IS VERY SIMILAR IN STRUCTURE TO THE PARK RANGERS PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THE NAVIGATION PANEL ON THE LEFT, YOU'LL HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF OF FILTER ABILITY.
BY DATE FILTER, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR NAVIGATION BUTTONS AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS BUTTON.
THIS PAGE HAS AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF DETAIL WHICH SHOWCASES THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GENERAL AND FIRST WATCH SHIFT OR MARSHALLS.
FIRST WATCH SHIFT IS FROM 11:00 PM TO 4:49 AM.
SO IF ANY USER WANTS TO SEE ANY ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS IN THOSE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING, THEY CAN SEE THAT.
UM, NOW STARTING WITH THAT FIRST NUMBER, WE CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF VISITS, UM, UH, MARCH WAS COMPLETED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
AND IN THE POPUP THEY CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN BY GENERAL AND FIRST WATCH.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF INFRACTIONS CITED AND OUR TOP INFRACTIONS.
UH, FOLLOWING THAT WE HAVE OUR NUMBER OF CITATIONS, UM, THE BREAKDOWN BY MONTH AND YEAR NUMBER OF WARNINGS.
AND THEN LASTLY, OUR NUMBER OF ARREST.
UM, BELOW THAT WE ALSO ARE SHOWCASING WHERE ALL THESE ACTIVITIES ARE TAKING PLACE.
ON THE MAP, WE HAVE THE MAP LAYERS OF COUNCIL, DISTRICTS, PARK, MAINTENANCE DISTRICT AND PARK DISTRICT.
AND THEN THEY HAVE THE INTERACTIONS OF, UM, BRACKING CITATIONS, WARNINGS, AND ARRESTS.
OUR LIST ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE HIGHLIGHT OF WHERE IS THIS ACTIVITY COMING FROM THE MAP.
UH, NEXT TO THAT WE HAVE OUR MARSHALS INTERACTIONS BY MONTH, UH, WHERE VIEWERS CAN SEE KIND OF HIGH POINTS, LOW POINTS, UH, FOR ALS AND KIND OF WHAT'S TRENDING OVER TIME.
UH, BELOW THAT WE'LL SEE OUR TOP 10 INFRACTIONS BROKEN DOWN BY FIRST WATCH CON GENERAL SHIFT, AND THEN THESE TWO LAST VISUALIZATIONS ON THE RIGHT.
UM, USING THAT DROP DOWN WILL GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT ARE OUR TOP PARTS WITH CITATIONS
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AND ARRESTS, AS WELL AS JUST A VISUAL BREAKDOWN OF WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VISITS AND ARRESTS OR CITATIONS AND WARNINGS.UM, AND THEN THIS PAGE ALONG WITH THE FIRST PAGE, UM, IS REFRESHING DAILY.
UM, WITH THAT, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, AND I'LL HAND THESE BACK TO MR.
SO THANK YOU, UH, MS. JOCELYN, AS WE GET READY TO PULL BACK UP OUR SLIDE THERE, AS A RESULT OF, OF THIS DASHBOARD, UH, AND THIS PARTNERSHIP, INTERNAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICER CAME AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS IN THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPY CITY AND DATA ALLIANCE PROJECT.
AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THIS PROJECT, UH, THE CITY DATA ALLIANCE IS A 10 MONTH PROGRAM LED BY BLOOMBERG CENTER OF GOVERNMENT OF EXCELLENCE AT JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY THAT SUPPORT MAYORS AND CITY MANAGERS, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH THE MAIN FOCUS OF ADVANCING DATA AND AI TO IMPROVE RESIDENT OUTCOMES.
UH, SO WE'D LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE IN A NUMBER WITH 15 OTHER CITIES IN THIS 10 MONTH JOURNEY, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE, UH, TO BE A PARTNER WITH THIS.
WITH THE OFFICE OF DATA AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, WE'VE ALREADY BEGAN TO TAKE SOME DEEP DIVES INTO DATA AND WHAT THINGS COULD LOOK LIKE, UH, WHAT THINGS THAT WE WANT TO IMPROVE.
AND WE'RE SUPER PROUD TO, TO BE A PART OF THIS COHORT, UH, WITH OUR INTERNAL PARTNER.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA PASS IT TO, JEREMY'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE DATA AS WE LOOK AT THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
SO THIS FIRST SLIDE IS OUR RANGERS FROM
UH, AS JOCELYN JUST SHOWED, THIS IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THOSE THREE MONTHS FILES TO AND THAT WHENEVER WE, WE CAN GO OUT, YOU CAN PUT SELECT A MONTH AND SHOW MONTH, YOU CAN SELECT THREE MONTHS AS WE DID HERE, THREE MONTHS.
THIS DATA ON THIS SHEET HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS WHAT WE USED TO COME TO Y'ALL ON A QUARTERLY BASIS WITH OUR THICK POWERPOINT.
WELL, IT'S ALL ON THIS ONE SHEET NOW.
SO THIS IS THE GREAT TOOL THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AND YOU'LL GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE THAT ON A DAILY.
UH, NEXT SLIDE IS OUR MARSHALL PAGE.
UH, THIS IS THE INFORMATION FROM THE, UH, SUMMER MONTHS THAT WE HAD.
AND IT JUST SHOWS ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE MARSHALLS, UH, DATA INJURIES IN OUR E-LOG TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE DASHBOARD.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND WE'LL GO INTO NEXT STEPS.
SO THE NEXT STEPS, WE'RE LOOKING NOW TO JUST GAIN INSIGHT FROM THE AD HOC AND DASHBOARD ACCESSIBILITY, UH, AND COURSE DEVELOP OUR DASHBOARD ROLLOUT PLAN WITH DBI AND OF COURSE, IDENTIFY OUR TRENDS.
11 PRODUCT RESPONSES TO STRATEGIES.
AND BASICALLY WITH THAT, WE USE AS, AS WE SET UP OUR HOTSPOTS, WORKING WITH THE MARK, OUR RANGERS AS WE GO MONTH TO MONTH, THIS IS MORE OF A QUICK SNAPSHOT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT HELPS US DETERMINE THOSE, UH, HOTSPOTS MUCH QUICKER WITH THAT.
I COULD FACEBOOK DESERVE A ROUNDED WATCH.
THIS IS OUR NEW REPORTING SYSTEM.
UH, I JUST WANNA APPRECIATE THIS TEAM AND, AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP AND THIS INITIATIVE WITH BLOOMBERG.
SO WITH THAT, HAVING QUESTIONS, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
FIRST OF ALL, I LIKE TO SAY APPRECIATED TO OUR PARK RANGERS MEAN THEY HAVE BEEN SO IMPACTFUL.
OUR FAMILIES AND OUR KIDS CAN REALLY FEEL OUR HEART BECAUSE WE SEE THAT PRESENCE.
IT'S LIKE ON THE CITY STREETS, IT'S KIND OF TERROR THAT WE DON'T TELL THEM THANK YOU ENOUGH.
AND TO OUR CITY OF MARSHALLS, GOD BLESS YOU.
NUMBER TWO, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS LIKE A LITTLE KEY INFORMATION AND DATA AND EVERYTHING.
YOU GOTTA, BEFORE YOU GET A PLAN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DATA.
IT'S LIKE A BUSINESS, BUT IF YOU BUYING A BILLBOARD, WHAT YOU DO BEFORE I PUT ADVERTISEMENT ON THAT BILLBOARD, HOW MANY CARS GO BY THAT AREA? SO IT'S THE SAME THING.
THIS DATA THAT WE HAVE IS INITIATED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
I'M SUPER PROUD OF THIS DEPARTMENT.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I APPROACH STAFF.
THIS DATA THAT WE HAVE, EVEN OUR CITIZENS CAN ACCESS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU KNOW, I'M, UH, I'M, I'M A WHOLE G BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE AN IPHONE.
I I WANT A FLIP PHONE, BUT I, I GOTTA HAVE GOD BLESS YOU.
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BRING IT.I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION SUGGESTED THAT, UH, IT WAS GONNA BE USED, CHOSE CITY OUTCOMES, LIKE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
SO WE RECENTLY, UH, WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR, UM, SAFETY AND SECURITY CONSULTANT, UH, TO HELP US DEVELOP WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OVER PERIODS OF TIME.
SO, BUT I THINK LEVERAGING THE DATA HELPS US TO DRIVE TO SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS, POSITIVE OUTCOMES ON HOW WE APPROACH CERTAIN HOTSPOT AREAS THROUGHOUT
SO WE JUST ENGAGED, WE JUST ENGAGED.
WE'LL GET INTO THOSE DEEP, DEEPER CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH THE CONSULTANTS, ALONG WITH LEVERAGING WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE DASHBOARD TO HELP US DETERMINE WHAT DIRECTION, UH, AND ALSO GETTING INPUT, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENT INPUT, UM, FROM THE POINT BOARD AND SAFETY AND AD HOC COMMITTEE TO HELP US GUIDE WITH THOSE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE.
THIS IS, UM,
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, THE UNDERLYING DATA IS COMING FROM LIKE THE MARSHALS, THE RANGERS, WHERE, WHERE ELSE ARE, WHAT ARE THE DATA SOURCES THAT ARE FEEDING THE DASHBOARD IN ADDITION TO THAT? OKAY.
I, WELL, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY FROM OUR MARSHALLS AND RANGERS ENTRY POINTS FROM OUR GOOGLE PHONE.
SO IT'S ALL THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING BEFORE IN BAR WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER THE INTERIM THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THE GOOGLE.
SO IS THERE ANY, CONSIDER, LIKE SOME OF OUR PARKS, LIKE I CAN THINK UPTOWN FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE PIDS IN PARTICULAR HAVE A TON OF DATA THAT THEY'RE TRACKING.
IS ANY OF THAT GONNA BE PUT INTO THE DASHBOARD? 'CAUSE THERE'S, AND THAT COMES FROM CITIZENS AND COMES FROM THE PI EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT DATA INCORPORATE, SO IS THAT PLANNED TO BE INCORPORATED? SO THOSE GROUPS ARE EXTERNAL, UH, AND WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS.
SO IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY WOULD BE A QUESTION OF ACCESSOR SHIFT.
WE TRY TO GET THE DATA AS BEST AS WE CAN FROM OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNER CITY STAFF.
I THINK IF THAT DATA IS SHAREABLE, UH, WE CAN LOOK AND COMPARE, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE VERSUS WHAT'S BEING REPORTED, UH, ALONG WITH DPD DALLAS FIRE RESCUE DATA AS WELL.
SO YEAH, I WOULD SAY IF WE DON'T HAVE DPD HIGHER CODE, UM, THE PITS AND, AND ANY ANY OTHER WAY TO CAPTURE LIKE WHAT OUR PARK USERS ARE SEEING, THEN THE DATA ISN'T GONNA BE AS VA YOU KNOW, ANY NEARLY AS VALUABLE AS IT NEEDS TO BE.
BUT THIS DASHBOARD IS FOR ONLY INTERNAL RESOURCES AS TO WHAT THE CITY IS PROVIDING IN OUR PARKS IS FOR SAFETY.
YEAH, I THINK JUST, AND MAYBE THE THIS CONSULTANT PROCESS IS WHERE TO BRING THIS UP.
LIKE, I JUST THINK WE'RE MISSING A LOT IF WE'RE ONLY CAPTURING WHAT OUR LIMITED, WE ALL KNOW WE'RE, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PLEAS, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MARSHALS, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RANGERS WHERE WE WANNA BE.
IF WE'RE ONLY CAPTURING WHAT ACTIVITY THEY'RE REPORTING AND NOT WHAT THE PARK USERS ARE, ARE SEEING AND WHAT OUR PIT PARTNERS ARE SEEING, WE'RE, WE'RE MISSING A TON AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE ANYWHERE NEAR AS VALUABLE AS IT NEEDS TO BE TO SHAPE OUR STRATEGIES.
SORRY, I JUST, THIS IS DR GO AHEAD ANDREW.
CHU AND I SERVE AS THE CHIEF DATA OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP IN RELATION TO YOUR QUESTION, PART OF THE LARGER EFFORT THAT KEVIN SPOKE ABOUT IS THIS BLOOMBERG CITY DATA ALLIANCE.
AND WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED MEETINGS WITH LEADERSHIP AND HAD DPD FIRE CODE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM.
SO THIS IS THE KIND OF FIRST INITIAL DASHBOARD THAT KIND OF KICKED OFF THIS LARGER PROJECT.
BUT WE HEAR YOU, WE WANT TO BRING IN ALL OF THOSE DATA SOURCES AS WE LOOK AT KIND OF THIS NEXT 10 MONTH ENGAGEMENT THAT WILL BE MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE.
SO YES, HEARD A VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, WE'VE ALREADY CONVENED THOSE PARTNERS.
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AWESOME, MR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.I WANT START BY GIVING A COUPLE OF SHOUT OUTS TO FOLKS BEHIND THE TABLE.
I SEE YOU, SERGEANT CISNEROS, CHIEF RANGER, THOMAS CAN'T, HYDE WANT GIVE YOU A COUPLE, COUPLE SUPERHEROES BACK THERE.
UM, MY, MY QUESTION IS GONNA BE, UH, IN LINE WITH MR. GOLDSTEIN JUST ASKED, UM, THE DATA SOURCES, I WANNA MAKE THIS CLEAR FOR FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME SO THEY UNDER UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE INPUTS ARE.
SO LET ME GET THIS, LET ME, LET ME SEE IF I GOT THIS CORRECT.
OKAY, SO IF BUZZWORD BINGO, CITY HALL, EVERYONE'S BE DATA DRIVEN AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, UM, PHONE CALLS FROM TO THE RANGER HOTLINE.
IS THAT INCORPORATE INTO THIS? IT IS NOT SERVICE LINE CALLS.
UM, IT IS NOT YET, BUT THIS IS JUST FIRST PHASE OF IT.
HOWEVER, WE DO TRACK THE NUMBER OF SERVICE LINE CALLS THAT COME IN THROUGH THE PARK RANGER SERVICE LINE.
SO, SO THAT, THAT'S ONE, UH, INPUT, UH, 3 1 1 9 1 1.
UM, ANY OTHER, UH, IN, IN INPUTS, UM, THAT'S GONNA DRIVE THIS DASHBOARD? BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE REASON I SAID THESE THREE, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE THREE THAT FOLKS AT HOME HAVE ON SPEED DIAL.
PERHAPS IF, IF THEY'RE A PARK LOVER LIKE ME, THEY GOT THE RANGER HOTLINE 3 1 1 9 1 1, THEY KNOW HOW TO USE THOSE THINGS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE CLEAR BECAUSE WE, WE ULTIMATELY WANNA MAKE THIS A USER EXPERIENCE FOR THEM AS WELL.
ARE THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING OTHER, OTHER THAN THOSE THREE, ARE THERE ANY BIG INPUTS? THE RANGER HOTLINE RULE 1, 9 1 1.
UH, DOCTOR, GONNA CHECK AGAIN.
UM, SO WE IN THE, THIS DASHBOARD WAS INTENDED REALLY TO MAKE JEREMY'S LIFE EASIER.
AND I DON'T SAY THAT JUST SPECIFICALLY TO HIM.
ALL OF THAT DATA WASN'T AUTOMATED.
AND SO IT WAS A MASSIVE EFFORT TO PULL THIS TOGETHER.
AND HOW DO WE REALLY HONE INTERNAL OPERATIONS.
THIS NEXT PHASE WE HAVE ENGAGED 3 1 1, WE'VE ENGAGED 9 1 1 AND I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE HOTLINE, BUT WE WILL MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
IF THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES, WE WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF TELLING US WHAT ELSE YOU THINK WE SHOULD GO HUNT DOWN WHEN WE BUILD THESE LARGER PROJECTS.
SO WE HAVE 3 1 1, WE HAVE 9 0 1, WE HAVE CODE, WE HAVE DMR, WE HAVE DPD AT THE TABLE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MARSHALLS AND PARK RANGER DATA ALREADY, BUT IF THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES THAT YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AND THEN WORK WITH THE PARKS LEADERSHIP TEAM.
YEAH, I THINK THOSE THREE FOR, FOR CERTAIN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M TELLING OUR RESIDENTS TO, TO UTILIZE BASED ON IF IT'S THIS, IT'S THE HOTLINE, IF IT'S THROUGH ONE, SEE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE IN THREAT THAT THAT'S, THAT'S 9 1 1.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THOSE THINGS ARE INCORPORATED AS WELL.
AND, AND TO MR. GOLDSTEIN'S POINT, YEAH, WE DO HAVE PARTNERS LIKE DEI AND FOLKS, MAYBE OUR FRIENDS TRAIL.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN KIND OF ENFORCEMENT FOLKS AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION GETS IN AS WELL TO HELP DRIVE SOME OF THIS.
THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE, UH, WE ALL BELIEVE IN TRANSPARENCY.
AGAIN, BUZZ WORD BINGO OVER HERE.
BUT THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS DEPARTMENT, THIS DEPARTMENT HAS NEVER RAN AWAY FROM ITS PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY ISSUES IN OUR PARKS.
IN FACT, WE'VE ALWAYS RAN TOWARDS THEM BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GONNA SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND, AND, AND REALLY JUST GO AFTER IT.
THAT'S IMPORTANT NOW, WHICH OTHER AGENCIES IN TOWN WOULD DO THAT TOO.
BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS RAN TOWARDS OUR PROBLEMS AND I THINK TOOLS LIKE THIS WILL ENABLE US TO DO THAT EVEN FURTHER.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE MY LAST QUESTION HERE IS WHO CAN ACCESS THIS DASHBOARD? FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS, UM, DEFINITELY WANTED TO WOW YOU SO THAT YOU COULD SEE IT.
UH, NOW WE REALLY NEED TO WORK WITH OUR A HO COMMITTEE AS FAR AS THE ROLLOUT AND THOSE PARTICULAR THINGS.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOWED YOU, YOU KNOW, OUR INITIATIVE, DR.
BRI IS GONNA ASSIST US IN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION THAT MR. GOLDSTEIN, WHICH YOU ALL ARE PROVIDING, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FOR SURE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT INTERNAL.
UM, SO, UH, IN RESPONSE TO THE FIRST QUESTION, SO WE'VE GOT, WE ARE INTENDING FOR THIS VERSION TO BE PUBLIC AS WELL AS SERVE INTERNALLY WITH THESE LATER PROJECTS THAT WE WORK ON.
THERE MAY BE SOME THAT ARE PUBLIC, THERE MAY BE SOME THAT ARE INTERNAL OR MAYBE SOME THAT ARE, ARE PARKS LEADERSHIP.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON KIND OF WHAT THE NEED IS THAT IS IDENTIFIED.
UM, IN TERMS OF, AND, AND WE HAD MENTIONED
SO THERE'S, WHAT WE WANNA DO HERE IS PRESENT AND ANALYZE OUR INTERNAL DATA.
WE CAN BRING IN THAT OTHER OUTSIDE DATA AS A LAYER OF ANALYSIS, BUT WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE SORT OF DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS IN PLACE TO KIND OF PUSH THAT DATA OUT AS OUR OWN.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE PART OF WHAT WE ALL THINK ABOUT WHEN WE COME UP WITH A STRATEGY AND A PLAN.
DOES THAT HELP THIS PART? OKAY.
AND ALSO THE LAST PART, WHICH WAS THE, THE WHO CAN ACCESS THIS.
UM, AS A PART OF THAT ROLLOUT, I WOULD ASK THAT PARK BOARD MEMBERS BE GIVEN ACCESS TO THIS AT LEAST BECAUSE WE DO LIAISE SO CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.
IF WE GO TO THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, IF WE GO TO OUR FRIENDS GROUPS MEETINGS, IT WOULD BE NICE
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FOR ME TO PULL THIS UP THAT MORNING, TAKE SCREENSHOTS, MAKE A PDF, AND MAKE MY OWN PRESENTATIONS.I GO IN AND SPEAK WITH THESE FOLKS RATHER THAN RELYING ON THE DEPARTMENT TO TO, AND THEY HAVE LIKE A MILLION OTHER THINGS TO DO FOR ME.
RIGHT? THAT IS, THAT IS DEFINITELY, THAT IS DEFINITELY, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS WITH THE, A HOC COMMITTEE AS TO THAT ROLLOUT.
BUT FOR SURE, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARK BOARD HAS ACCESS.
UM, AND SO, UH, KEVIN MIGHT WANT TO ADD SOMETHING.
SO, SO THERE ARE SOME FEATURES WITHIN THE DASHBOARD THAT SAYS EVERY PART BOARD MEMBER OR SYSTEMS CAN BE SET TO WHERE YOU INDIVIDUALLY FOR YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS CAN RECEIVE AN EMAIL, UH, TO JUST YOUR INFORMATION MONTHLY, YOU KNOW, WEEKLY.
UM, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW WE SET UP THE AUTOMATION.
SO YOU CAN GET AN EMAIL AT THE END OF EVERY MONTH OR AT THE END OF EVERY WEEK THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT YOUR DATA LOOKS LIKE FOR YOUR HEART SYSTEM, FOR YOUR
'CAUSE I SEE A LOT OF AWFUL LE DOG CITATIONS AND FOR ME.
SO I GOTTA GO CHASE THOSE DOWN BECAUSE THIS DATA, SO THANK YOU MRTA.
UH, LITERALLY GOTTA CHASE DOWN, CHASE DOWN BOTH SIDES.
YEAH, SOMEBODY ASKED ME EARLIER IF I LIKE DATA.
LIKE IF I COULD SEE IT IN THE SYSTEM AND DO IT MYSELF, I WOULD, THAT'D BE GREAT IF WE CAN ACCESS IT AND THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE INFORMATION FOR OUR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT I WAS NOTICING, I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
WHEN IT SAYS TO INFRACTIONS, THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE GIVING WARNINGS OR GIVING TICKETS.
SO INFRACTIONS, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY INFRACTIONS THE ENCOUNTER.
YOU KNOW, BASICALLY IT DEPENDS ON, IT'S A SITUATION.
LIKE IF IT'S A MARSHAL, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE NOT MARSHALS ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
THEY'RE GONNA ISSUE THE WARNING, THE CITATION OR ON THE WRIST OR SEEN, BUT THE INFRACTION IS THE ACTUAL ENCOUNTER.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE ENCOUNTER IS DETERMINED FROM THAT, FROM A RANGER STANDPOINT, UNLESS IT WAS A CITATION ON PARKING UNDER APPROVED SURFACE, IT WAS A WARNING.
SO MOST, SO MOST OF THESE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE LIKE OFF LEASH IS 294.
I'M SORRY, I GOT, TOOK MY GLASSES OFF HERE.
IT'S PROBABLY, YEAH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S PEOPLE THAT WE ENCOUNTERED.
SO WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY GIVE UP 294 TICKETS.
BUT WHAT WE DO IS WITH THOSE LOCATIONS THAT WE DO, WE WORK WITH DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES TO TRY TO SET UP SOME TYPE OF MEETUP, SO TO SPEAK, WHERE WE'LL HAVE MARSHALS ON POINT AND WE'LL HAVE ANIMAL SERVICES TO EDUCATE AT THE SAME TIME ADDRESS.
SO THEY JUST SAY, I'M OUT THERE AND YOU, YOU, UM, I DON'T GOT MY DOG OFF LEAVE.
AND THEN, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY KEEPS SAYING, WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT THE SAME PERSON SAY I DIDN'T KNOW.
SO I, WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU GIVE A WARNING TO, TO JR WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TIME YOU RUN INTO JR AT THE PARK THAT HAS THE DOG OFF LEASH.
DO WE ALREADY HAVE THEIR NAME TAKEN OR, SORRY.
UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BEFORE OFF LEASHES, UH, WHENEVER WE ENCOUNTERED ANYONE WITH A DOG OFF LEASH, 99.99% ARE GETTING A CITATION.
SIMPLE FACT BEING THAT WE'VE SEEN TOO MANY MULLINGS ATTACKS, UH, EITHER SMALL DOGS AND LARGE DOGS AND DOGS, UM, AMONGST DOGS WITH THE ANIMALS.
SO FOR SURE THEY'RE GONNA GET A CITATION 9%.
UM, AND THERE IS UNFORTUNATELY SOME PEOPLE LEFT TO GO TO JAIL FOR THE ACT.
UH, THEY JUST TAKE A STEP FURTHER.
UM, AND JUST TO LEVERAGE SLIP ON THIS AS FAR AS SHIELD, YOU TALK ABOUT GIVING YOUR INFORMATION, GIVING THE NAME A LOT OF ISSUES THAT THE MARSHALLS IN CONTACT WITH IS PEOPLE FEEL AS THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THEIR, THEIR CORRECT INFORMATION AND THAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO NOT GIVE ADEQUATE INFORMATION AND UPON THEMSELVES IN THE MEDICAL COURT
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AS FOR ABOUT FES, IF IT'S 209 IN THE MORNING OR TWO NINE WITH ALL LEASHES, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU ALMOST HAVE 290 CITATIONS FOR THAT.
AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE THE ISSUE.
'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FES AND DRINKING ALCOHOL IN OUR PARKS AND SMOKING.
I THINK IT'S BEEN ON CARRYING ON FOR, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD.
I THINK I'M, THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR.
SO IT'S ALL SOMETHING THAT WE'VE PREACHED BY NOT DOING IT.
SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ISSUE THAT WE JUST, IT, IT'D BE NICE TO GET THAT DATA, SAY YES, WE DIDN'T GIVE OUT 290 TICKETS.
IT'S OKAY THAT IT'S, OUR COMMUNITY ALSO KNOWS THAT IT'S AGAINST THE, OUR OUR OUR RULES AND OUR, AND OUR IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO BE DOING THIS STUFF.
NOT JUST DOGS DRINKING, SMOKING AFTER 10:00 PM I THINK IT'S 10:00 PM NOW, RIGHT? 10:00 PM OR 11:00 PM WE CHANGED OUR CUR AT 11:00 PM SO WHATEVER HAPPENS TO BE THE CASE.
SO I I, I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH THAT.
I JUST RATHER SEE THE NUMBERS SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SHARE THAT DATA INSTEAD OF IT'S A WARNING FOR THEY'RE ACTUALLY ISSUING TICKETS FOR THE YES.
AND THEN, AND OUR, UH, LIKE JIM WAS SPEAKING WITH EARLIER, AS FAR AS GOOGLE, UH,
SO THEY PUT ADEQUATE INFORMATION IN THERE AND WE STRUGGL
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A WHOLE PUSH AND ALL THE DEPUTIES ALIKE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PUT ALL OUR DATA IN THERE.UH, THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHERE WE HAVE A FRACTURING FOR A DOG OFF LEASH AND WE ENCOUNTER A SEPARATE OFFENSE.
UH, BUT THE PRIMARY OFFENSE WOULD BE THE DOG OFF LEASH.
SO WE'LL PUT THOSE IN THE SUMMARY AND SO FORTH.
UH, ONE OF THE BIG GOALS AND CHALLENGES WE HAVE IS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WE COME INTO A SITUATION LIKE THAT WHERE WE HAVE A DOG OFF LEASH, WE HAVE ANOTHER FRACTION TO SEPARATE THE TWO TO SEPARATE, TWO SEPARATE, TWO SEPARATE LOGS.
UH, BUT IT BECOMES TIME CONSUMING AND SO FORTH.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH AS WELL.
UH, BUT THE DASHBOARD, LOOKING AT THE DASHBOARD PERCENT LIKE THIS, LIKE YOU SAID, WAS KIDNEY CANDY SOURCE IS FANTASTIC.
IT'S PHENOMENAL, UH, ON MY END, WHAT I DO, THE INFORMATION I'M GIVING EVERY MONTH I BREAK DOWN PER DEPUTY, PER INFRACTION, PER OFFENSE, PROGRESS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND THE NUMBERS ARE FANTASTIC.
SO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE VERY ACCURATE AS FAR AS THE MARSHALLS GOES.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE ON OUR END JUST WITH THE, UH, MULTIPLE INFECTIONS DURING ONE OFFENSE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND SAY THAT WE DON'T BE WARNING 'CAUSE WE ACTUALLY DO OUR BIGGEST THINGS TO EDUCATE EVERYONE AS WELL.
SO WHENEVER WE GIVE 29 CITATIONS ABOUT OBLIGATIONS FOR TWO 90 VIOLATIONS, UH, THE WARNING PHASES FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND A HALF ARE STILL AT THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
UM, AND WE DO THAT COMPASSIONATE FINISHING, UH, EFFORT AND ALL US AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MOTHERS, FATHERS, CHILDREN, EVERYTHINGLIKE, BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE DO BECOME INCOMPETENT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL OFFENDER.
AND THAT'S WHERE THINGS HAVE TO RAMP UP A
AND, AND THEN AGAIN, I, I WOULD AGAIN, REACH OUT TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM THAT WE HAVE, DO A LOT OF POSTS BY THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT'S AGAIN, START RE MAYBE REISSUING THESE, YOU KNOW, FRIENDLY REMINDERS, NOT OUR NO DOGS OFF LEASH, NO ALCOHOL IN OUR PARKS.
OUR POLICY SAYS, DOESN'T SAY DRINK CONSUMING ALCOHOL IS POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL IN PARKS.
THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T EVEN HAVE IT IN YOUR CAR WHEN YOU'RE IN OUR PARK.
SO THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ITERATE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO SOCIAL MEDIA, AGAIN, IS THE BEST WAY TO GET IT OUT.
AND HOPEFULLY WE GET THOSE BACK ON ON DOING THAT.
UH, MASON, LIKE THAT GREAT SEGUE BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M GONNA BRING UP.
UM, WE UTILIZE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, UTILIZE THOSE WHO AREN'T ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT, UM, SOMEHOW, AND I'M NOT REALLY QUITE SURE WHAT THAT IS, IF THAT'S JUST MORE TALKING IN THE PARKS DIFFERENT FROM PEOPLE.
UM, BUT SOMEHOW THERE NEEDS TO BE THE, THAT THE EDUCATION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OFFICER S IN REGARDS TO PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING THERE'S NO SMOKING, THERE'S NO DOGS OFF LEASH.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT ALWAYS IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE DISCUSSED OR, UM, OUT THERE, BUT WE NEED TO DO OUR JOB OR THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO DO THE JOB WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S, UH, DISTRICTS TO GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO SEND ON NEXT DOOR TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE.
UM, SO THERE'S LESS OF THOSE INFRACTIONS.
UM, I I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TOO, BUT I MEAN, THERE'S MEAN I CAN DRIVE BY A COUPLE OF PARKS AND DEFINITELY SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE SLEEPING.
UM, SO WE WE'RE IN THAT PLACE WHERE THE INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE DISPERSED.
UM, I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA IS A GREAT WAY.
I THINK THE, THE DISTRICTS NEED TO HAVE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS A FLYER, A ONE SHEET, UM, WHEN THE COUNCILMEN, THE COUNCIL PEOPLE GO TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
UM, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WITH THIS WONDERFUL INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, AND I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS.
IT'S GONNA, I MEAN, I'M, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, AND SO IF RUDY COULD JUMP UP AND FOR CLEE, HE WOULD, RIGHT NOW THIS IS, THIS IS SUPER EXCITING.
SO GREAT WORK ON ALL OF Y'ALLS EFFORTS.
UM, NOW IT'S TO THEN PUT THAT TO ACQUISITION, YOU KNOW, SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY BEING IN USE IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS IN THIS DEPARTMENT, UH, WITHOUT ALTERING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE PARK SO THAT THEY DON'T GO THE WAY OF LIBRARIES.
AND Y'ALL HAVE TAKEN THAT AND RUN WITH MULTITUDE OF WAYS.
SO ALL PRAISE DUE TO STAFF FOR WHICH Y'ALL HAVE COME UP WITH A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, THE TECHNOLOGY UPDATES ARE ONLY GONNA ENHANCE THE PART.
AND I THINK IT'LL ALSO BE, UH, APPEARING IN OTHER AREAS AS MORE AS WE GET TO SEE THIS DATA, THAT WE GET ACCESS TO IT FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
AND I ALSO WANNA SAY A, A GREAT SHOUT OUT TO PARK RANGERS.
PARK RANGERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE ASSET TO EVERYTHING THAT PARKS NEED.
UH, IT MAKES KIDS FEEL SAFE, MAKES COMMUNITIES FEEL LOVED, AND PARK RANGERS ARE NOT ONLY THERE FOR SAFETY, THEY'VE GIVEN ADVICE, THEY'VE GIVEN INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARK, THEY'VE GIVEN A HISTORY ON SOME ACCOUNTS.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
THANK Y'ALL FOR THIS VERY INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD.
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UH, I GUESS A MILLION STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.AND ACTUALLY, I FORGOT TO DO ONE OF, TO EXCUSE OUR US BOARD MEMBER, MR. MICHAEL JUNG.
MR. JUNG, UH, UH, HAS BEEN A PUBLIC SERVANT AND FOR CITY OF DALLAS IN NUMBER OF WAYS AND REALLY CONTRIBUTED THE CITY.
MANY OF YOU KNOW, AND I SHOULD HAVE MADE THAT INTRODUCTION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, MR. JOHN AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD AND LOVE FOR YOU TO SAY SOMETHING ALONG WITH ABOUT THIS TOPIC.
YEAH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
I'M VERY, VERY GLAD TO BE HERE.
I'VE WORKED WITH PARKS, UM, AS A CIVILIAN, SO TO SPEAK, FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS IN DALLAS AND I'M GLAD TO BE ON THE, THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE AT THIS POINT.
I GUESS I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET SOME NEW RUNNING SHOES.
I HADN'T REALIZED THE CHASING DOWN DOGS IN OUR DISTRICT.
I'LL CHASE THEM UP TO FLAGPOLE HILL,
MY QUESTION'S A VERY SIMPLE ONE, WHICH IS, WHAT IS YOUR BEST ESTIMATE OF THE ROLLOUT DATE? EITHER THE SOFT ROLLOUT OR HARD ROLLOUT OR THE DASHBOARD.
SO THERE ARE A FEW MORE STEPS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE.
ONE, TAKE THE FEEDBACK GIVEN TODAY AND SEE HOW WE CAN REFINE, UH, WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, UH, BUT ALSO MOVING FORWARD IN THE DIRECTION, THE DIRECTOR AND THE PARK BOARD AND THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, TAKING THE PRESENTATION TO THE PTE, UH, PARKS, TRAIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE AND ALONG WITH PARTIES AS WELL AND AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
SO AFTER WE'VE REFINED AND AND WALK THROUGH THOSE FEW NEXT STEPS AFTER WERE OUTLINED, I HAVE AN EXPRESSION OF DIRECTOR COLLABORATIVE, UM, DEPARTMENTS ON HOW WE GO THE APPLICATION AND ALSO CREATING A MARKETING PLAN, GUYS OFFERING, UM, SOME STEPS TO CREATE A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO, TO DO THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OF
MR. CONNOR, SIR, UM, WHO, UH, WHAT WAS THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS? WHAT WAS THE COST FOR EVERYTHING? FOR THE MANPOWER, EVERYTHING.
SO THIS WAS AN INTERNAL PARTNERSHIP ACTUALLY.
SO THERE'S BEEN, UH, NO COST ASSOCIATED WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH THE OFFICE INTELLIGENCE.
SO IT'S AN INTERNAL WORKING COLLABORATIVE, UH, BETWEEN TWO DEPARTMENTS, RIGHT? BUT THERE'S GOTTA BE COSTS, RIGHT? THERE'S, THERE'S MANPOWER.
I MEAN THERE'S A PROJECT LIKE THIS, THERE'S GOTTA BE.
SO I WOULD SAY, BECAUSE THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THEIR DEPARTMENT, THEY SUPPORT BOTH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AND THANKS TO MR. MUNDY, HE REACHED OUT TO THEIR DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO, TO, UH, COLLABORATE WITH US ON PROVIDING THIS SERVICE THAT WE NEED.
SO IT'S A FIXED COST BECAUSE IT IS WHATEVER THE, THEIR BUDGET IS TO SUPPORT ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
THANK YOU TO KEVIN AND THE TEAM.
YOU KNOW, THE COLLECTION OF THIS DATA AND PUTTING IN SUCH A USEFUL FORM, I LOOK FORWARD TO IT, HELPING REDUCE MANY OF THESE ISSUES THAT PLAGUE THE PARKS AND DISTRICT FIVE AS WELL AS SPECIFICALLY THE GUNFIRE THAT WE HAVE IN CROSS OTHER AREAS.
I DID WANT TO ASK, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED THIS IN PRESENTATION, HOW OFTEN IS THIS DATA POPULATED? I CAN, HOW OFTEN IS NEW DATA ADDED? AND AS A SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION OR PERHAPS A SUGGESTION? UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF IT IS ON A DAILY BASIS, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME KIND OF MAJOR INCIDENT REPORT OPTION.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT JUST DOGS AND CITATIONS FOR ALCOHOL, IF THERE'S, UM, SOME KIND OF INCIDENT THAT OCCURS IN A PARK THAT INVOLVES, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSE OF A DOZEN OFFICERS.
UM, I GET CALLS LIKE, LIKE THAT IN MY DISTRICT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF MY FELLOW PARK BOARD MEMBERS DO, BUT PEOPLE WANNA KNOW WHY WERE THERE SEVEN COP CARS AND XY AND Z PART THIS MORNING.
PEOPLE WANNA KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT AND I HAVE TO TRACK THAT DOWN.
SO IF IT IS THIS INFORMATION'S BEING MADE AVAILABLE SPECIFICALLY TO PARK BOARD MEMBERS, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE HAD ACCESS TO SOME KIND OF MAJOR INCIDENT REPORT, UM, AS SOON AS THAT INFORMATION IS POSSIBLE AND ABLE TO SHARED IN AN INAPPROPRIATE MANNER WITH PUBLIC.
YES, IT IS REFRESHED DAILY AT 7:00 AM UM, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO EXPLORE ANY SORT OF FLAGGING MECHANISM OR KIND OF A MAJOR INCIDENT RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL ADD FOR THE MAJOR INCIDENTS THAT IT'S ONE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATE THINGS WE'VE BEEN BATTLING FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
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THE MARSHALS ARE INVOLVED, WE TYPICALLY KNOW ABOUT IT SOON, BUT A LOT OF TIMES, I'M GONNA BE HONEST, SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET A CALL FROM Y'ALL, WE GET A CALL FROM A CITIZEN AND THEN, THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND WE'LL START HELPING FIGURE OUT RESEARCH AND WORK WITH THE MARSHALS AND GET THAT AS WELL.BUT WORKING WITH JOCELYN AND, AND THIS GROUP, 'CAUSE THEY DO WORK WITH DPD, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO, WE'RE TRYING TO COME TABLE TO GET MORE INFORMATION QUICKER SO YOU GUYS CAN GET IT QUICKER TOO.
'CAUSE IT DOES, I I WILL BE HONEST IT WHENEVER Y'ALL ARE CALLING ME ABOUT AN INCIDENT IN THE PARK OR WHOMEVER, LIKE WE DROP THE BALL SOMEWHERE, SO IT'S LIKE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE TELLING Y'ALL VERSUS Y'ALL TELLING US.
YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THERE.
AND NOW I ADD SOMETIMES THOSE INCIDENTS WHERE YOU MAY SEE, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE CARS.
IT COULD BE OUR MARSHALS AND OUR OTHER TEAMS WORKING TOGETHER ON A CLEANUP EFFORT.
UH, SO IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE CRIMINALLY RELATED, BUT THEY'RE WORKING TO DO AN EFFORT TO, TO CANVAS, TO PARK, TO BE MORE PROACTIVE, TO PREVENT MEASURES OF THINGS.
WELL THEN MAYBE IT'S NOT JUST A MAJOR INCIDENT, IT'S, IT'S THE, THE
AND IF I CAN AT LEAST TELL BY CONSTITUENTS THAT THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, THIS IS A CLEANUP EFFORT THAT ALSO WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO, AND UH, MR. DICKEY, WHO HAS BEEN HUGE ADVOCATE OF SAFETY, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST AGREE WITH MR. GOLDSTEIN AND MR. KAMI ABOUT INCREASING TO THE EXTENT YOU CAN AS THIS GOES FORWARD.
THE INPUTS LIKE FROM THE PARK RANGERS HOTLINE AND ALL THE VARIOUS AREAS THAT YOU MIGHT GET BETTER, MORE INFORMATION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT, UH, AS THE SOON TO BE OUTGOING CHAIR OF THE AD HOC SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE, I JUST WANT TO GIVE ENORMOUS KUDOS TO EVERYONE, UH, RENEE JOHNSON AND JEREMY, OUR MARSHALLS, OUR RANGERS, AND, AND JUST FOR ANY MEMBERS, UH, AND ALSO MR. YOUNG, WELCOME TO PARK BOARD.
YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA BE A GREAT MEMBER.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW SOME BACKGROUND, UH, EIGHT YEARS AGO, AND I KNOW THE REST OF YOU'VE HEARD THIS AD NAUSEUM, SO I'M SORRY, BUT WE ONLY HAD SIX RANGERS AND NONE COULD, ONLY ONE COULD WRITE A CITATION.
FAST FORWARD EIGHT YEARS AND NOW HERE WE HAVE ALL THESE PARK MARSHALS, WE HAVE AN OVERNIGHT PARK MARSHAL STAFF, WE HAVE MORE, MANY MORE RANGERS AND IT'S JUST AN ENORMOUS ADVANCE.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE STAFF PICKED UP THE BALL AND RAN WITH IT AND PUT US IN A GREAT POSITION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT ARPA MONEY THAT CAME.
AND I HAVE TO THINK THAT THIS WORK WAS COMPETITIVE BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY THREE CITIES I'VE SEEN AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT WE GOT IN THERE.
AND I THINK IT HAD TO BE IN PART BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING OUR STAFF HAS DONE TO ENHANCE OUR SECURITY OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY HUGE KUDOS AND I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL INITIATIVE AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
MR. SLAUGHTER? YES, GO AHEAD MA'AM.
I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON MR. MR. DICKEY'S COMMENT.
SO THESE 15 CITIES THAT WERE SELECTED, NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT IN THIS YEAR, UM, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT MAYOR BLOOMBERG WAS FAMOUS FOR BELIEVING THAT DATA COULD TRANSFORM CITIES AND TRANSFORM RESIDENTS LIVES.
AND SO THIS YEAR THEY WERE FOCUSED ON CITIES THAT WERE ALL LEADING THE WAY IN DATA, PUSHING US TO DO AI AND TO DO EVEN MORE.
SO WE WERE ONE OF 15 CITIES SELECTED FROM
UH, WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD TO BE INVOLVED AND VERY, THE MAYOR PARTICULARLY IS VERY PROUD AS WELL AS HE WANTS PARKS AND THERE SAFETY TO BE IMPORTANT PART OF HIS LEGACY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, FAR SORRY.
YES, IT WAS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND THAT WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BE PART OF IT.
THAT'S, I MEAN, DR. NEWMAN, HOLD, GO.
SORRY, YOUR LIGHT WENT OFF SO I CUT YOU OFF.
I JUST WANNA GIVE THE CARD BOARD FOR A WARNING 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SIT THAT I DIDN'T TELL YOU THIS.
I'M GONNA HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE.
I HAVE A COURT RANGER YOU AHEAD NOW.
SO IF I SEE YOU DOING SOMETHING, I WILL ARREST YOU.
I, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, RENEE JOHNSON.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT PROVIDED THE DATA THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR US.
UH, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF THIS, UH, UH, OF PUTTING THIS, UH, DASHBOARD TOGETHER, BUT I'M A FIRM BELIEVER OF DATA AND I I, I LIKE TO SEE WHERE THIS DATA WILL
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TAKE US.I KNOW IT'S GOING TO DO TREMENDOUS THINGS.
IT'S GOING TO ALLOW THOSE OF US THAT ARE ON THIS BOARD TO, UH, INFORM OUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO NOT ONLY WHAT YOU'VE DONE BUT GOING FORWARD AND THE NEW, THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED ABOUT MR AND OTHERS, UH, BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO US AS WELL.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, THE MARSHALS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAM AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IN OUR PARKS BECAUSE WE RELY ON YOU AND UH, YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP.
CAN I JUST SAY I JUST WANT TO THANK DR.
HICK AGAIN AND HER ENTIRE TEAM.
UH, ALSO I HAVE TO THANK HIM MONDAY.
HIS LEADERSHIP, UH, HE WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THEM, OF COURSE ALL THE PARK RANGERS AND THE MARSHALS AND ENTIRE MAINTENANCE FOLKS.
BUT WHAT IS THE END THING I WANNA SAY? THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHEN, WHEN WE NEED TO CARRY OUT DEPART BOARD GOALS AND INITIATIVES, WE HAVE TO DEPEND ON OUR OTHER, THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE WE REACH OUT TO OFFICER DATA AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TO MEET YOUR GOALS.
WE REACH OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEYS, WE REACH OUT TO DALLAS, WATER UTILITIES, YOU NAME IT.
WE COLLABORATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AND THE REASON I WANNA MAKE SURE I SAY THAT PUBLICLY BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET A PUT A BAD RAP OVER HERE IN THE PARK SYSTEM 'CAUSE THEY SAY WE REPORT TO A BOARD, BUT WE PROBABLY DOING OUR OWN THING.
WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT COLLABORATING WITH THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT.
I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR THE RECORD.
THANK DR AND HICK AGAIN FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND HER TEAM SUPPORT.
UH, THANK YOU DIRECTOR JENKINS AND KEVIN, THIS IS AWESOME.
AND AS RENEE, YOU SAID THIS WAS YOUR EFFORT TO WOW US AND YOU DID AS SCOTT AND RUDY
SO SEE IF THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD, YOU KNOW, SEEING THAT, UH, PROGRESS TO HAPPEN SOON ENOUGH, THEN WE DATA WE SEE IT'S NOT ONLY WELL PRESENTED, IT'S RELEVANT AND SOMETHING WE CAN COUNT ON.
SO I APPRECIATE THIS, UH, INITIATIVE AND THANKS FOR GETTING UH, THAT FUNDING FROM
MR. DP, ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME?
IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU'RE, UM, IT DOESN'T COME WITH THOSE MICROPHONES.
I THINK IT COMES THROUGH THOSE.
THERE'S NO ONE OF THOSE UP THERE.
OKAY, WELL I WILL TRY TO PROJECT SO PERHAPS MR. DICK WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR ME UP.
WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR ME ONLINE.
CRYSTAL ROSS, SENIOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DALLAS PARK RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR TO PRESENT TO YOU THE HIGHLIGHT REEL FOR THIS YEAR.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT I AM PROVIDING YOU ALL VERY HIGH LEVEL, UM, LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE YEAR.
SO WE'LL COVER, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SORRY.
WE'LL COVER THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 TO BASICALLY TODAY, BUT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2025.
AND A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS WILL BE FAMILIAR TO YOU ALL BECAUSE WE PRESENTED THEM HERE IN BOARD, EITHER IN COMMITTEE, UM, YOU RECEIVED SOMETHING VIA MEMO.
SO I WON'T GO INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT THEM.
AGAIN, THINK OF THIS AS YOUR HIGHLIGHT REEL FOR THE YEAR.
WE'LL GO OVER A COUPLE OF CONCEPTS, INTRODUCE THE LEADERSHIP OVER BUDGET, UM, PROGRAM AND INITIATIVE UPDATES WITH SOME SUPPORTING PHOTOS, NEW AND COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THE PARTNERSHIPS, BOARD RECOGNITION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND LOOK AHEAD OF 2025.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
YOU SEE THEM HERE IN ALL THEIR GLORY.
JOHN JENKINS, CRYSTAL ROSS, RENEE JOHNSON, RYAN O'CONNOR, STEVEN BAKER, RACHEL BERRY, ROSA GALLEGOS WITH THE ASTERISK, AND THEN VANESSA GRAY.
AND SO ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DEPARTMENT RUNS AS A WELL OIL MACHINE.
AND SO IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THIS, ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
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ALL RIGHT, DEPARTMENT BUDGET.YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THAT THIS BUDGET IS BROKEN OUT TO OUR PIE CHART PERSPECTIVE OF OUR RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS CARE LEISURE VENUE.
PARK MAINTENANCE OPERATION, PARTNERSHIPS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, PLANNING AND DESIGN, AND FACILITIES AND RECREATION SERVICES.
COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANNA POINT OUT.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UH, PMO PARK MAINTENANCE OPERATES 41% OF OUR OCCUPIES, 41% OF OUR BUDGET, FOLLOWED BY RECREATION SERVICES.
SO OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE OUR TWO LARGEST, UH, DIVISIONS.
THAT'S WHERE MOST OF OUR CORE ACTIVITIES RELY RESIDE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT, THAT NAME.
MOVING FORWARD, YOU'LL START HEARING MORE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AS OPPOSED TO LEISURE VENUE MANAGEMENT, TRYING TO TRANSITION INTO THE NEW, INTO THE NEW TERM.
YOU'LL SEE THE DEPARTMENT, UH, BUDGET AT 121 MILLION, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE REVENUE BUDGET OF 11 MILLION.
WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE TO LOOK AT THE REVENUE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REVENUE IN THE PARK DEPARTMENT, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE REVENUE COMING IN, KIND OF THROUGH THAT PROGRAMMATIC ARM, THROUGH OUR CARE DIVISION, AS WELL AS THROUGH RECREATION SERVICES.
IN THE CARE DIVISION, YOU'LL FIND GOLF RACKET, SPORTS AQUATICS, UM, RESERVATIONS, ATHLETIC BILL RESERVATIONS, AND FACILITY RESERVATIONS.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT ENCOMPASSES IN THAT 9.5.
AND IN RECREATION SERVICES, AGAIN, THAT'S ALL PRETTY MUCH PROGRAMMATIC IN NATURE OF EQUITY.
YOUR PROGRAMS, YOUR STAFF TAUGHT, UM, YOUR CONTRACT FEE PROGRAMS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AT ALL OF OUR RECREATION FACILITIES.
AND IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE SOME RESERVATIONS THAT OCCURRED DURING OUR BUSINESS HOURS.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT REVENUE HAS BEEN, UH, 11 MILLION.
AND SO THE PARK DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO KIND OF TRANSITION WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH REVENUE GOALS.
YOU'LL START HEARING MORE OF THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS ABOUT HOW WE'RE REINTRODUCING OR REESTABLISHING SOME OF OUR, UM, PROGRAM FEES AND RECREATION.
SO YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE AND YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT NUMBER CLIMB A LITTLE HIGHER.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAM INITIATIVES, REMIND, LET ME REMIND YOU ALL, WE CANNOT CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF PICKING OUT A FEW THINGS.
SO SOME OF YOUR PET PROJECTS, THINGS THAT ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART, YOUR HEART ARE NOT LISTED HERE.
JUST KNOW IT WASN'T BY DESIGN.
I'LL JUST PICK A FEW THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT AND FEATURE IN THIS CONVERSATION TODAY.
SO HERE IN THE RECREATIONAL PROGRAM INITIATIVE, YOU'LL SEE THE TEAM HAS PASSED CITYWIDE YOUTH SPORTS, WHICH I WANNA CALL OUT 'CAUSE THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING TO GROW.
AND SO WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF KEISHA RANDALL AND SERGIO GARZA, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN INCREASING OUR PARTICIPATION IN YOUTH SPORTS.
BUT I WANNA PAY SPECIAL NOTE TO, I CHALLENGE STAFF TO INCREASE THE GIRLS' PARTICIPATION IN YOUTH SPORTS.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE INCREASING THROUGHOUT.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BLACK FOOTBALL COMING ON AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO THERE'S CITYWIDE SPORTS WE HAD, UM, BUT BEYOND THE BLOCK.
SO THAT WAS THE TEEN INITIATIVE WE BROUGHT TO YOU ALL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHERE WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH SOME NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY DO MORE OUTREACH, REALLY GET SOME TEAMS CONNECTED TO RECREATION.
UM, UNCONVENTIONAL RECREATION, TINA L ACCESS PASS.
I THINK MOST OF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
THAT REALLY IS THE GOLDEN TICKET FOR OUR TEENS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TO VENTURE TO SEVERAL, I THINK 13 OR 14 DIFFERENT VENUES OF AMUSEMENT CENTERS HERE IN DALLAS.
AND SO IT'S FREE OF CHARGE FOR CITY OF DALLAS RESIDENTS AGES 13 TO 17.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE DISTRIBUTED 4,008.
MOVING TO THE NEXT PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT, WE HAVE NEXT SLIDE.
I'LL FEATURE, I'LL MENTION OUR ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS, AND SO WE'RE USING THE TERM ACCESSIBLE, BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS FREE.
AND SO WE DO OFFER A TIERED PROGRAM STRUCTURE.
SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO HAVE AFFORDABLE RECREATION PROGRAMS AS WELL AS FREE PROGRAMS FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED, UM, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
SO WE HAVE 17 AFTERSCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS THAT OCCUR, UH, WITHIN OUR OPERATION.
11 OF THEM ARE LOCATED WITHIN DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF OUR PROGRAM HOURS BY 20% OVER THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE REIN, WE'VE REINTRODUCED SOME OF OUR KIDS TO THE SPORT OF TENNIS.
I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE NOT HEARD THAT A LOT.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH USTA AND LOCAL TENNIS, UM, PROFESSIONALS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE BEING ON THE COURT.
THEY'RE HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE COURT AND GROWING THAT SPORT.
SO HERE'S JUST SOME PHOTOS OF SOME EVENTS.
YOU SEE OUR KIDS, YOU SEE OUR SENIORS FROM OUR FATHER'S DAY EVENT.
YOU SEE OUR AQUATICS SLIDE, UM, TRACK AND FIELD ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
SO THE AQUATICS, I REALLY, I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS DIVISION.
FIRST OF ALL, WE KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR ADULTS TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM.
AND SO OUR STAFF HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB IN ENSURING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A FINANCIAL BARRIER FOR OUR KIDS TO HAVE SWIM LESSONS.
THIS YEAR WE AWARDED 714 SWIM SCHOLARSHIPS, SO THAT'S VALUED AT OVER $42,000.
SO PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO NEEDED TO HAVE THEIR KIDS
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IN OUR POOLS HAVING, UH, SWIM LESSONS IF THEY HAD A FINANCIAL BARRIER, OUR TEAM WORKED WITH THEM HAND IN HAND TO MAKE SURE THEYOUR STAFF DID A PHENOMENAL JOB KEEPING THE FACILITIES OPEN WITH ENTIRE DURATION OF THE AQUATIC SEASON.
AND SO WITH THE LEADERSHIP ROLE, ROB LIST, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT A TOUR IT IS TO GET OUR POOLS OPEN, FULLY STAFFED, SAFE INVITING, UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE.
ALL THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE OUT HERE IN AQUATIC FACILITIES, YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED NEXT WEEK.
SO I DON'T WANNA GO INTO TOO MANY DETAILS BECAUSE RAUL'S PUTTING TOGETHER A RECAP FOR YOU ALL.
SO YOU WILL SEE AND HEAR FIRSTHAND OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE SUMMER.
SOME OF OUR NR AGENCY INITIATIVES, UM, WE TALKED VERY, VERY HIGHLY ABOUT, I KNOW SERGEANT MIRROS WAS BEHIND ME, UH, EARLIER.
SO WE TALK ABOUT OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE DALLAS MARSHALS, OUR WORK WITH THE DALLAS MARSHALS, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST WATCH THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, SO I WON'T HARP ON IT TOO MUCH, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE BREAKDOWN, WHICH THEY SHARED WITH YOU ON THE, ON THE DASHBOARD, THE VISITS, THE WARNINGS, THE CITATIONS, THE ARREST.
AND THEY TALKED ABOUT WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAD, UM, THE FREQUENT ALCOHOL POSSESSION CONSUMPTION.
WE HAVE IT OFF, OFF LEASH DOGS, THOSE CITATIONS.
AND SO I WON'T BE REDUNDANT THERE AS WELL AS WITH THE PART, I'M SORRY, WITH THE PARTNERING WITH DATA AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ON THE DASHBOARD, WHICH THEY PRESENTED IN DETAIL.
SO WE WON'T GO OVER THAT AGAIN.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE OUR DATA IN THAT MANNER.
CONSERVATION INITIATIVES SEEMS LIKE YEAR OVER YEAR, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EMERALD ASH FORCE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL HEAR THE TERMS BOTH THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.
WELL, IN THIS INSTANCE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GOATS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR ALTERNATIVE VEGETATION PROCESS OVER IN THE BACHMAN, UM, BACHMAN, DO I WANNA SAY GREEN BELT? SO WE HAD OVER 250 GOATS THERE.
UM, IT WAS QUITE A SITE, IT WAS QUITE A, A MEDIA DRAW.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND FROM KEVIN, THE GOATS ARE VISITING SOUTH TEXAS.
UM, THEY'LL HAVE A NEW LOCATION, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXPLORING THAT AND SEEING HOW WE CAN BETTER USE THEM.
AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S, IT'S GOING PRETTY WELL CULTIVATING STEWARDS OF THE PARKS.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CONSERVATION AT A YOUNG AGE.
WE HAVE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM, OUR PARK RANGERS WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH OUR RECREATION STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THE KIDS KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A RESPONSIBLE STEWARD IN THE CONSERVATION OF OUR, UH, A STEWARD OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO THEY'RE HAVING A LOT OF CLASSES AND SESSIONS IN OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS, OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. THEY'RE TAKING OUR TEAMS OUT.
UM, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A GREAT INITIATIVE.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THIS SUMMER THERE WAS A SPECIAL PROJECT.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROJECT, YOU'LL SEE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND AND ON THE RIGHT, UM, YOU'LL SEE OUR KIDS WITH THEIR, THEIR
AND SO IN THIS INSTANCE, WE HAD PARK IN THE WOODS RECREATION CENTER WHO CAME OUT VICTORIOUS AND WON A BENCH, UM, FOR THEIR RECREATION CENTER THROUGH A COMPETITION AND RECYCLING.
BUT ON THE TOP LEFT, YOU'LL SEE THE GOATS, YOU'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH GOATS ON THE LEFT AND IT DIDN'T HAVE THE GOATS ON THE RIGHT.
SO YOU CAN SEE COMPARATIVELY WHAT IT'S, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE THE GOATS OUT THERE.
UM, AND THEN THOSE ARE THE KEY KIDS ON NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT, SO FEATURE PROJECTS.
SO WE LISTED THEM IN COUNCIL, UM, COUNCIL ORDER.
HOWEVER, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO OVER ALL OF THEM.
AND THIS AGAIN DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE YEAR.
JUST A FEW OF THEM TO HIGHLIGHTS.
WE HAVE WESTMORELAND SKATE PARK, ODYS WORKY YARD, UM, WATER PARK, SORRY, SPRAY SPLASH PAD THAT OPENED, UH, IN JULY,
AND WE'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN GREEN, EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME, AT GLENDALE AND THE CONTINUED WORK AND GROWTH AT OUR REGIONAL MARKET.
I'LL CALL OUT, UH, BACHMAN SKATE PARK.
THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST ADDITIONS TO THAT CAMPUS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE BY THERE, I DEFINITELY CHALLENGE YOU TO DRIVE BY ON A WEEKEND AND JUST SEE THE SKATERS OUT THERE.
JUST HAVING A REALLY GREAT TIME.
WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK TO TURNOUT.
YOU CAN SEE FROM, FIRST OF ALL, FROM THE ADVOCACY FROM THE SKATE PARK COMMUNITY AS TO WHY WE NEEDED IT.
AND SO THE RESULT IS PROVEN WHEN YOU GO TO THE SKATE PARK AND YOU SEE THEM OUT THERE THE ENTIRE DAY.
UH, WE HAVE THE SKATE PARK THAT OPENED EARLIER THIS SUMMER AND THEN THE COTTON BOWL IMPROVEMENTS.
THE LARGEST, UH, THE LARGEST PROJECT THAT WE HAVE IN PARK HISTORY WILL OVER 140 MILLION AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AND JUST A WEEKEND.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OPENING.
I KNOW WE HAVE A TENTATIVE DATE THAT IS
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PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN SHARED WITH THE ALL.MOVING ON TO COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT.
WE HAD JUDGE ROSE COMMUNITY PARK, WHICH HAS BEEN THIS SUMMER AS WELL.
UM, THAT WAS IN COLLABORATION WITH TPL.
AND SO THAT HAS BEEN A REAL JEWEL IN THAT HIGHLAND PEELS COMMUNITY.
IF YOU HAVE NOT GONE BY, THEY, AGAIN, I CHALLENGE YOU TO DO THAT AS WELL.
WINFREY POINT, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE WHITE ROCK, WHITE ROCK LAKE TASK FOR US TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE FACILITY.
UM, ONE, ONE OF THE MOST NEEDED AREAS WAS ROOF REPLACEMENT.
AND SO THEY WERE VERY, UH, HELPFUL IN FUNDING THE WORK THAT HAPPENED OVER THERE.
COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, THE POOREST, A PARK THAT HAS BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND IF YOU WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT COMMUNITY, THIS COMMUNITY HAS, IT'S A VERY DENSE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE A RECREATION COMPONENT THERE.
AND SO THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FIRST START OFF WITH THE ONE ACRE PARK, WHICH SHOULD OPEN THIS FALL AND THEN VENTURE INTO OPENING THE, UH, RECREATION CENTER COMMUNITY CENTER AND NEXT YEAR IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S MUCH NEEDED.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT OVER THERE, A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM BOTH THE PARKOUR REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS ABLE TO HAPPEN IN A TIMELY MANNER AND THAT IT'S MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAD A LOT OF ACQUISITION THAT OCCURRED.
MONTFORD PROPERTY ACQUISITION WAS RECENT.
UM, WE ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE
WE DID HAVE TO ACQUIRE BOTH THE BUSINESS AND THE LAND.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE PROUD ABOUT IS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE THE LANDS AT, UH, LESS THAN WHAT IT WAS PRAISED FOR.
SO THAT WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR US.
YOU SEE WEB CAPITAL ACQUISITION, WILLIS WILLIAMS PARK WITH THE, UH, COLLABORATION WITH THE DALLAS ISD TO INSTALL THE SYNTHETIC SYNTHETIC TURF ON THAT FIELD.
COUPLE OF IMAGES HERE TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT I JUST MENTIONED.
IF I WAS FANCY, I WOULD'VE CREATED YOU ON THE VIDEO.
A FEW MORE IMAGES, ACQUISITIONS, THEY DON'T YET LOOK AS APPEALING AS THEY WILL ONCE THE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE.
SO WHEN YOU COME BACK AND YOU SEE COMPLETED PROJECTS, YOU'LL HAVE MORE LUS AND ALL THAT.
WINNERS PARK, THE
WE HAD A WHOLE RENOVATION THAT OCCURRED AT THAT PARK.
WE WERE CHALLENGED WITH WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH SOME OF OUR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS. AND SO HERE YOU'LL SEE ATHLETICO, DALLAS WILLIAMS AND DALLAS STAR.
SO ATHLETIC, UM, MONEYGRAM AS WELL AS TO HAVING THEM PLAY AT THE COTTON BOWL.
AND THEN THERE'S THE CONTRIBUTION OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WAS GIVEN TO US TO BE ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT OUR YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE RELATED TO HAVE THEIR SUPPORT IN THAT LEVEL.
DALLAS WINGS FOR THE, UH, PRACTICE FACILITY THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT JOEY G, JOEY G AND OAKCLIFF.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THE DALLAS STARS HAS ONCE AGAIN CONTRIBUTED TO A REFURBISHMENT, UH, A GYMNASIUM.
WE DID THE FIRST ONE AT AWA WILLIAMS, BUT WE COMPLETED THE SECOND ONE AT BRA WILDER THIS YEAR.
THEY ALSO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMMATIC PIECE OF THE DALLAS FUTURE STARS HOCKEY PROGRAM.
SO WE BRAG ABOUT OURSELVES, BUT IT'S ALSO GREAT WHEN OTHERS BRAG ABOUT US AND THEY AWARD US FOR CERTAIN THINGS.
SO THE ONE THING WE WERE FIRST HAPPY ABOUT WAS WHEN WE IMPROVED OUR PARK SCORE FROM 38 TO 34 THIS YEAR.
SO THAT WAS A PRETTY BIG DEAL WITH TRUST REPUBLIC LAND.
UM, IMPROVING OUR SCORE, RECOGNIZING THE SCORE INCREASE BASED ON HOW WE HAVE INCREASED PARK ACCESS TO OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN DALLAS.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT SHOWCASES WHEN YOU COME TO OUR GOLF COURSES.
AND SO WE HAVE THREE THAT WE SEE RECOGNITION THIS YEAR FOR THE TOP 25 GOLF COURSES IN TEXAS THAT ARE BETWEEN 75 TO 124.
WE HAD STEVENS PARK AT NUMBER NINE AND TENON AT NUMBER 11.
AND THEN TOP 25 GO GOLF COURSES THAT ARE $69 OR LESS WENT TO CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE NUMBER 22, MR. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE ARE CONSISTENTLY AND CONSTANTLY TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A PIPELINE TO LEADERSHIP HERE IN THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
LAST MONTH WE KICKED OFF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY DIRECTOR JENKINS INITIATIVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE NEXT LEVEL OF LEADERSHIP LINED UP AND READY TO GO WHEN IT'S TIME.
IT'S A 12 MONTH CURRICULUM OF IDENTIFIED STAFF MEMBERS.
AND SO WE HAVE 10 MEMBERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THIS TRAINING, UM, THROUGH THIS ACADEMY IS PROBABLY A BETTER TERM, GOING THROUGH THIS ACADEMY, UM, WHERE THEY'RE BEING EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THIS EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP SPACE.
UM, HAVING CLASSES, HAVING BOOK ASSIGNMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY INTENSE 12 MONTHS WITH THEM.
AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE A WONDERFUL ASSIGNMENT THAT THEY'LL PROBABLY SHARE, UH, LATER ON THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
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MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THAT, THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO THE, TO THE LAUNCH.AND FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL WHO ARE STILL SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE 13 EMPLOYEES CERTIFIED THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE HAVE 11 CPRP CERTIFIED PARK RECREATION PROFESSIONALS ALONG WITH TWO CERTIFIED PARK RECREATION EXECUTIVES.
THERE WAS A TIME WE ONLY HAD TWO CERTIFIED MEMBERS AS THE WHOLE, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GROWING AND ENSURING THAT OUR STAFF HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE THEIR PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD TO 2025, WE HAVE A LOT THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'LL FEATURE.
IS THE COMPLETION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO I KNOW THAT RYAN AND HIS TEAM ARE BRINGING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD TO YOU ALL.
UM, THERE'S A GOAL TO HAVE 90% OF THE 2024 BOND PROJECTS DESIGNED, COMPLETED.
UM, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN A REVENUE STRUCTURE THAT WILL HELP US INCREASE REVENUE IN OUR PARK SYSTEM.
WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE INNOVATIVE PROGRAM AND DATA TRACKING, WHICH WE WERE JUST PRESENTED EARLIER.
WE'RE GOING TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE CHRONOGRAPH SYSTEM AND WE'RE GONNA BE CONSISTENTLY LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO COLLABORATE WITH PARTNERS THAT CAN HELP US OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE'RE INCURRING AS A, AS AN ORGANIZATION.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY INFORMATION.
AND I YOU JUST WANNA REMIND THE BOARD, I KNOW WE SAY THE DEPARTMENT ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT OF COURSE YOU ALL KNOW THAT YOU ALL GIVE US THE GOALS, INITIATIVES YOU WANT US TO FOCUS ON.
AND SO THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND WE GO IMPLEMENT OUR BOARD GOALS AND INITIATIVES THROUGH DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO OPEN FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
I, YOU KNOW, SO MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN SUCH SHORT TIME.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I MEAN, THAT'S YOUR VERY NICE JOB TO SAY.
YES, WE DO SET POLICY AND GOALS, BUT YOU ALL DO THE WORK.
WE MEET LIKE EVERY OTHER WEEK, Y'ALL, Y'ALL ARE HERE DOING THE YEOMAN'S WORK.
I, I JUST, I COMMENTED TO JOHN, GOSH, EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN BO WAS OUR, OUR HARRISON, TIM.
I MEAN, OUR BUDGET WAS LIKE 90 MILLION AND IT HAS GROWN 40% IN EIGHT YEARS.
A LOT OF THAT WAS THE 2017 BOND AND PREVIOUS BONDS, BUT JUST ALL THE OPERATIONAL, UM, IMPROVEMENTS.
I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD WE GOT PRESENTED WITH EARLIER.
WE'VE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY, PARTNERED REALLY WELL AND ADVOCATED WELL.
SO, UM, REALLY THIS IS JUST A THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF, UH, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO FIGHTING FOR US, UM, IN THOSE BUDGET MEETINGS, RACHEL
UH, BUT IT'S A, JUST A TESTAMENT TO NOT ONLY THE WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S DONE, BUT THE ADVOCACY AND HOW MUCH THE PUBLIC NOW REALLY, UM, SUPPORTS THE HEALTH SYSTEM AND, AND ADVOCATES FOR IT AS WELL.
JUST THANK YOU PART OF THAT ADVOCACY VERY WELL.
UM, RUDY, I'D LIKE TO COME NEXT SINCE YOU LOST YOUR LINE.
WELL, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST BE BRIEF.
UM, THERE, THERE'S A QUOTE, SOMEONE FAMOUS, I THINK AN ENGLISH PHILOSOPHER ONCE SAID, LIKE A MEASURE OF THE CITY'S GREATNESS IS, UH, IS, IS FOUND IN THE QUALITY OF ITS PUBLIC PARKS AND, AND PUBLIC SPACES.
AND THAT'S CERTAINLY, UH, PRESIDENT YEAH.
UH, SO, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY VISIBLE HERE.
THIS CITY IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE OUR PARKS, WE GOT A MAYOR THAT BELIEVES IN US.
WE GOT A PARK BOARD, THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
UH, BUT, BUT THE THING I WANTED TO SAY, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, MS. COLLINS LIKE SAID IT.
WHAT WE'VE ALSO DONE THAT'S NOT IN HERE IS THE, THE IMPACT THAT, THAT THE COMMUNITY NOW COMES AND ADVOCATES FOR THESE PARKS.
WHEN WE SAW IT IN THE LAST BOND CYCLE, WE PUT UP, AND I KNOW THIS WAS TWO YEARS AGO, SO YOU CAN'T SAY IT WAS LAST YEAR, THE PEOPLE, THEY WANTED THE BIG NUMBERS FOR OUR PARKS.
THEY WANTED BIG INVESTMENTS FOR OUR PARKS.
I MEAN, WE PUT UP THE BIGGEST BOND PACKAGE IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND WE'RE, WE'RE JUST THE NINTH BIGGEST CITY.
I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING, BUT WE'RE NOT LIKE THE BIGGEST CITY.
BUT WE PUT UP THE BIGGEST BOND PACKAGE.
AND, AND, AND SO THAT ADVOCACY IS SOMETHING THAT THIS DEPARTMENT HAS DONE.
AND, AND THE PARK BOARD MEMBERS JUST PLAY LIKE THAT LITTLE EDB PIECE, THE, THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE, THE THIS BIG, THE HEMOGLOBIN DEPARTMENT TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
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THAT ADVOCACY IS HUGE.AND IF AS LONG AS WE HAVE THAT ADVOCACY MOVING FORWARD AND WE, WE KEEP THAT TRUST AND NEVER LOSE IT WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, IMAGINE HOW BIG AND BRIGHT THE FIELD AND WHEN WE DO THIS NEXT YEAR OR IN FIVE YEARS, HOW MUCH BETTER THAT THESE YEAR INTERVIEWS ARE GONNA JUST CONTINUOUSLY GO TO.
SO, SO THERE'S JUST NEW HEIGHTS JUST EVERY, EVERY YEAR.
SO, SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS ROSS SAYS IS, IS YOU'RE JUST RAISING THE BAR ON YOURSELF AND DIRECTOR JENKINS, WERE JUST RAISING THE BAR ON ONE ANOTHER, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
WE DON'T WANNA BE, WE WANNA LOWER THE BAR, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES BELIEVE IN US TOO, THAT WE'RE RAISING THE BAR FOR THEM AND THEY, THEY'RE PUSHING US HARDER EVERY DAY.
SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION BEING A PARK BOARD MEMBERS, I KNOW THE GREATEST THINGS IN THE WORLD AND JUST TO BE A PART OF THIS.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT ADVOCACY, I'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, SEEN A LOT OF BOARDS.
THERE'S I, AND I MEAN THIS, THAT'S WHAT I SAY ON THE RECORD.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A BOARD IN THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM WHO ADVOCATED TO THE DEGREE IN WHICH YOU ALL ADVOCATED, YOU ALL TOOK LICKS, YOU TOOK, BUT YOU STAYED WITH IT.
ALL OF YOU, ALL YOUR ADVOCACY, AND Y'ALL WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO PARTNERS AND EVERYONE ELSE AND EDUCATE THEM.
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT TYPE OF ADVOCACY.
NO BOYS HAVE DONE THEIR JOBS BOARD HAVE ADVOCATED, BUT YOU ALL TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL AND, AND PEOPLE WOULDN'T BELIEVE IN GIVING THAT TYPE OF MONEY IF THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THE GOVERNING BODY.
WHO'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THAT 300, ALMOST THREE TO $45 MILLION.
SO, HAT OFF TO EACH OF YOU ALL, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT MS.
WELL, AFTER RENEE'S PRESENTATION AND COMING TO CRYSTAL'S PRESENTATION AND, AND ALL OF IT, THIS DEPARTMENT DOES, IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
UM, YOU, YOU, I WATCH HOW MAINTENANCE HAS GROWN AND I'M WATCHING HOW THIS HAS GROWN AND IT'S REALLY, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE DEDICATION OF YOUR TEAMS, BUT YOUR LEADERSHIPS AND REALLY TAKING, YOU KNOW, AS A, IT'S A COMMUNITY EFFORT IN THE DEPARTMENT AND IT SHOWS WHEN IT'S DISPERSED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
UM, YOU GUYS ARE DEFINITELY A FAMILY.
YOU, UM, THE LOVE THAT YOU HAVE FOR EACH OTHER AND THE CARE THAT YOU HAVE IN THE DEPARTMENTS SHOWS AND IT SPREADS DOWN AND TRICKLES DOWN INTO THE CITIES AND TO THE COMMUNITIES.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO BECAUSE IT REALLY IS, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT OF, OF HAPPINESS AND, AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND IT REALLY DOES SHOW TO THE PEOPLE AT LARGE.
AND SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THIS.
UM, IT, IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIMES TO HEAR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AFTER THE SUMMER, UH, RAUL'S ADDITION OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS TO HIS LOVE FOR AQUATICS REALLY DOES, IT JUST SPRINKLES INTO ALL OF THE, THE ENERGY OF EVERYTHING.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO AND LOVE AND BEING THE RECIPROC RECIPROCAL OF WITH MY KID AND MY FAMILY.
APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ALL THANK YOU, MR. CAN YOU TELL AN AMAZING STORY? I KNOW THAT THAT STORY WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT.
AND THAT STARTS WITH THE DIRECTOR AND INCLUDES THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, BUT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO EVERY PARK DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE.
I HOPE YOU'LL LET THAT STORY GET NOT ONLY SEVEN ENDED HERE IN THIS BUILDING, BUT IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD, VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT VOTE TO PAY TAXES KNOW THAT THEIR TAX MONEY IS BEING WELL SPENT ON PROGRAMS THAT THEY VALUE AND APPRECIATE AND CAN BENEFIT FROM.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO ITEMS FROM YOUR PRESENTATION.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FIRST SHIFT FOR THE MARSHALLS.
IT'S GONNA BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT FOR UNFORTUNATE ACTIVITY DURING THE, THE NIGHTTIME PERIOD.
AND THE OTHER IS THE WHITE, THE WINFREY POINT RENOVATE.
UH, THAT WAS A TRUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE WHITE ROCK LAKE FOUNDATION.
OFTENTIMES WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS BEING SOMEBODY WRITES A CHECK, AND THAT IS, THAT'S IMPORTANT, DON'T GET ME WRONG ABOUT THAT.
BUT THIS WAS A SIDE BY SIDE PARTNERSHIP.
THIS PLUMBING FIXTURE IS NOT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
WE NEED TO GET THE CONTRACTOR TO FIX IT AND EVERYTHING FROM BEGINNING TO END AND THE RESULTS ARE FANTASTIC.
IF YOU HAVEN'T COME OUT TO WINFREY
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POINT LATELY, IT IS, YOU WON'T RECOGNIZE IT.UH, HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A, A GREAT VENUE FOR WEDDINGS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, ANNIVERSARY PARTIES, WHATEVER.
SO THANK YOU FOR BOTH THOSE THINGS AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, MR. WOOD.
UM, I OFTEN GET TOLD BY A FRIEND THAT I'M TOO NICE AND I PUMP PEOPLE UP TOO MUCH, UM, AT THESE THINGS.
BUT THE FUNNY THING IS, BECAUSE YOU GUYS DO ALL OF THIS GREAT WORK, BUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS THAT YOU GUYS KEEP GETTING THINGS DUMPED ON YOU.
OLD CITY PARK WAS DUMPED BACK ON US WITH NO BUDGET, FAIR PARK FIRST AND FAIR PARK COMING BACK IN OUR PURVIEW, SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED.
AND YOU STILL PUT IT THROUGH AND YOU STILL DIG HARD.
SO I, I CAN'T GO AGAINST TRYING TO PUMP YOU GUYS UP BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE GREAT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS WORK HARD.
UM, AND I, I, I, I THINK, I MEAN, I'M PROUD I WORK.
I THINK WE ARE IN A REALLY, REALLY SWEET SPOT RIGHT NOW.
UM, EVEN WITH ALL OF THE BUDGET CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, PEOPLE LOVE THEIR PARKS.
WE'VE, WE'VE LEARNED, UM, AFTER COD THAT PEOPLE LOVE PARKS AND WE'VE LEARNED IN DALLAS THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS AND THEY'LL SUPPORT OUR PARKS WITH THE BOND, WITH THE BRIER, WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO IT IS, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME TO BE PART OF THIS GROUP, UM, TO ACTUALLY HELP NAVIGATE.
BUT JUST TO SEE HOW THIS GROUP AND THE LEADERSHIP ROLLS WITH THE PUNCHES EVEN WHEN THEY'RE DEFINITELY NOT PLANNED BECAUSE WE GIVE YOU STRICT GOALS AND THEN THEY DUMP SOMETHING ELSE ON US OR ON YOU GUYS.
AND YOU NOT ONLY HAVE 15 OF US TO DEAL WITH, YOU HAVE 15 OTHER COUNCILS TO DEAL WITH, PLUS THE PUBLIC.
SO IT'S ALL, SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, INGRATIATING ALL OF US, UM, AND YOU KNOW, DOING IT WITH A SMILE.
SO THANK YOU LUIS, MR. BOY, HAPPY NEW YEAR DONE AND, UH, AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY.
THIS BOARD HAS BEEN SOMETHING IN MY LIFE THAT HAS REALLY BEEN UNIQUE AND REALLY BEEN A BLESSING.
WE'VE BECOME A FAMILY AND MY MOTHER ALWAYS TAUGHT MY BROTHERS AND I YOU JUDGE BY THE COMPANY THAT YOU KEEP, THE COMPANY THAT I HAVE HERE FROM ICKY TO CARY LANE TO HARRISON.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY ON THIS POOL IS UNBELIEVABLE.
BUT YOU EVER NOTICE, YOU GO TO A BUSINESS AND A RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING AND A WAITRESSES BOO, SOMEBODY'S MAD, YOU KNOW THAT AT THEIR BOYFRIEND OR SOMEBODY RAN OVER THE DOOR.
EVERYBODY HERE IS GLAD THAT THEY'RE HERE AND THEY COME FOR THIS JOB AND IT'S EVIDENT.
AND THAT'S FROM LEADERSHIP AND THAT'S FROM THE PEOPLE, THE UPPER MANAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, I, WHEN I GOT FIRST GOT HERE, I SAID TWO THINGS.
IF YOU MESS WITH THE STATE FAIR PRODUCT, GO MESS WITH STAFF, YOU MESS WITH BOTH LONG.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS GOING AND I'M JUST APPRECIATIVE, YOU KNOW, UH, THINGS I KNOW THERE IS A GOD AND IT'S NOT ME.
IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M HERE.
AMAZING PRESENTATION BACK FOR THE YEAR COMING YEARS, EVEN EVEN THIS YEAR FOR
WITH THAT, UH, IT'S 1130, CAN WE TAKE THE LUNCH BREAK AND THEN COME SESSION? I LEAVE IT TO
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HAPPY HOUR, HOUR WON'T COME BACK.TAKING EVERYBODY HAPPY HOUR YOU MEETING, COME BACK.
LET'S TAKE THE 30 MINUTES SESSION HERE EXACTLY AS WELL.
THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD HAS COMPLETED IT.
CLOSED SECTION AT THE SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 OF TEXAS OPEN MEETING AT, AT UH, 1:03 PM ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2021.
WE HAVE RETURNED TO THE OPEN SESSION.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE COME, UH, TO THE OPEN SESSION TO WITH THE AGENT ITEM NUMBER 15.
AND, UH, ANYONE UH, WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION AND DO YOU WANT ANYONE WANTS TO? WHO DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MOTION.
AND A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO, UH, THE NEXT PART.
BOARD MEETING, UH, WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS CAN MEET WITH, UH, WITH THE CONDITION THAT IT WILL BE PLACED FIRST ON THE AGENDA AND IT CANNOT BE DEFERRED AGAIN.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? MS. SLAUGHTER? UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SO WE ARE, UH, AND WITH THE REQUEST, UH, TO MADAM SECRETARY TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT PRESENT TO SEND THIS OUT.
THE, THE ROLE WHICH JENKINS, SO, SO THE JENKINS WILL AGAIN HAVE A GOOD ROBUST DISCUSSION IN COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE TALKING TO YOU ONE-ON-ONE AS THANK YOU.
NOW I THINK
SO IT IS, UH, I OPEN NETWORK 1 0 4 WILL COME BACK.
ANY
BACK BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2025 AT 10:00 AM IT IS, UH, TIME IS IT? 1 0 7.
AND WE TURN OUR BOX AND RECREATION FOR MEETING.
THIS IS THE BEST BOARD YOU HAVE BEEN ON.