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          GOOD MORNING. 
          10. 
          WE CONVENE OUR DALLAS 
          [Dallas Park and Recreation Board on September 25, 2025. ]
PARK AND ATIONS MEETING  TODAY BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN COUPLE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS LEAVING TODAY THAT THERE NO LUNCH FOR THEM. 
          , SAME THING. 
          JENNY. 
          OUT BUDGET CUT CITIES ON BUDGET CUTS AND CUT OUT. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU BROUGHT YOUR BOXES WITH THAT. 
          UH, UH FIRST WE DID THAT. 
          WE SEE OUR NEW  CONSTANT WOMAN, UH, LAURA HERE, AND MS. CINA, WHO IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC SPEAKER. 
          SO, WELCOME MAAM. 
          THE SPEAKERS. 
          YES. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE, UH, BOTH EYES ON. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          SORRY. 
          YES, THEY AND SHE'LL LEAD THE PUBLIC SPEAKER GUIDELINES. 
          I'M GO AHEAD AND READ THE PUBLIC SPEAKER GUIDELINES. 
          EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR. 
          ONLY ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL AND PERTINENT PRO PAIN OR SLANDER. 
          THERE IS REMARKS OR BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD WILL BE. 
          AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST SPEAKER, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, DURING HIS EIGHT YEARS, WE WENT FROM BEING LEFT UP A PRODUCTS PLAN TO HAVING REGIONAL PRODUCT CENTER AND A WORLD CLASS SKATE PARK TO, HAS ADVOCATE ENTIRE SLEEP FOR CHILDREN OF ALL OF  TO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR CITY OF DALLAS PARKS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, HE WORKED WITH THE RAMIREZ FAMILY TO ADD ALL ABILITY PIPE RUN EQUIPMENT TO WEST DALLAS PARKS AND WORKED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER IN  TO ADD A NEW COMMUNITY PROJECT CENTER TO J COSA PARK. 
          IN THE, HAVING WORKED IN THE COUNCIL OFFICE, THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE HE SHARED HELPING BECOME A BETTER ADVOCATE AND COMMUNITY MEMBER, HE TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH AND PATIENCE. 
          I RECALL ONE OF OUR FIRST MEETINGS AFTER HE HAD, HE HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO OUR BOARD MEMBER. 
          HE MET WITH CM  AND LAID OUT HIS IDEA ABOUT USING THE BRIER BILL TO HELP FUND FAIR PARK. 
          CM NOR FULLY ENCOURAGED HIM TO PURSUE HIS IDEA, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE A LOFTY. 
          FAST FORWARD TO THIS PAST WEEKEND WHEN WE HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING WITH 140 MILLION RENOVATIONS OF . 
          TIM ALSO CHAMPIONED A PROGRAM OF EQUITY AND ACCESS, ENSURING PARTICIPANTS IN WEST DALLAS HAVE ACCESS TO CDPG FUNDED PROGRAMS. HIS ADVOCACY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS FOR OUR OUR PARKS WILL ALSO BE LASTING. 
          AND HE ADVOCATED FORMAN. 
          HE CHAMPIONED IMPROVED SAFETY INITIATIVES WITHIN DALLAS PARKS, ENSURING AN INCREASE IN PARK RANGERS, MARSHALLS LIGHTING AND ADDITIONAL CONTROL REPEATED. 
          THANK YOU, TIM. 
          JUST FOR ADVOCATING FOR DISTRICT SIX, BUT ALSO FOR MAKING A LAST DIFFERENCE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER, IT'S DEBORAH . 
          IT. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          IT'S FINE. 
          DEB. 
          YES. 
          UM, TODAY I'M HERE TO THANK THE FEARLESS PARK BOARD, TIM  FOR THIS AMAZING SERVICE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND ESPECIALLY TO DISTRICT SIX. 
          TIM HAS BEEN A BRILLIANT PARK BOARD COMMISSIONER. 
          IT IS LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEEDS OF A BEACON OF LIGHT. 
          I REMEMBER READING A COMMENTARY WHERE YOU WROTE IN DECEMBER, 2000, UH, IN 2023, PERTAINING TO THE USE OF 2024 BOND MONEY. 
          THE TITLE WAS PARSA, NOT JUST AMENITIES, BUT WISE INVESTMENTS IN DALLAS FUTURE. 
          AMEN TO THAT. 
          UH, WHEN I READ THE ARTICLE, I UNDERSTOOD, I UNDERSTOOD WHERE HE CAME FROM. 
          I UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE NEEDED 'CAUSE I LIVED THAT LIFE. 
          AND I THANK GOD FOR HIM. 
          I THANK GOD THAT HE WAS THERE. 
          I JUST LOVE HIM. 
          I I WAS RIGHT. 
          I HOPE I STUCK WITH TIM. 
          I LOVE HIM. 
          THANK YOU FOR CALLING. 
          I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AS YOU CAN SEE ALL THIS GRAY HAIR AND HE'S BEEN THE BEST WE'VE EVER HAD FOR DISTRICT SIX. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I'M SAD HE'S LEAVING, BUT I LOVE HIM. 
          I LOVE WHAT HE'S DONE. 
          I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE STORIES. 
          IT JUST GOES BEYOND ME TELLING THE STORIES. 
          I LIVE BY A PARK. 
          SO THAT'S HOW I KNOW A LOT OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT I HAVE IN HERE THAT ONE DAY IT IS SATURDAY EVENING GETTING DARK. 
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TIM IS THERE BY MY PARK. 
          YOU KNOW, SO I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE HE'S NOT ONLY WAS MY PARK COMMISSIONER, HE WAS THE FBI FOR THE PARK. 
          TIM UNDERSTOOD THE STRONG PARK SYSTEM, CHASE MINI YOUNG LIVES JUST LIKE THIS LIFE PER SAY. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, I LIVE BY A PARK AND HE HELPED ME. 
          I HAVE A LED LIGHT BECAUSE OF HIM AND THE SAFETY THAT I NEED AS I GET OLDER. 
          WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I TALK TO EVERYONE IN THE PARK. 
          BUT AS I GET OLDER AND I CAN'T DO WHAT I USED TO DO, I NEED LIGHTS OUT THERE. 
          I STILL WANNA HELP. 
          I STILL WANNA BE THERE. 
          AND TIM KNEW THAT AND HE HELPED ME PUT LIGHTS. 
          NOW WHEN YOU GO DOWN MY STREET, I HAVE THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT IN THE AREA IN W SOUTH BECAUSE OF TIM. 
          AND KIDS CAN GO PLAY IN THE EVENING AFTER HOURS 'CAUSE WE HAVE THESE LIGHTS. 
          THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE TAKE FOR GRANTED IN OTHER AREAS. 
          'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT ON WEST DOWNTOWN. 
          SO TIM, YOU ARE REALLY A BIG LIFE. 
          YOU KNOW, I WISH HALF OF US DALLAS COULD BE HERE, BUT WE ALL LOVE YOU. 
          I JUST STARTED TELLING PEOPLE LAST NIGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TALK HERE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE LEAVE, BUT WE KNOW THAT YOUR LEGACY IS AN DISPATCH. 
          LAST PART SHE BROUGHT AND EVERYTHING MY NIECE JUST TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANT, THE RELATIONSHIP YOU BUILT, BEING IN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, BEING IN IN OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WAS GOOD, WHEN IT WAS BAD, YOU ALWAYS STOOD FIRM AND HE KNEW WHAT TO DO. 
          AND NOT ONLY THAT, HE HAS HIS EXPERTISE. 
          'CAUSE HE WAS IN ALL IN AUSTIN, Y'ALL KNOW HE WAS IN AUSTIN. 
          SO HE KNEW HOW TO WORK THE CITY AND GO TO AUSTIN AND ADVOCATE FOR US. 
          SO WE, IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. 
          HE IS THE BEST. 
          PAT, THANK YOU FOR BEING A STRONG ADVOCATE AND LEADER IN . 
          THANK YOU FOR THE, YOU WERE THERE IN THE RIVER CUTTING FRESH SPLASH PARK AND BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS NEEDED. 
          AND TO SEE YOU AND OMAR IN THAT SPLASH PARK WAS AMAZING. 
          GOD BLESS YOU. 
          AND WE LOVE YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANKS. 
          WAS THE PRIZE SPEAKER, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER OMAR, NOW RES . 
          WOW. 
          WHOA. 
          I HAVE NEVER SPOKEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT AND TO THE BOARD AND EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE. 
          UM, I HAD, I COULD NOT MISS TIM DICK. 
          EASY LAST BOARD MEETING FOR THE PARK BOARD. 
          I, I HEARD EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY SAID. 
          AND DI DI DI WHAT I WAS TELLING YOU IS WHEN I STARTED AT CITY HALL, I KNEW THAT PARK BOARD WAS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          IT'S, AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT. 
          AND I HAD TO, BUT TIM WASN'T THE FIRST PERSON I ASKED. 
          AND THEN, AND IT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF BY DESIGN. 
          HE DIDN'T KNOW THE STORY. 
          UM, BUT IT WAS BY DESIGN. 
          I ASKED HIS SON FIRST 'CAUSE HE WAS A CHALLENGER IN, IN THE RACE THAT I RAN, THAT I WANTED. 
          BUT I KNEW, I KNEW ALEX WASN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO WORK, DO THE JOB BECAUSE SCHOOL TEACHER, AND YOU'LL MEET HERE TODAY, . 
          AND I HIGHLY DOUBTED THAT HIS PRINCIPAL WOULD SAY, YEAH, TAKE EVERY OTHER THURSDAY OFF AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU GOTTA GO TO A PARK AND ALL THIS. 
          BUT IT WAS BY DESIGN BECAUSE I, I KNEW I WANTED 10. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ALEX CALLED ME A COUPLE DAYS LATER, SAID HIS PRINCIPAL SAID HE COULDN'T DO. 
          IT WAS LIKE, EVERYTHING'S WORKING. 
          AND THEN I CALLED. 
          I SAID, WELL, UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR DAD? WOULD YOU BE OKAY IF I ASK YOUR DAD? HE SAID, OH MY GOD, OMAR, IF YOU ASK MY DAD, YOU WON'T, YOU'LL MAKE HIS LIFE. 
          BUT HE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO BE ON THE PARK BOARD, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU DO THAT, YOU KNOW, HE GOES, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'LL SAY YES. 
          'CAUSE MY MOM, AND UH, WHEN I TOLD HIM, UM, WE, WE WERE ON THE PHONE AND SOME TEARS, I COULD TELL HE WAS CHOKING UP. 
          I WON'T SAY TEARS BECAUSE I CAN SEE, BUT I COULD TELL HE WAS CHOKED UP. 
          AND HE TOLD ME, THANK YOU. 
          I WAS SO HONORED. 
          AND HE TOLD ME THE DREAM OF HIS, AND I SAID, I HEARD. 
          AND, UM, I SAID, WELL, I WANT DO THIS THING. 
          UM, WHY I RAN. 
          AND YOU, HE KNEW WHY HE HAD, HE HAD TO HELP HIS SON. 
          SO WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. 
          AND, UM, I JUST KNEW HOW MUCH LOVED PARKS I COULD. 
          JUST, EVERY TIME WE TALKED, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT PARKS, ESPECIALLY BARMAN LAKE. 
          AND MY MOM GREW UP IN DALLAS. 
          I BATMAN LAKE AS WELL ON MANANA STREET. 
          AND MY MOM WOULD TELL ME STORIES ABOUT BOTTON AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, TIM WOULD TALK ABOUT THE KIWANIS, UH, CLUB THAT WAS THERE WHEN, AND THE, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE TREE THAT, AND EVERYBODY GOES CRAZY ABOUT TECH AND THAT ONE SPECIAL TYPE OF BOAT, THEY ALL GOES TWO PLACES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS RIGHT THERE, BACHMAN IN, IN EAST TEXAS. 
          NO IDEA WHY. 
          BUT, BUT LET ME TELL YOU, I I MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS DO NOT TOUCH THOSE TREES  ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE HERE. 
          UM, AND TIM SAID YES, AND, BUT HE SAID HE HAD ASKED WIFE FIRST. 
          I SAID, PLEASE, 
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AND IF I NEED TO TALK TO HER OR, YOU KNOW, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY. 
          AND LUCKILY SHE SAID YES. 
          AND, UM, IT HAS BEEN A AMAZING, AMAZING SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS THAT I GOT TO, OR I GUESS IT WAS SEVEN YEARS AND NINE MONTHS THAT I GOT TO, I'VE BEEN GONE THREE MONTHS NOW,  AND, OH, SORRY. 
          OKAY, I'LL START. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M NOT USED TO THIS. 
          SORRY. 
          I'LL TRY TO, I'LL TRY TO EAT IT UP. 
          BUT, UM, I SAID, TIM, I CAME HERE TO, TO MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN AND I NEED YOU BY MY SIDE. 
          AND IT'S NOT ME. 
          IT'S GONNA BE US. 
          AND I HAVE SAID THIS STORY MANY TIMES, THE BEST CHOICE I EVER MADE COMING TO DALLAS CITY HALL WAS HIRING THAT WOMAN RIGHT OVER THERE, COUNCILWOMAN LAURA CADE. 
          AND I SAID, THE SECOND BEST CHOICES THAT I'VE MADE WERE PUTTING DEBORAH CARPENTER ON THE, ON THE ZONING COMMISSION AND PUTTING TIM PICKEY ON THE PARK BOARD. 
          AND I WILL NEVER CHANGE MY MIND ON THAT. 
          TIM, YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH AND YOU HEARD WHAT EVERYBODY SAID, BUT WHAT BUT Y'ALL DON'T KNOW IS TIM KING FAMILY, NOT JUST TO ME BECAUSE SO MANY RESIDENTS ACROSS ALL THE DISTRICT CITIES, WE HELPED BRIDGE THE GAPS, WE HELPED BRIDGE PEOPLE TOGETHER AND THEY RESPECTED YOU, THEY TRUSTED YOU, AND UM, AND THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU. 
          AND THERE'S THIS PICTURE, IT'S ME AND, UM, FANA, UH, BOARD MEMBER MANDEL AND, UM, UH, FORMER BOARD MEMBER OF PRISCILLA RICE AND MYSELF AND LAURA. 
          AND WE, IT WAS THE DAY THAT WE ANNOUNCED THAT, UM, THE GROUNDBREAKING AT THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE CONVO. 
          AND I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST MET TIM AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS, HE HAD TO START TALKING ABOUT THIS THING CALLED THE PRIMER BILL. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT, AND IT, IT, NONE OF IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. 
          AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS RIGHT NOW. 
          I WILL FIGURE THIS OUT LATER. 
          BUT HE DIDN'T LIT UP. 
          AND SO THAT FIRST TERM, WE KIND OF DID IT ON OUR OWN AND WE, IT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL . 
          UM, BUT IT TOOK ME A WHILE BEFORE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE PRIMER BILL MEANT, WHAT IT WAS, WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. 
          AND THEN THAT NEXT TERM, THAT'S WHEN MANY OF YOU JOINED IN AND WE HAD A TEAM AND Y'ALL TOOK, YOU GUYS TOOK IT OVER YOU. 
          UM, AND, AND Y'ALL JUST DID THE RIBBON CUTTING LIKE LAST SATURDAY ON THE VAL BEING, YOU KNOW, THAT EXPANSION, BUT THE REST IS COMING THOUGH, RIGHT? WE HAD AN ELECTION AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE ONE BLACK, THIS BOTTOM LAKE AREA BAD FOR STATES. 
          WE DID NOT LET UP ON HIS COUNCILMAN ABOUT THIS THING CALLED THE PRIMER BILL. 
          AND LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. 
          THAT IS THOSE HUGE LEGACY THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THEY TALKED ABOUT LEGACY TO AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AND I, I, I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT UNTIL I WAS LEAVING. 
          AND THEN I REALIZED WHAT MY LEGACY WAS. 
          AND I'M NOT GONNA TELL Y'ALL, BUT WHAT I KNOW, TIM'S LEGACY ISN'T JUST THE PRIMER BILL. 
          IT'S NOT THE CON IT'S NOT FAIR PARK, EVEN THOUGH I THINK IT'S RIGHT THERE. 
          BUT I DO THINK YOUR LEGACY, LIKE, AND, AND ALL THAT EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT FOR PARKS THAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND DISTRICT SIX BECAUSE THESE FOLKS IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEVER HAD AN ADVOCATE, NEVER HAD SOMEBODY WHO WOULD FIGHT FOR THEM. 
          IT WASN'T JUST ME, IT WASN'T JUST US, JUST INDIVIDUALS. 
          IT WAS ALL OF US. 
          AND WE TRUSTED YOU. 
          WE, WE LET YOU GUIDE US, WE LET YOU MEET US WHEN IT CAME TO PARKS. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I, I WOULD TRUST THIS MAN THAT I'LL WANT YOU HELD HIM BACK WITH THIS GUY BECAUSE HE JUST THAT  AND HE DOESN'T MIND PUTTING TOILET PAPER AND PORT PIE. 
          I THINK, I THINK THE CITY OWES HIM A LOT OF . 
          SO WHEN MAYBE Y'ALL CAN GET A LITTLE STIPEND, PUT HIS RETIREMENT ON THAT, UM, . 
          BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU AMAZING WORK. 
          I WOULDN'T GET UP THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING. 
          I LIKE MY DAD'S CARD'S. 
          BEEN A LITTLE LIGHT LATELY, SO, UM, BUT UM, WHAT I WILL THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID FOR BEING  PART WITH ME, EVEN WHEN WE DIDN'T AGREE, WE STILL WOULD WORK IT OUT. 
          WE TALK IT THROUGH AND WE FIGURE IT OUT AND YOU, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS TRUSTED MY LEADERSHIP AND I TRUSTED YOURS AND THEY TRUSTED OURS AND WE TRUSTED OUR C SO KEEP DOING ALL THAT. 
          TELL YOUR WIFE THANK YOU. 
          THANK, THANK THAT. 
          BECAUSE WHEN YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU MIGHT, LIKE THREE YEARS AGO YOU WERE GONNA LEAVE AND I WAS LIKE, OH, LIKE YOU, I, I TRIED REALLY HARD NOT TO CRY IN FRONT OF HIM AND I DIDN'T, BUT WHEN I LEFT I WAS LIKE, WHAT AM I GONNA DO? ? THANK YOU. 
          AND YOU'RE LIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING THE GRANDPA AND UM, LOOK FORWARD TO YOU DID YOUR THING HERE AND THE PARK BOARD. 
          AND I THINK THAT DECADES AND DECADES, DECADES COME, 
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UM, BECAUSE YOUR NAME IS ALL OVER THESE PARKS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT COURT. 
          FEW MINUTES. 
          GO AHEAD, MS. JOHNSON. 
          UH, YES. 
          HELLO. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          WELL, MY NAME IS TAMPER JOHNSON AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND I WAS ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH WHITE ROCK ROWING FROM 2009 TO 2023 AS THE PARENT OF A ROWER, PRESIDENT OF THE BOOSTER CLUB, A BOATHOUSE CAPTAIN AND A MASTER ROWER, WHICH IS AN ADULT ROWER. 
          UH, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT ROWING. 
          I'M VERY INTERESTED, UH, ON A CONTINUAL BASIS IN WHITE ROCK ROWING INC. 
          FROM THE STANCE OF A TAX PAYING CITIZEN WHO WOULD TRULY LOVE TO SEE THE CITY GET THIS RIGHT. 
          I LAST ADDRESSED THE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2019, AND I'D LIKE TO SHOUT OUT TO TIM AND TO CALVERT FOR BEING ONGOING ADVOCATES AND PARTICIPANTS IN HELPING US ALL GET THROUGH THE ENDEAVOR OF TRYING TO GET THE LOVELY SPORT OF ROWING MORE ACCESSIBLE TO KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 
          UH, WHEN I ADDRESSED THE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2019, I RECENTLY REVIEWED WHAT I HAD SAID AND BASICALLY I COULD SAY THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN. 
          SO I WON'T, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH A LITTLE EMAIL TO PEOPLE SO THEY CAN SEE SOME THINGS I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          BUT VERY LITTLE HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST SIX YEARS. 
          COACHING TURNOVER REMAINS HIGH. 
          ONCE THE KIDS LOSE THE COACHES, THEY LEAVE THE PROGRAM. 
          THE HIGH SCHOOL ROWERS COUNT HOVERS BETWEEN 30 AND 50 YOUTH. 
          WHITE ROCKS BOARD TOUTS FOR OVER TWO DECADES, TWO DECADES, 20 YEARS. 
          WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          MY QUESTION TO YOU TODAY IS PARKS BOARD MEMBERS, HOW MUCH OF A PARTNER HAS THE BOARD AT WHITE ROCK ROWING TRULY BEEN TO PARKS? ARE THEY TRULY COMMUNITY DRIVEN? THEIR ACTIONS AND THE STATE OF THE FACILITIES SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. 
          RECRUITMENT IS THE ESSENCE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          RECENTLY I SAW BOARD MINUTES THAT REFLECTED 18 MINUTES, 18 MEET MEETINGS, EXCUSE ME, FROM 2021 TO 2025. 
          OVER THE FIVE YEARS, THERE ARE EXACTLY THREE MENTIONS OF RECRUITING. 
          EACH PHRASED COACHES NEED TO GET INTO SCHOOLS. 
          WHITE ROCK LAKE BELONGS TO ALL OF DALLAS. 
          EACH OF YOU SITTING HERE TODAY SURELY HAVE KIDS IN YOUR DISTRICT THAT WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE. 
          WHY SHOULD THIS GIANT BOATHOUSE SIT UNDERUTILIZED? THE PHYSICAL PLANT THAT THE BOARD HAS AT ITS DISPOSAL IS LITERALLY THE LARGEST BOATHOUSE IN THE COUNTRY. 
          THE FILTER BUILDING IS AN AMAZING GENERATOR OF CASH. 
          SO FAR WHITE ROCK HAS PAID OVER $500,000 INTO CITY COFFERS BASED ON THEIR USE AGREEMENT. 
          THAT MEANS THEY'VE HAD WELL OVER $5 MILLION AT THEIR DISPOSAL. 
          YET THEIR PROGRAM COSTS ARE CURRENTLY THE SAME PRICE AS AREA CLUBS WHO DO NOT GET SUBSIDIZED BY CITY PROPERTY. 
          I REALIZE ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS THE BOOMERANG. 
          IRONICALLY, IT COULD BE DESCRIBED USING THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT APPEARS IN THE LAWSUIT THE BOARD FILED AGAINST THE CITY THIS WEEK. 
          IT'S LOOKING A LOT LIKE A DILAPIDATED CRIME RIDDEN RAT INFESTED EYESORE. 
          MS. JOHNSON. 
          SORRY, WE'RE HAVING A TECHNICAL STOP. 
          LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. 
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FIVE MINUTE RECESS. 
          ? YEAH, BECAUSE I'M  SCIENCE ON STORY. 
          YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          I AM UNMUTED. 
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HELLO? HI. 
          CAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? NOW IS ARE YOU MS. JOHNSON? YES. 
          HELLO. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN HEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SHALL I PROCEED? GO AHEAD MS. TAM OR MS. JOHNSON. 
          YOU HAVE 40 MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU HAVE TO TURN SOMEBODY DOWN. 
          OH, NOW WE HAVE CRAZY FEEDBACK. 
          IS THAT, CAN YOU HEAR ME CLEARLY? NOW CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES MA'AM. 
          OKAY, SO BEGINNING AT WHAT I THOUGHT THE PAUSE WAS, WHITE ROCK LAKE BELONGS TO ALL OF DALLAS. 
          EACH OF YOU SITTING HERE TODAY SURELY HAVE KIDS IN YOUR DISTRICT THAT WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE. 
          WHY SHOULD THIS GIANT BOATHOUSE SIT UNDERUTILIZED? THE PHYSICAL PLANT THAT THE BOARD HAS AT ITS DISPOSAL IS LARGELY THE, LITERALLY THE LARGEST BOATHOUSE IN THE COUNTRY. 
          THE FILTER BUILDING IS AN AMAZING GENERATOR OF CASH. 
          SO FAR WHITE ROCK HAS PAID OVER $500,000 TO THE CITY. 
          AND THE TERMS OF THEIR USE AGREEMENT, THAT'S 10% OF THEIR REVENUE. 
          THAT MEANS THEY HAVE HAD WELL OVER $5 MILLION AT THEIR DISPOSAL. 
          YET THEIR PROGRAM COSTS ARE THE SAME PRICE AS AREA CLUBS WHO DO NOT GET SUBSIDIZED BY CITY PROPERTY. 
          ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS THE BOOMERANG. 
          IRONICALLY, IT COULD CURRENTLY BE DESCRIBED USING THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT APPEARS IN THE LAWSUIT THE BOARD FILED AGAINST THE CITY THIS WEEK. 
          THEY DESCRIBED HOW WHEN THEY TOOK OVER THE ORIGINAL PROPERTIES, THEY WERE DILAPIDATED, CRIME RIDDEN AND RAT INFESTED. 
          IF YOU GO TO THE BOOMERANG TODAY AND LOOK BEHIND AND INTO THAT BUILDING, YOU WILL SEE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF ANIMAL DROPPINGS TRASHED OUT KAYAKS. 
          IT IS A HEAP OF GARBAGE. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A HANDFUL OF ROWING LAUNCHES. 
          SO IT'S COMPLETELY UNDERUTILIZED. 
          THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF AN ACTIVE KAYAK POPULATION, WHICH COULD BE A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR PARKS. 
          AND THE HANDFUL OF COACHING LAUNCHES IN THERE AS THEY DO NOT BEGIN TO FILL THE BOATHOUSE TO CAPACITY IS BASICALLY BEING USED TO DENY THE USE OF A PERFECTLY FUNCTIONAL FACILITY FOR OTHER FUNCTIONS. 
          WE COULD SHARE THAT SPACE AND CONTINUE TO USE IT FOR EVERYBODY AND WE COULD CONTINUE TO REVENUE BETTER GENERATE, GENERATE BETTER REVENUE FOR THE CITY. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY IT APPEARS THAT THE WHITE ROCK BOARD IS IN DEFAULT OF THEIR 2019 AGREEMENT, WHICH STIPULATE CONFORMITY WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. 
          IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THEY'VE INDEPENDENTLY AUDITED FINANCIALS OR PROVIDED THOSE. 
          JOHNSON, CAN YOU HEAR US? THAT WAS YOUR TIME. 
          OUR NEXT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. 
          SPEAKER IN PERSON ABRAMS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO ADAMS. OH, I'M SORRY. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
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KEN ADAMS TRAINING CENTER POSITION FOR USA CYCLING FROM 2005 11 STAFF AT MULTIPLE WORLD CHAMPIONS SCHOOL, COLLEGIATE LEVEL, STILL RACE MASTERS HAVING BEEN THE MASTERS NATIONALS AND MASTERS PROFESSIONALLY. 
          I WAS MOST RECENTLY THE CHIEF OFFERING CERTAIN CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR MEXICO. 
          SUFFICE TO SAY THAT I'M QUALIFIED TO COME QUITE BROADLY, 2018 TO 2023, CLOSE TO $50,000. 
          I WAS THERE DURING THE PANDEMIC AND FUNCTION AS POSITION COVID EXAMS AND ATTEMPTING TO ABIDE BY USA ROWING THROUGH THE ENGAGEMENT WITH USA ROWING . 
          IT'S NOT TIME DURING THE SHORT THREE MINUTES. 
          SPEAK WITH YOU ALL. 
           FAILURES DURING THE SHORT FIVE YEAR TENURE, NUMEROUS SUPPORT ISSUES FROM THE SUICIDE. 
          INAPPROPRIATE  BULLYING AND OBSCENITY LACED TIME RATES BY COACHES,  AND COMPLETE LACK OF PERFORM ABUSES. 
          UNDERAGE DRINKING INVOLVEMENT IN COLLEGIAL RECRUIT OF SCHOLARSHIPS. 
          THE TEEN SUICIDE , WHITE ROCK BOATHOUSE REPORTED 
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THAT DAY. 
          FEEDBACK THAT, THAT RIVER PARK MEETING RIVER, WE GET TO LIKE THREE 30. 
          AND THEN WE HAD, THERE WAS THE FOUNTAIN, THE CLY WARN PARK FOUNTAIN ONE? NO, IT WAS ABOUT THERE. 
          SO IT'S ABOUT THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT. 
          DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          YEAH, I CAN HEAR NOW. 
          YOU CAN HEAR NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, IT WAS ABOUT NOBODY. 
          I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TEST IT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE WERE HERE UNTIL THEY ORDERED US DINNER THAT NIGHT. 
          WE'VE HAD SOME LONG ONES. 
          SCOTT, VIRTUAL ONE. 
          DID YOU TAKE A VIDEO OF JUAN? NO, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. 
          AUDIO DOWN THERE. 
          1, 2 0 3. 
          TESTING AUDIO. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT THE RECORD HAS BEEN RESOLVED. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY TEST HERE. 
          OH, YOU NEED TO TEST HERE. 
          STEFAN, CAN YOU HEAR US? CAN YOU, UM, LET US KNOW IF YOU HEAR US, IF YOU UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          YES, I CAN HEAR YOU. 
          WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND STEFAN, COULD YOU JUST SAY 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3? NO, NO. 
          4, 5, 6 . 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          OH, HE SAID HE TRIED. 
          HE DID. 
          HE TRIED. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1, 2, 3. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? STEPHAN, CAN YOU, UM, JUST SAY 1, 2, 3? CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME SAYING, I THINK ASKING THE QUIETEST MAN, MAN IN THE ROOM TO SAY WHEN I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS, BUT CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? STEPAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ONE TIME. 
          CAN YOU CAN HEAR ME? YEAH, WE HAVE IT NOW STILL. 
          HMM, THINK SO. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S 10 39. 
          WE  OUR TALENT CREATION BOARD MEETING NOW WE ARE ONE TODAY. 
          UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALONZO C. 
          AND MR C, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE TABLE AND SIT AND SPEAK INTO ONE OF THOSE MICROPHONES. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          I, MY NAME'S ALONZO CI LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          THOSE WHO DO NOT LEARN FROM HISTORY, THEY SAY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT. 
          WORLD WAR II ENGLAND FACED WITH INVASION, PARTNER OF THEIR DEFENSE WAS TO REMOVE EVERY STREET SIGN, EVERY POST THAT 
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POINTED TO A VILLAGE TO 12 KILOMETERS DOWN THE ROAD, BELIEVING THAT AN INVADING ARMY NOT KNOWING WHERE IT WAS, WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO WHERE IT WAS NEEDED TO BE. 
          PAULA BLACKMAN UNDERSTANDS HISTORY. 
          SHE LOOKED AROUND AT WHITE ROCK LAKE AND SAW, WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS ON THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE LAKE, BUT VERY LITTLE OF WHAT HAPPENS ON THE LAKE. 
          AND I'VE BEEN A SAILOR ALL MY LIFE, 47 YEARS SAILING AND TEACHING SAILING ON WHITE ROCK LAKE. 
          I'LL BE OUT THERE TONIGHT TEACHING CITIZENS THE JOY OF SAILING. 
          UH, 20 YEARS AGO I LEARNED A ROW AT WHITE ROCK BOATHOUSE AND ENDED UP AN SMU COACH ON WHITE ROCK LAKE. 
          UH, I SPENT 15 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY. 
          OUR MISSION WAS WATER SAFELY, SO IT MADE SENSE. 
          PAUL TURNED TO ME AND SAID, WOULD YOU PLEASE AL DO AN INVENTORY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE WATER, DO A BEST USE SURVEY AND RUN QUITE FAVOR. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. 
          I EXPECT IT TO BE DONE SOMETIME EARLY, EARLY NEXT YEAR. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK AND MAKING A PRESENTATION OF THAT PAPER SO YOU AS THE POLICY MAKERS HAVE CONCRETE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW AND CRAFT THE VISION GOING FORWARD. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RICH LARSON. 
          LARSON, GOOD MORNING. 
          SOME OF YOU ON THIS BOARD ALREADY KNOW ME. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T, MY NAME IS RICK LARSON AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF DALLAS NOW GOING ON SEVEN YEARS. 
          I JOINED A 35 YEAR BUSINESS CAREER AT THE PGA TOUR, RETIRING IN 2018 PRE COVID PRE-LIVE GOLF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, I'VE SERVED AS THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE SOUTHWEST AIRLINE SHOWCASE. 
          THE NATIONALLY TELEVISED COLLEGIATE GOLF TOURNAMENT PLAYED AT YOUR VERY OWN CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS. 
          THE MID-NOVEMBER EVENT SHOWCASED THE TOP MALE AND FEMALE AFRICAN AMERICAN GOLFERS ATTENDING COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          MANY OF YOUR STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDED THIS EVENT. 
          IT WAS AN ALL-STAR GAME, IF YOU WILL. 
          THE TOURNAMENT ALSO SHOWCASED THE HISTORIC CEDAR CREST GOLF COURSE AND THE SOUTHERN DALLAS COMMUNITY GOLF CHANNEL PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 48 HOURS OF COVERAGE TO A NATIONWIDE AUDIENCE ACROSS THE TWO YEARS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COULD NOT CONTINUE AS TITLE SPONSORED DUE TO A CORPORATE TAKEOVER. 
          HOWEVER, DUE TO THE PUBLICITY GENERATED BY THE TOURNAMENT AND THE INVESTMENTS YOU MADE OVER THREE YEARS TO RESTORE AND IMPROVE PLAYING CONDITIONS, THIS MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE OF YOURS IS ON TRACK TO HAVE A RECORD NUMBER ROUNDS PLAYED THIS YEAR. 
          AND IF GOLF COURSE CONDITIONS CAN BE MAINTAINED AT A HIGH LEVEL, PERHAPS A NEW RECORD NEXT YEAR. 
          SO I TELL YOU THIS FOR THREE REASONS, FIRST TO SAY THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE TOURNAMENT FOR THE SUPPORT DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION GAVE THESE EVENTS. 
          IT TRULY WAS A WIN-WIN. 
          SECOND, THAT TIMING COULDN'T BE BETTER. 
          TOMORROW IS THE START OF THE LARGEST EVENT IN GOLF, THE RYDER CUP. 
          IT WILL BE PLAYED ON THE BLACK COURSE AT BETHPAGE STATE PARK JUST OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY. 
          HIS FAMOUS COURSE WAS DESIGNED IN 1933 BY A W TELECAST, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS GOLF COURSE DESIGNERS IN HISTORY. 
          WELL, IN 1920 TILLING HAS DESIGNED CEDAR CREST RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS. 
          SO YOU WERE IN GREAT COMPANY. 
          AND FINALLY, IN 1927, CEDAR CREST HOSTED THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP. 
          IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP HELD WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. 
          IT WAS WON BY A WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME NAMED WALTER HAGAN. 
          AND IN MAY OF 2027 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP RETURNS TO DALLAS. 
          IT WILL BE PLAYED AT THE NEW PG OF AMERICA'S HEADQUARTERS IN FRISCO. 
          AND THE PGA STAFF HAS ALREADY REACHED OUT TO SET MEETINGS TO COLLABORATE ON THE CELEBRATION OF THIS HUNDREDTH YEAR MILESTONE. 
          IN CLOSING, I COME TO YOU BECAUSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AGAIN SHOWCASE THE CROWN JEWEL OF DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION SIX GOLF COURSES. 
          THAT BEING CEDAR CREST ON THIS HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY WILL ONLY HAPPEN ONCE. 
          START THINKING ABOUT IT NOW AND I URGE YOU DON'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE'RE ABLE TO HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
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OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX STEIN. 
          MR. STEIN. 
          OKAY. 
          DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE'S HERE. 
          YOU WANT TO SAY BYE TO YOU, TIM . 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KEN SMITH. 
          MR. SMITH, MR. MR. SMITH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SIT AT THE TABLE AS WELL FOR THAT MICROPHONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS KEN SMITH . 
          I KNOW MANY OF YOU HERE. 
          UM, I'M PRESIDENT OF REVITALIZED SOUTH DALLAS COALITION AND HAVE BEEN IN THAT CAPACITY FOR 13 YEARS. 
          WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH DALLAS AND FAIR PARK AND WE BELIEVE THAT FAIR PARK IS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE BY WHICH SOUTH DALLAS WILL SAIL OR FAIL. 
          UM, SO I'M HERE TODAY JUST TO GIVE A FEW REMARKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FAIR PARK OPERATING ON ALL CYLINDERS. 
          AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, UM, PRIVATIZATION PROCESS FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS. 
          UH, I WAS PART, I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF FAIR PARK TEXAS FOUNDATION, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE BIDDERS FOR THE PRIVATIZATION OF FAIR PARK BACK IN 2018. 
          I AM ALSO A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE. 
          UM, I, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT, UM, THE CITY HALL COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT WERE PUT ON THE AIR BACK IN THE EIGHTIES WERE DONE THROUGH MY DEPARTMENT, WHICH I CREATED AND I WROTE THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR CALLED VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS. 
          I'VE BEEN ON SO MANY BOARDS AND DIRECTORS, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THEM ALL. 
          THE REASON THAT I GO INTO ALL THIS IS NOT TO TALK ABOUT MYSELF, BUT TO TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE WITH SOUTH DALLAS AND FAIR PARK AND TO SOUND THE ALARM ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN FRONT OF US AND HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS DURING THE WHOLE PRIVATIZATION PROCESS. 
          WE UNDERSTAND NOW THAT AS OF SEPTEMBER 16TH, THAT THERE IS NO CONTRACT FORMALLY BETWEEN OBG GROUP AND FAIRPOINT. 
          HOWEVER, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED. 
          UH, I THINK RYAN IS GONNA DISCUSS, UH, WHAT THE STATUS IS OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, FAIRPOINT FIRST WOULD LIKE TO DO. 
          I'M NOT, I WILL NOT TODAY MAKE A COMMENT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT FAIR PARK FIRST. 
          I'LL CONTINUE IN SOME FORM OR NOT. 
          I WILL PUT THOSE THINGS IN WRITING LATER. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT DURING THE PROCESS OF PRIVATIZATION, I SPOKE WITH THE PARK BOARD AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON FOUR OCCASIONS. 
          AND IN THOSE OCCASIONS I TALKED ABOUT HOW PRESSURED THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND THE PARK BOARD FELT DURING THE PRIVATIZATION PROCESS AND HOW ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD DID NOT GET ANSWERED BEFORE WE MOVED FORWARD. 
          UH, I ALSO SPOKE TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS BEFORE THE ACTUAL VOTE AND MADE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT SOME CONTRACTS THAT HAD NOT BEEN TURNED OVER THAT THE COUNCIL HAD NO IDEA EVEN EXISTED. 
          THAT IS YOUR TIME. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          PLEASE, AS YOU CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD WITH WHETHER OR NOT FAIR PARK FIRST SHOULD CONTINUE OR NOT, DON'T FEEL RUSHED. 
          IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY ASPECT OF THIS PROCESS, ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          THERE ARE PROBABLY LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS THAT MAY ACTUALLY HELP FAIR PARK DO BETTER TALK TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE DON'T FEEL AS IF WE HAVE BEEN SPOKEN TO, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MADE PROACTIVE EFFORTS TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. 
          BUT CONTINUE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          AS PRESIDENT OF REVITALIZED SOUTH DALLAS, WE WILL BE HEARING FROM ME. 
          I ATTEND EVERY FAIR PARK BOARD MEETING. 
          I ATTENDED THE FIRST SIX WHEN THEY WERE OPERATING IN 2019. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO STAY INVOLVED AND LEARN AND ENGAGE, BUT PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS, DON'T FEEL RUSHED, AND, UH, SEEK THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF FAIR PARK AT HEART. 
          THANK YOU PRESIDENT. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER 
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IS SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN. 
          MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN. 
          ORIGINALLY MOVED TO DALLAS COUNTY IN 2015 AND HAVE WORKED AS A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS. 
          MY WIFE AND I HAVE TWO SONS, OUR OLDEST ROAD FOR FOUR YEARS WITH WHITE ROCK ROWING AND IS NOW A FRESHMAN COMPETING IN DIVISION TWO  PROGRAM. 
          OUR YOUNGER SON IS A HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE, HAVING RODE ONE YEAR WITH WHITE ROCK AND NOW IS IN HIS SECOND YEAR WITH DALLAS UNITED. 
          WE ARE IMMENSELY GRATEFUL FOR THE COACHING, MENTORSHIP AND OPPORTUNITIES. 
          BOTH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PROVIDED OUR SONS. 
          AS EVERYONE KNOWS, THE WHITE ROCK BOATHOUSE IS A UNIQUE AND VALUABLE PUBLIC ASSET. 
          IT SHOULD SERVE THE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY OF DALLAS IN THE MOST EQUITABLE AND IMPACTFUL WAY POSSIBLE. 
          THAT REQUIRES TRANSPARENT OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABLE STEWARDSHIP. 
          YET THIS IS WHERE THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT APPEARS TO FALL SHORT. 
          SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S A LACK OF FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND A HISTORY OF FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES. 
          SECTION 8.15 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE, EXECUTED ON MARCH 4TH, 2022 IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND WHITE ROCK BOAT HOUSING REQUIRES ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT ARE EITHER AUDITED OR ATTESTED TO BY AN INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM. 
          THIS MEANS THE CPA MUST EXPRESS AN OPINION AND PROVIDE ASSURANCE THAT THE FINANCIALS ARE MATERIAL MATERIALLY COMPLETE AND ACCURATE AND THAT PROPER ACCOUNTING AND INTERNAL CONTROLS ARE IN PLACE. 
          HOWEVER, BASED ON PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS, THE MOST RECENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ISSUED BY WHITE JOSH WOODHOUSE DATE BACK IN 2022. 
          AND THEY ARE PRESENTED AS A COMPILATION REPORT AND A COMPILATION. 
          THE CPA DOES NOT AUDIT OR REVIEW OF THE FINANCIALS, NOR ARE THEY REQUIRED TO PERFORM PROCEDURES TO VERIFY ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS. 
          NO ASSURANCE IS PROVIDED. 
          IF AUDITED OR ATTESTED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS EXIST FOR 20 22, 20 23 AND 2024, THEY SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IF THEY DO NOT EXIST, IF WHITE ROCK BOATHOUSE MAY NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ITS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS UNDER THEIR 2022 AGREEMENT, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE DALLAS PARK BOARD TO TAKE A FRESH OBJECTIVE. 
          LOOK AT THIS, ASK QUESTIONS, DIG INTO THE DETAILS AND CONSIDER WHETHER WE ARE TRULY SERVING THE YOUTH COMMUNITY AS INTENDED FACTS TO YOUR DESERVE SCRUTINY AND THE CITY'S VALUABLE PARK ASSETS TO SERVE THOUGHTFUL STEWARDSHIP, PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS JOSHUA MCNAIR. 
          HELLO. 
          UH, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TIM FOR ALL WE'VE DONE FOR THE PALACE AND SITS IN PARTICULAR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO RUDY FOR INVITING US HERE TODAY. 
          MY NAME'S CHANCE. 
          I'M THE COORDINATOR WITH, UH, SUNRISE MOVEMENT IN DALLAS. 
          I'M HERE TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT OUR UPCOMING CAMPAIGN, MORE TREES LESS HEAT. 
          THE GOAL OF OUR CAMPAIGN IS TO BRING MORE TREE CAN COVERAGE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE HEAT ISLANDS AND POLLUTION, PROVIDE BUFFERS AGAINST FLOODING AND STORMS THAT MAKE THE CITY A MORE PLACE. 
          AS I'M SURE EVERYONE HERE KNOWS, IT'S HOT IN DALLAS WITH SOME OF THE HOTTEST HEAT ISLANDS IN THE COUNTRY. 
          I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 31 YEARS AND I CAN SAY THAT IT'S HOTTER THAN EVER. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE ROUGHLY 32% TOTAL KENNEDY COVERAGE ACROSS THE CITY. 
          BUT WITH THE PLANTING SPACE AVAILABLE, WE CAN REACH UPWARDS OF 58% COVERAGE. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO BRING TREES TO ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE OTHERWISE DEPRIVED OF THIS ESSENTIAL RESOURCE. 
          NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT WEST DALLAS ARE ACCORDING TO TREE EQUITY SCORE, UH, WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT HEALTH HAZARDS TOTAL COVERAGE AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS OF RESIDENTS THERE, THE MOST SEVERELY AFFECTED AREA OF DALLAS, ALONG WITH BUS STOPS AND MEDIANS. 
          WE'D LOVE TO HELP BRING MORE TREES TO PARKS AS WELL SO THAT VAULTS HAVE MORE PLACES TO SPEND TIME THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE BUYING SOMETHING. 
          PARKS ARE REFUGE FROM THE CONCRETE WASTELANDS ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY AND NEED AS MUCH SHADE AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS BRANCH OUT DALLAS THAT MAKES TREES FOUNDATION BOTH HAVE INITIATIVES AS WELL. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH THEM AND HELP TO BOTH BOLSTER THE ONGOING EFFORTS IN PLACE. 
          WE'D LIKE TO GO ABOUT THIS BOTH THROUGH COMMUNITY EFFORTS AND LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS, STARTING WITH COMMUNITIES AND BUILDING FROM THERE. 
          AND WE'RE HERE TODAY NOT ONLY TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REACH OUT TO PARKS AND REC AND OTHER EXPERTS AND ORGANIZATIONS AS WE'D APPRECIATE IDEAS, GUIDANCE, AND CONTACTS TO HELP US ACHIEVE OUR GOALS AS WELL AS ANY OTHER RESOURCES THAT IT HELP. 
          WE HAVE NO ILLUSIONS REGARDING THE WORK IT TAKES TO MAINTAIN THESE TREES. 
          AND AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE'RE READY TO TAKE ON THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK WITH PARSON RED HELPING US ACHIEVE OUR GOALS. 
          AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
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CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS. 
          I THINK, UH, WE  SPECIAL CONVERSATION, WHICH IS REALLY SPECIAL . 
          SO CHAIR, YOU HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL RECOGNITION. 
          WILL TODAY ASK, UH, MR. ROSA GALLEGER IF SHE WOULD COME UP. 
          THIS IS ONE OF MANY RECOGNITIONS WE ARE GONNA HAVE. 
          ROSA. 
          THIS IS THE ONE FORMAL ONE BEFORE THE BOARD. 
          WHEREAS ON AUGUST 29TH, 2025, ROSA GALLEGOS RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS AFTER MORE THAN 36 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE. 
          I WON ROSA BE GETTING HER CAREER IN 1988 AS A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, STEADILY ADVANCING THROUGH A VARIETY OF ASSIGNMENTS ACROSS SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING DALLAS LIBRARIES, PERSONNEL, RISK MANAGEMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES BEFORE RISING IN LEADERSHIP ROLES. 
          WHEREAS ROSA WENT ON TO SERVE AS A POLICY ADVISOR AND COUNCIL LIAISON AND THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OFFICE FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. 
          SUPPORTING MAYOR PRO TEM JOHN LOZA, MAYOR PRO TEM PAULINE MADANO, AND COUNCIL MEMBER RICK CALLAHAN, WHERE SHE COORDINATED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CITYWIDE CELEBRATIONS. 
          WHEREAS ROSA LATER JOINED DALLAS PARK AND RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE SERVED AS CHIEF OF STAFF, PROVIDING DIRECT SUPPORT TO ME AND THE ENTIRE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, ENSURING SEAMLESS COORDINATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, PARK BOARD, CITY COUNCIL, WHILE ALSO MANAGING SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          GROUNDBREAKINGS RIBBON CUTTINGS INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION. 
          ROSA LEADERSHIP WAS VITAL IN THE CITY'S ASSUMPTION OF FAIR PARK OPERATIONS, WHERE SHOULD PROVIDE STEADY GUIDANCE ORGANIZATION KNOWLEDGE AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTINUITY ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION THAT PRESERVE FAIR PARK'S HISTORIC STATUS WHILE POSITION FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH. 
          GROWTH AND ULTIMATELY RETIRED AS ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER AT FAIR PARK, CAMPING HER CAREER DEFINED BY PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY, AND DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE. 
          ROSA GALL'S LASTING IMPACT WILL BE REMEMBERED THROUGH THE COUNTLESS PROGRAM SHE CHAMPIONED, EVENTS SHE COORDINATED AND THE LIVES SHE TOUCHED ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS, BE RESOLVED BY THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          THE SINCERE APPRECIATION OF EXTENDED TO ROSA GAKIS FOR 36 YEARS OF DEVOTED ENTIRELY SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          AND THIS RESIDENCE THAT THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD COMMENCES ROSA GALLS FOR A DISTINGUISHED CAREER, WHICH SERVED CONTINUED SUCCESS, HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN RETIREMENT. 
          NOW THEREFORE, I JOHN D. JENKINS DIRECTED ON BEHALF OF THE DALLAS PARK RECREATION DEPARTMENT DO HEREBY EXTEND A SPECIAL RECOGNI RECOGNITION FOR ROSA GALLS. 
          SIGNED BY  PARK OF PRESIDENT, JOHN D. JENKINS PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR ROSA, EVERYBODY WE SAY AROUND HERE, YOU ALL. 
          ROSA HELPED MAKE US ALL BETTER. 
          WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL CAREER. 
          AND I NOW . 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOT BIG SHOES TO 
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FILM. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SAY HI. 
          A MOVE. 
          AGENT FOUR. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION MR. ? UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, MR. , I GUESS, UH, MR. KAMI REQUESTED RAUL TO COME FOR A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT. 
          GO AHEAD, MR. UH, YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          UH, THIS IS WITH THE ISD, WE, THE, UH, PERSONAL CHAMPION OF THE ISD. 
          I JUST WANT MAYBE TWO MINUTES JUST SO WE AS A BOARD CAN HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS. 
          UH, ILA WITH, UH, WITH THE ISD AND WHAT DO WE, JUST GIVE US TWO MINUTES. 
          SORRY. 
          BOARD . 
          SO, UH, OUR NEW ADDITION FOR THE LA WE'RE VERY EXCITED. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING. 
          CHECK IS GOOD. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THE ADDITION THAT WE ARE GOING WITH THE DISTRICT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ADDING LABGUARD COURSE, LABGUARD TRAINING AS A PE CREDIT. 
          THE IC THIS IS GOING TO INCREASE THE, THE POOL OF CANDIDATES THAT WE CAN GET FOR, UH, TO WORK FOR ANY OF  FACILITIES. 
          . 
          LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF PROGRAMMING FOR ABOUT 8,000 STUDENTS, UH, THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          OUR PILOT PROGRAM WILL START IN JANUARY AS A , UH, WITH FOUR SCHOOLS. 
          POSSIBLE SCHOOLS WILL END UP WITH A READY 120 NEW BLACK CARS READY TO START BY THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON. 
          ONCE THE UH, PILOT PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL, THE PLAN IS TO TAKE IT THE STATE AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR THE REST OF THIS, UH, FOR TEXAS. 
          SO DALLAS PARK AND REC WILL LEAD AND WILL CONTINUE CREATING NEW INNOVATIVE WAYS TO MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF, UH, STAFF AVAILABLE. 
          AS MANY YEARS PRIOR TO COVID, DURING COVID, EVERYBODY WAS CLOSING THEIR POOL. 
          ROBOTICS TEAM WAS LEADING US AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE NOT AFFECTED BY EITHER ONE OF THOSE, UH, SITUATIONS. 
          SO A LOT OF KUDOS GO TO ELIZABETH ALVAREZ. 
          SHE'S OUR SUPERVISOR AT DSD PROGRAM. 
          ROBERT CUTRIGHT AND MYSELF. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING MANY MEETINGS, MANY CHANGES, BUT WE'RE FINALLY HERE WHERE IN A FEW MONTHS WE THIS NEW PILOT PROGRAM, THE COMMENTS, NO Q ANY, SO SORRY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON CONSTANT AGENDA? YEAH. 
          YES, GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, I JUST WANNA COMMENT ON, UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IN REGARDS TO OLD CITY PARK, UM, AND THE RENOVATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE BLUM AND MAY HOUSE. 
          UM, AND SO I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AT LARGE HAVE WONDER WHAT'S HAPPENING AT OLD CITY PARK. 
          AND AGAIN, WE ARE UNDER THE CITY, UM, AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND THINGS TAKE A LONG TIME. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS REALLY EXCITING FOR THE REVITALIZATION AND RESTORATION OF THESE TWO WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PIECES ON A PROPERTY, ON OLD CITY PARK. 
          UM, AND SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS AT COME TO FRUITION AND EXCITED FOR ALL THIS TO HAPPEN. 
          UM, AND AS WE MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING AT OLD CITY PARK, THE LUM HOUSE AND THE RAIL HOUSE WILL ARE BEING REVITALIZED AND THEY WILL BE UP THERE GRAND DOORS. 
          SO, UM, AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO A FORMER COUNCILWOMAN, MS. SCHULTZ, WHO DID GIVE MONEY FOR THIS, UH, FOR THE BLUMHOUSE. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND EXCITED FOR THIS. 
          THANK YOU, MS. AL. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A AYE HAVE WITH THAT, WE MOVED TO POST SESSION FOR OUR ITEM DIRECTOR PERFORMANCE REVIEW ITEMS. , IT IS 11:05 AM ON SEPTEMBER 25. 
          THE PARK AND RECREATE BOARD MEETING WILL HAPPEN TO CLOSE SECTION SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 1 0 7 4 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING 
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. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WE ALREADY HAVE RESUMED OVER FASHION. 
          UH, YES. 
          UH, MAKE SURE MY MIC'S ON FOR THEY CAN'T HEAR ME. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU, UH, MR. CHAIR. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE DIRECTOR'S, UH, VALUATION AT 4.5, INCLUDING THE RAISE 4.5, UH, WHICH WANTS TO MAKE CONCERN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, UH, YOU HAVE ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER FOR SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE? OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY TO MR. JENKINS, TO, UH, ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND UNWAVERING JUST COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, IT, IT CAN GO UNNOTICED. 
          UM, AND I LOVE HOW FROM WHERE YOU'VE COME FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND TO THE, THE BEAUTY OF THE PARKS SHOWS IN THE BEAUTY OF YOUR STAFF. 
          UM, AND SO, AND YOUR BEAUTY OF YOUR COMMITMENT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND WELL, ON MY LAST DAY HERE, IT WOULD BE, I WOULD BE REMISSED IF, IF NOT INCLUDING HOW MUCH I HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU, UM, WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU, SUPPORTING YOU, LISTENING TO YOU, WATCHING YOU LEAD THIS DEPARTMENT IN EVERY WHICH WAY. 
          I MEAN, GOODNESS, SO MUCH, SO MANY EXCELLENT METRICS ON THIS, ON THIS PAGE, BY THE WAY. 
          I LOVE IT. 
          WHICH I'D HAD THIS IN PREVIOUS YEARS BECAUSE IT'S SO GOOD AND THERE'S SO MANY GREAT, UM, ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
          AND I, ONE, ONE THING THAT MANY OF US SAID IN OUR CLOSED SESSION WAS THAT HOW YOU'VE GROWN INTO THIS ROLE, BEAUTIFUL, LEADING THE DEPARTMENT. 
          YOU WERE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          YOU'RE STILL THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS JOB. 
          NO ONE IS PERFECT. 
          WE WANNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ENHANCE YOUR OWN SKILLS. 
          WE LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE EXCELLENCE OF LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. 
          REALLY BUILDING YOUR NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS. 
          I LOVE THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THEM. 
          I THINK WE SAID AT THAT EVENT LIKE, WE HOPE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS FOLLOW THIS LEAD IN BUILDING THAT NEXT YOUR PIPELINE OF LEADERS AND, UM, JUST APPRECIATE YOU HOW YOU LEAD THE PEOPLE, THIS AMAZING LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE FOLKS WHO LOOK UP TO YOU EVERY DAY. 
          AND THOSE ARE PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SEE YOU AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN SOME, IN PARTNERSHIP AND COORDINATION WITH. 
          UM, IT'S AS THE PERSON WHO GOT TO FORMALLY HIRE YOU FIVE YEARS AGO, UM, I, I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD, GRATEFUL OF BEING UP TODAY THE LEADER YOU ARE AND WHERE ARE, THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU DIRECTOR JENKINS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          FOR THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. 
          I'VE WATCHED YOU, UH, WORK WITH STAFF, YOUR STAFF WITH THIS BOARD. 
          YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN, UH, A LEADER. 
          LOVE THE BOARD, WHAT YOU DO, AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE COMMITTED TO THE DALLAS PARKS RECREATIONS, UH, AND MY DISTRICT 11. 
          WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE, BOTH OF YOU AND YOUR STAFF, THINGS THAT HAVE DONE. 
          UH, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND I'M HONORED TO HAVE THE PLEASURE TO SERVE, UH, THIS BOARD AND AT THE SAME TIME, UM, AND A PART OF, OF YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 
          UH, I WANT SAY THAT YOUR LEADERSHIP SPAN, YOUR, THE COURAGEOUS THING IS DECISIONS YOU'VE MADE, THE PUBLIC WAY YOU HAVE DEFENDED THIS DEPARTMENT AND THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE THAT IT TOOK COURAGE, UH, TO, TO SAY THE TRUTH TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, AND JUST IN PUBLIC, UM, HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL THING AND, AND YOUR LEADERSHIP TAKING OVER FAIR PARK IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. 
          AND I, IT IT IS, IT'S INSPIRATIONAL AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT I, I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S INSPIRATIONAL. 
          IT'S REALLY STRONG LEADERSHIP AT THE PERFECT TIME. 
          THANK YOU MR. LAUGHTER. 
          HAPPY NEW YEAR  TO MY, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS, WHICH I WAS FORWARD. 
          IT'S 
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EXCITING TO SEE SOMEONE BEFORE REACHING SOMEONE BLOSSOM, YOU KNOW, STARTING FROM SWEEPING FLOORS TO FIXING LAWN MOWERS, TO WORKING EVERY BOIL. 
          AND IT'S LIKE BEING, UH, FALL FROM THE TREE. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD THAT AND HAVE BUNCH PEOPLE HAVE THESE DIRECTOR JOBS AND THESE MAGIC JOBS. 
          A JOB CHECK AND RECOGNITION AND EGO AND ALL THIS. 
          UH, BUT I GOTTA COMMEND YOU AND BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO BE AROUND. 
          I COMMEND MR. JOHN. 
          I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOUR WEEKS, BUT I HAVE HAD OCCASION TO DEAL WITH PARK DIRECTORS FOR 40 YEARS NOW, INCLUDING ONE REGARD AS AN AWESOME PARK DIRECTOR, WILLIS WINTERS, AND EVEN AMONG THAT AUGUST COMPANY, I THINK WE STAND OUT FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          SAY KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 
          , I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU, UM, DISPLAYED, UM, IN MAJORLY TOUGH, UM, CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, HAVING ALL OF US AS THE BOARD, UM, AND ALSO HAVING TO WORK WITH ALL OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND, YOU KNOW, JUGGLE EVERYBODY'S WANTS, NEEDS AND DESIRES, UM, IT'S ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK. 
          UM, SO YOU DO IT WITH GRACE, UM, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S FRUSTRATING TO HAVE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF CRITICISMS, BUT YOU ALWAYS DO IT PRETTY GRACEFULLY. 
          UM, AND I PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR I THINK WAS A MUCH EASIER EVALUATION. 
          I DON'T THINK ANYBODY STARTED WAY DOWN HERE THIS YEAR. 
          I THINK EVERYBODY WAS STARTING AT A BETTER PLACE. 
          SO JUST THAT MOVEMENT ALONE POINT. 
          WE, WE DID THIS IN, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          YEAH. 
          ANYTHING OF EXECUTIVE SESSION CANNOT BE REVEALED. 
          I DIDN'T, I I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE STARTED AT A LEVEL THAT WAS WAY, IT, IT WASN'T EVEN A QUESTION THAT YOU'VE GROWN THIS YEAR. 
          IT, IT, IT, IT'S, IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE SUPPORT THAT HAS GROWN. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, WORKING HARD FOR THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS AND OUR PARK SYSTEM AND OUR PARK SYSTEM SHOWS THAT THANK JENKINS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH YOU THAN YOU. 
          HONESTLY. 
          YOU HAVE NEVER PROJECTED AS ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE LESS THAN A CHAIR. 
          AND TRULY I SEE IT. 
          SOMETIMES I TELL YOU, YOU, I, YOU KNOW, TRY TO, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZE, BUT YOU HAVE PRIORITIZED EVERYTHING. 
           AND AMAZING PARTNERSHIP. 
          SOME TOUGH DECISIONS YOU HAVE NOT. 
          YOU SEE TODAY, I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, DEALT IN TERMS OF THAT MIGHT BE A NOT RIGHT WORD, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN BELIEVED NOT TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS AS YOU KNOW, HOW CITY POLITICS WORK. 
          BUT YOU ARE STRUCK TO YOUR BELIEFS AND TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND TAKEN, UH, TAKEN ON, WHICH, UH, SOMEONE IN BUREAUCRATIC FIELD MIGHT NOT HAVE DONE IT BECAUSE IT'S TAKING MORE RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          SO I PERSONALLY CANNOT ASK. 
          THANK, THANK YOU FOR WITH THAT. 
          UH, HAVING SAID, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO SAY FIRST THANK THE BOARD. 
          ALWAYS REMEMBER, AS I ALWAYS SAID TO EACH BOARD MEMBER, THERE'S NO, NO DECISION WE CAN MAKE IN THIS DEPARTMENT SUPPORT. 
          AND LOT OF THOSE BOLD DECISIONS THAT ME AND MY ENTIRE TEAM MAKE IS BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF, THAT'S TO YOUR POINT, IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB NOT GOING OUT TO MAKE EVERYONE'S HAPPY. 
          BUT WHAT I DO APPRECIATE HAVE THOSE TYPE OF DISAGREEMENTS. 
          WE COULD HAVE THEM NOT IN PUBLIC. 
          WE, I TAUGHT EACH ONE OF YOU ALL ONE ON ONE. 
          IF 
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THERE'S ANY DISAGREEMENTS, WE, WE WORKED THOSE OUT. 
          BUT I CAN TELL YOU MY JOB IS REALLY MADE EASY BECAUSE I KNOW REGARDLESS OF ANY DISAGREEMENT AS INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS WE HAVE HAD, HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST SIX TO SEVEN YEARS, YOU ARE ALWAYS STOOD BEHIND ANY DECISION I MAKE HAVE. 
          AND THAT IS APPRECIATED. 
          AND IT WAS GREAT TO KNOW YOU HAVE THAT. 
          AND I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THAT YOU ALL TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS NO EASY JOB. 
          I DO CONSIDER IT PROBABLY BESIDES THE CITY MANAGER JOB, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST JOBS YOU CAN HAVE IN THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE, THE STRUCTURE. 
          15 BOARD MEMBERS THEN HAVE 15 COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO CAN GET 30 MM-HMM . 
          PRESSURES, THEY COME AT YOU EVERY FIELD EVERY DAY. 
          BUT WHEN I GOTTA RECOGNIZE MY TEAM FOLKS, MY STRONG TEAM IS WHAT IS THE WAY WE'RE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THIS BOARD'S VISION AND GOALS, GOALS FOR THE CITY. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL, APPRECIATE EVERYONE, CONTINUE, MOVE FORWARD. 
          IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB THAT ALL WE WILL SAY HI. 
          HAVE LET'S, UH, NEXT, UH, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          NUMBER SIX, ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IS LOSING ITSELF ON THAT. 
          UH,  COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION AND THEATER NAMING , DO I HAVE A MOTION MS. SECOND TO MANAGE DISCUSSION THAT ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UH, NUMBER SEVEN, PARKLAND PARK MOODY MOODY FOUNDATION NAMING APPROXIMATELY, DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR. BURTA, MR. GRADY SECONDED IT. 
          UH, ANY DISCUSSION WITH THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          HAVE IT. 
          NEXT COMES ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONE, LAKE ISLAND NORTH PARK, PRECISE. 
          RENAMING TO THE . 
          I HAVE A MOTION, MR. SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          SECONDED BY , BY ALL. 
          ANY DISCUSSION MR. GOLDSTEIN? WHY AM I SURPRISED? THANK PRESIDENT. 
          THIS PROPOSAL IS THE RESULT OF A COMMUNITY LED EFFORT TO HONOR TWO OF THE STRONGEST ADVOCATES FOR OUR PARK SYSTEM, PROBABLY IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY, JOAN AND ALLEN WONG. 
          I WANNA START BY THANKING A FEW OF THE COMMUNITY LEADERS WITHOUT WHOM THIS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. 
          UM, TWO OF THEM ARE WITH US TODAY. 
          THAT'S FORMER PARK BOARD PRESIDENT BOBBY ABTAHI, AND FORMER DISTRICT 10 PARK AND RECREATION BOARD MEMBER ROBIN NORCROSS. 
          THANKS FOR  AS WELL AS FORMER PARK BOARD MEMBER ROB STEWART, UM, FORMER PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTORS, PAUL DYER, WILLIS WINTERS FORMER MAYORS, RON KIRK AND MIKE RAWLINGS, AND A HOST OF LAKE HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE LETTER OF SUPPORT THAT Y'ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU ALSO TO JOHN RYAN CRYSTAL ON THE TEAM WHO WORKED WITH US AND WE'RE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTERS OF THIS. 
          UH, THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY MY COUNCIL MEMBER, KATHY STEWART, FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, AS SHE ALWAYS DOES, AND ASKING ME TO TAKE ON THE PRIVILEGE OF FIGURING OUT HOW BEST TO HONOR THE WONG LEGACY. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LEGACY, BOTH JOAN AND ALAN HAVE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS, BOTH SERVED MANY YEARS ON THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD WITH JONI RISING TO BECOME VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT. 
          ALAN, OF COURSE, ALSO SERVED AS DALLAS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING LAKE HIGHLANDS. 
          THEY BOTH SERVED ON A VARIETY OF PROMINENT POE PARK PRO PARKS BOARDS. 
          UM, AND I WON'T HAVE THE FULL LIST, BUT IF ITS A DOUBT, TO THE DALLAS ARBORETUM, THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND, THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS, THE TRINITY COMMONS FOUNDATION, AND THE FRIENDS OF FAIR PARK, THEY SERVED WITH GRACE, WITH PASSIONATE, WITH VISION, VIEW, PARK'S, INITIATIVES OF SIGNIFICANCE ADVANCED IN THIS CITY OVER THE LAST 40 PLUS YEARS. 
          WITHOUT THEIR INFLUENCE. 
          THEY NEVER WANT CREDIT AND THEY NEVER WANNA BE CELEBRATED. 
          AND WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS IDEA TO THEM, THEY POLITELY SAID NO, THEY DIDN'T WANT IT. 
          BUT WE INSISTED, NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE WE WANT TO JUST CELEBRATE THEM, WE DO WANT TO DO THAT, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO TEACH FUTURE GENERATIONS ABOUT THEIR LEGACY OF PUBLIC SERVICE. 
          MY OWN DAUGHTERS ARE NINE AND SIX YEARS OLD. 
          THEY KNOW JODY AND ALLEN. 
          WE DRIVE AROUND DALLAS, THEY ASK ME ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER. 
          I JUST MAKE IT UP. 
          BUT ONE DAY SOON WE DRIVE BY WONG PARK AND THEY'LL ASK 
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WHY THE NAME WAS CHANGED OR WHY IT'S CALLED WONG PARK. 
          AND I'LL BE SO PROUD TO TELL THEM, BECAUSE MISS JOANIE AND MR. ALLEN HAVE WORKED EVERY DAY OF THEIR ADULT LIFE TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY BETTER FOR YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS. 
          AND I WANT YOU TO BE LIKE THEM WHEN YOU GROW UP. 
          ALLEN AND JOAN WILL BE QUICK TO TELL YOU THAT THEIR PASSION FOR SERVICE IS MODELED LARGELY AFTER ALAN'S PARENTS FRANCIS . 
          THEY'RE ALSO PROUD THAT IT CONTINUES TO THEIR SON, ROBERT, HIS WIFE STEPHANIE, THEIR DAUGHTER SARAH, AND HER HUSBAND RYAN. 
          AND NO DOUBT IT'LL CONTINUE THROUGH THEIR SEVEN BELOVED GRANDCHILDREN. 
          I'M GONNA WRAP UP HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS LISTENING TO PARKWOOD AND THEY'RE PROBABLY BEST ME TO STOP TALKING ABOUT THEM, . 
          BUT I WANNA THANK THE COMMUNITY AGAIN FOR A ADVOCATING FOR THIS. 
          THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT AGARWAL FOR SUPPORTING THIS. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR VICE PRESIDENT HUERTA AND BOARD MEMBERS HAMMOND SLAUGHTER AND COLLINS BRETON FOR ALSO HELPING GET THIS ONTO THE AGENDA, UH, TODAY. 
          AND THANK YOU, OF COURSE TO JOAN AND AAL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR DALLAS. 
          YOU HAVE 10 MORE SECONDS. 
          , THAT'S GOLDSTEIN. 
          UM, SO WHAT, WHEN MR. GOLDSTEIN CALLED ME YESTERDAY, THIS WAS A DISCUSSION THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY ONE  MONTHS THAT WE COULD MAKE. 
          UM, WHEN JOAN AND ALAN WALK IN A ROOM, THEY LIGHT IT UP, UM, WITH THEIR SPIRITS, THEIR, THEIR SERVICE. 
          UM, AND THEY'RE JUST INCREDIBLE PEOPLE. 
          AND I'M PROUD TO, UH, CALL THEM A FRIEND. 
          I THINK THEY'RE A FRIEND OF DALLAS PARKS FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER. 
          AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO SAY IN OUR WORLD, UM, OR OUR CITY BY NAMING THIS PARK AFTER THEM. 
          SO I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT THING. 
          SO THANK YOU MS. HAMMOND. 
          UM, DO KNOW, UM, WHAT MR. WOOD SAID WHEN MR. GOLDSTEIN, UM, CALLED ME  AND ASKED IF I WAS SUPPORT THIS MEMO HALL THAT HIM FORMER PRESIDENT  HAD PUT TOGETHER FOR JOHN AND ALLEN. 
          IT WAS A EMPHATIC YES, EASILY. 
          UM, LIKE SAID BEFORE EVEN COMING TO THE PARK OR JUST BEING A DALLAS, I LIKE TO CALL MYSELF JOHN AND ALLEN ALWAYS, THEY DIDN'T JUST CARE ABOUT DISTRICT 10. 
          THEY WOULD ALWAYS CALL ME AND ASK ME THINGS ABOUT SOUTHERN DALLAS AND LOOK FOR THIS IDEA. 
          OR SOMEBODY CAME TO US FOR A PROJECT, DA DA DA DA. 
          WE THINK IT'D BE GREAT FOR SOUTHERN DALLAS. 
          WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHO CAN, WHO CAN YOU INVITE OR INTRODUCE US TO OR INVITE US TO BE AROUND OR WE WANNA INVITE YOU TO MEET SOMEONE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS. 
          SO I LOVE, UM, THAT FAMILY BECAUSE THEY ARE TRULY WHAT DALLAS NEEDS AND WHAT WE ALL, WHO PROBABLY SAID AROUND THIS WORDS YOU ADMIRE, IS THAT WE ARE ONE DALLAS, NO MATTER IF IT'S DISTRICT 10, DISTRICT THREE, OR WHEREVER YOU COME FROM, WE HAVE TO CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER BECAUSE WHEN WE SAY DALLAS, THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF US AS A WHOLE, EVEN SUBURBS THAT DON'T EVEN BELONG TO DALLAS. 
          SO WE HAVE TO REPRESENT FOR EVERYBODY. 
          BUT NO, UH, JOAN AND ALLEN ARE THE EPITOME OF DALLAS. 
          AND, AND I HOPE EVERYONE, MR. SLAUGHTER, MS. HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          THIS WHEN SCOTT CAME AND SIGNED THIS LETTER, I WAS LIKE A LITTLE KID GETTING A BICYCLE FOR CHRISTMAS. 
          A LADY THAT WAS EXCITED. 
          UH, YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE AND MY MOTHER WAS MY HERO. 
          NOT TOO MANY WOMEN REMIND ME OF HER, BUT JOAN DID. 
          SHE DOES. 
          AND SHE ALWAYS, SHE, SHE EMBRACED ME. 
          AND SOME PEOPLE CAN CALL YOU THEIR FRIENDS OR FAMILY, BUT THEY GET ISSUE, UH, WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG. 
          BUT THAT WOMAN IS NOT ONE OF THEM. 
          I LOVE HER. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN LONG OVERDUE. 
          I THANK YOU, SCOTT. 
          BEEN FOLLOWING ME, MISS, UH, COMMENTS. 
          WELL, NOTHING MAKES ME HAPPIER ON MY, MY LAST DAY AND HOPEFULLY MY LAST HOURS. 
          UM, HOW WORSE, YOU KNOW, ROBIN NORCROSS STARTED THIS IDEA SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          I THINK WE, YOUR IDEA WAS ORIGINALLY REDEEMED A REC CENTER, AND WE, UH, SHE CAME, CALLED ME WITH THIS IDEA AND I SAID, THERE'S NO WAY JOHN AND ALLEN WILL GO THROUGH THIS. 
          AND SURE ENOUGH, WE GOT DISSUADED AT THE TIME, BUT ROBIN STOOD HER GROUND AND THEN CO COERCED BOBBY AND SCOTT AND KATHY AND ALL THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY LIVES THAT JOAN AND ALLEN HAVE TOUCHED, UM, IN THIS CITY, IN THIS DEPARTMENT AND FOR DECADES. 
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AND, UH, I JOKE THAT A, THAT ALAN DID A WHITE HAIR WHEN HE STARTED, UH, ON THE CARDBOARD, BUT HE'S ALWAYS HAD SUCH AMAZING HAIR. 
          BUT, UM, ACTUALLY BOTH OF THEM, I TELL 'EM OFTEN, BUT THE LEGACY OF SERVICE, THEY LEARN FROM THEIR PARENTS AND IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO DO THE SAME AS SCOTT MENTIONED, WHAT HE'S DOING WITH HIS DAUGHTERS. 
          BUT, UM, WE, NOT JUST TO OUR OWN FAMILIES, BUT TO THE, TO THE FOLKS THAT WE TOUCH THROUGH OUR SERVICE ON THIS BOARD. 
          AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BUILD FUTURE PARK BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE, THAT SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE OR WILL BE SOMEDAY. 
          AND, UM, BUT JUST TO LIVE LIKE JONI AND ALLEN IS, WOULD MAKE THIS MAKES THIS DEPARTMENT AND THIS CITY A BETTER PLACE. 
          JUST SOME OF YOU READ OFF SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY'VE TOUCHED, AND ALAN DID SPEAK LAST SATURDAY AT THE COTTON BOWL RIBBON CUTTINGS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW INSTRUMENTAL ALAN WAS. 
          BRIAN CERTAINLY DOES. 
          UM, I MEAN, ALAN WAS PRACTICALLY ON THE PHONE EVERY WEEK FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, MAKING SURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PARK STAFF REPRESENTING THE STATE FAIR, THAT THAT WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH ON TIME, PRETTY CLOSE TO ON BUDGET AND JUST THE BEGINNING. 
          THAT WAS PHASE ONE. 
          BUT, AND JONI'S DEDICATION TO THE ARBORETUM AND THE ZOO TRUST REPUBLIC LAND, SHE GIVES ALL OF HERSELF AND WE SHOULD ALL LIVE MORE LIKE THEM. 
          AND IT IS THE GREATEST JOY AND PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO IN MY SERVICE BY HONORING THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE ME AND, AND STILL CONTINUE TO GIVE, GIVE OF THEMSELVES. 
          SO, YES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE WATCHING, WE'RE LISTENING. 
          I LOVE YOU, JOANIE AND ALAN. 
          AND NOW WE CAN CUT THE RIBBON ON LONG PARK. 
          YEAH. 
          WHEN I BECAME IN THE JAIL, SUDDENLY THIS YOUNG LADY COMES TO ME AND SAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU WAS A HUGE CHALLENGE IN YOUR HEAD. 
          THIS IS A BIG JOB. 
          I HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO . 
          I WAS WONDERING, WHO IS SHE? . 
          I REALIZED THAT SHE WAS, UH, AND THEN WE STARTED JOKING, AS YOU KNOW, SHE SAID, YOU'RE THE BEST PARK BOARD MEMBER. 
          I SAID, NO, I'M SECOND BEST. 
          AND WE ALWAYS STILL HAVE THAT JOKE. 
          AND ALAN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY I WAS AT A PUBLIC EVENT, NON-PAR RELATED PUBLIC EVENT. 
          EVERY SECOND HE WAS ENCOURAGING ME IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT I WAS DOING, WHAT HE WAS INVOLVED. 
          SO THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN LEADERS WHO WE HAVE SEEN HOW THEY CAN GROW OTHERS. 
          AND I'VE REALLY SEEN THAT FIRSTHAND THAT THEY ALWAYS WANTED LIKE ME TO DO BETTER. 
          SO MAYBE CITI CAN DO BETTER OR WHATEVER. 
          THE AMAZING LEADER CAN'T, CAN'T BE MORE HAPPY. 
          AND NOW THAT YOU SAID THEY'RE WATCHING, I HAVE TO SAY, YOU WANT BETTER THINGS, JOHN, DO I STILL SAY YOU ARE THE BEST? SO WITH THAT, UH, I PUT THIS TO VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AS HAVE IT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THE TWO EXPERT BOARD PRESIDENTS, I'M SAYING, COMPETING BETWEEN ME AND JOAN. 
          NO, I'LL TAKE BOTH POSITIONS. 
          , THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO OUR BRIEFINGS. 
          UH, I SAY YES, I, I'D BE REMISS IF, IF I SAY THIS, WE HAD A SPEAKER EARLIER THAT REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT  AND, AND WE GREW UP OVER HERE AND I LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM. 
          UH, MR. KEN SMITH. 
          UH, WE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER. 
          I DIDN'T LIKE KEN WHEN WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE HE WAS THE REASON WHY I WAS NUMBER TWO. 
          HE WAS NUMBER ONE IN TRACK FIELD IN THE FOOTBALL FIELD. 
          SO I'M NEVER GONNA FORGET YOU NEVER GONNA FORGIVE ME. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          YES,  . 
          OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, SO HERE TO DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY PARK. 
          AND BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE JASON BROWN, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          JASON IS THE CURRENT, UH, BOARD CHAIR AT FAIR PARK. 
          FIRST, SO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE JASON. 
          HE ALSO HAS SOME OTHER TEAM MEMBERS, UH, HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. 
          SO, UH, IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND AS WE'RE TURNING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH EVERYONE THAT, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH FAIR PARK FIRST AND OBG HAS TERMINATED AS OF LAST WEEK. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY, OF COURSE, IS THE COMMUNITY PARK AND NEXT STEPS RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY PARK. 
          SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE THERE IS, UH, AN UPDATE 
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FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK. 
          SO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE, UM, IS A SITE PLAN OF THE, UM, OF THE PARK. 
          SO THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PARK IS, IS IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO STILL VERY MUCH, UM, IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING THE PARK. 
          NEXT SLIDE, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PARK. 
          UH, IT'S APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A HALF ACRES. 
          YOU WILL RECALL THAT IT HAS SHRUNKEN DOWN FROM 14 AS ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED. 
          IT HAS SIGNATURE, UH, FEATURES WITHIN THE PARK, PAVILION'S, PLAYGROUNDS, MARKET GROWTH LAWNS, ET CETERA. 
          AND THE INTENT OF THE DESIGN IS TO BE AS LOW MAINTENANCE POSSIBLE UTILIZING SMART PLANE MATERIALS, ET CETERA. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE AMENITIES. 
          UM, IT KIND OF GROUPED THEM INTO BUCKETS OF, OF, UH, PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS. 
          SO AGAIN, WHAT I MENTIONED, SIGNATURE PLAYGROUNDS, UH, GREAT LAWNS, MARKET GROWTHS FOR VENDOR OPPORTUNITIES, ET CETERA, WHILE ALSO, UM, EMBRACING SOME NATURAL AREAS, UH, THAT WILL BE ELEMENTS OF THE PARK AS WELL. 
          NEXT SLIDE IS, HERE'S THE SCHEDULE. 
          SO AS I MENTIONED, CURRENTLY IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT IS SLATED TO BE COMPLETED. 
          THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE OF DESIGN IS SLATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FIRST QUARTER AND NEXT YEAR WITH A TARGETED START DATE OF AUGUST. 
          THAT DATE'S SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE FIFA RELATED EVENTS WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT FAIR PARK IN JULY. 
          AND SO THE INTENT IS ONCE FIFA WRAPS UP TO BEGIN WORK ON THE COMMUNITY PARK, AND THAT SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR TO DEVELOP THAT WORK. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO HERE'S, HERE ARE THE FOLKS, UH, THAT ARE ENGAGED IN THE EFFORT. 
          SO OF COURSE JASON BROWN, WHO'S NOT ONLY THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, BUT ALSO, UH, WORKING AS THE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR ON THE COMMUNITY PARK. 
          UH, RISE 360 IS KIND OF LEADING THE, THE FUNDING EFFORT. 
          OF COURSE, WE KNOW HEATHER STEVENS, UH, IS RISE 360 AND HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF, UH, BRINGING PRIVATE DOLLARS TO THE PROJECT AS WELL AS, UH, WORKING ON PUBLIC DOLLARS FOR THE PROJECT. 
          THE DESIGN TEAM IS STUDIO OUTSIDE. 
          THAT'S A GROUP THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH, UM, OVER THE YEARS, AND THEY HAVE PARTNERED WITH TURNER CONSTRUCTION, ALSO A VERY NOTABLE CONTRACTOR AROUND TOWN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT OF THE PROJECT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THIS, THIS IS, UM, MAKING AN EFFORT TO EMPHASIZE THE POINT THAT FAIR PARK FIRST, AS AN ORGANIZATION, HAS MADE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, UM, OVER THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS. 
          THEY'VE, UM, REALLY FOCUSED ON THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PIECE. 
          THEY'VE GOT NEW POLICIES IN PLACE, THEY HAVE APPOINTED, UH, MULTIPLE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          UM, SO THEY'VE REALLY BEEN MAKING A, AN EFFORT TO, UH, CHANGE THE WAY THEY DO BUSINESS AND POSITION THEM AND HELP, UH, UH, DELIVER THE COMMUNITY PARK. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO HERE IS THE, HERE'S THE MONEY PIECE. 
          THE, THE BIG TAKEAWAY FROM THIS SLIDE IS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC DOLLARS AND THE PRIVATE DOLLARS SECURED, UM, THERE IS ADEQUATE FUNDING TO BUILD THE PARK. 
          SO THE, THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATES FOR THE PARK ARE 20 MILLION, AND THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE BETWEEN PLEDGES AND PUBLIC GRANT COMMITMENTS. 
          UH, HEATHER AND HER TEAM ARE CONTINUING TO WORK TO RAISE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, SPECIFICALLY 5.8 MILLION BECAUSE WE KNOW IN CONSTRUCTION THINGS HAPPEN AND THERE NEEDS TO TO BE A, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A CONTINGENCY TO ENSURE THAT, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE DOLLARS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT BEYOND JUST SIMPLY A WARNING OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO HERE, UH, HERE ARE A FEW, UH, CONSIDERATIONS, UM, BEFORE Y'ALL TODAY. 
          SO WE HAVE REVIEWED THESE EXISTING DONOR AGREEMENTS AND WE HAVE ALSO CONSIDERED OTHER IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS. 
          AS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE,  FIRST HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF PUTTING TOGETHER A VERY CREDIBLE PROJECT DELIVERY TEAM. 
          UM, IT WOULD BE VERY CHALLENGING, UM, TO FIND ANOTHER ENTITY THAT, UM, THAT COULD TAKE THIS ON BECAUSE THERE ARE EXISTING DONOR AGREEMENTS DIRECTLY TO FAIR PARK FIRST, AND THERE'S, THERE'S JUST NO SURE THING THAT THOSE DONOR AGREEMENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE PASSED ALONG TO ANOTHER ENTITY. 
          AND SO THE OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION 
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HERE IS WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT A FUNDRAISING AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          SO FINISH FUNDRAISING, DELIVER THE PARK, AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING HERE AND NOTHING BEYOND THAT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO NEXT STEPS. 
          WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? SO, UH, WE WOULD, ASSUMING, UH, UH, THE BOARD IS, IS IN AGREEMENT, WE WOULD BRING FORWARD A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD, PERHAPS AS EARLY AS THE NEXT MEETINGS, UH, THAT WOULD ALSO GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. 
          OBVIOUSLY COMPLETING THE FUNDRAISING AND FINALIZING THE DESIGN AND THEN GETTING UNDERWAY TO BUILD THE PARK, HOPEFULLY OPENING, UH, IN 2027. 
          YOU, THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE. 
          YES. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE. 
          GOOD THAT I OPEN, UH, MS COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU RYAN, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. 
          IS THIS AGREEMENT WOULD BE WITH FAIR PART FIRST, CORRECT. 
          AND SO LEGALLY, WHAT ARE THEY NOW? THEIR OWN, THEY HAD THEIR OWN EIN NUMBER, BUT I GUESS THEY'RE, THEY'RE LEGALLY A STANDALONE ENTITY. 
          YES, THEY'RE REGISTERED 5 0 1 C3. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL DECOUPLING HAS HAPPENED AS FAR AS OPERATIONS OF THE PARK? CORRECT. 
          OKAY, SO THAT CONTRACT IS THE PAST? NO, IT'S NOT. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          SO WE WOULD LEGALLY BE ALLOWED TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR FUNDRAISING FOR YES. 
          FOR FUNDRAISING AND DELIVERY OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY PARK. 
          YES. 
          AND THE TERM WOULD BE FOR THE, FOR THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT. 
          SO TYPICALLY OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS TERMINATE WHEN THE PROJECT IS DELIVERED, BUT THERE'S NO ANTICIPATED PLAN THAT THEN FAIR PARK FIRST AFTER UPON COMPLETING FUNDRAISING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK THAT THEY THEN TAKE OVER ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT. 
          THAT WOULD BE A FUTURE DECISION. 
          YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WHEN WE DO THESE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS WITH PARTNERS, WE ALWAYS HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN PLACE THAT THAT GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP THE PARK. 
          AND THEN AT A FUTURE DATE DOWN THE ROAD AS A PROJECT IS BEING COMPLETED, THEN WE CONTEMPLATE A USE AGREEMENT. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE A FUTURE DECISION OF THE BOARD OF COUNCIL. 
          I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED OF THE COMMUNITY PARK OR OF, OF THE COMMUNITY PARK? YES, THE COMMUNITY PARK. 
          WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY PARK. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU RYAN. 
          YEAH, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE CLARIFY TO YOUR POINT, BRAD, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY 'CAUSE THE BOY HAS NOT MADE A DECISION ON HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD AS IT RELATES TO THE REST OF THE PARK. 
          BUT THE COMMUNITY PART IS ONLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 
          MR. GOLDSTEIN, THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANKS RYAN. 
          WHEN THIS CAME TO COMMITTEE, I THINK WE ASKED FOR YOU TO A COUPLE THINGS. 
          ONE TO, FOR YOU OR STAFF TO LOOK AT AS BEST YOU COULD. 
          THE, UM, DONOR AGREEMENTS. 
          SO CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU LEARNED OR WHAT, WHAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GO? I DID REVIEW EACH OF THEM. 
          UM, THEY APPEARED TO BE IN ORDER. 
          NOTHING CAUGHT MY ATTENTION AS BEING UNTOWARD OR ABOUT ANY ORDINARY. 
          AND CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW MUCH MONEY IS ACTUALLY IN THE BANK RIGHT NOW? OF ALL THESE AMOUNTS? THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING ALLOCATED TO THE PROJECT IS PLEDGES. 
          IT'S APPROXIMATELY 400,000. 
          THAT'S CASH AS, UM, THE PROJECT IS BEING COMPLETED FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE. 
          FAIR PARK FIRST WILL WORK WITH, UH, THEIR PARTNERS TO HAVE THE CASH TO BE ABLE TO AWARD A CONTRACT, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT INSTEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT TOTALLY UNUSUAL. 
          IT'S NOT RELATED, BUT, BUT OF THE PRIVATE FUNDS SECURED OF THIS 9.8, IT'S FOUR 3000 OR SO THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE BANK? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WAS THE INFORMATION WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN COMMITTEE, THAT MEETING BEFORE LAST, I HAVEN'T HEARD IF THERE'S AN UPDATE TO THAT, BUT THAT WAS THE NUMBER THAT WE DISCUSSED AT ADMIN COMMITTEE. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT EXPERIENCE DOES FAIR PARK FIRST OR UM, ANY THEIR LEADERSHIP OR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE IN DELIVERING A COMPARABLE PARK LIKE THIS OR PROJECT LIKE THIS? WELL, UM, AS WE DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE, SO NORM ALSTON IS A PART OF THE, PART OF THE PROJECT TEAM. 
          NORM IS A NOTED HISTORIC PRESERVATION ARCHITECT AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH DOZENS OF PROJECTS IN DALLAS OVER THE YEARS. 
          THEY HAVE A VERY 
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COMPETENT, UH, DESIGN FIRM THAT'S ENGAGING, THAT IS DESIGNING THE PROJECT. 
          AND THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A VERY COMPETENT CONTRACTOR TO THIS. 
          SO I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, THERE IS EXPERIENCE, UH, FROM THE PROJECT TEAM TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE PROJECT. 
          I SHOULD ALSO MENTION SIDE ASRA, UM, WHO HAS, I'VE KNOWN FOR DECADES AND HAS WORKED IN THIS ORGANIZATION. 
          CITY DALLAS, I MEAN, AND IS CURRENTLY WITH A I A AND IS PART OF THE PROJECT TEAM AND BRINGS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND PROJECT DELIVERY, UM, AS WELL THE FAIR WORK FIRST AS AN ENTITY HAS NOT DONE ANY PROJECT LIKE THIS. 
          TRUE. 
          AND WE, CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT EXPERIENCE FOR THEIR OPTIONS? LIKE WHY WOULDN'T WE PUT THIS OUT FOR A BID? OR WHY WOULDN'T WE SEEK SPECIFICALLY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAYBE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF SURE. 
          LEADING GRAPHICS LIKE THAT. 
          I THINK THE FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGE IS THE FACT THAT THE DONOR AGREEMENTS ARE SPECIFIC TO FAIR PARK. 
          FIRST, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY CHALLENGING TO, NUMBER ONE, GET THE DONORS TO AGREE TO CHANGE THEIR AGREEMENTS TO ANOTHER ENTITY. 
          AND THEN I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE CHALLENGING TO GET ANOTHER ENTITY TO AGREE TO DELIVER A PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE NO CONNECTION TO WHATSOEVER. 
          WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO DELIVER THE PROJECT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE WOULDN'T BE CHALLENGED WITH THE DONOR AGREEMENTS. 
          NO GUARANTEE THE DONORS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN GETTING MONEY TO THE CITY. 
          BUT THAT JUST PRESENTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF DELIVERING A BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR US TO TRY TO DELIVER ANOTHER VERY SIGNIFICANT PROJECT. 
          AND THERE'S ALREADY A PARTY WHO'S WILLING TO STEP UP AND, AND PERFORM THAT WORK. 
          AND HOW DO WE KNOW THAT NONE OF THE DONORS, I MEAN, YOU LOOKED AT PAPER AGREEMENTS, RIGHT? WE DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF THE MESSINESS THAT'S GONE ON IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS HAS SHAKEN ANY OF THE DONORS OTHER THAN FAIR PARK FIRST TELLING US EVERYTHING'S GOOD. 
          WELL, I MEAN, I JUST CAN, I JUST CAN RELAY THE INFORMATION WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH FAIR PARK FIRST ABOUT THAT EXACT TOPIC. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN REPEATEDLY IS THOSE DONORS REMAIN COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT AND REMAIN COMMITTED TO FAIR PARK FIRST TO SEE IT THROUGH, UM, THIS MAY BE FOR JOHN, BUT WHAT, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE LATEST AUDIT THAT WE GET ASKED FOR? BUT, UH, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS. 
          WHAT'S THE, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? WE'LL GET IT 30. 
          SO I DON'T, BECAUSE IT JUST DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE  WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THE, THE DOCUMENTS THEY'RE REQUESTING. 
          SO, I MEAN, WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK THIS TO SEE, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK, I, I DON'T, I THINK MR. KEN SMITH HAD SOME REALLY GOOD POINTS TODAY AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND MAYBE THE CITY COUNCIL OF PARK BOARD COULD HAVE LISTENED CLOSER TO HIM  SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE RUSHING INTO THIS. 
          I MEAN, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          WE JUST GOT OUT OF A REALLY MESSY DIVORCE WITH THIS AND ANOTHER ENTITY, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT WHERE ALL THE BLAME LIES, BECAUSE I STILL DON'T REALLY KNOW. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT AUDIT MAY HELP INFORM IT, BUT I WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE ENTERING INTO ANOTHER AGREEMENT THIS FAST, THIS, THIS SOON AFTER WE ENDED. 
          UM, AND I, AND I THINK WE NEED TO START DOWN THE ROAD OF WHAT ARE WE DOING MORE HOLISTICALLY AT FAIR PARK IN THE FUTURE BEFORE WE ENTER INTO SUB AGREEMENTS FOR SMALLER COMPONENTS OF THE PARK OF FAIR PARK. 
          SO, I, I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT COMPLETELY, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO START THERE FIRST AT THE HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT THE FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF FAIR PARK LOOK LIKE. 
          SO, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO THE BOARD 'CAUSE IS I GET THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THIS CURRENTLY GOING ON AND HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. 
          AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO THE BOARD IS DO YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT, DO YOU WANT US TO NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NOW PUT THE PARK ON PAUSE, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THE BOARD TO HAVE A MORE IN DEPTH DISCUSSION ON THE OVERALL PLANS FOR FAIR PARK? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD NEED FROM THE BOARD DIRECTION BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD ON THIS DEVELOPMENT IS BECAUSE WE DIFFERENT THAN ALL MY OTHER PARTNERS. 
          THEY HAVE PLEDGES. 
          WE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE CLOSE TO, LIKE THEY'RE $6 MILLION SHORT OF, OF COMPLETING THE COMMUNITY PART. 
          SO THE 
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QUESTION FOR ME WOULD BE, DO WE WANT TO PUT THAT ON PAUSE UNTIL THE BOARD GIVE US CLEAR DIRECTION ON HOW YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FAIR PARK? ALTHOUGH WE'RE GONNA BE COMING TO YOU ALL IN OCTOBER WITH A MORE DETAILED PLAN ON HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FAIR PARK. 
          SO THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION FOR ME TO THE BOARD THAT WE WANT SEPARATE THE TWO OUT RIGHT NOW. 
          OR TO YOUR POINT, YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH AND JUST PAUSE THIS FOR NOW. 
          WELL, WE'RE ALREADY, I KNOW THAT'S FOR THE WHOLE BOARD AND I THINK THE WHOLE BOARD SHOULD WEIGH IN BECAUSE I'M JUST ONE PERSON. 
          BUT, BUT I DO THINK IF WE'RE ALREADY HAVING ANOTHER DISCUSSION THAT'S MORE HOLISTIC IN OCTOBER, WE SHOULD AT MINIMUM HAVE THAT DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE PAUSE IS, BUT YET I'M ADVOCATING FOR A PAUSE THAT'S MORE THAN HALF, WHICH IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE RIGHT NOW, MS. HAMMOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, SO ON SLIDE EIGHT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THE COST OF BUDGET AND FUNDING THAT. 
          SO THE 39.1 IS THAT THE, IT SAYS THE TOTAL PROJECT, I'M GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 39.1 AND THE 20 MILLION. 
          SO OUT OF THE 39 THEY HAVE ALREADY RAISED AND SPENT 11 ON LIKE FREE CONSTRUCTION TYPE COSTS. 
          SO EXACTLY. 
          IS THAT WHERE, SO THERE HAS, THERE HAS BEEN FUNDS EXPENDED ON ALL SORTS OF TESTING ON DESIGN AS WELL AS THERE HAS BEEN FUNDS THAT WERE SPENT IN OTHER WAYS AS WE'RE AWARE OF. 
          SO THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE DIFFERENCE. 
          OKAY. 
          MAKE SURE I WAS FOLLOWING THE NUMBERS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO THE SECOND QUESTION, UM, SO YOU, YOU, ME, JOHN, SO YOU LOOK THROUGH THE CONTRACTS AND YOU, YOU'RE LIKE TAKING PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THESE ARE RIGHT? BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA COME BACK A YEAR FROM NOW AND SAY, WELL WE DIDN'T SEE THE CONTRACTS THAT WE THOUGHT THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S GONNA BE ON PART TO PART, WE WON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE BLANK. 
          SIMPLY WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          SO THE DOC YEAH, UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT DOCUMENTS THAT I, THAT I REVIEWED, UM, FROM NOTEWORTHY INDIVIDUALS THAT A LOT OF US WOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH. 
          I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE APPROPRIATE IN A EXTENDED ORDER. 
          AND SO IT'S KINDA, I MEAN MS. GO STEIN KIND OF ASKED MY QUESTION ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY POSSIBILITY PIECE OF GRANTED FUNDS VERSUS SECURED FUNDS. 
          UM, FOR THE MOST PART THESE GRANTED FUNDS, BECAUSE I JUST THINK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT JOHN SAID TO US NOT TOO LONG AGO. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT IN THE NEWS AND THAT HAS NOT AFFECTED GRANTED FUNDS FOR THE ORGANIZATION. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THE, THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK WITH WHAT THE EXCEPTION OF WHAT WE JUST MENTIONED, THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT RACE AND THE FUNDING THAT'S GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO THE PARK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY PARK HAS ALWAYS BEEN SEPARATED. 
          AND SO MY, MY LAST QUESTION IS BEING ALL ALLY IN THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS THAT'S BEEN PUBLICLY DISCUSSED ABOUT THE PARK AND PREVIOUS FOLKS INVOLVED AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, DOES THIS AMOUNT NEEDED ACCOUNT FOR ANY LEGAL ISSUES THAT MAY COME UP FOR FAIR PARK FIRST, NOT CITY, BUT LIKE HAS THE ORGANIZATION, ARE THEY CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES IF NEED BE AS WELL AS DELIVER THE PARK? I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          JASON MAY BE ABLE TO TO OFFER A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT THERE, BUT, UM, YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. 
          BUT I AM CONFIDENT OF THE FACT THAT THE FUNDS THEY HAVE SECURED THROUGH PARTICULARLY THE PUBLIC PIECE AND THE PRIVATE WILL BE ADEQUATE AFTER THEY RAISE THE OTHER 5.8 TO DELIVER THE PART. 
          IF, IF THERE ARE LEGAL ACTIONS THAT GET BLENDED IN WITH THIS IN SOME WAY, THAT THAT WOULD MEAN A MUTUALITY THAT I'M NOT REALLY PREPARED TO ANSWER THIS. 
          WELL, LET ME ASK, LET ME ASK A QUESTION THAT'S NOT FAIR. 
          LEMME ASK A FAIR QUESTION IF  LEMME ASK THIS, IF BY CHANCE THEY'RE ABLE TO SECURE THE MONEY NEEDED FOR THE PART AND THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE, I'M SURE GOING TO BE EARMARKED AND CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE PART, RIGHT? SO AS FAR AS FROM AN ORGANIZATION STANDPOINT, HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS 
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FUNDING AND ITS STABILITY AS A ORGANIZATION TO FUNCTION? 'CAUSE WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE FUNDS IF THE ORGANIZATION DOESN'T? I GUESS THE QUESTION. 
          SO THE ORGANIZATION COMMITTED AND PREPARED TO DELIVER THE PARK. 
          UM, AND THEY HAVE EVERY INTENTION AND GIVEN US ASSURANCES THAT THEY WILL STAY AS INTACT AS AN ORGANIZATION TO SEE THE PROJECT THROUGH. 
          UM, AND LET, AND LEMME JUST SAY THIS, I THINK IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING THE ORGANIZATION ARE GREAT PEOPLE. 
          SO NOTHING AGAINST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING THE ORGANIZATION. 
          GREAT PEOPLE. 
          UM, I AM JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE AS WE TALKED ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND THINGS EARLIER, THAT, THAT AS THE CITY WE ARE LOOKING, TAKING A REAL LOOK AT OUR PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT PUTTING THINGS ON THEM THAT THEY AS ORGANIZATIONS CANNOT HANDLE. 
          SO JUST ARE WE LOOKING AT THE FINANCES AND MAKING SURE THAT OUTSIDE OF THE PLEDGES AS AN ORGANIZATION, ARE THEY SECURE AND CAN BECAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME YEARS TO BUILD OUT SO MM-HMM . 
          IN ADDITION TO THE 5.8, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FUNDRAISE TO KEEP THE ORGANIZATION. 
          SURE. 
          AND YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, OR IS THAT PART OF THE CITY? ARE WE PAYING THEM TO LIKE I DON'T, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE'RE PAYING IN THE STATE. 
          NO, THERE IS, THERE HAS BEEN NO DISCUSSION OF ANY SORT OF CITY SUPPORT AS A COMPONENT OF THIS FUNDRAISING DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO, SO THEY WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO YOUR POINT, TO NOT ONLY CONTINUE TO FUNDRAISE, TO SECURE ALL THE DOLLARS THAT ARE NEEDED TO DELIVER, TO DELIVER THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO TO CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AS AN ORGANIZATION AT LEAST THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF THE PROJECT. 
          WELL, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I THINK I WOULD WANNA SEE, JOHN, TO YOUR QUESTION IS IMPORTANT. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FINANCES AND THAT IT'S A SECURE ORGANIZATION WHERE THAT IT YOU STANDING ALONG. 
          SO IT'S A GREAT THING LEVEL ALONG  WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT SETTING THEM UP FOR FEELING FOR OURSELVES. 
          THIS IS, UH, I'VE BEEN RESTING WITH THIS AND, AND I, I CAN'T AGREE WITH WHAT SCOTT WAS SAYING, BUT JOHN ANSWERED THAT BEFORE GOING THE THIRD WARRANT. 
          AND MY, MY CONFIDENCE IN RYAN IS, IS IS AT ITS PEAK AND HE'S LOOKED AT THE CONTRACTS WE TALKING ABOUT TRA TRAVESTY THAT HAS HAPPENED OUT THERE. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND YOU WATCH CERTAIN KIND OF MOVIES WHEN IT SINK, WHEN THE SHIP IS SINKING, MOST OF THE RATS JUMP OFF THE SHIP , BUT THERE WAS NO RATS ON THE SHIP AND THEY STOOD BY UH, UH, UH, AND I GOTTA APPLAUD THEM FOR THAT. 
          UH, THE, UH, DONOR ARM THAT'S RAISING THIS MONEY, WORKING THEIR BUTTS OFF. 
          UH, I I'M IN THERE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,  DEPARTMENT, UH, WHAT SCOTT SAID EARLIER MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S, AND YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE WE ENTER INTO THIS, OUR DOS AND TS TO CROSS. 
          BUT THEN STILL, WHEN WE HAVE SOMEONE LIKE RYAN OCONNOR THAT DOES HIS HOMEWORK INSTANCE BEHIND IT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          WE ALWAYS DO THIS WHEN WE DON'T A CONTRACT. 
          WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF IS. 
          AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE A MORE INFORMED DECISION THAT WAY BESIDES BEATING THIS DEAD HORSE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M SICK AND TIRED OF PROMISES BEING MADE TO THAT COMMUNITY 'CAUSE I'M FROM THAT COMMUNITY. 
          PLEASE BELIEVE ME, I'M A PRODUCT OF THE STATE FIRM AND I TOLD YOU GUYS WHEN I GOT ON THIS BOARD EARLIER, MISSED WITH THE STATE FIRM, UH, YOU MISS REPEAT, BUT WE KEEP PROMISING THAT THOSE, THAT COMMUNITY STUFF AND IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING MONEY DISAPPEARED OR YOU SWIMMING POOL, UH, DOWNTOWN. 
          AND SO WE GOTTA GO DIG A HOLE AT ROCHESTER PARK AND SWIM AT. 
          AND SO I'M, I'M WE GOT, WE GOTTA DELIVERED. 
          YOU KNOW, I WASN'T A BIG ADVOCATE OF A PARK IN A PARK. 
          I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M BEING TRUTHFUL WITH YOU. 
          AND I DIDN'T WANT IT ON WHERE IT IS NOW BECAUSE UH, I'M TIRED OF RIDING IN THE BACK OF THE BUS. 
          UH, UH, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          I LIKE IT BY THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY MUSEUM, I GOTTA TELL YOU. 
          BUT I THINK, UH, I MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS 'CAUSE WE MADE THIS COMMUNITY, 
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UH, AT COMMON SCHOOL. 
          WE ALSO GOTTA REMEMBER WE AS THIS BOY, AS THIS CITY TO KEEP DOING CONTRACTS THAT DON'T REALLY BENEFIT US. 
          SURE. 
          THAT WE FALL INTO THE SAME ONE. 
          SO THANK YOU RYAN. 
          AND UH, I HOPE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. 
          MR. I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY. 
          THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WILL BE COMPLETE WHEN THE PARK IS DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          THAT'S WHEN THE AGREEMENT WOULD SPARK, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SHORTLY BEFORE THAT POINT, WE'LL HAVE A DECISION TO DO WE OPERATE AND PROGRAM THE PARK OURSELVES? DO WE CONTRACT WITH FAIR PARK FIRST TO DO IT? DO WE CONTRACT WITH SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO IT? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          THAT IS OUR PRACTICE. 
          FOR INSTANCE, AT HALPERIN PARK, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION, WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD A MAINTENANCE ABUSE AGREEMENT WITH THAT ENTITY VERY SOON. 
          THAT'S JUST NORMALLY HOW WE HANDLE THOSE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS. 
          AND AT THAT POINT WE CAN CONSIDER WHETHER WE WANT TO DO THE SAME THING THAT WE'VE DONE WITH BIG FAIR PARK OR GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THERE. 
          YES, THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE ABOUT WHO WILL OPERATE THE COMMUNITY PARK EXCLUSIVELY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND IT COULD BE THE SAME AS THE BIG PARK OR DIFFERENT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. DICK. 
          THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, BACK IN AUGUST OF 2018, UH, IN THE MEETINGS THAT SEVERAL OF US WERE IN, UM, IT WAS CLEAR AND PRESIDENT ABTAHI, I REMEMBER VERY STRONG ON THIS AS WELL, THAT THE NUMBER ONE THING IS WE GOTTA GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY THIS PARK THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE THING AND IT'S, UH, BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE. 
          THEN WE GOT INTO THE WHOLE THING WITH SPECTRA AND ODG WHERE THERE WAS THIS, UH, FAIR PARK FIRST WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T REALLY CONTROL, WHICH WAS THE OPERATIONS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WAS A SEPARATE EFFORT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RAISING THE MONEY FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK. 
          THAT'S TRUE, RIGHT? YES. 
          SO THEY DID THAT. 
          AND SO NOW THAT WE HAVE COME OUT OF THIS NIGHTMARE, WE'RE LEFT WITH FAIR PARK FIRST THAT IS NOT INVOLVED OR ENCUMBERED WITH THE OPERATIONAL ASPECT THAT WE THANK GOD HAVE TAKEN UNDER THE GREAT DIRECTION OF DIRECTOR JENKINS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB WITH ALL THE STAFF, BUT THE FOCUS MISSION TO FINISH THE MISSION OF RAISING THE MONEY, WHICH THEY'RE BEST SHOWN, THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT AND FINISH THE JOB. 
          AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S SORT OF A CHANGE HORSES TOWARD THE END OF THE RACE. 
          I DON'T SEE, ESPECIALLY LOOK LOOKING AT THE WAY THE BOARD AND EVERY THE, THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN RESTRUCTURED. 
          I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN THESE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          AND SO THE QUESTION I HAVE NOW AND MR. GOLDSTEIN RACE, IT WAS A GOOD ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT IS THE IT, I DON'T LIKE BEING RUSHED INTO ANYTHING, BUT I FEEL WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE RUSHING INTO IT, BUT THERE WAS DISCOMFORT WITH THE TIMELINE. 
          WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW, IF I MAY ASK HEATHER STEVENS THE FUNDRAISER, IS WHAT WOULD A DELAY, IF ANY, HAVE EFFECT ON OUTSTANDING DONOR MONEY? WHAT, WHAT IMPACT IF WE DELAY IT EVEN BY A MONTH OR TWO WEEKS, WOULD THAT, WHAT KIND OF EFFECT MIGHT THAT HAVE, IF ANY, ON THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY GET THAT LAST 6 MILLION WHATEVER'S BEEN PLEDGED ALREADY. 
          UM, SO YOUR QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE PROJECT WAS PAUSED AND NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH IT? WELL, SEVERAL THINGS. 
          UM, FUNDING FOR ONE, UM, A PROJECT'S PAUSED, IT'S NOT HAPPENING. 
          SO WHY WOULD YOU GIVE TO IT? WELL, TO PAUSE. 
          'CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW THE CERTAINTY OF IT. 
          STARTING AGAIN. 
          I THINK IT CREATES UNCERTAINTY WITH THE FUNDERS WHO HAVE FUNDED BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC. 
          THERE ARE TIMELINES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN SECURED THROUGH PARKING REC, UM, SUBSTANTIAL GIFTS THAT PARK AND REC HAVE, LIKE  ONE OF THE FIRST THAT'S BEEN RECEIVED BY THE CITY. 
          AND I HOPE THAT IT'S OPENED A DOOR FOR MANY OTHER OR LOCK FUNDS TO COME. 
          SO IT WOULD AFFECT NOT JUST PRIVATE, BUT ALSO PUBLIC FUNDING. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT FUNDING THE, AND I THINK JASON SHOULD PROBABLY COME UP HERE AND TALK. 
          UM, THE DELAY REALLY IS THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, EVERY TIME WE CHANGE THE TIMELINE OR DELAY IT, THE ONLY PERSON LOSING OUT IS THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. 
          AND I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT MY TIME. 
          MY CLOCK KEPT RUNNING WHILE I WAS SO I THINK I MIGHT HAVE GOT A LITTLE TIME LEFT. 
          UM, IF I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF JASON HAS ANYTHING TO SAY. 
          'CAUSE I THINK WE 
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SHOULD, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW JASON. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          NO, JUST THE, UH, ECHO WHAT, WHAT THE OTHERS SAID. 
          UM, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS AN ORGANIZATION, OUR, OUR THING IS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, BUT SIMPLY HOW DO WE DELIVER ON OUR PROMISES TO THE, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO GO AFTER TALK GOOD MONEY THINGS GOING THROUGH THIS GOOD MONEY THAT WE HAVE THIS POINT ACROSS THE TABLE. 
          AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR GOAL. 
          WE LEANED UP AS AN ORGANIZATION AND I MADE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE STRENGTHENING INTERNALLY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE NIMBLE. 
          . 
          AND JUST THE LAST THING AND MY FINAL AMOUNT OF TIME, I, AS I WAS LIAISON ALONG WITH MR. WOOD ON THE BOARD, WE HEARD RELENTLESSLY FROM THE COMMUNITIES LIKE, WHERE'S THE DARN PARK ALREADY? AND, UH, I'M NOT FOR TO DELAY AND I'M TOTALLY CONFIDENT AND OF COURSE I DON'T HAVE A VOTE, BUT I CAN HAVE THE LAST CHANCE FOR AN OPINION. 
          AND THAT'S MY OPINION IS THAT WE SHOULD STICK WITH THE ONE WHO BROUGHT US AND THEY DIDN'T BRING US TO THE DISASTER. 
          I WOULD SAY IT WAS SO ANOTHER ENTITY, IT WAS 99% RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S MY OPINION. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 
          MR. BROWN, WHAT IS YOUR SPECIALTY? WHAT IS YOUR, WHAT IS YOUR, UM, TRADE THAT YOU'VE WORKED IN NOW? WHAT DO YOU DO? UH, PUBLIC FINANCE, UH, REAL ESTATE BOAT, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO YOU ARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, SO YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO LEAD THIS ORGANIZATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PARK? I DON'T THINK SO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          BRINGING THAT EXPERTISE TO THE BOARD, WHICH I BELIEVE, UM, YOU WILL TOTALLY DELIVER. 
          UM, AND MS. HEATHER, THE, THE GAP IS ABOUT $6 MILLION RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THROUGH AND THROUGH OUR DONORS HAVE STOOD WITH US THROUGH THIS, UM, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH. 
          DO YOU HAVE DONORS SUPPORT AND DO YOU HAVE A FIRM PLAN TO FILL THAT GAP AND CLOSE THIS DEAL SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER ON THIS PARK THAT IF WE DELAY, WE ARE ONLY DELAYING FOR THIS COMMUNITY? AS SHE'S ALREADY SAID, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DELAYED FOR GENERATIONS, UM, AT, IN SOUTH DALLAS. 
          AND I, I HEAR IT OFTEN THAT SOUTH DALLAS DOESN'T GET THIS IN. 
          SOUTH DALLAS DOESN'T GET THAT. 
          WE FIND OURSELVES IN SOUTH DALLAS ALL THE TIME. 
          AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE A DELAY OF ANY SORT, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, BUT BACK TO THE, SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR DONORS THAT ARE SITTING THERE STANDING WITH US. 
          WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR THE GAP AND HOW FIRM ARE YOU THAT YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION AND, AND SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE THE ORIGINAL GOAL THAT YOU HAD WHEN YOU WERE ORIGINALLY HIRED BY BERG FIRST, COULD YOU TELL US WHAT THAT WAS AND THEN WHERE WE ARE TODAY? UM, LIKE WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CONTACTED AMOUNT THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO RAISE? SO I'M GONNA GO WITH, THERE'S SOUNDS LIKE THREE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, SO FIRST QUESTION I HEARD WAS, DO WE HAVE A PLAN AND, UH, TO EXECUTE THE REMAINING AMOUNT? UM, THE FAIR PART, FIRST TEAM LED BY JASON WITH GOVERNOR ATKINS AND ZDA, THE WHOLE BOARD IS COMMITTED TO OUR STRATEGY. 
          AND, UM, WE'VE ALREADY SHOWN PROGRESS TO RAISE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT. 
          6 MILLION AS A GAP IS, UM, THE SMALLER SCALE OF THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEEN RAISED. 
          I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT. 
          UM, WE HAVE DONORS THAT ARE READY TO STAND IN THE GAP. 
          THEY REALLY WANNA SEE THIS. 
          I WAS VISITING AND JUST SO THIS BOARD KNOWS, FAIR PARK FIRST HAS VISITED WITH EVERY ONE OF THEIR DONORS EVERY SINGLE MONTH SINCE THIS ALL STARTED HAPPENING IN MARCH OF 24. 
          EVERY MONTH THEY SIT WITH THEM AND EXPLAIN TO THEM AND UPDATE THEM ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING SO THAT THEY ARE AS STAKEHOLDERS FULLY AWARE. 
          AND, UM, SO THAT COMMUNICATION CHANNELS VERY, VERY STRONG. 
          SO I, I DO FEEL CONFIDENT THERE IS A PLAN AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THROUGH THOSE MILESTONES INTO COMPETITION. 
          YOU ASKED ANOTHER QUESTION, WHICH FEELS UNRELATED, BUT, UM, SO WHEN THERE FIRST, FIRST CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED ME TO, UH, WORK ON THE PROJECT, THAT BOLD WAS JUST TO SHOW THAT I, WE COULD RAISE HALF A MILLION AND TO DATE, HOW MUCH HAVE WE RAISED? UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT TODAY, UM, WE HAVE RAISED JUST, WELL, 33 POINT, I'D LIKE TO SAY THE EXACT NUMBER, 33.3 MILLION TO THE COMMUNITY PARK PROJECT, WHICH AS RYAN SHARED, INCLUDES SPENT, MISS SPENT. 
          AND SO I, I, I ASK THAT ONLY TO SAY THAT YOU'RE VERY QUALIFIED IN HELPING RAISE THE FUNDS. 
          [02:05:01]
I FEEL, I FEEL THE TRACK RECORD HAS SPOKEN TOWARD ITSELF. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, MR.  , STOP TOUCHING. 
          GOTTA SAY THE WORD. 
          IT, IT'S NOT COMING ON. 
          WELL, I GOT A BIG ENOUGH VOICE. 
          HOPEFULLY CARRY OVER. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          CAN WE HEAR? YES. 
          UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, JUST A COUPLE, WE BRING, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. 
          FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M FOR THIS PART OF BEING DONE, MAYBE NOT AN EXISTING FOOTPRINT, BUT I AM FOR THIS PART BEING DONE. 
          UH, SO I TELL YOU WHERE I'M AT AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, UH, INPUT. 
          WE CAN ALL GO TO OUR COMMUNITY ANYWHERE WE WANT. 
          AND THERE'S A HUNDRED PEOPLE FORWARD AND A HUNDRED PEOPLE AGAINST IT. 
          SO I KNOW SOME OF THE COMMITTEE, MAYBE OUR LOUDEST COMMITTEE MEMBERS WANT IT, BUT MAYBE OUR, OUR QUIETEST DON'T. 
          SO I, I HEAR THE COMMITTEE'S BEEN PROMISED AND PROMISES FOR YEARS, BUT HOW MUCH NEGATIVE HAVE WE GOTTEN ON BOTH SIDES, YOU KNOW, OR YES, NO KIND OF DEAL. 
          SO JUST, JUST SOMETHING TO EVALUATE. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY ONE, IT, I LIVED IN A COMMUNITY 22 YEARS AND THERE WAS TONS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE AGAINST A LOT OF THINGS AND FOUR THINGS AND JUST SEEING THE, THE, THE, THE VOICES HEARD. 
          UM, BUT MY QUESTION IS TO MORE TO THE STAFF THAN, THAN YOU GUYS, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE FOR, FOR PART, FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE PART. 
          WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GET INTO A LEGAL TURMOIL WITH BOTH ENTITIES OR ONE OF THE ENTITIES? WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE IF WE APPROVE THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD? SO I WOULD SAY, I GUESS THAT'S MORE OF A QUESTION. 
          WHAT IS THE RISK WITH MOVING THIS DEVELOPMENT? SO OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IF THE ORGANIZATION DISSOLVE BECAUSE OF THE LEGAL BATTLE, YEAH, THAT'S YOUR RISK. 
          BUT BECAUSE WE'RE, I FEEL LIKE, AND RYAN AND I HAVE REALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS STRATEGICALLY, IT IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE ALL THE MONEY ALREADY RAISED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF $5.8 MILLION, WHAT'S MY RISK BY NOT ALLOWING IT TO GO FORWARD AS WELL? BECAUSE THAT'S A RISK TOO, BECAUSE OF THE, WE HAVE SAID WE'RE GOING TO LIVE ON THE COMMUNITY PARK AND I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR, I DON'T WANT TO OWN THE COMMUNITY PARK. 
          DON'T, UH, SO, SO THERE'S TWO RISKS. 
          THERE'S THE RISK IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE RAISED FUNDS AND THERE'S THE RISK IF THEY DISSOLVE IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND I CAN'T PREDICT NEITHER . 
          OKAY. 
          HOWEVER, I DO THINK BECAUSE WE'RE JUST COMING YOU ALL ASKING JUST FOR A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, I THINK WE ARE ABLE TO MANAGE, MITIGATE SOME OF THAT RISK BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT TWO YEARS FOR A YEAR AND A HALF TO REALLY SEE HOW THEY'RE PROGRESSING ON DELIVERING ON THE FUNDRAISING, THE DESIGN, AND BEING READY TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION MONEY TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          'CAUSE IF THEY DON'T, 'CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT GRIEVANCE SAYS YOU HAVE TO DELIVER ON THOSE THINGS. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T, THEN THE BOARD, JUST LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO, YOU CAN TAKE ACTION TO CANCEL THAT CONTRACT AND THEN THE RISK IS GOING TO FALL BACK ON THE PARK DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA FINISH ON DELIVERING ON THE PARK AND THEN FOUND AN OPERATOR TO OPERATE THE PARK. 
          I HAVE TO BE VERY HONEST, I'VE BEEN VERY HONEST IN THE PAST WITH OTHERS, I WANT NO DESIRE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING, OPERATING THAT COMMUNITY PARK. 
          'CAUSE OUR HANDS ARE GONNA BE BIG ENOUGH FULL JUST FOCUSING ON FAIR PARK AND THE COTTON BOWL. 
          AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT 'CAUSE BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY AS, AND I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PRO WITH THE PARK. 
          WE JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT WHAT'S, WHAT COULD HAPPEN THEORETICALLY IF SOMETHING COMES TO FRUITION AND HOW WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN IT AFTER ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          THOSE ARE KIND OF MY DEVELOPMENT. 
          AGREE. 
          I KNOW THE DEVELOPMENT'S ONE THING, THE THE MAIN AFTERWARDS IS AFTER, BUT HOW WE'RE GONNA REALLY SEE THE FUTURE OF THE PARK KEEP, UH, PROVIDING THE SERVICES NEEDS TO, 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY BOOTSTRAP AS WE ARE AND WE'RE CUTTING BACK DIFFERENT THINGS AND, AND IF YOU LOOK AT PROJECTIONS FOR THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS, THE CITY'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE CUT, CUT, CUT BECAUSE OF PROPERTY, BECAUSE OF PROPERTY TAXES AND VALUES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          AND, AND OF COURSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PENSION, UH, PROJECT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. 
          SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, BUT I AM FOR THIS PROJECT, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANKS STEVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [02:10:01]
UM, SOMETHING JOHN JUST SAID. 
          I I WE DON'T WANNA AIR COUNSEL FOR OPERATING THE PARK, BUT IT'S ONLINE, RIGHT? SO SHOULDN'T WE SORT OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE TO OPERATE THE PARK BEFORE WE BUILD IT MAYBE? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I SAID, WE GOT ABOUT PROBABLY ABOUT 18 MONTHS, SO THAT, YEAH, SO THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION I'D LIKE TO HAVE. 
          I DON'T, I'M FOR PARK PARTICULARLY IF THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. 
          WE HEARD FROM A VERY RESPECTFUL MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WHO, LIKE I SAID, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO MORE BEFORE WE GOT INTO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT. 
          SO I'D LOVE FOR THE BOARD TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS GONE ON. 
          SO LET LET'S, I AGREE WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE WE DELIVER WHAT THEY WANT. 
          SO I WANT, I WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM, WHETHER IT'S CALLING ON THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO US OR WE GO DO SOME PEER ENGAGEMENT IN FAIR PARK. 
          I THINK THAT'S IN ORDER, UM, THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT A DELAY AND WE CAN'T DELAY AT ALL IF THE DONORS HAVE REALLY STUCK WITH FAIR PARK FIRST THROUGH ALL OF THIS, LIKE YOU SAY THEY HAVE, I I FIND IT REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GONNA WALK AWAY BECAUSE THE PARK BOARD WANTS DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE WE DECIDE WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. 
          I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YEARS OF PLAY, OR IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE MONTHS, BUT TURNING AROUND JUST WEEKS AFTER, UM, THE SEPARATION, JUMPING RIGHT INTO AN AGREEMENT, POTENTIALLY OUR NEXT VOTING AGENDA IS, IS WAY TOO FAST FOR ME. 
          HAS OVG THREATENED ANY LEGAL ACTION AGAINST FAIR PARK? FIRST? ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT LEGAL ACTION HAS TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE CAN'T TODAY BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEEN POSTED. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE JUST NEED TO STICK TO THAT PART. 
          FUNDRAISING AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I'LL JUST SAY, UM, I THINK ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT MS. MOND SAID, I I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT'S A POTENTIAL POSSIBILITY AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FIRST SET UP FOR SUCCESS IF THAT'S PART OF THE EQUATION IN THE COMING YEARS TOO. 
          UM, FOR ME, I DEFINITELY, OF COURSE WE WANNA KEEP OUR PROMISE TO THE COMMUNITY ON THIS PART. 
          SO THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD BE WORSE THAN NOT, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD BE A WORSE OUTCOME, WHAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD WOULD BE IF WE TAKE, GO DOWN A PATH WHERE THE PARK DOESN'T GET DELIVERED. 
          AND SO I JUST THINK THAT US DOING DUE DILIGENCE, THAT'S OUR JOB. 
          UM, AND, AND I JUST REALLY DON'T APPRECIATE WHEN WE'RE RUSHED INTO A REALLY MAJOR DECISION. 
          MS. CL THANK YOU. 
          UM, HEATHER, HAVE ANY DONORS ASKED FOR THEIR MONEY BACK? NO, THEY HAVE NOT. 
          WE HAVE NOT COLLECTED MOST OF IT, BUT I MEAN, THEY HAVEN'T ASKED PLENTY OF THAT. 
          NO, NO, NO. 
          LET ME BE CLEAR. 
          THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING. 
          SO WE ALSO HAVE MONEY INVESTED IN THIS PARTNER. 
          MY ABSOLUTELY. 
          HAVE ANY OTHER DONORS ASKED FOR THEIR PS THEY HAVE NOT, UM, ASKED FOR THEIR PS BACK. 
          AND WHAT HAVE THEY TOLD YOU IN THESE MEETINGS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN CONVERSING WITH THEM FREQUENTLY? I JUST HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK WITH ONE OF OUR MAJOR DONORS IN THE PARK AND THEY SAID, WE JUST WANNA SEE THIS BILL. 
          WE, WE KEEP HEARING, THERE'S EXCUSES, THERE'S DELAYS, THERE'S AGENDAS, AND THERE'S OTHER POINTS THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE. 
          BUT YOU JUST, WHY CAN'T WE JUST MEET MORE? AND THAT'S WHERE I, I UNDERSTAND WE'VE LOST SOME CREDIBILITY BECAUSE OF THE OPERATION OF THOSE MAPS, BUT DONORS HAVEN'T LOST CREDIBILITY. 
          THEY HAVEN'T ACTUALLY, UH, RECENT EMAIL I JUST EXCHANGED OF THE DONOR OR TEXT MESSAGES, I MEAN, THEY SAID IT SEEMS THAT THE INFORMATION IS COMING TO LIGHT ABOUT THE SITUATION. 
          THEY'RE SEEING THE ARTICLES AND READING THEM AND GETTING, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN SHARING, THEY ARE SEEING THAT NOW  IT'S BEING SHARED MORE BROADLY AND THAT IS ALSO REAFFIRMING FOR THEM TO SEE. 
          I THINK FAIR PARK FIRST WAS PUT IN A TERRIBLE SITUATION FOR A NONPROFIT. 
          I'VE WORKED WITH LOTS AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 
          UM, SO I THINK THE RIGHT THING TO DO WOULD BE TO MOVE FORWARD IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT GOOD COMES OUT OF THIS. 
          SPEAK OF THAT. 
          AND SO SPEAKING OF THE PARK ITSELF, ALL THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS YOU THAT BRIAN HAD, AND DARREN, A LOT OF YOUR BOARD NORM WAS PART OF THOSE, UM, YOU HAD STUDIO OUTSIDE AND MLA WHERE THE ARCHITECTS THAT WERE DOING THE PART, HOW MUCH HAS THIS NEW PLAN DEVIATED FROM THAT ORIGINAL PLAN THAT DID HAVE ALL THE COMMUNITY INPUT? JAMES, DID YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT? YEAH, IT DIDN'T DEVIATE MUCH. 
          UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, THE PLACEMENT OF SOME OF THE ITEMS, BUT, UH, AS FAR AS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED, IT IS THE FOREFRONT JUST LIKE THE DOLLARS, UH, WHAT THEY WANT IT, IT'S, IT'S ALL INCORPORATED INTO THE RISK AND THE REDESIGN PART. 
          [02:15:01]
SO EVEN THOUGH THE SCOPE MAY HAVE SHRUNK A LITTLE BIT, IT HASN'T CHANGED WHAT WAS, WHAT DONORS INTENDED TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR INTENT WAS TO GIVE TO CORRECT, CORRECT THOSE AMENITIES IN THE PARK. 
          YEAH, I THINK THE THING THAT CHANGED WAS THAT ORIGINAL, WE ORIGINAL, UH, PARK SIZE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FIVE ACRES. 
          14, 14, IT WAS 14 ACRES. 
          UM, WITH THAT IT WAS, SO, UM, I KNOW WE'RE GOING HERE. 
          UH, SO THE BIGGEST PART THAT'S BEEN RE-SCOPE IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE OLDER PLAN AND THE NEW ONE, THAT GREAT LAWN WAS AN OVERLY BOLD SO THAT FOR SOME REASON, UM, THERE WERE GOALS OF HAVING ABOUT 15,000 PEOPLE ON THAT LAWN, UM, IN ALYSSA'S PROGRAMMATIC OUTPUT. 
          THEY DON'T SEE EVENTS HAPPENING THERE OF MORE THAN 5,000 UNLESS IT'S A VERY SPECIAL THING. 
          AND SO THE SCALE OF THE LAWN WAS SCOPED DOWN AND IT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO A MORE COMMUNITY LEVEL ACCESSIBLE VERSUS TRYING TO MAKE IT ALMOST COMPETE. 
          I GUESS MY, UM, I MEAN I DON'T GET TO VOTE ON THIS WHEN, WHEN IT COMES BACK TO YOU ALL, SO I LEAVE IT IN YOUR HANDS, BUT I ACTUALLY THINK WE LOSE MORE CREDIBILITY BY PICKING SOMEBODY WE DON'T KNOW. 
          AND I THINK THEY'RE ALSO JUST MY EXPERIENCE WITHIN FUNDRAISING IS THAT THERE JUST AREN'T A LOT OF PARTNERS. 
          THERE JUST AREN'T A LOT OF FUNDRAISING CONSULTANTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE WILLING TO TAKE ON A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STRINGS ATTACHED THAT WE'VE GOT. 
          I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT NOT RUSHING THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          I I RESPECT ALL OF THAT. 
          I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT HOW ALL THIS SHOOK OUT. 
          I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          UM, BUT I DON'T, I THINK I AGREE THAT THE WORST OUTCOME IS NOT DELIVERING ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR AND GAVE 600 COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND WE JUST KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AGAIN AND CONTINUE PROMISING AND NOT DELIVERING WHILE THE CITY FIGURES OUT HOW IT WOULD, WHO'S GONNA MANAGE IT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ONLY TWO. 
          SO I, I JUST WANTED TO, UM,  JUST HIT ON THAT THERE WAS HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          SO TO SAY THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT INVOLVED, I WAS AT EVERY ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          THE COMMUNITY WAS INVITED, THEY WERE INVOLVED WAY MORE THAN EVEN THE CITY REQUIRED THEM TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY IN THE DECISIONS. 
          NOW, SOME OF THE, THE OPERATIONS SIDE OF IT, WE KNOW HOW THAT TURNED OUT. 
          THAT WAS A MESS. 
          BUT AS FAR AS WHEN IT CAME TO THE PLANNING, THE, THE LOCATION OF THE PARK WAS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY CHOSE THEM. 
          I WAS AT EVERY ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO SAY, WE'RE RUSHING THIS FOR THE COMMUNITY IS NOT THE TRUTH. 
          SO WE, WE KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS HAD A VOICE. 
          IT MIGHT NOT BE EVERYTHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED, BUT IT WAS CHOSE. 
          UM, I BELIEVE MR. BROWN WANTED IT OVER ON THE COLUMN SIDE. 
          AT, AT ONE POINT, THAT'S WHERE MOST OF US THOUGHT THE PARK SHOULD BE, BUT PEOPLE CHOSE THE BACKSIDE BECAUSE THAT WAS WHERE THE HISTORIC HOMES THAT WERE EMINENT DOMAIN, ALL OF THAT. 
          SO WE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THAT'S WHY THE PARK ENDED UP WHERE IT'S AT IN THE LARGEST PLOT OF LAND THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE PARK BEING PRESENTED. 
          THAT'S WHY THAT WAS LIKE THAT. 
          SO TO SAY THE COMMUNITY WASN'T INVOLVED, NOT THE TRUTH. 
          I WAS THERE, I SAW THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          SO WE'RE NOT RUSHING ANYTHING. 
          THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO DELIVER ON THIS PARK. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THE PRIDE AND THE, THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THAT BOARD NOW WANT TO DELIVER THAT PARK. 
          SO LET'S FINISH IT AND GET IT DONE. 
          , I KNOW THE FIRST PART IS SO MUCH EASIER THAN THE SECOND. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING BEEN PROFESSIONALLY INVOLVED IN FUNDRAISING FOR 15 YEARS, NO RAISING THREE, $3 BILLION TO NO SMALL FEAT. 
          KUDOS TO YOU. 
          PEOPLE WHO GAVE THAT MONEY DIDN'T ONLY GIVE THE MONEY TO FAIR PARK, THEY GAVE IT TO THIS PARTICULAR ENTITY. 
          AND IF 2 0 1, NONE OF THEM HAVE WITHDRAWN THEIR PLEDGES OR THEIR FUNDS AND THEY'RE THAT CONFIDENT IN PROCEEDING FORWARD. 
          I FEEL LIKE THAT TO ME IS, YOU KNOW, IS A VERY GOOD VOTE OF CONFIDENCE WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, MY PERSONAL DECISION OR OUR DECISIONS BOARD TO ALLOW THESE FOLKS TO DELIVER ON THE PROMISE THAT THEY'VE MADE TO BE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL WILLING TO GIVE THE MONEY TO HAVE THE PART DELIVERED, WHICH IS 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING. 
          LIKE I WAS THERE AND, AND, AND AT FAIR PARK WATCHING THE EXCITEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, SEEING THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PASSIONATE INTONATIONS OF THE FOLKS THERE FOR GENERATIONS WAITING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND TO WRITE. 
          HISTORICALLY, 
          [02:20:02]
I'M ALL FOR THIS PART BEING BUILT. 
          I DON'T WANNA SEE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, THE SON PUNISHED FOR THE SINS OF THE FATHER SITUATION HAPPENING HERE. 
          AND, UM, YEAH, I'M ALL FOR DUE DILIGENCE. 
          I THINK IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED OR IS FELT AS NEEDED, I WOULD LIKE THAT DUE DILIGENCE TO BE DEFINED BECAUSE THAT'S JUST A WORD TO ME. 
          WHAT, WHAT IS THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT IS NEEDED IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, SOME FEEL IS REQUIRED. 
          BUT, UM, I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THIS PART DONE AND HAVING THIS ENTITY DO IT. 
          HUMAN. 
          I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT GOING FORWARD WITH THIS PART, BUT AFTER HAVING, AFTER HAVING HEARD FROM EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE AND YOUR HISTORY ABOUT THIS PARK AND THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, UH, I, I FEEL LIKE, UH, WE SHOULD NOT DELAY THIS BECAUSE IF WE'VE PROMISED THIS TO THIS COMMUNITY, UH, OVER THE YEARS AND NOW WE BACK OUT OF IT, I THINK WE'RE AT A CRITICAL POINT. 
          WE HAVE THE FUNDING, WE HAVE THE SUPPORT THIS BOARD, AND I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. 
          WAYNE, MR. CON. 
          THANK YOU MR. AL. 
          JUST THE, UM, MAIN SOURCE OF FUNDING IS KEEPING FAIR PARK FIRST AFLOAT. 
          LIKE IF, IF THIS, IF THIS CONTRACT WAS TO GO AWAY, WE WERE PUT THIS OUT TO BID SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          FAIR PARK FIRST, HAVE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE? WELL, I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION I, I WOULD ASK THAT WHAT WHAT WILL BE OUR USE? SO WE WERE CREATED FROM A SINGLE USE THAT WAS, WE'RE OVERSEEING THE PART SO WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT I USE SOMETHING. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND TALK ABOUT IT. 
          ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. 
          THAT, THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION PERFECTLY. 
          AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, THE 20 ISH MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S LEFT ARE THE, HOW MANY PEOPLE FIRST, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON SALARY AT FAIR PARK FIRST? UH, JUST ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IS THAT SALARY BEING PAID THAT, THAT POT OF MONEY THAT IS GOING FOR THE PARK? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY POT OF MONEY? THAT 20 MILLION. 
          HOW IS THAT SALARY? I, HOW'S THE SALARY BE PAID? OH, SO WE HAVE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DRAW DOWN ON, ON CERTAIN, UH, ON CERTAIN GRAND DOLLARS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, AND I HAVE FEW QUESTIONS, FINANCES AND ALL. 
          I GUESS THE LAST TIME WE, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE SAW FAIR PARK? FIRST FINANCIALS? UH, I, I'M GONNA HAVE UPDATE. 
          BRETT WAS THE ONE WHO HAS AN INITIATIVE, THE SECOND PART. 
          SURE. 
          SO THEY'VE BEEN ON SCHEDULE, PROVIDING THEIR FINANCIALS. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE AN AUDITOR ON SITE RIGHT NOW. 
           THE FINANCIALS AIRPORT FIRST. 
          THERE'S BEEN NO, THAT IS WITH THE AUDITORS THAT BE COMPLETED. 
          IT IS TOUGH TO SAY, UM, BECAUSE THE FINANCIALS WERE LEFT IN THE BOX OF 40 BOXES. 
          SO WE HAVE SEEN SO MUCH OF LACK OF BETTER WORDS, NONSENSE. 
          WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED AUDIT AND WE ARE WILLING TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER. 
          HEATHER SAID DONORS REALLY WANT THAT TO BE DONE. 
          THEY REALLY WANTED TO DO THAT INCREASES OUR RESPONSIBILITY WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING EVEN MORE. 
          SO WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT. 
          HOW ARE WE EVEN PROPOSING THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY OF THAT DUE DILIGENCE AND WE ARE GOING TO GIVE ANOTHER $40 MILLION CONTRACT TO THEM? THAT'S FIRST QUESTION. 
          I DON'T THINK ANY ONE OF THEM OR 3 MILLION DOLLARIDE, THEY DISAGREE. 
          THE SPARK NEEDS TO BE PAID, ARC NEEDS TO BE BUILT. 
          AND I'VE HEARD THIS WORD OF, AND AGAIN, I'LL BE A LITTLE STRONG. 
          I THINK EVERYONE, THE WORD OF COMMUNITY GETS USED AND COMMUNITY IS SUFFERING THE MOST. 
          WHEN WAS THE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY WHEN FAIR PARK FIRST GOT THIS, UH, UH, MANDATE AT THAT TIME ALSO IT WAS COMMUNITY WHEN IT WAS BEING USED. 
          EVEN TODAY, COMMUNITY'S NAME IS BEING USED. 
          SO IS IT OUR RESPONSIBILITY MORE TO SEE, OF COURSE THESE ARE HUGE DOLLARS. 
          OF COURSE WE CANNOT TAKE AWAY FROM HEATHER OR RISE 360. 
          HER ORGANIZATION HAS DONE, AND SHE HERSELF SAID THAT THOSE DONORS WANTED TO GET DONE. 
          SO WE, 
          [02:25:01]
WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF DUE DILIGENCE. 
          WE HAVE AS AN ORGANIZATION NOT BEEN, UM, UH, VERY GOOD IN OUR DUE DILIGENCES OF THE, UH, PRIVATE ENTERPRISES. 
          SO THAT REALLY INCREASES, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WANTED TO BE DONE. 
          WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT AUDIT. 
          UH, DO WE KNOW HOW THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS WERE INSTITUTED FOR THE FAIR PARK FIRST? DO WE HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO IT? I KNOW THERE'S SOME GREAT RESUMES AND ALL, BUT HOW DO WE, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT IS, HOW DO WE KNOW THEY'RE JUST FRIENDS AND FAMILY BOARD MEMBERS? UM, I WOULD SAY THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER QUESTION FOR JASON TO ANSWER, BUT I KNOW THAT THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ON WERE, WERE VETTED AND WERE VOTED AND SUPPORTED BY THE, BY THE BODY OF FAIR PARK FIRST. 
          YEAH. 
          TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, REMIND YOU THAT WE'RE ALL AT THE TABLE WITH VOLUNTEERS, UH, WITH THE GOAL. 
          WE OVERSEE, UH, THIS ASSET. 
          SO WE TALKED ABOUT BOARD ASSESSMENT, FIGURE OUR, WHERE OUR HOLES WERE BASED OFF OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WERE, SO, UH, I THINK IT'S IN OUR LIST, OUR APPENDIX. 
          UH, WE HAVE JUDGES, FORMER ATTORNEYS, FORMER PARTNERS AT AUDIT FIRMS, LEGAL, FINANCE, THE GAPS THAT WE KNEW THAT WE HAD, WE WANTED TO FILL THOSE GAPS. 
          JASON, I THINK I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, BUT THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION WHO WAS COMING AND PREACHING FOR OBG AND VOUCHING ON THEIR LIFE THAT THEY WERE THE BEST THING BETTER THAN THE SLICE RED. 
          AND SEE WHERE WE ARE. 
          I KNOW THERE WAS, AGAIN, YOU ARE A NEW LEADER THERE. 
          THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION WHICH WENT TO THE LEGISLATURE TO TAKE PARK SYSTEM, UH, UH, OR FAIR PARK UNDER THE PARK AUTHORITY AND THEY FUNDED THAT WITH OUR OWN MONEY. 
          SO HOW DO I TRUST THIS ORGANI? AGAIN, MONEY IS THERE. 
          I WILL A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH WHAT BERT SAID. 
          IT IS AN ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN, NO, I THINK I DISAGREE. 
          TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND. 
          HAVE WE EXPLORED THEM? THEY HAVE NUMBER OF, UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE DONE. 
          IT WILL BE A TOUGH JOB TO CHANGE THOSE DO THING AND ALL. 
          SO NO, THERE ARE OTHER PARTNERS WHO, WHO SHOULD BE EXPLORED HERE? I HAVE NOT TALKED TO TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND. 
          THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE TOO. 
          SO, FAIR PARK FIRST HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB, YOU KNOW, OF RAISING THAT MONEY THAT IS FOR A SINGLE THING. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW MY BIGGEST THING IS WE ARE NOT EVEN COMPLETED AUDIT AND WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE THIS NEW BIG CONTRACT, $40 MILLION CONTRACT WITH THEM WHEN ALL THIS NONSENSE IS HAPPENING. 
          SO IF WE ARE IN THE PUBLIC AISLE QUESTION, LET, IF I COULD, IF I COULD CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT. 
          WELL, I DO CLARIFY RYAN, BECAUSE ONE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I KNOW WE MENTIONED THAT SOMETHING BEING RUSHED, AIN'T NOTHING BEING RUSHED. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S WHY WE WENT THROUGH THE COMMITTEE. 
          THAT'S WHY WE BRINGING THIS BRIEFING BACK TO THE BOARD. 
          AND THANKS TO MR. GOLDSTEIN WHO WANTED THE BRIEFING TO COME TO THE FULL BOARD, THAT'S WHY THE BOARD IS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEIR INPUT SO THAT, SO THE STAFF CAN GET GUIDANCE ON HOW YOU ALL WANT US TO PROCEED. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR. 
          WE AIN'T RUSHING NOTHING. 
          WE ARE HERE TO GET YOUR GUIDANCE AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO AS STAFF. 
          AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT GIVES AN ENTITY PERMISSION TO BUILD SOMETHING ON CITY PROPERTY. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE APPROVING SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS TO BE AWARDED. 
          IT'S SIMPLY A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT GIVES A PARTNER, IN THIS CASE, AN ABILITY TO MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT ON CITY PROPERTY. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          IT'S, AND AGAIN, I THINK WHEN I BROUGHT UP A GREAT TOPIC AND SOMEONE ELSE ALSO IT DID, I HAVE NO, I DON'T HAVE REVIEW OF WHAT THE LEGAL STUFF IS GOING ON, SO I'M NOT DISCUSSING. 
          BUT THIS REALLY OPENS UP TO A BIGGER LAWSUIT FROM, UH, THE OTHER PARTNER, OPERATING PARTNER, WHICH WE ARE, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO EXPLORE THAT FULLY BECAUSE IT DOES OPEN UP, I THINK, OH, YOU  THE BODY, YOU KNOW, WHICH YOU ARE KEEPING HERE WE WERE, YOU ARE FIRED. 
          YOU'RE SEEING THE SAME CAUSE, WHICH THEY WERE, UH, HAND IN GLOVE WITH US. 
          SO WE NEED TO EXPLORE THAT. 
          I THINK. 
          SO IF, IF WE GO WRONG THIS TIME, THEN KIDS COULD BUY TO THOSE DONORS. 
          AND, UH, DANIEL, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING ALL THOSE 200 COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          THEY WERE ALL HIRED THIS NONSENSE. 
          WE NEED TO CHECK THEM AGAIN. 
          THAT YES, AS I'M SAYING, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ONE PERSON IN THIS CITY IS GOING TO SAY, NOT BUILD THIS COMMUNITY PARK. 
          IT IS DESERVED. 
          I THINK THEY WERE UPROOTED FROM THERE. 
          WE NEED TO GIVE IT TO THEM, BUT WE NEED TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND CHANCE. 
          DIRECTOR JENKIN ADDS OFF TO YOU. 
          YOU TOOK AN AMAZING DECISION. 
          WE CANNOT RUSH INTO THIS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I THINK THERE'S LITTLE MORE WORK TO DO AND WE HAVE, I THINK WE HAVE TIME. 
          WE ARE NOT SAYING WE ARE, UH, DISCARDING THE PROJECT, BUT WE NEED TO GET OVERALL DUCK IN A ROW BEFORE WE RUSH INTO THIS. 
          SO 
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THAT, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS WORTH HERE. 
          AND, UH, I, I THINK MR. PRESIDENT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AUDIT IS IN PROGRESS FOR SURE. 
          WE KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE BRINGING A BRIEFING TO THE FULL BOARD, REALLY TALKS MORE HOLISTIC ON APPROACH FORWARD. 
          I CAN'T SPEAK FOR, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD, BUT I THINK IF IT GIVES YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, MORE CONFIDENCE THAT IF AFTER YOU HEAR ON THE BIG PICTURE, THEN YOU CAN GIVE US MORE GUIDANCE ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT. 
          UH, BUT LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S BEEN BROUGHT UP FROM EVERYONE. 
          I, I THINK IS LEGITIMATE POINTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE HEAR TODAY TO GET FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          YEAH, AND I THINK FEW BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO TALK, BUT I WOULD SAY, I THINK AT THE LEAST WE SHOULD WAIT FOR THAT AUDIT AND ALL. 
          AND THEN YOU SHOULD RECONVENE THIS DISCUSSION AFTER THAT. 
          AND YOU'LL GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A SHORTFALL ON MONEY. 
          RYAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK? UM, I BELIEVE OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO FINISH THE PARK. 
          WE'RE NOT PARK DEPARTMENT. 
          WE'VE TAKEN OVER MANAGEMENT OF THE PARK. 
          PARA PARK PARK HAS NO, UM, INFLUENCE ON DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. 
          ANYTHING ELSE. 
          THE ONLY THING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS BUILD THE PARK, RAISE MONEY, AND BUILD THE, THEY'RE GONNA COME TO US FOR ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS. 
          IS THIS AVAILABLE? CAN WE DO THIS? CAN WE DO THIS? AND WE DO THIS, WE'RE PROGRESSING ALONG THE WAY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT IS THE COST GOING FORWARD? DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THE ONGOING? AND CAN FAIR PARK FIRST COMMIT TO ONCE THE PARK'S BUILT OR WE GET THE GAP IS FILLED, WILL THEY HELP BUILD THE OPERATING FOR THE FUTURE? UH, WELL, AS WE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING TODAY ABOUT HIS, BUT, UM, THAT IS A FUTURE CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL HAVE WITH FAIR PARK. 
          FIRST, AS DIRECTOR JENKINS IS PRETTY CLEAR, UM, IT WOULD BE, HE, HE SAID IT HIMSELF THAT HE HAS NO INTEREST IN OPERATING THIS PARK. 
          SO THAT MEANS WE AS STAFF WILL BE WORKING TO IDENTIFY A PARTNER, UM, WHETHER IT'S FAIR PARK FIRST OR ANOTHER ENTITY, UM, TO BE THE OPERATING PARTNER ONCE IT'S BUILT. 
          MR. CONNER, THANK YOU SIR. 
          UM, ONE LINES OF, UH, MR.  QUESTIONS. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY ON THE BOARD THAT COULD FINANCIALLY BENEFIT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PARK? NO, NOBODY ON THE BOARD HAD COULD, COULD BID ON ANY KIND OF PART OF THE LEGAL. 
          I I, I PERSONALLY, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING ON LODGE. 
          SECOND OF ALL, WE HAVE CONFLICT POLICY. 
          WE HAVE A BUNCH OF OLD RETIRED PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO SEE A PARK , DON'T KNOCKING. 
          OH, . 
          YES. 
          YOUR TWO MINUTES. 
          I, I MADE MY STATEMENT , BUT LISTENING TO SCOTT, THIS YOU, I I'M, I'M CONFLICTING HERE NOW AND LEGAL KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL THE CONTRACT, AND I'M WONDERING IN YOU SEEN , DO THEY HAVE LEGAL GROUNDS FROM COMING BACK TO SAY, I ATTORNEY, WE WERE TOGETHER TO CANCEL THE CONTRACT OF CALLS AND NOW WE BROUGHT THEM BACK AND NOT US. 
          I THINK THAT MIGHT BE, THAT'S WHY I SAY, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE NOT HERE THOUGH. 
          WE VOTE. 
          WE'RE HERE TO GIVE THE, UH, STAFF DIRECTIONS ON WHAT'S NEXT DIRECTION. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A SCARY OUTLOOK THERE. 
          MR. CLOSE. 
          I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THE TIMELINE. 
          THE, THE GROUNDBREAKING WOULD BE AT, THE EARLIEST WOULD BE AFTER WORLD CUP, RIGHT? WELL, THAT, YES. 
          THE GROUNDBREAKING. 
          SO WE'RE NOT, SO EVEN IF WE TAKE A FEW WEEKS OR A FEW MONTHS NOT DELAYING CONSTRUCTION, IT MUST BE RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          TECHNICALLY THERE IS NOT A CONTRACT PLACE, RIGHT? SO, UM, THE REASON YOU HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH A PARTNER IS TO GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT ON CITY LAND, WHICH INCLUDES DESIGNING IT. 
          SO, 
          [02:35:01]
UM, TECHNICALLY SPEAKING UNTIL A, UNTIL AN AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE, UM, CITY HAS NO ABILITY TO REVIEW ANYTHING. 
          SO UNTIL A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE, THE PROJECT IS KIND OF LOST. 
          BUT IT'S NOT, IF THE PROJECT IS NOT GONNA START AT THE EARLIEST. 
          NO, YOU'RE, I I, I, I'LL, I'LL BE, I'LL BE MAD FRANK WITH YOU ON THAT. 
          IF, IF, IF, IF THERE'S NO PATH FORWARD, THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO DO, I THINK IT'LL BE KIND OF HARD FOR US TO GO BACK TO OUR DONORS AND ALL THESE FOLKS AND THEN TELL THEM AND GIVE 'EM ASSURANCE ON HOW THEIR MONEY'S BEING SPENT WITH. 
          SO IT MAKES IT HARDER ON THE LINE OF D NOT SAYING RUSHING, BUT USING THE CONTEXT OF WAITING TO LIKE AUGUST OR A, IT MAKES IT EVEN HARDER. 
          IT MAKES IT MORE COSTLY. 
          'CAUSE WE CAN'T START SECURING THINGS FROM CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. 
          LIKE WE CAN'T AWARD, UH, WE CAN'T AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN PRICING WITHOUT AUTHORITY. 
          UC, CONSTRUCTION RELATED ACTIVITIES. 
          I JUST WANTED, I'M SIGNED, SO I'M ON THE BOARD. 
          , I USED TO WORK HERE MANAGING 2003, 2006  PROGRAMS. BUT I THINK FOR CONTEXT, WE'RE HAVING WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH THE . 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ONGOING. 
          SO IF THERE IS A DELAY, GOING BACK TO JASON'S POINT, UM, THOSE MEETINGS HAVE TO STOP BECAUSE WE ARE SPENDING WITH FUNDS, BECAUSE WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH, UH, PROJECT MANAGER, CONTRACT WITH DESIGN TEAM AND EVEN WINTER CONSTRUCTION  RECONSTRUCTION. 
          BUT THERE'S NO IF, IF IT'S GONNA BE UNCERTAIN, WE CAN'T REALLY CONTINUE, UH, WITH THE PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S POSSIBLE. 
          DR. 
          , I I JUST WANT TO, FOR THE RECORD, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I SAID THAT IN THE BEGINNING AND I WANTED TO SEE THIS PART BUILT BECAUSE IT WAS A PROMISE AID TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          HOWEVER, THERE IS A LEGAL COMPONENT HERE AND I KNOW THAT LEGAL JUST SAID A MOMENT AGO THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS. 
          SO THEREFORE I I, I HAVE SOME MISSING INFORMATION. 
          I GUESS WHAT I, CAN I ASK THIS, IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN FAIR PARK FIRST AND OVG STEEL FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, ARE THEY STILL CONNECTED IN ANY FORM OR FASHION? I GUESS I'M ASKING THAT TO SAY WE WERE TO GO FORWARD FAIR PARK PARTS IN THIS PROJECT AND THEN THEY END UP IN A LEGAL SITUATION WITH OBG. 
          IT COULD STIFLE THE PROJECT THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. 
          SO FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, AS I MENTIONED IN VERY BEGINNING, THE CITY HAS NO CONTRACT IN PLACE WITH OG OR PARTNER. 
          AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS NO AGREEMENT IN PLACE BETWEEN FAIR PARK FIRST AND OBG ANYMORE. 
          UM, AGAIN, YOU WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER MINUTE, UH, WITH THAT, I THINK IT, UH, YOU KNOW, I TOTALLY HEAR, I THINK THE PROCESSES ARE ON, BUT PUTTING THEM ON HOLD FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS TILL YOU HAVE YOUR AUDIT PROJECT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A AUTOMATED PLASTIC MAKING LINE THAT WE CAN'T STOP, YOU KNOW, MEETING DESIGN TEAM FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND ALL. 
          SO I THINK DEFINITELY WE SHOULD, UH, HAVE A CLEAR VIEW OF THOSE FINANCIALS AND THEN WE SHOULD DISCUSS BACK AS A VOTE CONTRACT. 
          IS, IS THAT, FOR CLARIFICATION, IS THE AUDIT FAIR PART FIRST OR THE OVG PART OF IT FIRST IS, WHICH IS THE NEW ENTITY? WE, WE ARE TRYING TO GET THIS CONTRACT'S AN AUDIT ONGOING YEAH. 
          THAT THE CITY HAS INITIATED ON BOTH ENTITIES. 
          HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE MONEY FROM WHAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THE PARK? THAT'S BECAUSE I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE, YOU, I MEAN THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT ABSOLUTELY IMPROPRIETIES ON THE OPERATION SIDE. 
          I MEAN THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT AFFECTS THE ONGOING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK. 
          I MEAN ONE PAID STAFF MEMBER, UM, AND VERY LIMITED FUNDS EVEN AT THAT FOR THE STAFF. 
          I THINK WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS FOR THAT REASON. 
          I'VE SEEN THIS STORY WRITTEN MANY TIMES. 
          OH, IF WE DON'T DO IT TODAY CREDIT CARD, WE WILL BE SCREWED. 
          OUR POOLS WON'T BE OPEN. 
          THIS WON'T BE OPEN 
          [02:40:01]
FOR ALL THAT. 
          WE CAN'T MAKE A $40 MILLION DECISION. 
          I THINK AT THE LEAST WHEN WE HAVE SEEN SO MUCH HAPPENING, WE AT LEAST THE LEAST THIS BOARD DESERVES THIS TO SEE THOSE FINANCIALS. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          THAT'S OUR DUTY. 
          WE ARE GIVING A MAJOR CONTRACT FOR THE DONOR CONFIDENCE, WHICH WE JUST SAID THEY WANT THIS PART TO BE COMPLETE. 
          COMMUNITY WANTS THIS PART TO BE COMPLETE AND IT'S A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THEM TO GIVE US. 
          WE DON'T GIVE THEM ANYTHING ANYMORE. 
          THEY'RE GIVING IT TO US. 
          WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM A DOLLAR GOING FORWARD. 
          WE DON'T GIVE 'EM ANY MONEY. 
          THEY GIVE US THAT, BUT WE ARE GIVING THEM AUTHORITY TO SPEND THAT DONOR MONEY. 
          IT'S THEIR MONEY. 
          IT'S NOT THAT MONEY THAT'S CITY'S MONEY. 
          NO, IT HAS BEEN. 
          THERE'S NO CITY MONEY IN IT. 
          WAIT, ORDER WE CAN'T HAVE THIS OPEN DISCUSSION. 
          EXACTLY, PLEASE. 
          SO RYAN, I THINK HE, AND UH, THAT'S WHERE THE STRONG DISAGREEMENT, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO SEE THAT FINANCIALS, FEW WEEKS OF THAT. 
          MAYBE THAT'LL INCENTIVIZE CITY TO PUSH OUR AUDITORS TO DO IT AT A FASTER BASE AROUND THREE SECOND. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          I'D JUST LIKE TO, TO UH, MAKE SURE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE VERY, MR.  HAS A VERY STRONG OPINION. 
          I HAVE A STRONG OPINION OF PEOPLE HAVE STRONG OPINIONS. 
          I'D JUST LIKE TO, BECAUSE THERE IS A TIME CRITICAL, I, I'VE STOOD ON DO NOT BRUSH US INTO DECISIONS. 
          SO I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT BEHIND THAT. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AWARE, MAYBE YOU DO THIS OFFLINE. 
          IT'S LIKE, IS THERE OTHER MONEY? WHAT IS THE, HOW FAST, HOW FAST CAN WE GET IT DONE? IF WE'RE WAITING FOR THE, WE NEED TO HAVE, OKAY, HOW QUICKLY CAN THEY GET THE AUDIT DONE? IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GIVE YOU COMFORT. 
          BUT I I WANNA MAKE SURE BEFORE I LEAVE THIS MEETING OR I, THERE'S SOME UNDERSTANDING YOU'RE GONNA PUSH TO GET THIS BOARD AN ANSWER TO WHAT'S THE TIMELINE. 
          BECAUSE A LOT OF US HAPPEN QUICKLY, AS LONG AS EVERYONE CAN BE SATISFIED THAT THEY GET THE INFORMATION. 
          SO I, I MAY NEED BRETT'S HELP TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION FULLY, BUT MY EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT THE AUDIT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AND, AND READY FOR REVIEW BY THIS BOARD FOR I WOULD GUESS MONTHS. 
          BUT THAT IS JUST SPECULATION BASED UPON OTHER AUDITS THAT HAVE BEEN PERFORMED RELATED TO OBGI JUST, MY BELIEF IS THAT IT WILL BE A, A RELATIVELY LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THE AUDIT IS READY TO BE PRESENTED. 
          WELL, I HAVE A SIGNIFICANT, YEAH, THERE WAS OPTIMISM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT THE AUDIT CAN BE DONE IN TWO TO THREE WEEKS FROM THAT DATE. 
          UH, HOWEVER, FISCAL YEARS 19 THROUGH 22 BEING ALL PAPER COPIES AND BOXES HAVE ALTERED THAT TIME I THINK IS ACCURATE. 
          I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT QUITE LAST MONTHS. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS. 
          I HOPE YOU ALL WILL IN , UM, MAKE, MAKE SURE WE DON'T SCREW THIS UP BY WAITING FOR AN AUDIT FOR MONTHS. 
          UH, YOU ARE RIGHT. 
          WE SHOULD NOT SCREW IT UP. 
          AND I AGREE WE SHOULD NOT SCREW IT UP. 
          YOU ARE SCREWING UP A DIFFERENT OPINION. 
          THANKS AGAIN RYAN. 
          I APPRECIATE THIS BRIEFING THAT OUR NEXT BRIEFING. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, LET THE PRESIDENT SAID WE GOT, UH, NUMBER 10. 
          YOU USE AGREEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH WHITE ROCK BOATHOUSE. 
          MR. RED, GO AHEAD SIR. 
          WAIT A MINUTE. 
          EIGHT. 
          THAT EIGHT EIGHT, OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          NOBODY CAN LEAVE. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          NOBODY. 
          YES SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          SO TODAY WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE USE AGREEMENT AGREEMENT FOR  HOUSE. 
          WE'LL LOOK, UH, AT THEIR CONTRACT. 
          QUICK OVERVIEW ON THE NEXT STEPS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT SYSTEMATICALLY ASSESSING THE VIABILITY OF ALL EXISTING PARK. 
          AND THOSE REVIEWS INCLUDE ASSESSING TERM LENGTH, RENTAL RATES, KPIS AND OUTDATED LANGUAGE. 
          WHITE 
          [02:45:01]
ROCK BOATHOUSE HAS TWO AGREEMENTS, A USED AGREEMENT, A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT IS NEARING THE END OF THEIR INITIAL TERMS, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ASSESSING THEM. 
          SLIDE CURRENTLY THE BOATHOUSE OPERATES WHITE ROCK GRILLING AT WHITE ROCK LAKE. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, THEY ENTERED INTO TWO AGREEMENTS. 
          ONE IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT INCLUDES THE FILTER BUILDING IN THE BOATHOUSE. 
          THEN THE USE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS FOR THE SLIDE. 
          JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THOSE FACILITIES WHERE THEY RESIDE ON THE LAKE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS THE BOATHOUSE TO USE THE FILTER BUILDING AS A MULTIPURPOSE AS WELL AS THE BOATHOUSE WHERE THEY STORE THEIR, UH, GROWING EQUIPMENT. 
          UH, THE FILTER BUILDING AND THE BOOMERANG WERE BUILT, UH, WITH PROPERTY RAISED FUNDS. 
          THE INITIAL TERM WAS 19 YEARS. 
          ITS COMING CONCLUSION IN MARCH OF 2026 HAD TWO 10 YEAR RENEWALS. 
          AND THOSE RENEWALS ARE WHAT WE CALL AUTOMATIC. 
          UH, PARK RECREATION DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE A VOICE SOUND. 
          IT'S ONLY AT THE DISCRETION OF VOTE. 
          SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THE USE AGREEMENT THAT IS FOR USE OF THE BOOMERANG TO STORE THE BUDGETS AND SAFETY BOATS FOR THE ROW PROGRAM. 
          THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WAS DONE IN JUNE OF 2023. 
          THAT WAS TO ALIGN THE TERMS OF DISAGREE TO MIRROR THE TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH AGAIN GIVES THAT TWO TENURE RENEWALS STARTING MARCH OF 2026. 
          THOSE RENEWALS ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PARK BOARD OR DIRECTOR. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO OUR NEXT STEP IS TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOARD ON MOVING FORWARD WITH A PARTNER HAVING TWO DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS WITH DIFFERENT TERMS AS I STATED IN THIS ONE . 
          AND THEN CONSIDER A POSSIBLE LANGUAGE SLIDE THAT IS QUICK OVERVIEW ON, UH, THOSE TWO AGREEMENTS. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY ARE , THAT WAS A QUICK PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M TOLD TO BE BRIEF, UH, SCENE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE, WE DO THAT. 
          UM, UH, YES. 
          AM I CORRECT THE AGREEMENTS FOR THE CORINTHIAN SAILING CLUB AND THE WHITE ROCK BOAT CLUB, THE TERMINATION FOR THE CITY LAWS? THAT WOULD BE CORRECT. 
          UM, ALMOST ALL OF OUR AGREEMENTS, ALMOST ALL OF OUR AGREEMENTS NOW INCLUDE A TERMINATION ONCE THAT DOWN PRETTY DOWN, THIS ONE GOES BACK TO OH THREE OR SIX. 
          I THINK THAT LANGUAGE DOESN'T EXIST. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE BOOMERANG AGREEMENT FROM USE AGREEMENT FROM THREE YEARS AGO ROUGHLY, UH, HAS A DUAL SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR AND OR THE PARK BOARD PROVISION IN IT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          WHEREAS THE OLDER ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DOES NOT. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          ARE THERE OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE IN A MODERN PARTNER CONTRACT THAT THESE AGREEMENTS DON'T HAVE? NAMELY, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT. 
          UM, AUTO RENEWALS DON'T HAVE THIS CONTRACTS. 
          THERE'S USUALLY . 
          THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO MAIN ITEMS AND THEN KPIS ARE USUALLY EVALUATED. 
          RIGHT. 
          WHEREAS IN THIS INSTANCE, THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOR KPIS TO BE DEVELOPED EACH YEAR. 
          BUT THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR FAILURE TO KEEP THE KPIS CONSEQUENCES THERE. 
          THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES. 
          THERE'S USUALLY A REMEDIATION BUILT INTO ALL OF THESE CASE PERFORMANCE. 
          BUT, BUT THAT REQUIRES CONCURRENCE OF THE LICENSEE OR LESS A TO AN EXTENT, YES. 
          THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. 
          MR. CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU MS. CURRY. 
          THANK YOU MR. VICE CHAIR. 
          UM, TWO, TWO QUESTIONS. 
          I'M GONNA START WITH A COMMENT THAT I HEARD FROM, UH, A PUBLIC SPEAKER THIS MORNING WHEN THEY SAID THAT, UH, WHITE ROCK BOATHOUSE INC. 
          HAS MADE $5 MILLION AND THEY HAVE GIVEN BACK 10%, $500,000. 
          WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT DO? WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT $500,000, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT GO TOWARDS DO? SO IF IS, IS THAT FACTUAL PERCENTAGE, IS THAT CORRECT? THE, THE PERCENTAGE IS FACTUAL. 
          THE DOLLAR FIGURES. 
          UM, POINT ORDER, SORRY. 
          [02:50:01]
UM, JUST FOR THE RECORD OF MR. CREAMY'S, MIC IS NOT ON. 
          I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S LISTENING ONLINE. 
          OH. 
          OH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO REPEAT THAT. 
          SORRY, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T NOTICE. 
          OH, NOW I DIDN'T HEAR IT BETTER. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MY, MY QUESTION WAS, UM, I WANNA GO TO A COMMENT. 
          A PUBLIC SPEAKER HAD MENTIONED THIS MORNING, SOMETHING TO THE TUNE OF, UM, WHITE ROCK BOATHOUSE INC. 
          HAS MADE $5 MILLION OVER THE TERM OF THIS AND, AND GIVEN 10% BACK TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND THOSE NUMBERS MAY NOT BE ACCURATE, BUT YOU SAID THE PERCENTAGES ARE, AND WHAT IS THAT NUMBER THAT, THAT THAT 10% GIVEN BACK TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT, WHAT DOES THAT GO TOWARDS? YES, SO ON THE BOOMERANG, UH, CONTRACT ITSELF, 10% GROSS. 
          RIGHT ON THE FILTER IN BOATHOUSE, THERE'S ALSO 10% GROSS. 
          IT COMES TO THE CITY, IT GOES INTO A MULTI-YEAR FUND. 
          THAT MULTI-YEAR FUND IS USED FOR PROJECT SPECIFIC TO, OKAY, SO, SO, UM, 10% SEEMS REALLY SMALL. 
          WE HAVE PARTNERS IN DISTRICT 14, I'LL JUST WITHOUT NAMING NAMES, IF THEY RAISE A DOLLAR, THEY GIVE 90 CENTS BACK TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT. 
          IT'S 90 STARK DIFFERENCE TO WHAT THIS PARTNER IS DOING IS 10% NORMAL. 
          CAN YOU TELL US ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF, OF PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE, IS 10% NORMAL? I'LL START WITH , 10% WOULD BE ON THE LOW AND THAT THAT'S PART OF THE VIABILITY WE'RE ASSESSED. 
          DOESN'T, DOES 10% MAKE SENSE? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          MY SECOND QUESTION, UM, SLIDE SIX HAD SOMETHING QUITE ALARMING TO ME THAT I'VE NOT HEARD. 
          BUT BEFORE THE BOTTOM LINE RENEW RENEWALS ARE AT THE OPTION OF WHITE ROCK BOATHOUSE INC. 
          ONLY, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? IS THAT COMMON? THAT IS NOT COMMON. 
          THAT IS NOT IN  CONTRACTS. 
          SO HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT? AND I KNOW PERHAPS YOU WEREN'T HERE AT THAT TIME, BUT HOW DID, HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT? WHERE WE, WHEN WE LOOKED AT A CONTRACT AND WE SAID WE'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT SAYS RENEWALS ARE AT THE OPTION OF THE PARTNER ONLY. 
          YEAH. 
          TO YOUR POINT, I WISH I COULD ANSWER THAT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I WAS NOT. 
          YEAH, I I I WOULD JUST SAY MR. KAMI, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OUR CONTRACTS, OUR OLD CONTRACTS GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THESE CONTRACTS AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, THEY'RE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. 
          WE, WE UNDERSTAND PARTNERSHIPS, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY WHO'S RESPONSIBLE TO THE TAXPAYERS NOW MORE THAN EVER. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT, DIRECTOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. WILKE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          MR. UH, DICKEY. 
          THANK YOU MR. VICE PRESIDENT. 
          UM, ACTUALLY RUDY STOLE MY POINT. 
          UH, AND BRIAN, MR. MULKEY, UH, ALSO SAID WE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. 
          'CAUSE I WAS GONNA BE A WARNING AGAINST FOR THE FUTURE, ANY OF AUTOMATIC RENEWABLES. 
          CRAZY IDEA. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO DIRECTOR G 'CAUSE YET AGAIN WHAT YOU'VE DONE ABOUT ASKING OUR, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING A GOOD DEAL ON THESE CONTRACTS IS ANOTHER REASON THAT YOU'VE REALLY STEPPED UP AND DONE THIS. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING. 
          THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. DICKEY. 
          UM, PARTIAL GOAL. 
          THIS MR. MCGANT COME BACK A SECOND ROUND. 
          UM, JUST THE POINT THAT WAS JUST MADE ABOUT THE, THE ONE PARTY OPTION. 
          IS IT, IS IT WITHIN THAT, IN THAT OPTION, IS IT ALSO, IS THERE A PROVISION ABOUT IF THE, THE PARTIES UNDER DEFAULT THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A NON-RENEW ON THE CITY SIDE? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND IS HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? SO THERE'S, UH, YOU JUST GO THROUGH THE DELIVERABLES ON THE , NOT DON'T MEET THEM. 
          POTENTIAL DEFAULT CURE PERIOD. 
          IF THEY DON'T HEAR IN THAT PERIOD, THEN IT'S FULL. 
          AND, AND WOULD THAT GO TO  POINT OF, YOU KNOW, THE CONCEPT THERE? YEAH. 
          CONTRACTUAL DEFAULT THAT YOU WOULDN'T AND HOW OFTEN IS A CONTRACT LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT SO THERE'S MONITORING PLANS CREATED FOR ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS. 
          WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING THROUGH MONTHLY SET. 
          CAN I CLARIFY SOMETHING? I'M SORRY. 
          I WAS OUT OF THE CLIENT. 
          MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS BRIEFING. 
          ONE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE BROUGHT YOU THE HISTORY. 
          AND THEN TWO, THE BOARD HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO ME AS THE DIRECTOR THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DIDN'T WANNA SEE, YOU DIDN'T WANT THESE AUTOMATIC RENEWALS, YOU DIDN'T WANT THE DIRECTOR THAT 
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JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN THE CONTRACT, JUST TO HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO JUST APPROVE CONTRACTS GOING FORWARD. 
          YOU WANTED ME TO BRING THAT ITEM BEFORE YOU ALL FOR THE BOARD TO WEIGH IN. 
          AND SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          UH, HOWEVER, BECAUSE I DO NEED TO THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS, WE, WE, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF DISCUSSION TO UNDERSTAND IF I DON'T TAKE ACTION, WHAT'S THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS? AND I THINK IN THIS TASK WE NEED TO GO IN. 
          WHEN SHE GETS UP, YOU ARE IN TROUBLE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          , , NO ONE IS EVER IN TROUBLE. 
          UH, BUT ANY QUESTIONS TALKING ABOUT LEGAL STRATEGY OR LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS LIKE MR. JENKINS JUST POINTED OUT, IT'S BEST TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'RE GONNA CALL EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          I'M SORRY, WHAT? WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA CALL EXECUTIVE SESSION RIGHT NOW. 
          WE TALK TO MR. OH, BUT IS THAT THE WILL OF THE BOARD TO TALK, TO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT LEGAL STRATEGY HERE? I I JUST, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS COMING UP. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ONLY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IF THERE ARE LEGAL QUESTIONS. 
          WELL, I MEAN, ISN'T IT TRUE THAT JUST TALKING ABOUT BEING AWARE OF POSSIBLE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS DOES NOT TAKE US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TERRITORY JUST TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO BE AWARE IF THERE ARE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS, THAT WOULD MEAN WELL MAYBE WE MAY MAKE SURE WE HAVE CITY ATTORNEYS HERE, BUT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TALKING LEGAL STRATEGY. 
          WE'RE JUST SAYING IT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          I I THINK IT BLENDS OVER WHEN A LAWSUIT IS ACTUALLY ON FILE. 
          RIGHT? AGAIN, I SAID I THINK IT BLENDS OVER GIVEN THAT A LAWSUIT IS ACTUALLY ON FILE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THEN WE SHOULD GO INTO, YES. 
          SO IF, IF, IF THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE BOARD TO DISCUSS OUR LEGAL QUESTIONS, LEGAL STRATEGIES, WE CAN GO INTO SESSION A MOTION. 
          I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE RELATED TO THAT IS WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF THE, THE QUESTION AT HAND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER HERE TODAY? BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY HALF OF THE BOARD. 
          SO IF WE'RE GONNA GO INTO, YOU KNOW, A CLOSED SESSION AND DISCUSS SOMETHING THAT'S A LEGAL MATTER FOR THE CITY, IT FEELS TO ME THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE MEMBERS PRESENT WHERE THE CITY BOARD, NO, I'M, I'M DEFER TO THE LEGAL HERE, BUT I MEAN I'M GONNA NEED GUIDANCE FROM THIS BOARD, UM, HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND THERE ARE EIGHT MEMBERS, WHICH IS A QUORUM. 
          SO WE CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          AND UM, MR. CHAIR, I RECOMMEND GOING UNDER TWO PROVISIONS. 
          5 5 1 0.071, WHICH IS A LEGAL BRIEFING AND ALSO 5 5 1 0.072, WHICH IS UNDER REAL ESTATE MATTERS. 
          IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT PROPOSED TERMS, JUST SO WE'RE COMPLETELY COVERED AND WE NEED TO CHANGE THE TAPE. 
          SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, SORRY. 
          TIME RECITE THE PROVISIONS AND THEN WE'LL CHANGE THE TAPE AND THEN WE'LL REPEAT IT AGAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IT IS, UH, 2:59 PM ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2025. 
          THE PARTS REGULATION BOARD WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND 5 5 1 0.072 OF TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT.
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