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WOO HOO.[Animal Advisory Commission on October 23, 2025.]
OKAY.SO,
UM, BASICALLY WE MADE A MOTION.
I HAD TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, WHICH WE DON'T GENERALLY DO.
UM, OUR FORMER CHAIR TERMED OUT AND A NEW ONE HAS NOT BEEN APPOINTED BY MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND MADE A MOTION TO ELECT A TEMPORARY CHAIR.
FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
WE HAD COMMISSIONER FAULKNER DUNN MAKE THE MOTION SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MATTHIAS.
AND OUR TEMPORARY CHAIR ELECT IS GONNA BE COMMISSIONER CASEY.
SO FROM HERE, SHE'S GONNA GO AHEAD AND RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA, AND WE'LL OPERATE AS NORMAL.
I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY'RE PASSING THE MIC AROUND, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT, IF THAT'S THE REASON.
I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE JILLIAN'S PHONE NUMBER, SO OTHERWISE I'D TEXT HER.
CAN SOMEBODY TEXT HER? I CAN HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? CAN YOU HEAR ME? KAREN? WE CAN HEAR YOU, BUT NOW I CAN'T SEE.
UH, CHAIR-ELECT CASEY, CAN YOU TRY? OKAY, LET'S, LET'S ROLL CALL AGAIN.
AFTER WE DO THE HORSESHOE, IF YOU GUYS CAN HEAR US, WE'LL MOVE TO THE, UH, VIDEO ATTENDEES.
STEPHANIE CASEY, DISTRICT THREE Z GRACIE, BONNIE MATTHIAS, DISTRICT FIVE.
LISA FAULKNER DUNN, DISTRICT 12.
JENNIFER BENNETT, DISTRICT SEVEN BASEL DUO.
UM, KAREN SANDERS, DISTRICT 14.
UH, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
CAN I GET A SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS ABOUT MOVING THE, THE WELL APPROVING THE NEXT COURT ON THE NEXT YEAR'S MEETINGS, BUT WE'RE ALSO MOVING THEM TO FRIDAY SO THAT WE CAN ALWAYS BE IN OUR UPSTAIRS ROOM THAT HAS THE IMPLEMENTED TECH WITH MICROPHONES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
UH, CAN I GET A MOTION? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ISSUES WITH THIS? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETINGS SECOND? ANYONE SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
NEXT WE MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND WE'VE GOT THREE SPEAKERS.
UH, LET'S GO WITH DEBORAH BRANDY TODAY.
NEUTER SOCIETY SENIOR NUMBERS, AND IF YOU GIMME ONE MOMENT, I'M GONNA PULL UP YOUR TIME.
AND WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME.
DEBORAH BRANDIS, DALLAS CAT LADY.
I TRY TO COME TO THESE, SOME OF MY FRIENDS SAY, WHY ARE YOU GOING? YOU MAY NOTICE MY LITTLE ARMY ISN'T HERE ANYMORE.
EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S POINTLESS.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT SPAIN NEUTER, JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY REALIZES THAT IT'S NOT JUST ME.
WE'VE GOT OUR WHOLE LITTLE ARMY OF GRAVE HEADED PEOPLE AND, AND OTHERS.
BUT I, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY'S GETTING OLDER, UH, THAT WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU DON'T STAY ON THE SPAY NEUTER, IT'S JUST GONNA BE WORSE FOR YOU NOW, YOU KNOW, FIX 'EM NOW OR KILL 'EM LATER.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE OPTIONS.
I, ESPECIALLY, EVEN THOUGH I'M DALLAS CAT
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LADY, THINK THAT THE BIG DOG PROBLEM IS EVEN WORSE.THAT, UH, MY FRIEND SHARON HAS AN IDEA THAT WE SHOULD GO TO APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
AND WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR, PAYING YOUR PET DEPOSIT, THEY SHOULD ALL HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE DOGS AND CATS SPAY, NEUTERED AND MICROCHIPPED IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND AT LEAST GIVE THEM SOME INFORMATION.
GIVE THEM A PRO, YOU KNOW, A A URGE THEM TO DO IT.
BECAUSE BELIEVE ME, WE, WE COME ACROSS STUPID PEOPLE ALL THE TIME THAT DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND ABOUT SPAY NEUTERED.
AND THE ONES THAT HAVE NO IDEA WHO CAN DO IT, WHERE IT CAN DO IT.
BIG DOG SPAY NEUTER IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT OF COURSE, CATS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
THEY CAN HAVE THREE LITTERS A YEAR.
WE ARE WORKING AS HARD AS WE CAN.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT SPAY NEUTER SOCIETY JUST OVERNIGHT BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM US.
YES, THEY DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT, BUT THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, TAKING THE SR NUMBERS, MAYBE NOT HAVE A CONTRACT EITHER, BUT PLEASE GIVE IT BACK TO US.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NORTH DALLAS CHANNEL, ROYAL WALNUT HILL, DENNIS, ALL THESE THEY WILL GO TO, BUT THEY, THEY JUST CANNOT DRIVE DOWN TO THE OTHERS.
AND THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO GO AT SIX 30 IN THE MORNING LIKE WE ARE AND STAND IN LINE.
EVERY TIME I TAKE AN SR NUMBER TO TCAP, I CAN'T TAKE THE ONES FROM LOUISVILLE, CARTON, FLOWER MOUND LITTLE LAMB.
I JUST DID LAKE DALLAS, DENTON.
AND I NEED TO BE ABLE TO FIX THOSE CATS TOO, NOT JUST THE DALLAS CATS.
UM, MY OTHER PET PEEVE IS PEOPLE SELLING DOGS IN PARKING LOTS.
THEY, THERE NEEDS TO BE A PLACE THAT WHEN YOU CALL 3 1 1, THAT SOMEBODY'S SELLING PUPPIES.
AND IT'LL BE HAPPENING IN THE SPRING AT THE COSTCO PARKING LOTS.
YOU KNOW, THE MINUTE THEY GET THE CALL, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO RUN OUT THERE.
WHERE'S YOUR, WHERE'S YOUR RABIES CERTIFICATES? WHERE'S YOUR, HAS THESE, THESE PUPPIES? HERE'S SOME SPAY NEUTER INFORMATION.
DO YOU REALIZE HOW MANY DOGS ARE GETTING KILLED? YOU KNOW, AND PLEASE, IF YOU WAIT AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS, THEY'RE NOT THERE.
IF THERE WAS JUST A FAST TRACK JUST FOR THAT ONE PROBLEM, JUST LIKE IF SOMEBODY, A DOG BITES SOMEBODY, SEND SOMEBODY IMMEDIATELY.
SO I'M JUST HOPING YOU CONSIDER SOME OF IT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER SHOULD BE ONLINE.
JUST A REMINDER TO THOSE ONLINE AND IN THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU ARE ONLINE SPEAKING, WE HAVE TO HAVE YOUR VIDEO ON.
UM, SO ONCE WE GET THAT VIDEO GOING, I CAN START.
UH, WE'LL NEED TO SEE YOU ON VIDEO FOR YOU TO SPEAK, AND YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE UNMUTED.
IS SHE THERE ON THE ATTENDEES? SHE, SHE, UM, I DO, MS. RYAN, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.
OH, THERE, SHE'S, I SEE YOUR NAME ONLINE, BUT WE NEED A VIDEO FOR YOU.
ARE YOU ABLE TO DISPLAY YOUR VIDEO? MS. RYAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN I GET SOME AUDIO FOR YOU, MS. RYAN, YOU WANNA MOVE TO THE NEXT, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T GET THE VIDEO ON MY PHONE TO WORK.
OH, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT HAVE YOU SPEAKING WITHOUT IT, SO WE CAN MOVE.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
WE'LL, WE'LL ALSO NEED VIDEO AND UNMUTED AUDIO.
I'M NOT SEEING HER ONLINE, SO I BELIEVE THAT IS THE END OF THE SPEAKERS.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR PUBLIC SPEAKING ITEM.
THE NEXT ITEM, WE HAVE OPERATION KINDNESS AND FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES HERE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE FROM MEREDITH JONES, WHO'S THE CHIEF OF STAFF AT OPK.
AND WENDY REER, THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, UM, AT OPERATION KINDNESS.
I'M WAITING FOR THE MICROPHONE AND THE, AND THE, HAVE ACTUALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THIS, WE DO ROUNDS OF FIVE MINUTES, UH, WITH COMMISSIONERS FOR QUESTIONS FOR THEM IF WANTED.
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OKAY.SO FOR EVERYBODY ONLINE, WE'RE WAITING TO GET THE PRESENTATION FROM FOTIS AND OPK UP ON THE SCREEN HERE.
CAN YOU GUYS, UH, REMOTELY SEE THE PRESENTATION? SURE CAN.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OH, HIT THE, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.
I AM WENDY REINER, ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME UPDATES.
UM, REMEMBER HOW TO MOVE THESE SLIDES TO THE RIGHT.
UM, FOR THOSE OF OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, FRIENDS OF DAS WAS FOUNDED IN 2019 BY A SMALL GROUP OF SHELTER VOLUNTEERS.
WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH DAS LEADERSHIP AT THE TIME TO IDENTIFY FOUR MAIN PRIORITY AREAS OF NEED WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT THE CITY BUDGET PROVIDES AND THE COST OF LIFE SAVING AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
SO FAR, WE'VE PROVIDED OVER $2.2 MILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO DAS.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE MERGED WITH ANOTHER ANIMAL WELFARE GROUP OPERATION KINDNESS.
IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EFFICIENCIES OF SCALE AND OUR ALIGNED MISSIONS, WE MAINTAIN A SEPARATE BANK ACCOUNT.
AND FUNDS RAISED BY FRIENDS OF DIS ARE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO SUPPORT THE SHELTER AND NOT FOR GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES AT OPERATION KINDNESS.
WHAT DOES FRIENDS OF DIS DO? WELL AS THE OFFICIAL FUNDRAISING PARTNER TO DIS, WE FUNDRAISE, UM, OUR TWO MAIN REVENUE STREAMS ARE INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND FOUNDATION GRANTS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH PAUL AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AT DAS WITH BIWEEKLY MEETINGS.
AND WE ALSO MEET YEARLY TO COME UP WITH A PROGRAM BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THIS ALLOWS US TO BE BOTH TACTICALLY AND STRATEGICALLY ALIGNED.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF FRIENDS OF DAS IS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRO THE PROGRAM BUDGET BY MAKING PURCHASES.
WHEN DAS BEGINS BY MAKING A REQUEST, UH, WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET TO SEE WHERE THE LINE ITEM IS, AND THEN I MAKE THE PURCHASE ON BEHALF OF DASA COUPLE OF IMPORTANT CALL OUTS ARE THAT WE DO NOT MAKE OUR OWN PURCHASING DECISIONS.
WE, WE DO NOT FUND ANYTHING THAT DAS HAS NOT REQUESTED.
ALSO, WE DO NOT DIRECTLY GIVE MONEY TO DAS.
RATHER, WE MAKE THE PURCHASES OURSELVES TO BENEFIT DAS IN ORDER TO BE MORE AGILE IN THE PROCESS.
WHAT DOES FRIENDS DAS SUPPORT LOOK LIKE? THIS SCREEN SHOWS OUR FISCAL YEAR 25 SPEND.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAJORITY OF THE BUDGET WAS SPENT ON MEDICAL SUPPORT, FOLLOWED BY GENERAL SHELTER SUPPORT, THEN FOSTER, AND THEN ENRICHMENT.
I THINK THE CATEGORIES ARE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
UM, BUT WE INCLUDED A COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS UNDER EACH AS EXAMPLES.
AND WHAT DOES THE FUTURE SUPPORT LOOK LIKE? THIS IS OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET THAT WE WORKED ON WITH PAUL AND HIS TEAM.
UM, AS IS THE NORM AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY FISCAL YEAR, THE LARGEST CATEGORY IS GENERAL SHELTER SUPPORT BECAUSE THAT INCLUDES A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN AN UNANTICIPATED EXPENSE BUDGET OR BUCKET.
AND THAT MONEY MAY END UP IN ANY OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ACTUAL NEEDS ARE AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES.
UH, MEDICAL IS THE SECOND HIGHEST IN FUNDING, AND THEN ENRICHMENT
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AND FOSTER ARE ABOUT EQUAL IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE YEAR AHEAD AND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH PAUL AND HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM, PARTICULARLY NOW THAT WE ARE UNDER THE OPERATION KINDNESS UMBRELLA, WHICH BRINGS MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OFF TO MY COLLEAGUE MEREDITH JONES, WHO WILL TALK ABOUT OPERATION KINDNESS.
UH, AT THE LAST MEETING, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT OPERATION KINDNESS, FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT.
SO WE HAVE A TON OF PROGRAMS AT OPERATION KINDNESS, UH, THAT WE AT TARGET, SPECIFICALLY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND THAT CERTAINLY INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO OUR PROGRAMS FOR ADOPTIONS, VETERINARY FORENSICS, OUR LIFESAVING PARTNERSHIPS HUB, OUR INTERSTATE ANIMAL TRANSPORT PROGRAM, GENERAL PUBLIC SPAY NEUTER, GENERAL PUBLIC VACCINE CLINICS, OUR PET FOOD PANTRY, AND OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCES PROGRAM.
SO, UH, JUST LIKE WENDY TALKED ABOUT THE PAST COUPLE OF FISCAL YEARS WITH FRIENDS OF DASI WANTED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAST COUPLE OF FISCAL YEARS FOR OPERATION KINDNESS COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO FOR A COUPLE YEARS AGO, FISCAL YEAR 24, WE COMMITTED 3.7 MILLION TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHICH INCLUDES DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.
WE ASSISTED ABOUT 12,500 ANIMALS THROUGH BOTH OUR SHELTER OPERATIONS AND ADOPTIONS PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY INITIATIVES PROGRAM.
AND THAT WAS ABOUT 40% OF ALL OPERATION KINDNESS ANIMALS SERVED, UH, THAT CAME FROM, OR WE'RE TARGETED IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
FOR OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR 25, WE COMMITTED A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, AND WE ASSISTED OVER 27,500 ANIMALS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, ALSO THROUGH OUR SHELTER OPERATIONS AND ADOPTION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY INITIATIVES.
AND LAST YEAR, THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER 43% OF ALL OPERATION KINDNESS ANIMALS SERVED, UH, THAT WERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND KIND OF GOING ALONG WITH SAID, YOUR MICROPHONE IS MUTED.
SOMEONE'S MICROPHONE IS MUTED.
UH, BUT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT KIND OF FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES LIKE WENDY WENT OVER.
BUT THEN WHEN OPERATION KINDNESS, UH, SUBMITS INVOICES TO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, AND WE RECEIVE PAYMENT FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE SUBMITTED INVOICES AND RECEIVED PAYMENT FOR LESS THAN $25,000.
AND WHY IS THAT? THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE A VENDOR FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, JUST LIKE OTHER SERVICE PROVIDING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SPAY NEUTER NETWORK AND TCAP THAT 25,000, WE DO PROVIDE VETERINARY SERVICES LIKE SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES AND HEALTH CERTIFICATES FOR DAS ANIMALS THAT DAS BUDGETS FOR.
AND THEN THAT'S WHAT THOSE INVOICES ARE FOR.
AND WE RECEIVE PAYMENT BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE DO NOT RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, THROUGH ANY NATIONAL OR LOCAL FOUNDATIONS OR ORGANIZATIONS FOR THESE SURGERIES.
UH, VET SERVICES ARE THE ONLY SERVICES THAT OPERATION KINDNESS CHARGES DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES FOR ALL OTHER SERVICES.
LIKE OUR FIVE DAY A WEEK, UH, FORENSIC SERVICES ARE PERFORMED AT NO COST TO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, THE CITY OF DALLAS, OR FRIENDS OF DAS.
AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT GOES SPECIFICALLY TO FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES AT OPERATION KINDNESS, UH, BUT PLEASE FEEL FREE IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR MY PRESENTATION, YOU'RE WELCOME TO, UH, EMAIL THAT AS WELL.
SO NOW WE CAN OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS.
UM, LET'S MAYBE START WITH THE ONLINE COMMISSIONERS.
COMMISSIONER GEARING, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ITEMS OF DISCUSSION FOR EITHER OF THE OPK PHOTOS? AND I DO.
SORRY, COMMISSIONER GEARING, BEFORE YOU START, LET ME GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT BOTH FRIENDS OF AND, UH, OPERATION KINDNESS DO FOR DALLAS PETS.
AND, AND WE WOULDN'T BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS, UH, WITHOUT THEM.
WHAT WILL CHANGE OR WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE OPERATION OF, OF WHAT, UM, FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES DOES GOING FORWARD NOW THAT THEY'RE UNDER THE OPERATION KINDNESS UMBRELLA? SO, IS THERE A DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR SUBMITTING? WILL THEY GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING? LIKE WHAT HAS CHANGED WITH THEM BEING UNDER THAT UMBRELLA? NOTHING, NOTHING WILL HAS CHANGED
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IN THE PUBLIC FACING SIDE.WE'RE STILL RAISED FUNDS TO SUPPORT DIS EXCLUSIVELY.
THE, THE MOST OF THE CHANGE IS ON THE BACKSIDE.
SO AS, UH, FRIENDS OF DIS IT WAS JUST ESSENTIALLY ME DOING ALL OF THE WORK.
SO I WAS DOING ACCOUNTING, MARKETING, FUNDRAISING, ADMINISTRATIVE WORK.
AND NOW WITH THE MERGER, UM, OBVIOUSLY OPERATION KINDNESS HAS AN ACCOUNTING TEAM, A MARKETING TEAM, A DEVELOPMENT TEAM, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE.
SO I CAN FOCUS MORE ON THE ACTUAL SUBSTANTIVE WORK.
UM, THE HOPE IS WITH THOSE INCREDIBLE RESOURCES, OPERATION KINDNESS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO RAISE MORE FUNDS AND DO MORE TO HELP THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DALLAS ANIMAL ANIMAL SERVICES.
AND THEN JUST GIMME A, A QUICK NOTE ON THAT ALSO.
SO KIND OF ALSO WHAT HAPPENS ON THE BACKEND.
SO WHEN SOMEONE DONATES OR CONTRIBUTES TO FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, WHICH IS THROUGH OPERATION KINDNESS, THAT IS A COMPLETELY RESTRICTED FUND.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE REALLY STRICT AND STRONG ACCOUNTING PROCESSES TO ENSURE THAT NOTHING IS COMING OUT OF THEIR, UM, OR WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT FUND IS ONLY FOR OUR FRIENDS OF DAS PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE KEEP EVERYTHING INCREDIBLY SEPARATE.
UM, AND SO WE ENSURE THAT IF YOU ARE DONATING TO FRIENDS OF DAS, THAT IS NOT GOING TOWARDS OPERATION KINDNESS, GENERAL OPERATING.
IS THAT ALL FROM YOU, COMMISSIONER GEARING? OH, YEAH.
UH, KAREN, UH, COMMISSIONER SANDERS, ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I MEAN, RACHEL, COMMISSIONER SANDERS.
GIMME ONE SECOND TO RESET YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BOTH COMING.
IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOME, UM, FACTS AND TO, I WISH I WAS THERE TO SEE YOUR FACES, BUT, UM, NEXT TIME, MAYBE, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO OPERATION KINDNESS.
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN SUCH A GREAT RESCUE PARTNER AND LOOKING AT THE DASHBOARD OF PERFORMANCES, YOU GUYS ARE, UM, UP AT THE TOP.
AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND MOST OF THE, I MEAN, I THINK THE QUESTIONS RACHEL ASKED ARE BASICALLY, I WANTED TO KNOW SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE EFFICIENCIES OF SCALE AND HOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT THROUGH YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
UM, THE SECOND ONE WAS, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION, UM, AND SUPPORT, WHICH I THINK YOU GUYS ALREADY TOUCHED UPON A LITTLE BIT, UM, BY SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WENDY WAS DOING A LOT OF WORK, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT NONPROFIT WORK IS SOMETIMES REALLY, WELL, NOT SOMETIMES ALWAYS REALLY DIFFICULT.
AND, UM, SOMETIMES YOU JUST WANNA PULL YOUR HAIR OUT.
SO HAVING HELP WITH ACCOUNTING, MARKETING AND FUNDRAISING IS HUGE.
UM, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THAT ACCOUNTING WORKS OUT.
BECAUSE WHEN SOMEBODY FROM OPERATION KINDNESS, UM, WHO'S ON SALARY FROM OPERATION KINDNESS SPENDS THEIR TIME AND ENERGY ON FRIENDS OF DAS, HOW IS THAT ACCOUNTED FOR? THE, DO YOU CHARGE FRIENDS OF DAS BACK FOR THAT TIME? WHERE'S THE ACCOUNTING FOR THAT? AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS, PERSONALLY, I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY, UM, I JUST WANNA KNOW HOW THE, THE FRIENDS OF DAS AT OPERATION KINDNESS IS SUPER CONFUSING TO ME.
AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE CONFUSING TO THE PUBLIC.
SO I JUST WANNA KNOW, LIKE, HOW THAT DECISION WAS MADE, WHY IT'S NOT JUST WENDY AT FRIENDS OF DAS WITH THE CONTINUED COLLABORATION.
I I REALLY HOPE THAT THIS IS A PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP.
I JUST WANT IT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AS WE CAN BE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.
WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GREATER TRANSPARENCY WE HAVE, UM, THE GREATER COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE, SO ALWAYS HAPPY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
SO TO ADDRESS THE KIND OF ACCOUNTING SIDE OF IT, NO, NO.
UH, FROM OUR FRIENDS OF DAS, RESTRICTED ACCOUNTS, SALARIES, UM, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL MILEAGE, TOLLS, YOU KNOW, TO AND FROM, NONE OF THAT IS TAKEN OUT OF FRIENDS OF DAS.
SO THE FRIENDS OF DAS RESTRICTED ACCOUNT IS SOLELY FOR ALL SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, INVOICES, EVERYTHING FOR SPECIFICALLY DAS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WENDY AND I ARE HERE AT THIS MEETING IF, YOU KNOW, WE CHARGE OUR TRAVEL OR OUR MILEAGE, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS FOR DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES CITY OF DALLAS, THAT IS NOT COMING OUT OF OUR FRIENDS OF DAS RESTRICTED FUND.
AND THAT'S JUST OVERALL PART OF OPERATION KINDNESS IS REALLY STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, AND THEN, AND I THINK WENDY ALSO CAN KIND OF SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE KIND OF ABOUT THE COLLABORATION, UM, THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
BUT ON OUR END, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS REALLY A DREAM COLLABORATION FOR US BECAUSE OF COURSE, WE ARE INCREDIBLY COMMITTED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IT'S, UM, PROBABLY OUR NUMBER ONE COMMITMENT OF ANY, UH, CITY OR COUNTY THAT WE SERVE.
THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR MAIN FOCUS, ESPECIALLY SINCE, UH, WE STARTED OUR COMMUNITY INITIATIVES PROGRAM ABOUT
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THREE YEARS AGO.AND SO FOR US, UM, LIKE WENDY MENTIONED, BEING ABLE TO HAVE A MARKETING TEAM, A FUNDRAISING TEAM, SO IT'S NOT JUST WENDY NOW, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE FUNDRAISING, ALL OF THAT.
SO NOW ALMOST 100% OF HER TIME CAN GO TOWARDS EITHER FUNDRAISING OR, YOU KNOW, MEETING TO STRATEGIZE WITH DAS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SPENT ON THINGS LIKE THE ACCOUNTING AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT BACKEND STUFF.
AND SO NOW WE HAVE THAT REALLY STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT OPERATION KIND OF ALREADY HAD, UH, GOING TOWARDS THE, THE FRIENDS OF DAS PROGRAM.
SO REALLY JUST BEING ABLE TO AMPLIFY MM-HMM
UM, AND ALSO EXPOSE OPERATION KINDNESS, EXISTING DONOR BASE TO FRIENDS OF DAS, UH, SO THAT WAY WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE REALLY KIND OF EXTENDED AND EXPANDED FRIENDS OF D'S DONOR BASE AND OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO ADD.
I DO THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT ABOUT THE CONFUSION.
YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST TO SAY THAT.
AND WE ARE WORKING ON, UM, POTENTIALLY ROLLING OUT SOME, SOME MORE MESSAGING TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS WORKS.
OUR HOPE IS THAT OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL ONLY BE GOOD FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND D DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES 'CAUSE WE'RE BOTH VERY COMMITTED TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
COMMISSIONER SANDERS, ANY FOLLOW UP? UM, CAN I RESERVE MY TIME FOR LATER? I'D LIKE TO SEE EVERYBODY ELSE'S QUESTION FIRST.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO GIVE US THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, CAN COMMISSIONERS PARTICIPATE IN FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES AS A VOLUNTEER OR WHAT? AS A VOLUNTEER AS, UH, A DONOR? YEAH.
I THINK YOU CAN BE A DONOR FOR SURE.
UH, JUST THAT 'CAUSE DRAWING ON PAST EXPERIENCE, WE WANNA, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE WITH OPERATION KINDNESS AND, UH, FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, UM, AS MENTORS, DONORS, WHATEVER THEY NEED.
IS THAT A PROBLEM WITH BEING ON THE COMMISSION OR, I DON'T THINK SO.
WELL, YEAH, BUT I GOTTA KNOW
WELL, I GOTTA KNOW THE LEGALITIES.
SO WE, WE DON'T HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY HERE WITH US TODAY TO ADVISE, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET WITH THEM, AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE A DETERMINATION, WE CAN LET YOU KNOW.
BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA SAY YES OR NO EITHER WAY.
COMMISSIONER DELGADO, I'M GONNA WRITE YOUR TIME DOWN.
'CAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE TIME REMAINING.
COMMISSIONER DELGADO, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
UM, JUST A COUPLE SMALL QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, FO'S MONEY IS NOT, UM, COMMINGLING ESSENTIALLY.
AND, UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE 5 0 1 C3 S MERGED, UM, HOW ARE YOU IDENTIFYING WHERE MONEY IS COMING FROM ONE WAY OR ANOTHER? YOU KNOW, HOW DO, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO?
OH, WE STILL HAVE OUR OWN DONATION FORM.
SO ANY GIFT THAT'S GIVEN ON OUR WEBSITE GOES DIRECTLY TO THAT BANK ACCOUNT.
I HAVE ADVISED DONORS, IF THEY'RE SENDING IN A CHECK, YOU MAKE IT OUT TO FRIENDS OF DAS.
UM, OPERATION KINDNESS ACTUALLY HAS FILED FOR, UH, DOING BUSINESS AS FRIENDS OF DAS.
SO IT IS ITS OWN ENTITY STILL.
UM, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE TRADEMARKS, SO THE NAME WILL CONTINUE, UM, AND THAT, AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE SEPARATING THE MONEY.
IF IT SAYS FRIENDS OF DAS, IT GOES INTO ITS OWN ACCOUNT.
I'LL START YOUR TIME, COMMISSIONER.
AND I, I, OPERATION KINDNESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A, A GOOD FRIEND TO DIS AND, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL HOPING THAT THIS WILL BE A, A GOOD THING.
I HAVE ONE, ONE QUESTION ABOUT GRANTS.
UM, AND PAUL MIGHT HAVE TO GET IN ON THIS TOO, IF HE'S ALLOWED TO ANSWER.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT HIS TIME, BUT IT'S, UM, SO WHEN YOU GUYS APPLY, SO SAY YOU APPLY TO, SAY, THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION FOR A GRANT FROM FOS.
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ARE YOU APPLYING ON BEHALF OF DAS OR CAN DAS THEN CAN THEY APPLY TO THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION, OR IS THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION GONNA SAY WE ALREADY GAVE TO YOU? OR CAN THEY, CAN THEY BOTH APPLY? DAS CAN WORK SEPARATELY AND APPLY FOR ITS OWN GRANTS.UH, HOWEVER, WE COULD DO A JOINT OPERATION WITH FOTIS AS WELL FOR APPLYING FOR GRANTS.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE A GRANT TEAM IN THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT WE COULD WORK WITH IF WE WERE CHOOSE TO DO SO.
SO THAT DOES THAT, UM, SO DOES THAT MEAN, DO YOU, AND YOU GUYS ARE STILL APPLYING FOR GRANTS, EVEN THOUGH FOTIS IS SO, OKAY.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING ON OUR EYE OUT RIGHT NOW FOR THE ONE FROM THE STATE REGARDING ADDITIONAL SPAY NEUTER MONEY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THAT WEBSITE AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER BENNETT, LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY AND I'LL START YOUR TEST.
UM, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO EXCUSE ME BECAUSE I'M NEW TO ALL OF THIS.
I'M NOT NEW TO THE IDEA OF RESCUE AND SPAN NEUTERING AND HELPING ANIMALS, BUT THIS IS ALL NEW TO ME.
I'M ALSO NOT KNOWN TO BE VERY POLITICALLY CORRECT, EVEN THOUGH I'M, I GUESS, IN THEORY A POLITICIAN.
SO, UM, PLEASE EXCUSE ME, BUT I WANNA THANK YOU FIRST FOR BEING HERE AND EXPLAINING THIS BECAUSE I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT TO AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN, IT SEEMS LIKE COMPETITION.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE FOR SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING, THE OPERATION KINDNESS WOULD BE COMPETING WITH DAS AND THAT THE MERGER OF, UM, A GROUP THAT MAINLY SUPPORTS THE FUNDING FOR DAS, UM, MERGING WITH A GROUP THAT I'M SURE HELPS DAS ALSO.
BUT I'M JUST, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW HOW FROM LIKE SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING, HOW IT APPEARS.
AND SO YOU'RE COMING IN TODAY, I GUESS, MAKE SOMEBODY LIKE ME FEEL BETTER.
I'M INTERESTED IN MORE OF THAT AND MORE OF AN EXPLANATION ABOUT HOW, UM, I GUESS Y'ALL DON'T, IT'S NOT A COMPETITION LIKE, 'CAUSE YOU GUYS DO RESCUE AND ADOPTABLE ANIMALS AND ALL THAT TOO.
DO YOU GUYS PULL FROM DAS AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
AND I THINK LIKE THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO ARE OUTSIDERS LIKE ME, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THEY'RE THINKING AND WONDERING ABOUT.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST, ANY LIGHT YOU COULD SHED ON THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
BUT I DO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE BY SAYING THAT, THAT I'M AT ALL TRYING TO DEMEAN ANYTHING.
'CAUSE I APPRECIATE SO MUCH WHAT ALL THE RESCUE GROUPS DO.
I CAN SAY FROM THE DAS PERSPECTIVE, IT'S BROUGHT, UH, UM, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO THE FOLD, AS YOU HEARD, UH, FOR WENDY AND FOR FOTIS AND SUPPLYING THE NEEDS FOR DAS.
AND I CAN SAY IT'S BORN FRUIT.
I, I WANT TO SAY WE PROBABLY RAISED MORE MONEY NOW, SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A COMPETITION PER SE.
UH, BUT I DO KNOW IT, IT BRINGS A LOT OF RESOURCES.
AND I CAN SAY THAT IN ADDITION, OPERATION KINDNESS IS OUR NUMBER ONE PARTNER IN RESCUES AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES WITH OPERATION KINDNESS, ESPECIALLY FOR FORENSICS RELATED TO SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR ALL THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR THAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN AS WELL, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDRAISING AND, AND MARKETING AND SO FORTH THAT IS BEING PROVIDED IS A, IS A HELP TO DS SO IF IT'S A COMPETITION, IT'S MORE A COMPETITION FOR OPK, BUT
SO THAT, THAT'S ONE, UH, THAT WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THROUGH THAT PARTNERSHIP.
AND THEN, I KNOW Y'ALL SAID THAT THE ONLY THING YOU GUYS CHARGE DAS FOR ARE VETERINARY SERVICES.
I'M ASSUMING THAT, THAT YOU GIVE THEM LIKE A GOOD DEAL, I DUNNO, ON THAT
SO LIKE WHEN SPAY NEUTER NETWORK, WHEN TCAP, UM, CHARGES DAS FOR SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES, SO WE DO SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES AND HEALTH CERTIFICATES FOR THEIR TRANSPORT PROGRAM.
AND SO YES, WE CHARGE PRICES THAT ARE EITHER BELOW OR EQUAL TO WHAT THE OTHER OTHER SERVICE PROVIDING ORGANIZATIONS CHARGE.
UM, GOING BACK TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, AND I KNOW WENDY CAN SPEAK A LITTLE MORE KIND OF ABOUT THE SPECIFICS, BUT, UM, SOMETHING KIND OF OVERALL THAT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS THAT, UH, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE COMPLETED THE MERGER WITH FRIENDS OF DAS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE FROM AN OPERATION KINDNESS STANDPOINT, AND WENDY ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ONLY WANTED TO DO THIS MERGER IF THE RESULTS WOULD BE ABOVE BASELINE, RIGHT?
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SO WE DIDN'T WANNA MERGE AND HAVE THE OUTPUT AND THE OUTCOMES BE THE EXACT SAME OR LESS WE WANTED TO MERGE ONLY IF WE KNEW THAT THAT WOULD RESULT IN GREATER LIFE SAVING, GREATER SUPPORT FOR DAS.AND SO, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THAT.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T JUST OPERATION KINDNESS ABSORBING FRIENDS OF DAS AND YOU KNOW, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MERGER RESULTED IN QUITE A BIT ABOVE BASELINE WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORT AND OUTCOMES FOR DAS.
YES, AND I CAN SAY WE HAVEN'T DUG DEEPLY INTO OUR DATA YET, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE FRIENDS OF DAS DONOR BASE VERSUS THE OPERATION KINDNESS DONOR BASE, THERE IS NOT A LOT OF OVERLAP.
SO THERE, THERE, I WOULDN'T SAY TOO ENTIRELY SEPARATE MARKETS, BUT CLOSE TO THAT.
SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY ON BOTH SIDES, I THINK, FOR EDUCATION AND INFORMATION.
YEAH, I MEAN, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD TODAY, THIS IT'S SO I'M NOT THAT I WAS LIKE SO WORRIED ABOUT IT, BUT IT SEEMS AMAZING AND, UM, FROM JUST WHAT MY KIND OF IMPRESSIONS WERE ABOUT HOW THIS MIGHT WORK, IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT COLLABORATION.
SO THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR COMING HERE AND EXPLAINING THAT.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE, SO.
AND I'LL GO LAST, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, MEREDITH, JUST TO CLARIFY, OH, SORRY.
YEAH, THIS IS NOT OUR REGULAR MEETING ROOM.
IT'S A LITTLE LESS CONDUCIVE TO KEEPING TIME.
UM, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.
JUST TO FOLLOW UP, UM, ON ALL THE ADMIN MARKETING SUPPORT, ET CETERA, THAT COMES FROM THE OPK TEAM.
SO YOU GUYS ARE GIFTING THAT SERVICE TO FRIENDS OF DAS? YEAH, IT'S MORE SO, SO WE THINK OF, SO FRIENDS OF DAS AS AN INITIATIVE OF OPERATION KINDNESS, KIND OF LIKE OUR COMMUNITY INITIATIVES PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN INITIATIVE OF OPERATION KINDNESS.
SO NOW ADVERTISING, FUNDRAISING, ALL THAT FOR FRIENDS OF IS JUST KIND OF A PART OF A LOT OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS JUST DAILY ROLE NOW.
UM, AND THEN JUST SORT OF A, AGAIN, TO GO ON THE, THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT OR COMPETITION.
IF, IF THE GRANT TEAM IS GOING AFTER YOU GUYS ARE NEED THE SAME GRANT, ARE YOU APPLYING UNDER BOTH ENTITIES OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? IF IT WOULD BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, THE SAME GRANT WOULD BENEFIT BOTH GROUPS.
YEAH, WE HAVE NOT COME TO THAT YET, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM ABOUT APPLYING FOR A GRANT UNDER OPERATION KINDNESS THAT INCLUDES SOMETHING FOR FRIENDS OF DAS SPECIFICALLY.
SO I, THAT'S HOW I THINK IT WOULD, WOULD WORK OUT.
I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE LOST IN THE SHUFFLE.
AND THEN I WILL ALSO JUST REITERATE THIS SORT OF FROM THE OUTSIDE, THE OPK ADDRESSES AND THE FRIENDS, THAT IS SORT OF CONFUSING AS IF IT'S NOT NO LONGER FRIENDS OF DAS.
YOU KEEP REFIGURING THINGS OUT.
AND WE ARE LIKE, WE'RE WORKING, UM, KIND OF PILOTING SOME NEW THINGS ON LIKE THE FRIENDS OF DONATION PAGE AND KIND OF WEBSITES.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL VERY MUCH KIND OF IN THE LEARNING PROCESS OF KIND OF WHAT, UH, WHAT MORE INFORMATION PEOPLE NEED FROM US.
AND SO WE ARE ABSOLUTELY WORKING ON ALL OF THAT.
AND THERE'S ALSO, UM, LANGUAGE USUALLY IN THE STATEMENTS THAT SAYS, DON'T WORRY, ALL YOUR MONEY'S GOING TO DALLAS PETS INSTEAD OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES ANIMALS.
SO THAT'S MAYBE ANOTHER POINT TO LOOK AT.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE WHO YIELDED THEIR TIME WANNA SPEAK? OH, KAREN, COMMISSIONER SANDERS.
WE'LL HAVE TO START YOUR TIME AGAIN, I BELIEVE.
SO BEFORE, BEFORE WE JUMP, UM, SO I THINK, DID YOU WANNA GO IN THE SAME ORDER CHAIR ELECT, WHICH BE COMMISSIONER GEARING? YES.
DO YOU WANNA USE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, 30 SECONDS.
SO SANDERS, UH, COMMISSIONER SANDERS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND NINE SECONDS.
JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT TO START YOUR TIME.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YOU MAY BE IN.
I, I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS NOW, SO I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT SHORT.
BUT, UM, I GUESS MY ISSUE WAS FOLLOW UP TO WHAT COMMISSIONER CASEY WAS JUST ASKING ABOUT.
UM, IF I WAS A DONOR TO OPERATION KINDNESS AND ALL OF THIS STAFF MONEY OR TIME MARKETING AND ALL THIS STUFF WAS GOING TO FRIENDS OF DAS, WHICH IS AN OPEN INTAKE SHELTER, WHICH ALSO DOES EUTHANIZE DOGS FOR SPACE.
AS MUCH AS WE HATE THAT OPERATION KINDNESS DOES NOT DO THAT.
I MIGHT HAVE A CONFLICT ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE, UM, WHEN YOU'RE SHARING ALL THESE RESOURCES.
I THINK, UH, FRIENDS OF DAS NEEDS THE HELP AND I'M GLAD THAT OPERATION KINDNESS WANTS TO DO THAT AS A DONOR TO BOTH.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF SEPARATION THERE IN THE ACCOUNTING, UM, AND THE TIME SHARED AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, AND THEN MY, UH, AND MAYBE YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT, UM, THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE OPEN INTAKE SHELTER
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AND THE RESCUE AND HOW THAT WILL FIND ITS FOOTING, UM, IN THE FUTURE.I KNOW THIS IS NOT ALL WORKED OUT YET, BUT, UM, JUST TO, ANYWAY, UM, AND THEN THE SECOND THING WAS, IS, UM, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE FILING A DBA UNDER FOR, UM, FRIENDS OF DAS UNDER OPERATION KINDNESS.
UM, ARE YOU FILING ANY OTHER DBAS THAT MIGHT, UM, IN THE FUTURE CONSIDER A CHANGE OF NAME FOR DAS THAT WOULD BE MORE BROAD IN SCOPE THAT WOULD CHANGE TO INCLUDE OPERATION KINDNESS OR SOMETHING LIKE DALLAS PETS LIKE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER CASEY JUST BROUGHT UP.
SO, UM, SO IN THE FUTURE, AS YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU'RE DEVELOPING THIS PARTNERSHIP, ARE THERE PLANS OR THOUGHTS TO CHANGE THE NAME AND IF RIGHT NOW ALL THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO HELP DAS, ARE THERE, IS THAT AN INDEFINITE THING? IS THAT FOREVER THAT FRIENDS OF DAS WILL SPEND ALL THEIR MONEY ON DAS OR IS THERE A CONSIDERATION SOMETIME THAT THAT WOULD BE SPLIT SPLIT BETWEEN, UH, SORRY, SPLIT BETWEEN OPERATION KINDNESS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE GRANTS.
UM, AND I'M, AGAIN, NOT TRYING TO BE, YOU KNOW, PICKY OR WHATEVER, I JUST KNOW THAT, UM, DONORS WANNA KNOW WHERE THEIR MONEY'S GOING TO NO MATTER WHAT.
AND I JUST WANT ALSO THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS AND THE PETS OF DALLAS TO KNOW, TO JUST TRANSPARENCY.
SO THAT'S THE END OF MY QUESTIONS.
SO I'LL GO KIND OF SECOND QUESTION TO FIRST QUESTION.
UH, NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS AT THIS TIME FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DBAS OR FILINGS.
UM, BUT THAT IS THE REALLY NICE PART ABOUT, UH, FRIENDS OF DAS BEING AN INITIATIVE OF OPERATION KINDNESS, BECAUSE WHILE FRIENDS OF DAS OBVIOUSLY FOCUSES ON DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, UM, LIKE MY SLIDE AT THE END, OPERATION KINDNESS HAS, YOU KNOW, A COMMITMENT TO CITY OF DALLAS AND DALLAS COUNTY OVERALL.
AND SO IF YOU CAN KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT AS, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT FRIENDS OF DAS OR DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, IF THERE IS ANYTHING LEFT OUT THERE THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS OR CITY OF DALLAS PETS NEED, THAT'S WHERE OPERATION KINDNESSES SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF DALLAS COMES IN.
UM, AND THEN, YES, YOUR KIND OF POINT ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OPEN INTAKE SHELTER VERSUS, YOU KNOW, A MANAGED INTAKE SHELTER OR RESCUE.
SO FOR OPERATION KINDNESS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS ESPECIALLY, WE'VE REALLY TRANSITIONED AND TRANSFORMED OUR INTAKE.
SO LAST FISCAL YEAR, NEARLY 90% OF ALL OF OPERATION KINDNESS INTAKE CAME FROM MUNICIPAL SHELTERS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS.
SO WE'VE DEFINITELY MADE IT A COMMITMENT NOT JUST TO CITY OF DALLAS, NOT JUST TO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE, UH, MEDICAL EXPERTISE, WE HAVE THE BEHAVIORAL RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFER IN ANIMALS THAT MAY NOT, UH, DO AS WELL AT MUNICIPAL SHELTERS.
SO WE HAVE REALLY TALKED TO OUR DONORS AND KIND OF EXPLAINED TO ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR INTAKE IS COMING FROM OUR SUPPORT OF MUNICIPAL SHELTERS AND DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES CERTAINLY IS OUR BIGGEST ONE.
UM, YOU STILL HAVE 34 SECONDS IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE THEM.
UM, COMMISSIONER MATHIAS, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES AND NINE SECONDS IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE THEM.
JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME.
I'VE BEEN DRAWING AGAIN ON PAST EXPERIENCE.
THERE WAS, UH, AT ONE TIME WE CONSIDERED, UH, SPCA AND DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES IN THAT AREA IN WEST DALLAS TO BE DALLAS ANIMAL WHATEVER.
IS THERE ANY TALK ABOUT SPCA DOING ANY WORK WITH DAS AND FRIENDS OF DAS OR ARE THEY OUT OF THE LOOP? WE WORK WITH THE SPCA OF TEXAS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE SPCA OF TEXAS.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ASSISTING US WITH OUR CAT POPULATION THROUGH INTAKE DIVERSION.
SO THEIR PARTNERSHIP IS STILL THERE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SPCA AND ALL OF OUR OTHER LOCAL PARTNERS.
AND THEN A QUICK NOTE ON THAT, UM, SO OUR LIFESAVING PARTNERSHIPS HUB IS ALSO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES AND SPCA.
SO IT'S A REALLY KIND OF NICE LIFE-SAVING TRIO THERE.
IS THAT IT FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER? YES.
COMMISSIONER DELGADO, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES AND 26 SECONDS.
UM, IF YOU'RE READY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START THE TIME.
YOU, UM, JUST KIND OF FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT COMMISSIONER CASEY HAD, UH, ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION AROUND, UM, WHEN IT COMES
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TO THE COMMITMENT OF OPERATION KINDNESS, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S PLANS TO KEEP EXPANDING THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS.UM, HOW CAN WE SEE VISIBILITY? UM, BECAUSE FOTIS OBVIOUSLY FILES A A A NINE 90 AND WE HAVE A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY INTO FOTIS, UM, CURRENTLY, SO WE CAN SEE WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF VISIBILITY THERE.
HOW CAN WE SEE THE SAME VISIBILITY? UM, OBVIOUSLY OPERATION KINDNESS HAS ITS OWN OPERATIONS AND THINGS GOING ON.
UM, HOW WILL WE SEE WHERE FOTIS MONEY IS GOING? YES.
SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE SAME THING, SO RIGHT.
NOT NECESSARILY THE NINE 90, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO KIND OF OUR BUDGET ON OUR RESTRICTED FUND, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING IN AND COMING OUT, WE HAVE, AND WE WORK WITH, UH, DAS ON LIKE EVERY TWO WEEKS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT BUDGET AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT YES, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE JUST AS TRANSPARENT IN TERMS OF THAT RESTRICTED FUND.
IT'LL JUST BE PRESENTED IN A DIFFERENT WAY RATHER THAN A NINE 90.
UH, YES, WE, WE CERTAINLY, AND I BELIEVE AS PART OF, UM, THIS, I BELIEVE WE REPORT LIKE, ON A YEARLY BASIS OR QUARTERLY BASIS, BUT YES, IT WILL BE TRANSPARENT.
UH, IS THAT ALL FOR YOU? COMMISSIONER DELGADO? GREAT.
UM, COMMISSIONER FAULKNER DUNN, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES AND 12 SECONDS.
LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME NOW.
I JUST HAVE, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, AND MEREDITH ACTUALLY JUST BROUGHT THIS UP AND I HAD WRITTEN DOWN TO ASK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP HUB.
I REMEMBER WHEN IT OPENED AND ALL THE HULA HOOPLA, BLAH.
SO, UM, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IT.
SO TELL ME WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON NOW WITH THE PARTNERSHIP HUB AND HOW IS IT MAINLY USED AND ARE OTHER RESCUES? I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE WERE TOLD THAT OTHER RESCUES COULD HOLD DOGS THERE FOR A CERTAIN TIME, SO CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SO, LIFESAVING PARTNERSHIPS HUB, WE OPENED, UH, LAST JULY, 2024.
UM, AND IT IS STILL, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A TRUE HUB OF ACTIVITY, NO PUN INTENDED.
UH, IT'S PRIMARILY FOR OUR INTERSTATE ANIMAL TRANSPORT PROGRAM.
AND OF COURSE A LOT OF OUR TRANSFERS DO COME FROM DAS FOR THAT.
UH, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE ALL OF OUR GENERAL PUBLIC RESCUE AND SHELTER SURGERIES THAT HAPPEN THERE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A MOBILE SPAY NEUTER CLINIC THAT IS KIND OF STATIONED AT THE HUB, BUT THEN ALSO GOES OUT.
WE HAVE TRANSPORT, UH, FOR GENERAL PUBLIC SPAY NEUTER PICKUP THAT GOES OUT AND THEN COMES BACK AND PERFORMS SURGERIES AT THE HUB.
UM, WHILE BOARDING IS NOT NECESSARILY THE, UM, KIND OF PRIMARY FOCUS OF THAT, UH, WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON MEDICAL SERVICES.
AND SO YES, ANY RESCUE SHELTER, UH, IS CERTAINLY ABLE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN SERVICES AT THE HOUSE.
SO IF I HAVE A RESCUE, WHICH I DO, AND SO I HAVE SAY, LET'S SAY I FOUND A CAT IN THE FENCE LAST WEEK, WHICH ENDED UP BEING GRAVELY INJURED, AND WE ENDED UP SPENDING A TON OF MONEY ON IT, AND IT D IT ULTIMATELY DIED.
SO IF WE HAVE AN ANIMAL THAT WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE ARE A SMALL RESCUE AND WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS, IS THAT SOMETHING I COULD CONTACT YOU GUYS ABOUT AND SAY, CAN YOU SEE IF WE CAN SAVE THIS ANIMAL? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU CAN EMAIL SPAY NEUTER@OPERATIONKINDNESS.ORG AND DEFINITELY TRY HELP.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT SPAY NEUTER ISSUE, EVEN IT, THAT'S JUST WHERE IT'S GONNA GO.
THAT JUST KIND OF GOES TO OUR GENERAL SURGERY ACCOUNT.
WENDY, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I DID WANNA ADD ONE THING.
I KNOW IT WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, DAS FOSTERS HAVE, I THINK IT'S ONE DAY PER WEEK AT THE HUB FOR MEDICAL CARE.
SO THEY ARE, IT'S NOW HELPING, UH, MOSTLY WITH SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES, BUT POTENTIAL FOR MORE.
UH, COMMISSIONER BENNETT, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES AND 44 SECONDS RINGING.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL START YOUR TIME.
COULD I GET THAT EMAIL ADDRESS AGAIN? AND THEN ALSO IF I FIND AN INJURED YEAH.
DOG ON THE STREET, GENERAL PUBLIC LIKE I DID THIS MORNING.
UM, WHAT DO I TAKE IT TO? DAS WHAT? IT'S INJURED.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO I DO? YEAH, IF THE ANIMAL SICKER INJURED, PLEASE BRING IT TO DAS.
AND THEN ALSO THE EMAIL ADDRESS? YES.
UH, SPAY NEUTER@OPERATIONKINDNESS.ORG.
AND CHAIR, I'LL LET CASEY YOU DO, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS.
WHENEVER YOU'RE JUST READY, GO AHEAD.
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THE LADIES HERE, UM, AND ARE BREAKING ALL THIS DOWN, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHEN YOU SAID THE ONLY THING THAT OPK CHARGED DAS FOR WAS THE 25 GRAND ISH OF VET CARE, IS THAT, UM, INVOICED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, OR IS THAT PAID BY FOS? NO, SO WE DO NOT INVOICE FOSS AT ALL.SO THAT IS PAID FOR, IT'S BUDGETED BY DAS AND PAID FOR BY CITY OF DALLAS.
I'LL YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
UM, NOW WE'RE GONNA GET THE, UH, REPORT, THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT FROM DIRECTOR PAUL RAMON.
AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE SPEAKERS THIS MORNING AND OUR PARTNERS AT OBK AND PHOTOS FOR COMING IN TODAY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND BE HERE AND AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UH, THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR OUR Q4, OUR FINAL FISCAL YEAR WRAP UP FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.
AS I STATED, THIS IS FOR Q4, HOWEVER, THIS IS OUR FISCAL YEAR, UH, TOTALS.
SO THIS IS FOR JULY TO SEPTEMBER, HOWEVER, IT'S ROLL UP.
THESE ARE OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND WHAT WE GAUGE OURSELVES BY, UH, TO HOLD TWO FREE VACCINE CLINICS IN SOUTHERN DALLAS.
WE'VE EXCEEDED THAT GOAL OF TWO BY 14 TO PERFORM 2000, UH, SUBSIDIZED PAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES.
WE EXCEEDED THAT GOAL, UH, BY DOUBLE, YOU SEE, IT'S 4,127, UH, PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN DOGS AND CATS FOSTERED.
AS YOU SEE, THAT NUMBER'S KIND OF DOWN SLIGHTLY.
IF THE OLD, IF WE PULLED OUT THE DATA, IT'S, UH, LAST YEAR WE DID 7,000.
SO IT'S SLIGHTLY OFF, BUT IT, IT, IT, IT AFFECTED THE PERCENTAGE.
AND IN A PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN DOGS AND CASH TRANSFER TO RESCUE PARTNERS, UH, THE GOAL IS 5%.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, FISCAL YEAR 24 WAS 5,000.
SO WE SLIGHTLY MISSED THAT GOAL BY 4 41 PERCENTAGE, UH, DECREASE IN YEAR OVER YEAR, LOOSE AND LOOSE ON DOG BITES.
THE GOAL IS TO DECREASE BY 2%.
WE ACTUALLY DECREASED BY 10.6 11% DOG INTAKE, UH, INTAKES BY SPECIES FOR DOGS.
AS YOU SEE, THERE WAS A 16% DECREASE IN WHAT AFFECTED THOSE NUMBERS.
AS COMMISSIONER SCHER SAID, LAST MISSION MEETING, THE TWO OUTBREAKS THAT WE HAD WITH C SEA AND WITH DISTEMPER GREATLY AFFECTED OUR ABILITIES TO BRING IN ANIMALS AND KEEP 'EM SAFE.
SO WE STILL BROUGHT IN THOSE THAT WERE SICK, INJURED, CRITICALLY ILL, OR WAS A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
UH, AND THAT AFFECTED OUR NUMBERS.
UH, AS YOU COULD SEE, THE INCREASE WAS 26% IN INTAKES.
AND THEN COMBINED OVERALL WAS, UH, SLIGHTLY LOWER.
UH, 5% DECREASE AS YOU SEE THE INCREASE IN CATS, BUT THE DECREASE IN DOGS AND THEN OTHERS WAS, UH, SLIGHTLY, UH, HIGHER THIS YEAR BY FOUR, 4%.
UM, AND THAT'S ALSO INCORPORATING OUR CRUELTY LIVESTOCK, UH, THOSE, UH, BIRDS THAT WERE A PART OF A COCKFIGHTING RING OR ANY ANIMAL, ANY ANIMALS THAT CAME IN THROUGH THAT PROCESS THAT WERE OTHER THAN DOGS OR CATS.
OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE BY SPECIES, OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE FOR DOGS HAS GONE UP BY 2%.
NEONATE KITTENS WAS DOWN BY 4% AS KITTEN SEASON, UH, HAS BEEN UPON US SINCE, UH, MARCH, APRIL, UH, WE TAKE IN THE MOST VULNERABLE.
SOME OF THOSE, UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT MAKE IT.
UH, THE NUMBERS FOR CATS WERE UP BY 4% OVERALL AND OTHERS WAS FLAT.
UH, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, OUR LIVE OUTCOME BY SPECIES FOR DOGS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THE, THE, UH, LIVE OUTCOMES FOR SPECIES FOR DOGS WAS DOWN BY 15%.
BUT THEN AGAIN, WE WERE AFFECTED BY THIRD C IN DISTEMPER, AND THOSE GREATLY AFFECTED THOSE NUMBERS.
OUR NINE LIVE OUTCOMES, UH, REASONS, UH, BY SPECIES FOR DOGS, WAS, UH, DOWN BY 26%, WHICH THE BIGGEST DECREASES WERE IN, UH, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD PRETTY MUCH.
SO THAT, THAT WAS A GOOD THING.
OUR LIVE OUTCOME BY SPECIES FOR CATS INCREASED BY 40%, UH, INCREASES IN ADOPTIONS, RESCUES, AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR NEW T AND R PROGRAM.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE'RE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN TO TRY AND ASSIST IN THAT AVENUE.
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SPECIES FOR CATS WAS UP BY 24%.AND AS I STATED, HITTING SEASON, WE TAKEN THE MOST VULNERABLE.
YOU SEE, THE LARGEST IMPACT WAS HUMANE AND MEDICAL.
OUR RESCUE GROUPS FOR DOGS AND CATS BY AGE GROUP, UH, IT WAS SLIGHTLY DOWN BY 15%.
BUT OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF WHAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH WITH THOSE TWO OUTBREAKS, NOT A LOT OF, UH, RESCUES WERE PULLING DURING THOSE TIMES.
SO IT AFFECTED THOSE NUMBERS FOR DOGS.
HOWEVER, FOR CATS, IT WAS UP BY 11%.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TOP 10 RESCUE PARTNERS LISTED HERE, UH, WITH, OF COURSE, AS WE STATED EARLIER, OPERATION KINDNESS IN OUR BIGGEST RESCUE TOOL, OUR FIELD ACTIVITIES SERVICE REQUEST TYPES, TIMELY RESPONSE RATE, DECREASED BY 2%.
UH, OUR LOOSE AND LOOSE OWN SERVICE REQUESTS WERE UP BY 8%.
OUR SERVICE REQUEST TYPES WERE ALMOST EVEN AT, UH, 3%, BUT THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 72,000 SERVICE REQUESTS.
OUR LOOSE AND LOOSE ON DOG BITES WERE DOWN BY 11%, AS I STATED EARLIER.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MORE WE GET IN THE CALL VOLUME FOR LOOSE AND LOOSE ON, UH, SERVICE REQUESTS CORRELATES WITH THE NUMBER OF DECREASED LOOSE AND LOOSE ON DOG BITES.
OUR MEDICAL TREATMENT, UH, OUR SPAN NEUTER SURGERIES DECREASED BY 3%, SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.
THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE TWO OUTBREAKS.
WE HAD TO LIMIT OUR SURGERIES IN-HOUSE BECAUSE DURING SURGERY, THE ANIMALS' IMMUNE SYSTEM IS COMPROMISED.
UH, OUR HEARTWORM TREATMENTS ARE UP BY 5%.
OUR SPECIALTY SURGERIES WERE UP BY 3%.
THOSE ARE SURGERIES THAT OUR VETS CAN DO TO GET AN ANIMAL TO A PLACE WHERE A RESCUE CAN TAKE IT FURTHER.
OUR SUBSIDIZED SURGERIES WERE UP BY 55%, UH, AS WE STATED EARLIER, WHICH WE ARE GREATLY, UH, APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY DOES AS FAR AS BRINGING THE ANIMALS INTO THE SHELTER OR TO OUR PARTNERS FOR STAY AND NTER.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, FOR THE THINGS THAT, UH, ARE PROVIDED TO US, UH, TO ASSIST IN THAT AVENUE.
OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, WE HAVE, UH, FOR JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 899 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS, WHICH IS A 12% INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR, OVER 5,645 TOTAL VOLUNTEERS.
HOUR HOURS PROVIDED, UH, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 6.2, 6.3 HOURS PER VOLUNTEER.
IF WE PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THAT, THE VOLUNTEERS SAVED THE CITY, UH, 189,000 BUCKS.
OUR NEW VACATIONS PROGRAM THAT KICKED OFF LAST YEAR, WE HAD 196 DOGS, PARTICIPATED IN, UH, 302 VACATIONS WITH A 95% POSITIVE OUTCOME.
80 DOGS WERE ADOPTED, 59 CURRENTLY IN FOSTER HOMES, AND 17 WERE TAGGED BY RESCUES.
AND THEN YOU SEE SOME PHOTOS OF SOME OF OUR FOLKS THAT, UH, ASSISTED IN THAT PROCESS.
OUR FOSTER PROGRAM, UH, 7,283 ANIMALS WERE FOSTERED WITH 1300 OF THOSE ANIMALS BEING REPEAT FOSTERS.
THOSE ARE ANIMALS THAT COME IN THAT ARE FOUND ASTRAY, AND THE INDIVIDUAL WHO FOUND, FOUND THE DOG WANTS TO FOSTER IN THEIR HOME, BECAUSE NINE TIMES OUTTA 10, THAT ANIMAL IS PROBABLY OWNED BY SOMEONE IN THAT COMMUNITY, UH, WILL PROVIDE THE VACCINATIONS AND, AND EVERYTHING FOR THAT ANIMAL.
AND THEN ONCE THE STRAY HOLD IS UP, IF THAT INDIVIDUAL WISHES TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER OR ADOPT, WE WILL PROCEED WITH THAT PROCESS, OR WE'LL BRING THE ANIMAL IN.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS HELPS US BECAUSE THE ANIMAL GETS TO BUILD UP SOME TYPE OF IMMUNITY WHEN THE VACCINATIONS ARE PROVIDED, INSTEAD OF COMING STRAIGHT INTO THE SHELTER, 443 NEW FOSTERS 131 MEDICAL FOSTERS OVER 2000 FOSTERS TO ADOPT OVER, UH, 239 TICKET TO RIDE FOSTERS.
THOSE ARE OUR ANIMALS THAT ARE GOING OUT FOR TRANSPORT, UH, OVER 2000 PUPPY AND KITTEN FOSTERS AND 165 SHORT TERM FOSTERS OVER 2,800 WERE ADOPTED BY THEIR FOSTER, WHICH IS, UH, I'LL ALWAYS SAY THAT'S A GOOD FAILURE THERE.
SO WE, WE APPLAUD THAT AND WE THANK THAT WE WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
OVER 732 WERE ADOPTED WHILE IN FOSTER WITH 144 ADOPTED IN FOSTER AT ADOPTION EVENTS.
SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FOSTERING, THAT ARE BRINGING ANIMALS TO OUR FO OUR FOSTER, UH, OUR EVENTS, UH, ADOPTION EVENTS.
AND THEN THEY'RE ADOPTED IMMEDIATELY AT THAT EVENT.
OUR PET FOOD PANTRY HI, UH, HIGHLIGHTS.
WHAT WE DO HERE IS WE TRY TO OFFER WHAT WE CAN IN DONATIONS TO FOLKS
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IN NEED TO HELP CREATE A DIVERSION FROM SURRENDER.UH, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SATISFY ALL THE NEEDS, BUT WE'LL PROVIDE RESOURCES ON WHERE THEY COULD GO.
AND, UH, FOR JULY TO SEPTEMBER, OVER 253 FAMILIES WERE SERVED AT SIX EVENTS.
YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWNS FOR DOGS AND CATS.
OVER 46, UH, HUNDRED POUNDS OF FOOD WERE PROVIDED.
13 FAMILIES WERE UNABLE TO BE SERVED.
HOWEVER, LIKE I SAID, WE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND AVENUES FOR THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.
UH, AND WE ARE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE DONATIONS BECAUSE NONE OF THESE, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE PROVIDED COME FROM DA'S BUDGET.
OUR COMMUNITY CATS, OUR COMMUNITY CAT, UH, FIXED PROGRAM PARTNERS, WHICH WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS NOW THROUGH CONTRACTS, UH, TO, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE PARTNERSHIPS AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE THAT.
AND WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING SOME OF THOSE, UH, SURGERIES IN-HOUSE, UH, AND SOME OF IT THROUGH A CONCIERGE SERVICE, UH, AS WELL.
UH, SPAN NEUTER NETWORK PROVIDED 525, UH, SURGERIES.
OUR OWN DAS TEAM, TABBY BROUGHT IN 52.
UH, AND THEN TEXAS, UH, TCAP, UH, PROVIDED 432, AND WE'RE WORKING TO AS, AS BEST AS WE CAN TO BRING BAY NEUTER SOCIETY BACK TO THE FOLD.
AND THEN NOAH'S ARKS NO LONGER PARTICIPATING.
THEY ARE NO LONGER IN OPERATIONS.
OVER 4,000 FE LINES WERE SPAYED AND NEUTERED YEAR TO DATE BY OUR PARTNERS THROUGH OUR SUBSIDIZED SURGERY INITIATIVE.
OUR TEAM TABBY, UH, THEY DID 125 SITE VISITS, UH, BASED ON CONCERNS THAT ARE COMING IN THROUGH OUR 3 0 1 SYSTEM.
THEY, UH, PREVIOUSLY TRAPPED 88 IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR DURING THIS SAME PERIOD.
UH, AND THEN KA SPAYED AND NEUTERED THROUGH DAS WERE 284, UH, WITH, AS I SAID, 1,451 TNR SURGERIES PERFORMED YEAR TO DATE, BUT YEAR TO DATE, OVER 5,500 SURGERIES WERE PROVIDED BY DAS FOR COMMUNITY CATS, EITHER IN-HOUSE OR THROUGH SUBSIDIZED PARTNERS.
SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO REDUCE THE IMPACTS OF OUR COMMUNITY CAT POPULATION, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME KEEPING THEM SAFE AND HEALTHY, HEALTHY AND ALTERED.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THIS NEXT PORTION OVER TO MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, VICTORIA BENNETT, WHO HAS BEEN FILLING IN THE GAPS FOR WHEN, UH, UH, ALEXI, UH, DUBERSTEIN, OUR PREVIOUS A GM WAS WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AT THE DIRECTION OF DISTRICT ONE, UH, TO COME UP WITH A COMMUNITY CAT ORDINANCE.
UH, AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THAT BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO QUALITY OF LIFE NEXT MONTH FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND, UH, ALSO, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE, UH, MS. EMILY FREEMAN, WHO IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OVER OUR, UH, UH, MEDICAL TEAM.
UH, WE THANK YOU FOR, UH, JOINING THE TEAM, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AND, UH, WE ARE WORKING TO CONTINUE TO FILL THE MANAGEMENT GAPS.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THERE.
UM, SO JUST 'CAUSE, UH, BIT OF A RECAP, UM, ON THE COMMUNITY CAP ISSUE.
SO, UM, WE HAVE SOME GOOD STRONG DATA THAT SHOWED THAT THE MAJORITY OF COMMUNITY CATS, UM, ARE OUT IN THE SOUTHWEST DALLAS AREA.
THAT'S KIND OF THE STRONGEST CONCENTRATION OF NUMBERS.
UM, AND THEN DUE TO SOME ONGOING TENSIONS, UM, IN THE BISHOP ARTS DISTRICT, OR, UM, THIS YEAR, UM, ON APRIL 29TH, 2025, A DISTRICT ONE LISTEN, UH, LISTENING SESSION WAS HELD AT 10 BELL'S TAVERN TO DISCUSS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
UM, OUT OF THAT MEETING, OUR STAFF, UH, LOOKED AT THE APPLICABLE STATE LAWS AND THE CURRENT CITY ORDINANCES, AND ALSO, UM, A TASK FORCE WAS FORMED, UM, THAT THEY DUBBED THEMSELVES AS THE LAW AND ORDER GROUP.
UM, AND THEY STARTED PUTTING TOGETHER UPDATES, UM, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UPDATES TO THE COMMUN, UM, TWO HOUR CHAPTER SEVEN CODE, WHICH DEALS WITH ANIMALS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, AS WE WENT THROUGH, UM, THAT PROCESS, WE REVIEWED, UM, COMMUNITY CAT OR FERAL CAT ORDINANCES IN SEVERAL OTHER CITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES AND, UM, THINGS THAT WE KNOW HAVE STOOD UP IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE A DRAFT, UM, ORDINANCE
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THAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE APPENDIX, UM, OF THIS PRESENTATION.UM, BUT THE BIGGEST THING, UH, THAT IS WE'RE CONSIDERING TO ADD IS, UM, IN SECTION ONE, WE'RE ADDING SEVERAL DEFINITIONS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM.
UM, DEFINING A COMMUNITY CAT, COMMUNITY CAT COLONY, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, AND WE'RE ALSO ESTABLISHING THE COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM.
UM, ANOTHER PIECE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING NU UH, NUISANCE CONCERNS, UM, THAT THAT COULD ALLOW FOR THE REMOVAL OF NUISANCE CATS OR COLONIES, IF THOSE ARE FOUND TO BE, UH, PROBLEMATIC IN, IN, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE THINK THIS IS GONNA REALLY HELP, UM, TO OVER TIME, REDUCE OUR COMMUNITY CAT POPULATION WITHOUT CREATING THAT VACUUM WHERE OTHER TYPES OF ANIMALS ARE GONNA COME IN TO THE AREA AND TAKE THEIR PLACE, OR JUST MORE COMMUNITY CATS COME IN.
UM, SO IT'S A, IT'S A JUST A STRATEGIC WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY ADDRESSING THE SCHOOL ISSUE.
UM, IT'LL ALSO HELP US PROMOTE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND REDUCE CAT RELATED NUISANCE COMPLAINTS, UM, AND ALSO DE DECREASE OUR ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ABANDONMENT BY PROVIDING LEGAL COMMUNITY DRIVEN FRAMEWORK FOR THE HUMANE, UH, MANAGEMENT OF FREE ROAMING CAT.
UM, SO THAT'S, UM, WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND LIKE, UH, PAUL MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'LL BE TAKING THIS TO QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, COMMITTEE, UM, NEXT MONTH, UM, ON NOVEMBER 17TH.
UM, AND, UM, IF THAT, UM, COMMITTEE, UM, AGREES WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND VOTES, VOTES IT THAT WAY, WE WILL, WE PLAN TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER, UM, TO PRESENT IT AND HOPEFULLY HAVE IT PASSED THERE AND BE THAT'S OKAY.
TO CONTINUE OUR COMMUN OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR, UH, Q4 OF 2025, A NUMBER OF, UH, SERVICE, UH, EVENTS.
UH, WE HAD THE NINE PET FOOD PANTRY EVENTS, OUR, UH, DFW PETS, OUR FAMILY, OUR MICROCHIP AND VACCINATION CLINICS, OUR COMMUNITY CAT FIX EVENTS, AND THEN OUR SPAIN NEUTER EVENTS.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT WERE HELD IN JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, UH, FOR DALLAS RESIDENTS, OUR EDUCATION AND TOWN HALLS AND HIRING EVENTS.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU, I BELIEVE AS OF TODAY, OUR VACANCY RATE IS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR DAS AS WE CONTINUE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.
NOW, THE NEW NEW FISCAL YEAR HAS UPON US, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
WE HAD EIGHT THAT WE ATTENDED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WALKTHROUGHS.
THERE WERE THREE THAT WERE HELD IN THE FOLLOWING DISTRICTS, UH, WITH 1500 HOMES VISITED, AND OVER 589 DIRECT CONTACTS MADE 25 MICROCHIPS WERE IMPLANTED.
THAT WAS ONE OF OUR FOCUSES TOO, WAS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY, BRING THE RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY, HAVE THOSE TRUE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PET RESPONSIBILITY AND OWNERSHIP, AND AS WELL TRY TO MICROCHIP SOME OF THOSE ANIMALS WHILE WE WERE OUT IN THE FIELD.
UH, DANIEL, UH, OUR A GM OVER FIELD OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN OVERSEEING THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM THROUGH HIS FIELD OFFER O OFFICERS.
UH, THAT TEAM IS NOW IN PLAY, AND WE HAVE THOSE RESOURCES TO GO DOOR TO DOOR IF NECESSARY, OR GO TO THESE EVENTS AND HAVE THESE COMMUNICATIONS.
OUR ADOPTION EVENTS, WE HAD 30 TOTAL EVENTS WITH 205 ANIMALS THAT ATTENDED.
OF THOSE ANIMALS, 83 SHELTER DOGS, UH, ATTENDED WITH 12 OF THOSE BEING ADOPTED, THREE FOSTER TO ADOPT.
UH, WE DIDN'T UNFORTUNATELY HAVE ANY, UH, SHELTER CATS THAT WERE ATTENDING.
UH, MO MAJORITY OF OUR POPULATION HAVE BEEN THE, THE, UH, CATS THAT ARE BORN FROM THE, UH, KITTEN POPULATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
92 FOSTER DOGS ATTENDED, UH, AND SIX WERE ADOPTED.
UH, TWO WERE FOSTERED TO ADOPT, AND THEN WE HAD 30 FOSTER CATS THAT ATTENDED OF THOSE FOSTER CATS.
14 WERE ADOPTED AND FOUR FOSTERS TO ADOPT.
SO WHAT THAT DOES IS, WHAT, WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE AND WHAT WE APPRECIATE FROM OUR FOSTERS IS WHEN THEY GET AN AN ANIMAL THAT'S FOSTERED, THAT FREES THEM UP TO COME IN AND, AND PURSUE ANOTHER ANIMAL FOR FOSTER OUR MARKETING.
UH, AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGH, UH, FROM JANUARY, JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, WE HAD SOME PRESS RELEASES, OF COURSE, THAT WENT OUT FOR MISSION POSSIBLE, ONE OF
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OUR ADOPTION EVENTS, UH, THAT WE HELD AT DAS, OUR DISTEMPER AT DAS, UH, UH, UPDATE OUR REQUEST FOR FOSTERS AMID THE, UH, DISTEMPER OUTBREAK.AND IN OUR STATEMENT THAT THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN THE PARKING LOT, AND THEN OUR UPDATE STATEMENT ON THE PARKING LOT ISSUE AS WELL.
AND AS YOU SEE SOME OF THE ANALYTICS FROM SOME OF OUR MARKETING, UH, WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF ENGAGEMENT.
SOME OF OUR TOP MARKETING, UH, HITS THROUGH FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WADDLES WAS A, A VERY BIG HIT IN BOTH FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM.
AND THEN, UH, WITH THE NEW LAW THAT PASSED IN SEPTEMBER, UH, THE MOVE OVER LAW, THAT ALSO NOW PERTAINS TO DAS STAFF, UH, WHEN THEY'RE ON THE FREEWAY AND THEY'RE TRYING TO RESCUE AN ANIMAL, INDIVIDUALS ARE REQUIRED TO MOVE OVER TO THE NEXT LANE TO REDUCE INCIDENTS AND, AND INCREASE SAFETY.
AND THEN OUR, UH, FEATURE FOR AMY, UH, ON FACEBOOK.
AND THEN OUR VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION, CALMING THE NINES EVENT, UH, THAT OCCURRED, WHICH WILL OCCUR AGAIN, UH, I BELIEVE FOR THE NEW YEAR, UH, WAS A BIG HIT FOR 4TH OF JULY.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, HAPPY TALES.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WHEN WE PROVIDE UPDATES ON SOME OF THE ANIMALS THAT LEAVE THE SHELTER, AND WE, WE GET UPDATES FROM THEIR ADOPTERS AND FOSTERS OR, OR RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS.
OUR TRANSPORT AND RESCUE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, WE HAD ACTIVE OUT-OF-STATE TRANSPORT PARTNERS THAT ASSISTED IN THE Q4, UH, A TOTAL OF 25 5 NEW PARTNERS, UH, APPLIED, UH, DURING THIS, UH, TIMEFRAME.
69 TOTAL OUT-OF-STATE, UH, PARTNERS WERE ACTIVE IN FISCAL YEAR 25 TOTAL RESCUES AND TRANSPORTS.
WE HAD 193 TOTAL ANIMALS TAGGED FOR TRANSPORT IN Q4, UH, WITH, UH, 1200 TOTAL ANIMALS TAGGED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 758, 715 DAS PETS HAVE A POSITIVE OUTCOME UTILIZING OUR TRANSPORT AND BOARDING PROCESS, UH, OUTCOME AND OUT-OF-STATE ADOPTION AND TRANSFER ASSISTANCE.
UH, WE HAD 31 ADOPTIONS ACROSS 18 STATES.
UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 25, THERE WERE 174 ADOPTIONS COVERING 38 STATES IN CANADA.
AS WE WORK TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR THESE ANIMALS, WE DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO BE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE, TO GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE TO GET TO THAT NEXT STEP IN THEIR JOURNEY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S SOME GOALS FOR, UH, THAT WERE, UH, PUT INTO PLACE FOR THIS PERIOD.
UH, BUILDING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TRANSPORT AND MOUNTAIN WEST TRANSPORT, UH, WE'VE ACHIEVED A 209% INCREASE IN RESCUE TRANSFERS, AND WE CONTINUE TO ADD PARTNERS IN THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST TRANSPORT ROUTES.
AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GOALS THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT WE WERE CLOSE TO, UH, BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET.
AND ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL PARTNERS IS RING WINGS OF RESCUE.
UH, WE, WE, WE HAVE THOSE ANIMALS READY AND AVAILABLE.
WE GET THEIR HEALTH CERTIFICATES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE CREATED AND READY TO GO, AND THEN WE TAKE THEM AND TRANSPORT 'EM TO THE AIRPORT IN FORT WORTH AND WING THE RESCUE TAKES IT FROM THERE AND TAKES THEM TO THE NEXT SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY.
UH, THERE IS A MEETING THIS TUESDAY WITH DPD AT THE DP HEADQUARTERS.
UH, THERE IS AN ADVERTISEMENT THAT'S OUT ABOUT THAT MEETING TO DISCUSS WHO ACTUALLY DOES WHAT IN THIS PROCESS AND WHAT THE LAWS ARE RELATIVE TO CRUELTY, AND WE'LL SHARE THAT MESSAGE.
DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES PLAYS A VITAL ROLE.
HOWEVER, DETERMINATIONS FOR CRUELTY ARE MADE BY DPD DETECTIVES AND NOT DAS STAFF.
UH, THESE, THESE ARE BASED ON EVIDENCE AND FACTS BASED ON THE DATA, DAS HAS TAKEN IN OVER 2,600 ANIMALS PER FISCAL YEAR THROUGH THE SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY PROCESS.
AND THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY FOR A CRUELTY VICTIM COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM ONE DAY TO OVER 30 DAYS, DEPENDING ON THE DISPOSITION OF THE ANIMAL.
ONCE PROVIDED BY DPD, THE ANIMAL COULD BE IMMEDIATELY DISPOSITIONED, OR WE'D HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE 10 DAY HOLD, THE 10 DAY APPEAL PERIOD, AND THEN WHATEVER PROCESS AFTER THAT BEFORE DISPOSITION CAN BE RENDERED.
THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE TOOK IN OVER 2,500 CRUELTY VICTIMS. UH, AND IF YOU LOOK UP THE YEAR OVER YEAR DATA, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED FOR CATS, DOGS, AND LIVESTOCK, UH, EVERY YEAR.
AND THAT IT, IT'S A SAD THING, BUT IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING THESE VICTIMS AND THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH DPD AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO GET THEM, UH, THEIR VOICE IS HEARD.
UH, FOR DPD CRUELTY UNIT, WE PROVIDE TRANSPORT, HOUSING, CARE, FEEDING, SECURITY, AND FOLLOW UP VETERINARY SERVICE CARE.
SO ONCE AN ANIMAL COMES IN THROUGH INTAKE
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FOR CRUELTY EVALUATION FORENSICS, THAT'S DONE BY OPERATION KINDNESS VETERINARIANS AND STAFF.THEY ALSO PROVIDE TESTIMONY RELATIVE TO THOSE FINDINGS TO BUILD THAT CASE.
UH, AND THEN DAS PROVIDES OPERATION KINDNESS, THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES AND SPACE TO DO THOSE JOBS.
UH, THEY PROVIDE ALL THE STAFFING AND PAY FOR THOSE STAFF THAT, THAT PERFORM THOSE DUTIES, DUTIES.
OUR AUTHORITY UNDER, UH, THE CHAPTER SEVEN IS WE, WE DO, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL REACTIVE AND PROACTIVE SERVICE CALLS ASSOCIATED WITH CHAPTER SEVEN.
BASED ON THE FINDINGS DURING A CALL, UH, OUR ASSOS MAY MAKE A REFERRAL, OR OUR MEDICAL TEAM MAY MAKE A REFERRAL.
UH, AN INTAKE OF A VICTIM OF SUSPECTED OCCURRED IS BASED ON THE SECTIONS BELOW, WHICH MEANS WE INTAKE BASED ON A SEIZURE OR A COURT ORDER, UH, OR IF THE ANIMAL'S DISPLAYING SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF EXTREME HEALTH CONDITIONS, WE NOTIFY DPD, AND THEN WE'RE DIRECTED ON WHAT COURSE OF ACTION TO TAKE.
FROM THERE, THE SUPPORT WE PROVIDE, UH, DAS BEGAN PROVIDING SUPPORT, UH, FOR THE DEPARTMENT, UH, UH, DPD DEPARTMENT IN FISCAL YEAR 2223.
UH, AS AGAIN, I WILL SAY WE DO NOT HAVE AN INTERNAL FLU SOLELY DEDICATED TO SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY.
IT'S DONE THROUGH ALL OF OUR OPERATIONS.
SUPPORT IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE FOLLOWING UNITS.
OUR FIELD OPERATIONS UNIT IS NORMALLY THE FIRST HANDS ON, UH, TEAM FOR THESE ANIMALS, UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING WORKED ON BY DPD AND WE'RE, WE'RE BROUGHT IN, UH, OUR VETERINARIANS AND SUPPORT STAFF, THEY ARE EXAMINING THESE ANIMALS, CARING FOR THESE ANIMALS, AND SOMETIMES CAN MAKE A REFERRAL IF NECESSARY.
OUR SHELTER MANAGEMENT TEAM CARES AND TREATS AND, AND, AND, UH, PROVIDES CARE, UH, CARE AND SHELTER FOR THESE ANIMALS.
AND THEN OUR ADOPTION, FOSTER AND RESCUE TEAMS PROVIDE ANY OUTCOMES ONCE A DETERMINATION IS PROVIDED BY DPD, OUR FIELD SERVICES TEAMS. IN THIS PROCESS, UH, THEY PROVIDE TRANSPORT INTAKE, DOCUMENTATION, EVIDENCE, AND HUMANE DISPOSITION IF NECESSARY.
OUR FIELD OPERATIONS OFFICERS MAY REFER A SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE BASED ON OBSERVATIONS DURING DAILY OPERATIONS AND RESPONSE.
THOSE CAN BE WHEN A CALL COMES IN THROUGH THREE ONE ONE AND THAT OFFICER GOES OUT, AND THAT OFFICER WITNESSES, UH, THE ANIMAL BEING IN, IN SUCH A STATE THAT IT CAN BE DETERMINED TO BE INHUMANE.
THEY'LL MAKE THAT CALL TO DPD DETECTIVES AND DPD TO COME OUT, OBSERVE AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON THE NEXT STEPS.
THEY ALSO PROVIDE, UH, UH, SUPPORT FOR WARRANT EXECUTIONS.
AS I STATED EARLIER, THOSE COULD BE DPD CRUELTY INVESTIGATIONS OR ANY SUBSEQUENT WARRANT THAT'S EXECUTED IN THE CITY WHERE ANIMALS ARE FOUND TO BE EITHER INHUMANE, UH, OR SUSPECTED OF, UH, CRUELTY.
AND THEN ALSO WARRANTS BASED ON ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
OUR MEDICAL TEAM, UH, THEY PROVIDE FOLLOW-UP CARE AND TREATMENT, POST FORENSICS EXAMINATIONS FROM OPERATION KINDNESS.
THEY MAY ALSO REFER A CASE, UH, THROUGH OUR FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM FOR DPD CRUELTY, UH, CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS BASED ON MEDICAL FINDINGS, WHICH CAN BE, UNFORTUNATELY BASED ON PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL ABUSE, AS THROUGH OLD OR NEW INJURIES, MEDICAL CONDITIONS RELATED TO UNTREATED INJURIES OR ILLNESS, OR THE LACK OF BASIC CARE FOODS AND RESOURCES, UH, THAT HAVE, UH, RENDERED THAT ANIMAL, UH, SICKLY OR, UH, IN A STATE THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED BY, UH, CRUELTY DETECTIVES AND FORENSICS TEAM.
OUR SHELTER TEAM, UH, AS I STATED, TO PROVIDE HOUSING CARE, FEEDING AND OBSERVATION DURING THEIR LENGTH OF STAY.
UH, OUR FOSTER TEAM AND RESCUE AND ADOPTION SERVICES MAY BE PROVIDED BASED ON DISPOSITION BY DPD.
THOSE DISPOSITIONS COULD INCLUDE, UH, NO RETURN TO OWNER RESCUE ONLY ADOPTIONS, FOSTER AND RESCUE.
AND WE HAVE A, UH, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF OUR SUCCESS CASES IN, IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OPERATION KIND IN DPD MOJO.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PHOTO FROM THE LEFT MOJO CAME IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE.
AND THEN, UH, YOU CAN SEE HIS SUCCESS MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND PUTTING ON SOME WEIGHT AND LIFTING A LOT BETTER.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, HE MADE DISPOSITION IF NECESSARY.
DS HAS BEEN, UH, DEALING WITH THE CAPACITY ISSUES FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
IN LOOKING AT THE DATA, UH, WE'RE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
WE'RE OPEN 300 AND, UH, 53 DAYS A YEAR TO THE PUBLIC.
HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL IN THE BUILDING PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THESE ANIMALS.
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AND OUR FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM, THEY WORK 24 7 365 DAYS A YEAR.SO THERE'S STILL ANIMALS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE SHELTER.
LARGE BREED DOGS MAKE UP THE LARGE POP LARGEST POPULATION, UH, INCREASING CONTRACT, LABOR, FOOD, AND MEDICAL.
YOU CAN SEE THE YEAR OVER YEAR STATISTICS, UH, OF OUR CAPACITY AND OUR CHALLENGES AS IT RELATES TO DOGS.
AND ON AVERAGE, IN FISCAL YEAR, WE TOOK IN $95 BEYOND OUR CAPACITY.
CONTINUOUSLY INCREASE IN CAPACITY REQUIRES STAFF, UH, STAFF MOVING, FEEDING, CARRYING, AND THEN SHELTERING THESE POPULATIONS AND MANAGING THESE POPULATIONS IN A WAY TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND HEALTHY.
AND THEN YOU SEE SOME OF THE ABSORBED COSTS IN RELATIONS TO THOSE INCREASED CAPACITY CHALLENGES RELATIVE TO OUR CHALLENGES, UH, IN INCREASING CAPACITY AND EXPOSURE RISKS.
DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES SAID WE'RE OPEN 365 DAYS A YEAR.
WE'RE ONLY CLOSED TWICE A YEAR, BUT WE OPERATE, AND THE TEAM IS RESPONDING TO OVER 70,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE EVERY YEAR.
UH, CAPACITY CHALLENGES ARE NOT ONLY AN ISSUE FOR DAS, BUT AS WELL FOR THE NATION.
WE ARE, WE ARE HEARING FROM A LOT OF FOLKS ACROSS THE NATION OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE NUMBERS OF DOGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, DUE TO THE CAPACITY CHALLENGES IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE EXPERIENCED THREE OUTBREAKS.
OUR, UH, CIV CANINE INFLUENZA VIRUS, OUR CANINE INFECTIOUS RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX, UH, ER C AND THEN OUR RECENT, UH, DISTEMPER OUTBREAK.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO EXAMINE BEST PRACTICES IN CARE AND MOVEMENT TO LIMIT EXPOSURE, LIMITING SPREAD THROUGH ISOLATION AND PLACEMENT OF ANIMALS.
UH, WITH FOSTERS OR RESCUE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT TOOK US FIVE WEEKS TO GET OVER DISTEMPER, WHICH IS AMAZING.
UH, AND WE CONTINUED TO OPERATE.
IT TOOK US SIX WEEKS TO OPEN BECAUSE WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT THRESHOLD BETWEEN THE LAST POSITIVE AND WHERE WE WERE WITH THE NEGATIVES HERE.
RECENTLY, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF DISTEMPER CASES BREAK OUT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, LIMITING MOVEMENT AND THE VACCINATION PROTOCOLS, WE, UH, IMMEDIATELY ELIMINATED THAT IN, ISOLATED IT, AND IT DID NOT SPREAD.
SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE TEAM'S HARD WORK.
WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? UH, CONTINUE WITH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH DPD TO DEVELOP AN RFPA REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO IDENTIFY A REPUTABLE PARTNER TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITIES CURRENTLY MANAGED BY DAS.
THIS RFP, UH, HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE.
UH, WE HAVE ONE FINAL REVIEW TO DO BEFORE TOMORROW'S SUBMISSION, AND WE SHOULD HAVE IT POSTED HERE, HOPEFULLY PRETTY SOON.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THIS PROCESS IF A PARTNER IS FOUND, BUT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY IS THERE, IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO HAS THE REPUTATION CAPABILITY, UH, TO TAKE THIS OVER THAT WAY? BAS CONTINUED, CAN CONTINUE TO DO WHAT IT'S REQUIRED TO DO AS FAR AS CAPTURING HOW CAN SHELTERING AND, AND PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE ACTIVELY PURSUING PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND OUR SPAY NEUTER AND VACCINATION SERVICES.
WE ARE CREATING PROMOTIONAL AND ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES TO BOOST COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND AWARENESS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THIS CONVERSATION BETWEEN DPD AND, AND THE COMMUNITY INVOLVING, UH, DISCUSSIONS REGARDING CRUELTY, SO THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS.
WHO'S INVOLVED, WHAT DOES WHAT, AND THERE'S NO CONFUSION.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO REDUCING SHELTER CAPACITY WHILE INCREASING POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR ANIMALS.
WE'VE, UH, CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE YESTERDAY WE WERE AT 109%.
I BELIEVE WE MAY BE STILL AT 109%, UH, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING AND PURSUING TO STAY AT OR BELOW THAT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN MITIGATE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH DISEASE SPREAD IN THE BUILDING.
AND OF COURSE, TO SAVE LIVES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO PET OWNERS TO DIVERT, AS YOU SAW, THE PET FOOD PANTRY, THE VACCINE CLINICS, THE MICROCHIPPING.
ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP ANIMALS DIVERTED FROM BEING POTENTIAL SURRENDERS OR STRAYS, UH, WOULD HELP GREATLY REDUCE OUR IMPACTS AND KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE.
BUDGET MANAGEMENT AND STAFFING OPTIMIZ OPTIMIZATION.
WE'RE EXPLORING COST SAVING MEASURES TO MINIMIZE BUDGET IMPACT.
UH, WE DID WORK CLOSELY WITH OPERATION KINDNESS AND OUR FOCUS INITIATIVE TO BAKE IN THE CAKE FOR THE BUDGET.
THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT WAS PROVIDED LAST YEAR IS ADDITIONAL INITIATIVE BUDGET AS WELL.
SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE FUNDS THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE CITY FOR SPAY AND NEUTER, WE HAVE, UH, FUNDS AS WELL THAT ARE GOING TO BE
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PROVIDED TO, UH, FRIENDS OF, TO SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.UH, WE'RE ALSO EVALUATING SHIFTS AND, UM, STAFFING TO ENSURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE THE STAFFING IN THE BUILDING, AND THAT WE'RE REDUCING THE, THE, THE NEED FOR STAFFING, UH, FOR OVERTIME.
UH, OUR MEDICAL TEAM RECENTLY, OUR INTAKE TEAM RECENTLY ADJUSTED THEIR SHIFTS SO THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE NOW MORE, UH, DURING THE LATER HOURS, UH, BEFORE WE CLOSE, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE THOSE ANIMALS THAT ARE COMING IN.
IN OUR APPENDIX, YOU'LL FIND THE DRAFT OF THE, UH, PROPOSED COMMUNITY CAT ORDINANCE THAT WAS WORKED ON DILIGENTLY, THAT WAS REVIEWED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEYS, OUR PREVIOUS CHAIR, UH, PARTICIPATE IN REVIEW OF THIS AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN AS, AS WAS STATED, UH, SECTION 7.11 IS BEING UPDATED FOR THE, UH, UH, DEFINITIONS.
UH, 7.3 0.3, UH, ADDING A NEW SECTION, AND THEN SEVEN, UH, DASH 3.6, PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR THE CARE OF COMMUNITY CATS, AND ALSO PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $500.
SO I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY REVIEW THAT YOU COULD MAKE OF THIS AS WELL.
UH, AS COMMISSIONERS IN THE COMMUNITY, ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE, PLEASE, UH, PROVIDE IT TO US.
UH, MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS PAUL DOT RAMON@DALLAS.GOV.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR ANY FEEDBACK FOR THIS ORDINANCE BEFORE WE TAKE IT NEXT MONTH TO QUALITY OF LIFE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.
SO, IN YOUR LEISURE, TAKE YOUR TIME, REVIEW IT, LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS TODAY, WE, WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ANSWER 'EM.
UM, THEN YOU'VE ALL VOTED ON THE NEW UPDATED MEETINGS.
HOPEFULLY WITH US MOVING TO FRIDAYS, WHICH WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, WE SHOULD BE BACK AT 60 SOUTH SO THAT WE HAVE BETTER, UH, CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THESE MEETINGS.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THESE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
UH, BUT, UH, I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD THE MEETING.
AND THEN THESE ARE SOME OF OUR RESOURCE LINKS TO SOME OF THE DATA THAT'S BEING PROVIDED IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT OF CONTEXT ARE LISTED HERE.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, WE'VE ADDED OUR, FILLED OUR VACANCY FOR OUR ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OVER MEDICAL, WHICH IS EMILY, WHO'S HERE TODAY.
UH, OUR FOSTER MANAGER, AN OFFER WAS MADE FOR NATHAN'S POSITION, AND WE HOPE TO ONBOARD SOMEBODY HERE PRETTY SOON.
UH, AND THEN OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, WHO MARY MARTIN VACATED, UH, HAS BEEN HIRED, AN OFFER'S BEEN MADE, AND THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT HERE SHORTLY.
UH, THIS INDIVIDUAL COMES TO US WITH MANY, MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ANIMAL WELFARE.
UH, SO I WILL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT INTRODUCTION IN THE NEXT MEETING IN FEBRUARY.
AND WITH THAT, THAT ENDS THE PRESENTATION FOR THE DIRECTOR'S UPDATE.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE TO ROUNDS AND, UM, EVERYBODY HAS FIVE MINUTES TOTAL, AND THE RESPONSES FROM STAFF DO NOT COUNT AGAINST YOUR TIME ALLOTTED.
LET'S GO BACKWARDS AND START IN THE HORSESHOE.
COMMISSIONER BENNETT, YOU WANNA GO FIRST? SORRY, JUST GIMME ONE SECOND TO START YOUR TIME, COMMISSIONER, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
JUST A COUPLE, UH, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
UM, IT'S IN THE AGENDA, SO I THINK THIS IS OKAY.
BUT ON THE SPAY NEUTER, GETTING THE LADY THAT THE, THE VISITORS THAT COME AND TALK, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH GETTING THEIR, THEM ACCESS TO THE NUMBER SO THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY? BECAUSE THIS IS THE THIRD MEETING I'VE BEEN TO, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GETTING THEM BACK ON SINCE I CAME.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT VENDOR ATTEMPTING TO GET THAT VENDOR ON A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO SO.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD TO GO THROUGH AND FINISH THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR LAST YEAR, WHICH ENDED SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, AND WE'RE NOW IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
AND I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA SPEAK ON IT.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ACTIVELY ATTEMPTING TO GET THEM BACK ON IT'S, AS A VENDOR, WHAT WOULD BE LIKE A GENERAL TIMELINE SO THAT WE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EVERY BOARD I'M ON AND DIFFERENT THINGS IN LIFE, IT'S ALWAYS THAT WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT, WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT.
SO DO WE HAVE LIKE, SOME TYPE OF TIMEFRAME THAT WE CAN THEN COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WHY HASN'T THIS HAPPENED YET? LIKE, HOW LONG SHOULD WE EXPECT NOW THAT WE'RE IN A NEW FISCAL YEAR? WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T WANNA GIVE A, A PREMATURE DATE AND THEN NOT PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
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UH, SUPPLEMENTING THAT WITH IN-HOUSE SERVICES.SO THOSE ANIMALS CAN BE BROUGHT INTO DAS THROUGH, UH, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND, AND PROVIDED, UH, SERVICE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND AS WELL, WE STILL HAVE OTHER VENDORS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
BUT I MEAN, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE, WE PROVIDED OVER 4,000 BANE NEUTER SURGERIES FOR COMMUNITY CATS LAST YEAR.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.
THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE I, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE YEARS.
THESE ARE NOT NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN SEEN BEFORE.
AND WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO PROVIDE AS MUCH AVENUE AS WE CAN FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
SO, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A DATE.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T COMMIT TO WHAT THAT VENDOR WILL COMMIT TO THEMSELVES.
AND, AND I'M AT, LET ME, I'M NOT AT ALL TRYING TO CRITICIZE.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
YOU'RE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN, BUT THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO TAKE AN ANIMAL WHEN IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE DONE IN LIKE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR ON THEIR TIMELINE VERSUS A TIMELINE THAT'S PRESCRIPTIVE.
AND MAYBE PEOPLE WORK AND MAYBE PEOPLE AREN'T, MAYBE THEY WOULD DO IT IF IT WAS EASY, BUT OTHERWISE THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT.
UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO PUSH WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP, BECAUSE THE EASIER WE MAKE IT, THE BETTER IT IS.
AND, AND I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE YOU, NO MATTER WHAT THE STATS SAY ABOUT WHATEVER IS THAT SPAYING AND NEUTERING, I MEAN, IS, UH, THE SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAD A FRIEND ADOPT A DOG FROM A RURAL SHELTER, DIDN'T GET IT SPAYED IN TIME, AND NOW THERE'S 10 PUPPIES.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S, I, YEAH, IT'S JUST CRAZY.
SO ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN DO, AGAIN, I'M NOT AT ALL TRYING TO SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING AN AMAZING JOB, BUT ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO TRY TO HELP AND GET THIS PUSHED WOULD BE, I THINK, GREATLY APPRECIATED BY EVERYBODY.
AND I THINK WE AS A COMMUNITY BENEFIT FROM THAT.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT PROCESS BY OUR NEXT MEETING WILL HAVE AT LEAST SOMETHING GOOD, GOOD NEWS.
MAYBE BEFORE THAT MEETING WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, THIS IS MORE COMMENTS, UM, BECAUSE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, I'M, I'M A JUDGE AND I'M AT THE CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE, AND I HAPPEN TO SIGN WARRANTS.
AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ANIMAL CRUELTY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WATCH THIS, BUT IT IS WONDERFUL TO REPORT SUSPECTED ANIMAL ABUSE TO THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO GO TO THAT MEETING.
BUT I DO WANNA SAY THAT WHEN PEOPLE CALL, JUST, JUST TO CALL, LIKE WITHOUT INFORMATION, BUT YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD, SOMETIMES THAT HINDERS INVESTIGATIONS.
I KNOW THAT THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED WITH CALLS IN REFERENCE TO A RECENT ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE THAT I HAVE JUST SIGNED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR.
THEY ALSO NEVER FOUND THAT ANIMAL.
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY DECIDED TO KEEP THAT ANIMAL AND NOT TURN IT OVER TO THE POLICE HOPING, OR I GUESS, IN FEAR THAT THE ANIMAL MIGHT NOT GET PUT OUT TO RESCUE.
AND I WANNA ALLAY THAT FEAR THAT IF A DOG OR CAT ANY ANIMAL FOR SUSPECTED ANIMAL ABUSE, IF YOU ALL HAVE IT, UM, INSPECTED, UH, BY, I GUESS OPERATION KINDNESS DOES THAT FOR YOU ALL, THEN THAT IS EVIDENCE THAT CAN BE USED AGAINST AN ABUSER.
AND THEN THAT DOG WILL BE FREE TO GO TO RESCUE IF IT'S, IF, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
WHICH YOU GUYS HAVE NO REASON TO MAKE IT NOT APPROPRIATE.
SO UNLESS THERE'S SOME GREAT REASON.
SO IF SOMEBODY OR PEOPLE ARE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THINK THAT THEY'RE HELPING, THEY'RE NOT HELPING.
AND IF PEOPLE ARE ZEALOUSLY ADVOCATING, UM, SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT SUCH A GOOD THING BECAUSE THE POLICE, THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT ANIMAL ANIMAL CRUELTY SECTION, THEY'RE ALL OVER THIS.
THEY CARE, THEY'RE INVOLVED, THEY'RE 24 7, WE'RE DOING SEARCH WARRANTS.
AND JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE DELAYING AN ARREST TO TRY TO GATHER EVIDENCE OR TRYING TO STRENGTHEN A CASE.
SO BECAUSE THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA AND BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS SUCH A BIG ISSUE, I THINK THERE'S SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS OUT THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A COUPLE MINUTES OF MY TIME TO TRY TO CLARIFY THAT AND MAYBE HELP, HOPEFULLY HELP.
BUT I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TO THAT MEETING AT THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT TUESDAY NIGHT IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN THE OUTRAGE OF THE BOND, UM, THAT WAS SET IN THAT CASE WAS NOT SET BY, UM, THE COURT AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DID TRY TO GET THE BOND FOR
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THAT, UH, CASE RAISED.AND IF, AND IF I COULD ADD TO THAT TOO, CHAIN OF CUSTODY IS VERY IMPORTANT AND EVIDENCE GATHERING.
SO THE LONGER THE ANIMAL'S NOT IN OUR CUSTODY, THE MORE HARDER IT IS TO BUILD THAT CASE OR PROVIDE THAT EVIDENCE.
UH, COMMISSIONER FAULKNER DUNN TIME, JUST LEMME KNOW WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE READY.
FIRST, I THINK THEY FOUND THAT DOG ROCKY IS, IS FOUND, AND HE WAS WITH A COMMUNITY, A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WAS HELPING TAKE CARE OF HIM AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND THEY'VE TAKEN HIM TO THE VET AND THE OTHER FAMILY'S GONNA ADOPT HIM.
SO IT ACTUALLY ENDED UP, THEY DID FIND THE DOG.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, SO HE WAS, AND HE WAS NOT BADLY INJURED.
BUT ANYWAY, SO FIRST THAT THEN, UM, OKAY.
JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT.
I THINK THE FOSTER PROGRAM IS INCREDIBLE.
THE NUMBERS JUST REALLY, REALLY ARE INCREDIBLE.
AND EVEN THOUGH NATHAN MOVED ON AND IS CLIMBING CLIFFS OR SOMETHING IN NEW MEXICO, BUT, YOU KNOW, HOPE HE'S HAVING A GOOD TIME.
BUT, UH,
'CAUSE THAT IS SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM AND IT'S, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.
AND THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.
AND, AND I'M SORRY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH SO MANY ILLNESSES THIS YEAR, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY WITH THE, WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE, OF, OF THE, UH, OF THE CURRENT FACILITY.
UM, DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
ONE ABOUT THE, UM, THE CAT ORDINANCE.
DID YOU GUYS WORK WITH THE CAT? WITH THE CAT PEOPLE? I DON'T WANNA CALL 'EM THE CAT PEOPLE, BUT
SO, SO SPECIFICALLY, UM, THE ONES THAT WE WORKED WITH WERE IN THE BISHOP ARTS COMMUNITY.
UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBER PUT, PUT TOGETHER THAT TASK FORCE, UM, AND, AND CONSIDERED THAT.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, UH, AS PAUL MENTIONED, UH, WE RAN, UM, UM, A KIND OF A DRAFT OF THAT THROUGH, UM, UM, OUR FORMER CHAIR, SHELBY.
SHE HAD SOME OF HER ATTORNEYS LOOK AT IT, UM, FOR, FROM HER ORGANIZATION.
AND I BELIEVE I CAN JUDGE BENNETT READ THROUGH IT, UM, JU UM, JUST TO, UM, TO HAVE THAT, THAT LOOK.
SO, UM, THERE WERE, UM, I BELIEVE FOUR MEMBERS, UM, IN THAT BISHOP ARTS COMMUNITY WHO, WHO DO WORK WITH COMMUNITY CATS PROGRAM.
UM, AND, AND, UM, IN ADDITION TO, UM, FORMER COMMISSIONER SACKER.
I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE GONNA BE INVOLVED ON A DAILY BASIS, WE WE'RE PART OF IT.
UM, ALSO THE, UM, I JUST, I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT THE TRANSPORTS.
ARE YOU SEEING A SLOWDOWN IN ACCEPTANCE? 'CAUSE I, I SENT A DOG TO CANADA LAST YEAR, WHICH USED TO BE LIKE, THEY'RE JUST LIKE, THEY TAKE LIKE A ONE-LEGGED DOG BECAUSE THEY NEEDED HIM SO BAD.
AND NOW I HAD A BEAUTIFUL DOG FROM DAS MEANT THAT WE TOOK IN JANUARY, SENT TO CANADA.
HE WAS WITH THE FOSTER UP THERE.
HE FINALLY GOT ADOPTED IN AUGUST.
AND HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL, PERFECT DOG.
UH, AND THEY AND MY FOSTER UP THERE TOLD ME THAT IT'S KIND OF LIKE THIS, THIS PROBLEMS OF SOUTHERN UNITED STATES ARE KIND OF CREEPING NORTHWARD AND IT'S A PROBLEM EVERYWHERE.
SO ARE YOU, ARE YOU FINDING IT HARDER TO SEND DOGS? WE'RE NOT FINDING IT HARDER, PARTICULARLY RIGHT NOW, BUT AS I STATED EARLIER, THIS IS A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM WITH DOG POPULATIONS, SO IT MAY START TO CREEP UP.
UH, BUT THAT'S WHY, AS WAS SAID, WE, WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART WITH THE SPAY NEUTER EFFORTS TO TRY AND MINIMIZE THOSE NUMBERS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE AN EFFECT.
BUT IT, IT, IT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM.
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO COME AND TALK ABOUT SPAY NEUTER DON'T EVER THINK THAT WE, THAT WE DON'T KNOW.
AND THAT, BUT IT'S, BUT I THINK IT'S NEVER BAD TO COME AND JUST REMIND PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WATCH OR THAT HEAR THIS, BECAUSE IT'S, I, I GET SO MANY CALLS FROM PEOPLE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, MY DOG JUST HAD 10 PUPPIES.
I DIDN'T, I NEVER REALLY LET 'EM BE TOGETHER, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GET IT.
AND YOU'RE LIKE, HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW? I MEAN, IF YOU GOOGLE SPAY NEUTER OR LOW COST SPAY NEUTER, IT'S EVERYWHERE.
SO I GOT HER FIXED UP TO GET HER INTO CRANDALL, WHICH THIS WAS SOMEBODY IN KAUFMAN.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
BUT ANYWAY, IT'S JUST, UM, I I, I JUST WISH THERE WAS A, A WAY THAT WE COULD LET EVERYONE KNOW WITHOUT, OF COURSE THEY DON'T, THEY NEED TO TAKE SOME EFFORT AND LOOK, BUT THEY JUST DON'T.
SO IT'S, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING, AS YOU KNOW.
AND WITH THAT, THAT'S WHY I SAID, WHEN WE WERE WORKING WITH DANIEL'S TEAM TO CREATE THAT ENGAGEMENT UNIT, THAT IT'S THE BEST THAT WE COULD DO TO TRY AND GET BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
'CAUSE WHEN WE DID WORK WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
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OF CITIES, UH, IN OUR CFI TEAM TO, TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ISSUES WERE CULTURALLY, LANGUAGE BARRIERS, THOUGHT PROCESSES, A LOT OF WHAT WE FOUND WAS PEOPLE WERE AFRAID OF THE GOVERNMENT.SO THEY DIDN'T TRUST US ENOUGH.
UH, AND WE ACTUALLY HEARD THAT FROM INDIVIDUALS.
UH, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A RECORDING OF AN INDIVIDUAL SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS AVAILABLE.
AND PLUS I WAS KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS THIS REAL OR IS IT NOT REAL? SO I THINK US GOING BOOTS ON THE GROUND, NOT IN FULL UNIFORM, HAVING THOSE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS.
AND THEN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TOO, LIKE SPAY NETWORK AND OPERATION KINDNESS AND THOSE OTHERS, UH, WITH, UH, THE HEART, WE HAVE THE HEART THAT COMES IN ONCE, UH, ONCE A MONTH TO OUR FACILITY.
THEY DO SPAY NEUTER FOR LARGE BREED DOGS, UH, IN THE PARKING LOT.
SO IF, IF WE COULD BUILD MORE ON THAT AND WE CAN GET SOME MORE MOBILE SERVICES, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS ACCESS AS WELL.
I MEAN, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE CONTINUING TO DO A, AN INCREDIBLE JOB UNDER REALLY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE NEW MEDICAL PERSON, THAT'S A, THAT'S SUCH A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, WAIT FOR YOUR TIME TO START.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER, UH, IF YOU ARE READY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION.
I CAN JUST SEE HOW MUCH WORK WENT INTO THIS.
AND YOU GUYS, UM, PUT TOGETHER SOME AWESOME INFORMATION.
AND SO I'M GONNA ASK SOME QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER TO.
UM, BUT JUST THOUGHT I, I COULD GET SOME CLARITY AROUND.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE FOSTER PIECE.
UM, YOU ALL MENTIONED MEDICAL FOSTERS.
UM, I'M A CURRENT DAS FOSTER, AND I, I DEFINITELY WOULD BE SOME INTERESTED IN, UM, BEING A MEDICAL FOSTER.
UH, WHAT IS ENTAILED IN THAT? UH, I, ERICA BENNETT IS ONLINE.
AND ERICA, IF YOU COULD DO ME A FAVOR AND JUMP IN.
AND YOU'LL NEED YOUR VIDEO ON ERICA.
IS IT ON? CAN YOU ALL SEE ME? YES.
UM, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE MEDICAL FOR THE ANIMAL.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE HAVEN'T REALLY BUILT OUT THE MEDICAL PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.
WHAT THE HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF DO ANIMALS WITH MEDICAL FOR DOGS? WE WERE SEEING YOU OR I, UM, SOME SORT OF ORTHOPEDIC AND THEN, UM, POTENTIALLY LIKE EYE OR SKIN STUFF IN DOGS.
AND THEN FOR CATS IT WAS, UM, IT WOULD BE, UM, NEONATAL KITTENS WITH PAN LUKE, WHICH WE, WE DECREASED THAT, THAT PERCENTAGE.
AND THEN, UM, EYE THINGS AND OTHER THINGS.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE TRY, WHAT I AM DOING WITH FRIENDS OF IS TRYING TO BUILD OUT THAT PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT MORE SO WE CAN ADD FURTHER SUPPORT FOR THOSE MEDICAL ANIMALS.
SO IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT WE, WE ARE SEEING.
AND THEN WHAT, WHAT INTEREST IT IS.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S MOSTLY BEEN PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED SPECIFICALLY IN THE ANIMAL, AND THEN THE ANIMAL HAS MEDICAL, AND THEN WE'RE ASSISTING 'EM WITH THAT MEDICAL.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OUT THAT PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT MORE.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A FOSTER SURVEY THAT WENT OUT TO ALL OF OUR FOSTERS TO TRY AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UM, ADDRESS THE AREAS OF CONCERN WITH THE FOSTER GROUPS OR FOSTER FOSTERS, AND THEN ALSO JUST ADDRESS OTHER TYPES OF THINGS.
SO, DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING SPECIFIC, WE CAN FIND YOU SOMETHING.
I AM, I AM CERTAIN YOU CAN, I'M CERTAIN THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPTIONS.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND, AND YES, UM, WE CAN TOUCH BASE ANOTHER TIME AS ME AS A FOSTER.
SO, UM, MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TRANSPORT AND ALSO COMMUNITY CATS, SO I'LL ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, DO WE, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME, I'M, I'M KIND OF NEW TO THE AREA.
SO DO WE DO LIKE IN-STATE TRANSPORTS OR TRANSPORTS, EVEN BETWEEN SHELTERS? LIKE, UM, I'M FROM HOUSTON, AND WHAT WE WOULD DO A LOT IS KIND OF LONG STAY TRADES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
ARE THERE ANY TRANSPORTS, LIKE WITHIN THE STATE OR EVEN WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE DOING? OR IS IT STRICTLY OUTTA STATE? UM, TRANSFERS, WELL, I DO KNOW THAT WE DO OUTTA STATE, BUT WE DO WITH WORK WITH OUR RESCUE PARTNERS LIKE OPERATION ISTS AND THOSE OTHERS TO DO TRANSPORTS.
BUT I'LL LET ERICA, UH, JUMP IN AND SPEAK ON THE INNER INSTATE PORTION OF THAT QUESTION.
SO MOSTLY WE DEAL, LIKE OUR LOCAL RESCUES, WE'LL PULL DIRECTLY FROM DAS.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
UH, THE ONES I CAN THINK OF OFF
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THE TOP OF MY HEAD ARE LEWISVILLE LAKE DALLAS, WHEN THEIR SHELTER WAS OPEN.AND THEN ARLINGTON, THEY PULLED LIKE SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY CATS FROM US.
UM, LAKE DALLAS WAS TAKING DOGS, BUT SINCE, SINCE THEY TOOK DOGS, THEY TOOK DOGS LAST YEAR, BUT THEY CLOSED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO PULL.
AND, UM, WE HAVE NOT, I THINK THE, THE, OH, SORRY.
UM, SPECIFICALLY I THINK THE, THE, THE SHELTERS IN THE METROPLEX REALLY JUST SEE THE SAME ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING IS SPECIFICALLY IN DOGS.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO, UM, ASK GROUPS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE DOGS.
BUT, UM, FOR CATS IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A POTENTIAL.
SO, UM, WE'LL KEEP, WE'LL BE WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER FRONTS IN REGARDS TO THAT.
UM, AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY CATS, UM, AND SPAY AND NEUTER EFFORTS IN GENERAL, UM, ARE WE LOOKING AT THE DATA FROM OUR CALLS TO SAY, WE PROBABLY NEED TO SERVICE THIS AREA MORE THAN THIS AREA? I KIND OF, I KIND OF GOT THE SENSE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT, OR, UM, THAT WAS THE BASIS OF THE FINDINGS.
WHAT WE DID WAS WE PULLED THE DATA, UH, TO SEE WHERE THE HIGHEST VOLUMES OF DOGS AND CATS WERE COMING FROM AS FAR AS, UH, UH, UH, NEOS AND, AND PUPS, UH, SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE TO FOCUS.
OUR ATTENTIONS ARE RELATIVE TO OUR ENGAGEMENT TEAM FOR DOGS AND IN OUR EFFORTS FOR COMMUNITY CATS.
AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS DOGS WERE MORE IN THE 7 5 2 1 7, 7 5, UH, SOUTH DALLAS AND SOUTHEAST DALLAS.
AND THEN, UH, CATS WERE MORE NORTH OAK, CLIFF AND SOUTHWEST DALLAS.
SO YEAH, WE LOOKED, WE LOOKED AT THAT DATA AND WE SAW THE HIGHER VOLUMES AND WE'RE LIKE, OH, WOW.
THE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MY EXPERIENCE, I'VE NOTICED THAT A LOT OF TIMES ADOPTING BACK OUT TO THOSE COMMUNITIES IS REALLY EFFECTIVE AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING IN FROM THERE.
UM, AND JUST KIND OF THAT EDUCATION PIECE, WHICH WE RELY SO MUCH ON THE COMMUNITY FOR, AND, AND WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF THE RESCUES THAT COME IN AND HELP WITH THAT EFFORT.
UM, SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT'S A REALLY GREAT THING THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.
AND IF YOU'RE READY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SET YOUR TIME.
DO WE CALL 3 1 1? DO WE CALL? WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO? I LIVE IN PLEASANT GROVE, SO WE HAVE ALL OF THE ABOVE.
IF IT'S A SUSPECTED CRUELTY, THEN 3 1 1 OR 9 1 1.
IF IT'S DEPENDING ON THE, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S AN IMP PROGRESS, IT'S 9 1 1.
IF IT'S SUSPECTED, IT'S THREE ONE ONE.
CALL IN A LACK OF CARE AND WE'LL GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
UH, DANIEL, IS THAT THE APPROPRIATE SERVICE REQUEST TYPE? YES.
NOW, WE'LL SAY FOR, FOR CHICKENS, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE LAW THAT WAS PASSED WITH THE, UH, HOUSE BILL 1750, UH, CHICKENS AND ROOSTERS ARE NOW ALLOWED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
UH, ROOSTERS TOO, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT WE WOULD, WE WOULD STILL GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT OFF PROPERTY, THEY'RE NOT RUNNING LOOSE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL REQUIRED TO KEEP THEM IN ON THE TOPIC.
UM, AT ONE TIME, I KNOW THAT WE WERE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH SOME, UH, TRANSPORT PARTNERS THAT WERE ONLY PULLING CUTE LITTLE SMALL DOGS.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR IN-HOUSE POLICY STATE THAT WHEN WE'RE OVER 80% CAPACITY, THERE'S NO BARS TO WHO CAN PULL WHAT.
UH, BUT WHEN WE'RE UNDER 80% CAPACITY, WE DO LIMIT THOSE, UH, POOLS TO SPECIFIC, UH, UH, SIZE.
UH, ERICA, DID YOU WANT TO CHIME IN ON THAT? 'CAUSE I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT CAPACITY FOR, FOR A WHILE.
SO, UH, I MEAN, THAT'S OUR INTERNAL POLICY.
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO TAG THOSE DOGS.
I KNOW, UM, KIRSTEN DID THE DATA FOR WHAT DOGS HAVE BEEN AT BETTER DAYS AND BEEN GOING ON OUT-OF-STATE TRANSPORT.
THE 70% OF THE DOGS THAT WERE ON OUR OUT-OF-STATE TRANSPORT USING BETTER DAYS AS THEIR BOARDING FACILITY UNTIL TRANSPORT, UH, WAS, OR WERE LARGE DOGS.
AND THEN 30% WERE SMALLER DOGS.
UM, SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR, OUR ANIMALS THAT ARE GOING OUT ON OUT-OF-STATE TRANSPORT ARE LARGE BREED, UM, POTENTIALLY AT RISK DOGS.
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EXCELLENT.AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE, THE RESCUE GROUP POOLS, THE, THE ADULT DOG NUMBERS, THEY, THEY OUTPACE THE SMALLER DOGS ON SLIDE EIGHT.
WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE PETS WHO ARE BEING EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES? WE'RE NORMALLY CALLED BY THE, THE, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX OR BY THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.
UH, AND WHEN WE GO OUT, IT'S A DETERMINATION BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED.
UH, IF A WR IS FILED AND HE HAVE BEEN GIVEN BACK AND THEY'VE BEEN, IT COULD BE AC CRUELTY CASE.
SO, UH, DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION.
BUT IF SOMEONE HAS BEEN EVICTED, UH, I WOULD SAY THEY'RE NOT ACTIVELY TRYING TO GET THOSE PETS BACK, OR THEY ACT, THE PETS ACTUALLY LOOK IN A CONDITION THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.
OUR, OUR TEAM WILL MAKE THOSE CALLS.
UH, I THINK THERE WAS A RECENT RIF IN THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS FOR SOME DEPARTMENTS.
DID DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES GET HIT? WE DID REIMAGINE A COUPLE OF POSITIONS, BUT WE TRANSFERRED THOSE POSITIONS OVER TO OUR FOOD OPERATIONS TEAM BECAUSE IT SEEMED THE RIGHT FIT.
UH, SO WE DID, UH, UH, REIMAGINE THREE POSITIONS, BUT WE, WE, WE CAME OUT.
UM, WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE LOSE THEIR JOB BECAUSE OF THAT.
PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS TO, FOR THAT, THAT PURPOSE.
SO WE DID NOT ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE ANY RIFTS, BUT WE DID LOSE A FEW POSITIONS.
BUT THAT JUST, WE REIMAGINED, WE REIMAGINED AND REALLOCATED THOSE STAFF.
LET'S GO TO OUR ONLINE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, COMMISSIONER SANDERS, YOU WANNA GO FIRST? COMMISSIONER SANDERS? I'LL GO AND START.
YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO GO TO MY PHONE.
SORRY, I WAS TRYING TO CALL ON MY PHONE 'CAUSE I HAVE TO LEAVE TO GO CATCH AN AIRPLANE.
SO THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME, UH, OR CALLING ME FIRST.
UM, I DO OF COURSE HAVE QUESTIONS NORMALLY.
UM, I'M GONNA JUST FOR EVERYONE'S ORDERS, I'M GONNA START THE TIME NOW.
SO LET ME, I HAVE SO MANY PAPERS HERE AND I'M SORRY, I WANNA GO QUICK.
I CAN'T FIND THE ONE WITH THE LAST QUESTIONS ON IT.
WE'RE JUST GONNA WING IT HERE.
UM, THE FIRST ONE WAS JUST ABOUT, UM, UH, HOW WE CATEGORIZE THE LIVE OUTCOME, UM, NON-LIVE OUTCOME CATEGORIES.
SO JUST, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMBER OR DISEASE, IS THAT CONSIDERED, UH, IS A EUTHANIZATION CONSIDERED HUMANE OR MEDICAL? LEMME SEE IF I GATHER THE QUESTION CORRECTLY.
I HAVE, IF IT'S, IF IT'S DISEASE RELATED AND THE ANIMAL'S DECLINING, IT COULD BE CONSIDERED HUMANE MEDICAL.
WELL, BUT THERE ARE CATEGORIES IN SEPARATE, THEY'RE IN SEPARATE CATEGORIES ON THE NON-LIFE.
UH, I HAVE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY PIECE OF PAPER IT WENT, UM, THAT HAD THE PAGE NUMBER ON IT.
OH, IT'S ON THE DASHBOARD OF PERFORMANCES.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT HAS HUMANE IN GREEN AND MEDICAL IN BLUE.
SO THERE'S 938 NON-LIVE OUTCOMES IN DOGS, UM, ACCORDING TO HUMANE AND 202 IN MEDICAL.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW DOES THAT DISTEMPER OUTBREAK OR ANY OTHER DISEASES FACTOR INTO THOSE NUMBERS? I'D HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON THOSE NUMBERS.
UH, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A GOOD ANSWER.
WELL, I HAVE A DE UH, A RELATIVE QUESTION OR ANSWER, I GUESS.
UM, KAREN, FOR THE DOGS THAT WERE DISTEMPER POSITIVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE OUTBREAK, I BELIEVE WE HAD A DAY THAT THERE WAS 34 EUTHANIZES WERE HUMANE.
AND THE SAME WITH THE SECOND DAY THAT WE HAD TESTS COME BACK AND WE HAD 17 THAT WERE HUMANE SINCE, UM, WE WERE MAKING THE DECISION FOR HERD HEALTH TO EUTHANIZE.
YEAH, THERE WAS OTHER, ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS IN SHELTER THAT WAS DECLINING, THAT WAS EUTHANIZED AND THAT WAS HUMANE.
AND THEN WE HAD ONE FOSTER, THAT ONE WE HAD DONE TREATMENT FOR THAT WAS EUTHANIZED AS A HUMANE EUTHANASIA.
BUT EVERYONE ELSE THAT WE HAD IN FOSTER, WHICH I BELIEVE WE HAD OVER 30, THAT WERE JUST TEMPER POSITIVE AND FOSTER ALL TREATED AND ALL SURVIVED EXCEPT FOR ONE.
NO, I'M NOT, I'M NOT MAKING JUDGEMENTS.
I JUST WANNA KNOW WHEN I'M READING THIS, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M READING.
THE OTHER GENERAL, JUST HUMANE IS USUALLY IF THEY COME IN HIT BY CAR AND ARE CRASHING AND THEY CAN'T SERVE THAT STRAIGHT HOLD WOULD BE ANOTHER HUMANE SITUATION.
UM, AND THEN LIKE, JUST GOING BACK TO THIS, I WASN'T GONNA ASK THIS QUESTION,
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BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS LIKE, WHY ARE DIED AND MISSING IN THE SAME CATEGORY? IS THERE A WAY TO SEPARATE THEM AND YEAH.I THINK WE'D HAVE TO HAVE TO SEE WHY THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.
I MEAN, AND I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.
SO, UH, YEAH, IF I COULD JUST FIGURE THAT OUT FOR JUST THE FUTURE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, MY OTHER COMMENT WAS, THANK YOU, UM, FOR CONTINUING TO, UH, SUPPORTPAY NEUTER, UM, SOCIETY AND, UM, TO TRY TO GET THEM ON THE BOOKS.
UM, LIKE COMMISSIONER BENNETT, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SEE THAT SPEED ALONG, UM, FOR OUR PEOPLE IN NORTH DALLAS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY CAT CATS IN THEIR AREA AND NOT HAVE TO USE THEIR TCAP, UM, NUMBERS FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'D RATHER USE IN DENTON FOR DALLAS.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD JUST HELP KEEP THOSE CATS, UM, IN ORDER.
UH, SO THAT WAS A COMMENT, SORRY,
I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF ANIMALS ON THAT.
UM, IS THAT GOING TO BACK TO NORMAL LIMITS SOON SINCE THE DISTEMPER OUTBREAK? I KNOW WE JUST HAD ONE, UH, CASE NOT TOO LONG AGO, BUT SINCE THE EMPER OUTBREAK IS KIND OF, UM, PHASING OUT, ARE WE GONNA PHASE OUT THE FOSTER TO ADOPT PROGRAM? OR IN OTHER WORDS, ARE WE NOT LETTING DOGS GO OUT ON SPAYED AND NEUTERED TO PEOPLE? I BELIEVE WE ALWAYS HAVE ONE CONTIN COMPONENT OF FOSTER TO ADOPT, BUT I'LL LET
UH, SO WE WILL NOT BE PHASING OUT FOSTER TO ADOPT THAT'S BEEN A PROGRAM PRIOR TO DISTEMPER.
UM, WE DO, I JUST MEAN MAYBE MORE NORMAL LIMITS.
AND, UM, WE DO, IT, IT, IT IS A RECOMMENDATION OF BEST FRIENDS TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, SEND OUT ANIMALS UNALTERED, SO THEN WE CAN CLEAR UP SPACE AS TO, YOU KNOW, DECREASE CAPACITY.
AND I KNOW IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE HAVE STAYED UNDER 115% FOR THE PAST, UH, ALMOST SIX WEEKS.
AND SO PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN ALLOWING DOGS AND ANIMALS TO GO OUT UN ALTERED AND THEN RETURN FOR SURGERY.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT 2% THAT WERE NOT ALTERED AFTER BEING IN FOSTER TO ADOPT.
SO THE, THE PERCENTAGE OF ANIMALS NOT RETURNING TO BE ALTERED IS VERY SMALL.
UM, AND SO IT, IT, IT DOES AFFECT OUR CAPACITY AND, UM, IS PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR ADOPTION NUMBERS.
SO, UM, WE, WE HAVE DEC OR I GUESS, UM, TAKEN BACK SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS THAT WE HAD ON SURGERY, BUT, UM, WE WILL STILL, DEPENDING ON CAPACITY, BE PARTICIPATING WITH ANIMALS GOING OUT AND ALTERED IN THEIR FOSTER TO ADOPT HOMES AND THEN SCHEDULED, THEY'RE IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULED FOR, THEY ARE, THEY LEAVE WITH A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT FOR SURGERY.
BUT, UM, WE WILL STILL BE, THERE'LL BE INSTANCES OF THAT HAPPENING.
SINCE ERICA'S TALKING, LET ME ASK ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT, UH, LIKE MEDICAL STUFF.
UM, I'VE JUST NOTICED ON SOME OF THE RESCUE PAGES, THERE'S A LOT MORE NO DAS MEDS LISTED FOR ANIMALS THAT COME IN.
AND I'M, AND SOME OF THEM TO ME JUST SEEM LIKE, UH, I COULD FOSTER THEM MAYBE, BUT I'M, I'M NOT A RESCUE, SO I'M NOT REALLY WILLING TO FOSTER THEM WITHOUT LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE THEY HAVE I GO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT KITTEN.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING IS, IS IT JUST ME? HAVE I BEEN NOTICING THAT MORE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LOOKING OR IS THERE AN INCREASE OF THAT LATELY? AND IF SO, HOW IS THAT DECISION BEING MADE? I, I'M NOT DIRECTLY OVER MEDICAL, SO I'M OVER THE SHELTER TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES FOSTER RESCUE.
I WOULD HAVE TO RUN THE NUMBERS ON THE AMOUNT OF DAS NOMMED.
UM, AND, BUT I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF THAT.
SO YEAH, AND I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO RUN THE NUMBERS ON THAT TOO, JUST TO SEE WHAT IT IS YOU, YOU, YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU MAY BE SEEING.
UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S TRUE.
I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M SEEING THAT.
AND TO ME, I JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THEM AND AS A, YOU KNOW, FOSTER, I THINK, WELL, YOU KNOW, I CAN GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, ANTIBIOTICS IN THEIR EYES JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A, YOU KNOW, OR UT YOU KNOW,
WE, WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OUR, OUR MEDICAL STAFFS, THE CAPACITY FOR CARE.
IF WE HAVE ANIMALS COMING IN NONSTOP THROUGH NO, YEAH.
SO THAT'S ALSO TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT I, I'D LIKE TO RUN THE NUMBERS AND TAKE A LOOK.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
I MEAN, I KNOW HOW BUSY YOU GUYS ARE.
AND ALSO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THAT SPAY NEUTER AT OPERATION KINDNESS EMAIL FOR SOME OF OUR PEOPLE IN THE FIELD.
THAT'S A GREAT
I HA I HAD A LIST OF REALLY ORGANIZED
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QUESTIONS, AND OF COURSE I HAVE LIKE PAPERS HERE AND I CAN'T FIND THE NICE ONE.SO WE'LL GO TO, UH, THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY CAT ORDINANCE THING.
JILLIAN, DO YOU NEED ME TO STOP
SO LET ME GO REAL QUICKLY THROUGH THIS.
UM, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU HOW, HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING THE LEAD ON TRYING TO MAKE THIS ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING FOR A LONG TIME AND I'M REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
SO BEFORE I GO INTO MY QUESTIONS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT AND IT'S A HUGE STEP FORWARD.
I JUST KNOW THAT, UM, DALLAS IS A BIG CITY, RIGHT? AND WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE THAT COME IN, WE HAVE MORE COMMUN, MORE COMMUNI CATS, PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING OBVIOUSLY WITH THE ECONOMIC SITUATION.
SO, UM, I GUESS FIRST I'D LIKE TO KNOW, AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THESE BEFORE, UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE TASK FORCE.
I KNOW YOU'VE SAID THAT YOU'VE HAD, YOU HAVE A, A A MIX OF PEOPLE.
I I LOVE IT AND I TOTALLY BELIEVE YOU.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHO IS ACTUALLY ON THAT.
UM, YOU SAID THAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM OAK CLIFF WERE ON THERE WAS LISA DENNIS FROM MC CLIFF ON THAT THING.
I KNOW SHE'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UM, CAT RESCUE T AND R PEOPLE THERE.
SO, UM, BUT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY THERE.
I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE LIST.
UM, SECOND, I'D JUST REALLY LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THE RATIONALE FOR, BEFORE I SAY THIS, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY I HAVEN'T READ THE, I, I'VE TRIED TO READ IT, BUT IT'S REALLY SMALL.
SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE COULD GET A FULL COPY OF THAT CITY ORDINANCE SO WE COULD ACTUALLY READ IT AND PRINT IT OUT, UM, INSTEAD OF JUST BEING COMMISSIONER SANDERS.
WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENT AND AFTER THAT WE CAN DO A SECOND ROUND.
IF, UH, CHAIR ELECTED GROUPS, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, 'CAUSE I HAVE TO LEAVE.
I CAN ALWAYS CALL, UH, THE DAS AND ASK HIM THESE QUESTIONS, SO.
UH, COMMISSIONER GEARING, OR DO YOU HAVE OH, UH, AS TO THE MEMBERS, WE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA PUBLICLY IDENTIFY THOSE IN, BUT I COULD TELL YOU THAT I WAS AT THAT FIRST MEETING AT 10 BELLS, AND THAT PLACE WAS PACKED.
AND FROM THAT, FROM THAT LARGE GROUP, A SMALLER GROUP WAS PUT TOGETHER TO BE ON THAT TASK FORCE.
SO, UH, I KNOW THAT ONE OF, UH, OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONERS FOR THAT DISTRICT IS, WAS ON THAT TASK FORCE.
UM, AND THOSE, THAT TASK FORCE, UM, WAS PUT TOGETHER BY, BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, AND WE WERE ASKED TO WORK WITH, WORK WITH THEM ON IT.
UM, AND I, BY WE, UM, THAT WAS BEFORE I GOT TO THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND I, I DID INHERIT IT THIS FROM, UH, FROM ALEXI, UM, AND KIND OF TOOK IT TO THE FINISH LINE OR TAKING IT TO THE FINISH LINE FOR HER.
UM, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, SO ONE OF OUR NEW, NEW ACMS, BUT THIS WAS THE, THE TASK FORCE WAS PUT TOGETHER, UM, WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MEMBERS' OFFICE.
UM, SO, SO, BUT WE CAN WORK ON, UM, GETTING YOU A LIST OF MEMBERS.
COMMISSIONER GEARING, UH, JILLIAN, WE'LL START YOUR TIME HERE WHEN YOU'RE READY.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION.
I CAN SEE HOW HARD YOUR TEAM IS WORKING.
I MEAN, EVEN THE PRESS RELEASES, THE, THE MARKETING OUTREACH AND ALL OF THAT, I THINK IS JUST SO IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT TO, I, I JUST CONTINUE TO INCREASE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES PRESENCE IN THE ANIMAL MARKET AND JUST KIND OF IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
TO THAT END, I, I KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I TALK ABOUT THIS EVERY TIME, AND WE PROBABLY JUST NEED TO TAKE, I PROBABLY JUST NEED TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO DO THIS.
IS THERE A WAY, UM, ARE WE, I GUESS I'LL GO THROUGH A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
ARE WE ADVERTISING ALL OF THESE EVENTS TO EACH OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHENEVER DALLAS'S ANIMAL SERVICES IS HAVING AN EVENT? BECAUSE I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUSHING ALL OF THIS OUT TO, LIKE, OUR TEAM CAN PUSH IT TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M NOT REALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO I DON'T SEE A LOT OF STUFF, BUT, UM, IF WE COULD IN ADVANCE OF EVENTS, GET NOTICES SO THAT WE COULD EITHER GIVE THEM, THEY CAN GO STRAIGHT TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OR WE CAN SEND IT TO THEM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UH, MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, I GUESS I WOULD SAY, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TOO, BUT, AND THIS IS PROBABLY A BIGGER PROJECT AND Y'ALL ARE JUST TRYING TO KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE WATER AND, AND KEEP ANIMALS GOING OUT THE DOOR.
I DO THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD SOME TYPE OF EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE AREA, UM, JUST TO KIND OF TEACH THEM ABOUT THE BASICS OF SPAY AND NEUTER AND INTERACTING WITH ANIMALS AND, AND HOW TO CORRECTLY
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INTERACT WITH ANIMALS.UM, MY LAST QUESTION IS ABOUT SPAY OR NEUTER.
AND IF YOU SAID THIS EARLIER AND I MISSED IT, I APOLOGIZE.
I GUESS I KNOW, I KNOW PEOPLE SAY IT'S EASIER.
WE CAN JUST GOOGLE FIND CHEAP SPAY AND NEUTER AND, AND CHIPS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
I HAVE TROUBLE WITH THAT, AND I DO A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR MY JOB, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO FIGURE OUT.
I MEAN, IT'S SO INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT HOW PEOPLE CAN EVEN COME AND SIGN UP TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND WHEN OUR MEETINGS ARE, LET ALONE, WHEN THEY CAN GET THEIR PETS SPAYED AND NEUTERED AND THE COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM.
SO IF WE COULD JUST TALK ABOUT, IS THERE ONE CENTRAL WEBSITE THAT WE CAN DIRECT PEOPLE TO FOR THE SPAY NEUTER PROGRAM AND WHEN THAT'S HAPPENING.
AND, UM, THEN I HAD MY OUTREACH QUESTION AND THEN, UM, I MEAN, THE EDUCATION QUESTION AND THEN THE OUTREACH TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO TO START FROM THE LAST, FIRST, WE DO DALLAS, UH, BE DALLAS NINETY.ORG.
UH, WE, WE PUT ALL OF OUR EVENTS, UH, ONLINE.
WE ALSO DO A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING.
WE DO NOTIFY OUR COMMUNICATIONS, OUTREACH AND MARKETING TEAM HERE AT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND WE COORDINATE WITH THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM, TRY AND SPREAD THE WORD IN THE CITY HALL AND OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL.
AND THEN OUR, UH, EDUCATION TEAM, UH, ENGAGEMENT TEAM THAT'S BEING HEADED UP BY OUR, UH, ASOS.
THEY, THEY GO TO TO SCHOOLS AND, AND PROVIDE THAT EDUCATION.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT TO PROBABLY INCLUDE OUR WILDLIFE PROGRAM, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF CONCERNS AROUND SCHOOLS AS WELL.
UH, BUT THAT IS TO INCLUDE THE STAFF, UH, AT THE SCHOOL, UH, WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO RESPOND, LIKE WHEN THEY SEE A COYOTE, WHEN THEY SEE A BOBCAT, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT AS WELL.
UH, BUT REMEMBER WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA LOOK AT THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS.
SO I MAY BE LOOKING AT MAYBE VOLUNTEERS THAT MAY WANT TO HELP OUT TOO, AND DO SOME EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH.
UH, WE'RE BUILDING ON OUR, UH, UH, OUTREACH THROUGH INTERNAL CITY HALL TO LET THE CA THE COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S COMING UP.
AND THEN WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND THEN THEY CAN, THEY CAN ALWAYS GO TO BEAT DALLAS NATY.ORG UNDER EVENTS AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
THERE SHOULD BE AN EVENT CALENDAR FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE WORKING ON PARTNERING WITH, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS' OFFICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT DO NEWSLETTERS MM-HMM
TO TRY AND LET THEM KNOW, UM, TO INCLUDE THOSE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THEIR COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO, SO THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE NEWSLETTERS.
AND WE, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE PRESENTATION EVERY, EVERY QUARTER.
AND I, I JUST, I KNOW HOW HARD Y'ALL ARE WORKING TO, TO SAVE BETS AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE THE, I KNOW I SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND I SAY WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR, FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL ARE DOING.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY, PAUL, YOU JUST KIND OF BRUSHED OVER YOUR DISTEMPER WORK AND I WANNA SAY SIX WEEKS.
LET ME
UM, THE, JUST SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THEY CLEARED IT IN SIX WEEKS, THE LAST TIME DAS HAD A DISTEMPER OUTBREAK, IT TOOK NEARLY A YEAR.
SO FANTASTIC JOB TO YOUR TEAM.
WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GET THROUGH THAT.
OBVIOUSLY RESCUE POLLS, ADOPTIONS, FOSTERS SLOW WAY, WAY, WAY DOWN WHEN THAT IS THE CASE.
AND THERE'S JUST TEMPER IN THE BUILDING.
SO THAT YOU GUYS GOT THROUGH THAT, THAT QUICKLY IS PHENOMENAL.
UM, THANKS FOR ALL THAT WORK THERE.
AND, UH, I WANTED TO, UM, GET CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THAT RFP IS FOR.
IT IS FOR A PREVIOUSLY, BEFORE DAS TOOK OVER, UH, SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY, IT WAS HEAD UP BY ANOTHER OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING IS TO RE-ENGAGE I SEE.
AND RECREATE THAT TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO THAT.
UH, MORE TO FIND OUT, IS THERE SOMEBODY THERE? I I DID A LOT OF CODE CALLING AND A LOT OF IT IS A LACK OF FUNDING AND RESOURCES MM-HMM
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL BE BORN OF IT E EVEN IF IT'S PIECEMEALED, IF, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GET ASSISTANCE WITH AS FAR AS LIVESTOCK GOES OR WHATEVER.
ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO MINIMIZE THE CAPACITY FOR OUR STAFF MM-HMM
NOT ONLY IN THE BUILDING, BUT OUR RESOURCES BECAUSE, UH, A LOT OF THE LIVESTOCK HAS TO BE CARED FOR 24 7 MM-HMM
AND THAT TAKES RESOURCES AND OVERTIME.
AND WE'D LIKE TO MINIMIZE THAT.
UH, THANKFULLY IN WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE BUDGET OFFICE, WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT OUR INCOME AND, AND BRING THOSE FUNDS TO BEAR THE 1.5 MILLION THIS YEAR FOR SUSPECTED ANIMAL QUILTY.
AND THAT WENT TOWARDS BACKFILLING SOME OF OUR EXPENSES WHERE WE WERE GOING OVER BUDGET RELATIVE TO THOSE ACTIVITIES.
NO, I'VE SEEN HORSES IN THE DOG YARDS BEFORE.
SO I MEAN,
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WANT THAT.SO WE, WE'VE, WE, WE'VE FOUND A BETTER PARTNER.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD ON THAT.
UM, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE ABOUT MARKETING.
IS THAT WHOLE TEAM FILLED OUT NOW? THE MANAGER IN THE TWO POSITIONS, WE'RE STILL CHALLENGED WITH FINDING THE MANAGER FOR THAT POSITION.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ELEVATED TONY AS THE INTERIM MANAGER.
UH, THAT BECAME EFFECTIVE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, A WEEK AGO.
UH, BUT HIM AND THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, THEY'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
UH, AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THIS.
YEAH, HE'S DOING GREAT AND I KNOW HE HAS A WONDERFUL BACKGROUND FOR THIS WORK.
UM, AND A COUPLE THINGS I'LL, I'LL MAYBE TALK DIRECTLY WITH HIM, BUT I HAVE NOTICED SOME LIKE PRE-SCHEDULED POSTS FOR DOGS AND THEN WHEN THE TIME THEY GO UP, THEY'VE ALREADY HAD PLACEMENT BY THEN AND YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THEY'RE JUST WORKING THAT OUT IS THEY'RE GETTING THROUGH EVERYTHING.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP ABOUT EVENTS, UH, RACHEL WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS A BIT.
I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMMENTS THIS YEAR THAT THERE ARE TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF THEM AND IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK.
AND WE SAW THERE THAT THE ROI IS NOT ACTUALLY THAT GREAT FOR ADOPTION.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT FOR THE MARKETING TEAM TO, AND THE, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER ELSE IS WORKING ON THAT TO FOCUS IN ON WHAT'S VALUABLE, LIKE WHAT'S THE GOAL OF THAT.
IS IT MOSTLY PR THEN LET'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES SO MANY RESOURCES TO COORDINATE A LOT OF STAFF AND ANIMALS AND FOSTERS BEING THERE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED IN ON WHAT THE GOALS OF EACH ONE IS.
AND IT'S, IT REALLY HELPS THE ONES THAT ARE REPETITIVE SO THAT PEOPLE START TO KNOW, OH, EVERY THIRD SATURDAY OR WHATEVER, AND JUST FOCUS IN ON THOSE.
I JUST HAVE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAYING IT'S AN OVERWHELM AND EVEN TO STAFF THEM WITH VOLUNTEERS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST REIGNING THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S JUST SORT OF SEEMED LIKE THERE'S SCATTERSHOT OF JUST TONS AND TONS OF EVENTS.
SO JUST THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING NOW THAT THE MARKETING TEAM IS A BIT MORE COHESIVE THAT THEY COULD FOCUS ON A BIT.
AND VICTORIA'S TAKEN THE LEAD ON THAT AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
SO HOPEFULLY WITH HER NOW WORKING WITH TONY IN THE MANAGEMENT ROLE INTERIM, UH, WE WE CAN WORK ON THAT.
'CAUSE THERE'S DEFINITELY, THERE'S TWO PIECES.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PR AND THEN YOU HAVE ADOPTIONS OR FOSTERS VOLUNTEERS SETTING UP.
SO JUST TRYING TO USE THOSE RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE SUCCESSFUL WITH THOSE, UM, INSTEAD OF JUST A BUNCH THAT, YOU KNOW, DO SO-SO, UH, LET'S SEE.
AND THEN, UM, THE CAT COMMUNITY, UM, I DIDN'T SEE IN THAT, IS THERE THE DEFINITION OF WHAT A NUISANCE IS IN THAT CURRENT, I, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT AND, 'CAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT SORT OF BEING ANYONE THAT SAYS WE JUST DON'T WANT CATS OR CAT POOP AROUND
SO, UM, BETWEEN WHAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE AND WHAT ALREADY EXISTS IN, UM, IN THE CITY CODE AND OTHER SECTIONS OUTSIDE OF THE ANIMAL SECTION REGARDING WHAT A NUISANCE IS, WE HAVE CLARIFIED, UH, WHAT, WHAT THAT CONSTITUTES.
AND THEN SPECIFICALLY IN HERE, UM, THOSE THAT PERTAIN TO A COM, A COMMUNITY CAT OR A COLONY, DOES THAT MEAN THAT DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN REVIEW THAT WAS IN THE PACKET? YES.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL FROM ME.
SO DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY FOLLOW UPS OR REQUESTS A SECOND ROUND? DO YOU HAVE TIME LEFT OVER HERE OR DO WE NEED TO DO A SECOND ROUND? SO WE DO HAVE, UM, TIME LEFT FOR A FEW COMMISSIONERS.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY TIME LEFT FOR, UM, COMMISSIONER BENNETT OR SANDERS.
SO WE WOULD GO IN THE ORDER OF WHO HAS TIME LEFT.
AND THEN YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND GRANT THE SECOND ROUND.
SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY START WITH COMMISSIONER FAULKNER DUNN.
YOU HAVE A MINUTE AND 42 YOU YIELD.
COMMISSIONER DELGADO, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES AND 42 SECONDS IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE THEM.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND START YOUR TIME NOW.
UM, SORRY, JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT THE FOSTER PROGRAM NUMBERS AND IT SAYS THAT WE HAVE 7,283 ANIMALS FOSTERED.
UM, AND 2,811 ADOPTED BY FOSTER.
WAS THAT NUMBER, UM, THE FOSTER TO ADOPT OR THOSE SEPARATE FOSTERS? I WILL LET ERICA ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I I DON'T WANNA, GO AHEAD ERICA.
IT SHOULD INCLUDE, IT WOULD INCLU ENCOMPASS, I COULD HAVE BEEN A GENERAL FOSTER AND THEN DECIDED TO ADOPT MY, MY FOSTER.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THERE.
OR I COULD HAVE BEEN A FOSTER TO ADOPT.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE YEAR, YEAR TOTAL NUMBERS THAT WERE IN THAT, THAT SLIDE? YEAH.
UM, AND THEN IT SAYS THAT 732 ARE ADOPTED WHILE IN FOSTER, SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT SOMEBODY SAW 'EM ON THE WEBSITE AND THEN ADOPTED THEM, I ASSUME.
UM, JUST DOING THE QUICK MATH, ABOUT
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10% OF ANIMALS IN FOSTER GET ADOPTED BY SOMEONE LOOKING ON THE WEBSITE AND ADOPTING THEM.UM, DO WE, I KNOW THE POSITION IS VACANT RIGHT NOW, SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON THIS
SO THERE'LL BE MUL MULTIPLE INTAKES, I GUESS, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
LIKE, THERE'S SEVERAL THAT WILL DO, I'LL BE GOING FROM FOS, UH, FOSTER TRANSFER TO ANOTHER FOSTER TO BE ADOPTED, UH, AS A FOSTER TO ADOPT AND THEN TO BE ADOPTED IN FOSTER, IF THAT MAKES ANY, OR BY FOSTER.
AND IT GETS A LITTLE MURKY ON THE DATA, BUT THAT'S, I I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT LIKE, YEAH.
YEAH, FOR ME, I FOSTER SOMEONE AND I HAVE TO TRANSFER THEM.
NOW THAT'S ANOTHER FOSTER TECHNICALLY IN THE ACCOUNT.
UM, YEAH, SO THEN IT MAKES THE DATA, I GUESS, A LITTLE MURKY BECAUSE IF IT, IF WE WERE ONLY ADOPTING OUT 10% OF OUR FOSTERS, THAT WOULD NOT BE VERY GOOD.
SO THEN DO BE LIKE A LENGTH OF STAY, UM, FOR FOSTERS? YEAH.
SO WE DO, WE DO LOOK AT OUR LENGTH OF STAY FOR FOSTERS.
IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME LIKE LEFTOVER REMNANTS OF FOSTERS THAT ARE, ARE NOT, THAT SHOULDN'T BE COUNTED INTO THE DATA.
AND SO I WILL, I'LL BE WORKING WITH THE NEW MANAGER TO KIND OF CREATE METRICS ABOUT AROUND THE ANIMALS THAT ARE IN FOSTER AND OUR LENGTH OF STAY IN FOSTER, AS WELL AS JUST OUR, OUR GENERAL LENGTH OF STAY, UM, IN THE SHELTER.
BECAUSE WE, WE DO LOOK AT OUR GENERAL LENGTH OF STAY IN SHELTER A LITTLE BIT CLOSER THAN WE LOOK AT OUR FOSTER ONE.
AND MY GOAL IS TO CREATE NOT, I DON'T WANNA CALL IT JUST THIS LIKE CHURN, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FOSTERS ARE GETTING ANIMALS PLACED.
AND THEN IF THEY'RE NOT FINDING PLACEMENT IN, IN DALLAS OR YOU KNOW, IN OUR NETWORK, THEN BEING ABLE TO ADD THOSE TO OUR TRANSPORT TO SEE IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR NORTHEAST OR NORTHWEST, UM, GROUPS WOULD LIKE THEM.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE LIKE A SPECIFIC LENGTH OF STATE TREATMENT PLAN FOR ALL OF OUR ANIMALS THAT ARE IN FOSTER AS THEY GET TO, UH, YOU KNOW, OVER THAT AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
AND SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH THE NEW MANAGER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING THAT INTO PLAY.
COMMISSIONER MATHIAS, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND 34 SECONDS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE THEM, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL START YOUR TIME.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.
I, I JUST GOTTA TELL YOU THAT.
UM, SO IF AN ANIMAL LEAVES WITH AN APPOINTMENT TO COME BACK FOR SPAY NEUTER, HOW ARE WE FOLLOWING UP WITH THAT FAMILY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ANIMAL COMES BACK TO GET SPAY NEUTERED? ERICA, COULD YOU JUMP IN ON THAT QUESTION? OF COURSE.
UM, SO WHEN THEY GO OUT, WE HAVE AN ACUITY APPOINTMENT, WHICH IS, UH, IT'S A AUTOMATED TYPE OF THING OF, I DON'T KNOW, SCHEDULING CALENDAR SYSTEM.
SO THEY GET AUTOMATED, UM, UPDATES ON WHEN THEIR APPOINTMENT IS THROUGH THAT.
AND THEN OUR TEAM IS ALSO FOLLOWING UP PRIOR TO THEM COMING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING IN TO, FOR THAT SPAY NEUTER APPOINTMENT RIGHT NOW, UM, MAJORITY OF A PERCENTAGE OF DOGS ARE HAVING TO GET BOOSTERS.
SO THEN WE'RE FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM AS THEY'RE GETTING BOOSTERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHEN THEIR DOG IS ABLE TO COME BACK FOR SURGERY.
AND THEN IF THEY ARE NOT A, A ARRIVING AT THEIR APPOINTMENT TIME, THEN OUR FOSTER TEAM'S FOLLOWING UP ON THE BACK END TO SEE WHEN WE CAN GET THEM RESCHEDULED AND THEN CONTINUING TO FOLLOW UP SO WE CAN GET THEM ON THE BOOKS FOR ALTERATION.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO OFFERING, I KNOW, UH, WENDY FROM FRIENDS OF MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE DATES, WE HAVE, UM, SPAY NEUTER APPOINTMENTS AT, UH, THE OPK HUB.
WE HAVE THOSE THREE DAYS A WEEK AND THERE'S THREE ANIMALS PER, UM, SPOT.
SO WE, WE ALSO UTILIZE THOSE JUST IN CASE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET INTO THE SHELTER OR, OR IF IT'S EASIER FOR THEM OR WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPOTS AVAILABLE ON THE SPECIFIC DAY THAT THEY'RE COMING IN, THEY'RE WANTING TO COME IN.
COULD A VOLUNTEER MAYBE HELP WITH CONTACTING THOSE FOLKS? UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU'VE CONTACTED, CONTACTED YOU, FOLLOWED UP AND THEY'RE STILL NOT COMING IN, WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE? 'CAUSE THAT'S LEAVING AN ANIMAL OUT THERE THAT IS NOT FIXED.
SO WE DO HAVE A NEW, UM, IN OUR, UH, FOSTER AGREEMENT THAT THERE,
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IF, IF A FOSTER IS UNRESPONSIVE FOR 60 DAYS, WE'LL BE COMPLETING THAT ADOPTION, UM, TO THEM SINCE THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES.AND, YOU KNOW, THE HANDBOOK FOR OUR FOSTER FOR FOSTERS.
AND SO WE WILL COMPLETE THAT ADOPTION.
THAT THAT MEANS THAT THAT ANIMAL POTENTIALLY IS UNAL ALTERED, BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO COME BACK AT ANY TIME TO RECEIVE, UH, ALTERATION SUR SURGERIES.
THERE'S THIS VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT GET TO THAT POINT.
SO I BELIEVE LAST YEAR THERE WAS 1% OF ANIMALS THAT WERE, HAD A COMPLETED ADOPTION WERE UNALTERED.
AND SO THAT WOULD, THAT IT, IT'LL REMAIN A SMALL PERCENTAGE, BUT WE'LL KEEP FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN COME IN OR TRY AND GET THEM IN AND THEN OFFER OTHER RESOURCES JUST IN CASE THEY CAN'T GET INTO THE SHELTER.
OUR, OUR TEAM IN THE FIELD OPERATIONS OFFICE CAN ALSO FOLLOW UP TOO, BECAUSE ONCE THAT ANIMAL BECOMES ADOPTED, IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
SO IF WE CAN HOLD 'EM ACCOUNTABLE.
WHAT IF THEY DON'T OR IF THEY DON'T, I MEAN, WE CITE 'EM, BUT WE, WE, WE, WE TAKE 'EM TO THE, TO THE, UH, COURT PROCESS.
HOPEFULLY THAT DOESN'T GO THERE.
UM, THINKING ABOUT EVICTIONS, UH, WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY HERE IN DALLAS WHO IS, IS REALLY GOOD WITH THE, IN THE EVICTIONS COURT.
I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD MAYBE GIVE HIM, UH, AND HIS TEAM A NUMBER FOR DAS IN CASE THERE'S ANIMALS INVOLVED IN AN EVICTION THAT HE'S NOT ABLE TO STOP.
THEY, THEY CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT.
THEY, OUR CONTACTS LISTED HERE ON, ON THE SLIDES, YOU KNOW, JUST TO LET US KNOW.
GIVE US A HEADS UP ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
OH, DISD, UH, CAN WE, I MEAN, MAYBE FRIENDS OF, OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES COULD LOOK INTO NOW WITH OPERATION KINDNESS, MAYBE DOING SOME KIND OF OUTREACH TO DISD TO HELP TEACH KIDS ABOUT PETS AND, AND WHAT TO DO IF THEY'RE APPROACHED BY AN ANIMAL, UH, WHEN THEY'RE OUT WALKING OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING THAT.
WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH DISD AND, AND PUTTING MEETINGS TOGETHER WITH THE, WITH THE STAFF AND WITH THE, THE KIDS TOO.
DOES ANYBODY ON THE, I KNOW, UM, COMMISSIONER SANDERS HAD TO LEAVE EARLY, SO, UM, COMMISSIONER GEARING HAS TWO MINUTES AND NINE SECONDS LEFT.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO UTILIZE THEM, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL START AND IF NOT THAT'S OKAY AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN COMMISSIONER CASEY, YOU HAVE, UH, EXCUSE ME, CHAIR ELECT
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES AND FIVE SECONDS.
UM, I THINK I'M GOOD AND I DON'T, DOES ANYONE NEED A SECOND ROUND? I THINK WE KIND OF COVERED EVERYTHING AND IT'S VERY COLD IN HERE.
UM, SO CAN WE GET A MOTION TO, UH, WHAT DO WE SAY? ADJOURN THE MEETING SECOND.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
THANK YOU TO THE SPEAKERS, AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.