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HELLO, MY NAME IS ENA[Senior Affairs Commission on November 17, 2025.]
THE TIME IS NOW 1204 ON NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025, AND THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION MEETING IS NOW IN ORDER.
SO TODAY, UH, THERE'S NOT A CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR TO CONDUCT THE MEETING.
UH, SO A TEMPORARY CHAIR MUST BE SELECTED.
I'M GONNA ASSIST YOU ON SELECTING THE TEMPORARY CHAIR AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE.
UH, PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
NOW A MEETING OF A GOVERNMENTAL BODY THAT EXTENDS INTO THREE OR MORE COUNTIES MAY BE HELD BY VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL ONLY IF THE MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT BODY RESIDING OVER THE MEETING IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT ONE LOCATION OF THE MEETING THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE OPEN PORTIONS OF THE MEETING.
ALL THAT MEANS IS THAT THE PERSON TO BE SELECTED AS A TEMPORARY CHAIR MUST BE ON SITE PHYSICALLY, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN CONDUCT THE MEETING.
NOW, PURSUANT TO DALLAS CITY CODE SECTION EIGHT DASH NINE, UH, THERE, IF THERE'S NOT A CHAIR OR VICE-CHAIR, THE BOARD MAY APPOINT A TEMPORARY CHAIR, OR THE COMMISSION MAY APPOINT A TEMPORARY CHAIR.
UH, THE FIRST ADJOURNMENT PUTS THE END TO THAT APPOINTMENT.
SO WHOEVER'S SELECTED FOR TODAY, THEY'RE THE TEMPORARY CHAIR.
THEY'LL BE THE CHAIR FOR THE DAY.
ONCE THE MEETING ENDS, UH, THEY'RE NO LONGER CHAIR.
IF YOU'RE, UH, NEED ANOTHER TEMPORARY CHAIR, YOU'LL DO THIS PROCESS AGAIN.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY CHAIR? I MOVE THAT WE APPOINT, UH, MIKE NOR AS CHAIR TODAY.
IS THERE ANYONE OPPOSED? MIKE? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NO OPPOSITION, I'M SURE, SIR, YOU'LL BE CHAIR FOR THE DAY.
UM, DO YOU CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER? UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS TODAY? I DON'T THINK SO.
UH, ITEM THREE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? OR, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION.
ANYONE, ANYONE ON THE SCREEN? LISA, ANY COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WE'LL START WITH THE STAFF REPORT BRIEFING ITEM, AND I ASSUME MER YOU'RE THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THAT.
I'M THE SUPERVISOR OF COMMUNITY CARE SERVICES WITH THE SENIOR SERVICES DIVISION AND HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR SERVICES WITH THE AGE FRIENDLY AND THE SENIOR SERVICES TEAM EFFORTS.
UM, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDE A MONTHLY UPDATE, BUT IT HAS BEEN COUPLE OF MONTHS SINCE WE'VE LAST BEEN HERE, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON LAST YEAR'S, UH, OUR FISCAL YEAR, 25 NUMBERS, AS WELL AS JUST TALK ABOUT OUR WORK IN GENERAL.
SO, FIRST OF ALL, TO START, SO, SENIOR SERVICES HAS BEEN EXISTING FOR 40 YEARS.
AND THE POINT OF OUR WORK IS TO, UM, MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, REFERRALS, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
SO, HOW WE DO THAT IS WE CONNECT OUR RESIDENTS TO CITY SERVICES, TO OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS, OR ANY SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD HELP THEM, UM, WITH THEIR NEEDS.
SO, HOW WE DO THIS, SO OUR TEAM, THE AMAZING TEAM, WE ARE A SMALL TEAM OF FIVE PEOPLE, BUT WE GET THE WORK DONE.
SO WE HAVE OUR MAC PARK, CHRISTINA PINO, AND
AND IN THIS TEAM, THE FIRST THING WE DO IS OUR SENIOR SERVICES HELPLINE.
SO WE ARE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT TO FIVE, TAKING CALL FROM ALL OUR OLDER RESIDENTS.
UH, WE DO A, AN ASSESSMENT OVER THE PHONE, KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION, WHAT ARE THE EXISTING RESOURCES, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT WE CALL BARRIERS, NEEDS THAT ARE NEEDED.
AND THEN WE KIND OF START LOOKING INTO WHAT COULD WE DO TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM.
SO LOOKING AT LAST YEAR, WE RESPONDED TO 1,440 UNDUPLICATED CALLS.
SO FIRST TIME CALLING THIS YEAR, OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH DECE, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH AND TOTAL OF 2,326
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CALLS.SO THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST THE, UH, FIRST TIME CALLERS, BUT ALSO SECOND TIME CALLERS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY RESIDENTS THAT COULD BE UNDER 60 OR, UM, PERHAPS A REPRESENTATIVE, MAYBE A CAREGIVER OR A FAMILY MEMBER CALLING US.
SO JUST UNDER 5,000 COMMUNICATIONS.
SO THAT INCLUDES THOSE PHONE CALLS, MAYBE A REFERRAL, UH, CASE CONSULT, CONSULTATION, INTERNAL CITY REFERRALS, ANY TYPE OF, UM, ACTION THAT WE TOOK REGARDING THAT PERSON.
AND THE HIGHEST NEED THAT WE'VE SEEN IS, AND I'VE SAID THIS MANY TIMES IN FRONT OF THIS COMMISSION, BUT IT'S THE FINANCIAL NEED.
SO WHETHER IT'S RENT, MORTGAGE, UTILITY, UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES, EVEN IF IT'S NOT DIRECTLY THAT FINANCIAL NEED, IT'S THE NEED THAT RELATES TO, UM, LOW INCOME ON THE CALLS.
ARE THEY TRACKED? ARE THEY CLOSED AT THE END OF A PERIOD OF TIME, OR DO THEY CARRY OVER TO ANOTHER? SO WE TRACK EVERY CALL THAT WE TAKE.
UM, WE CATEGORIZE IT, WE CATEGORIZE THEM.
SO WE HAVE, WE, WE CHECK IF THAT PERSON HAS CALLED US BEFORE, IF THEY'VE CALLED US BEFORE, WHO DID THEY SPOKE TO, WHAT WAS THE ISSUE BACK THEN? SO EVERY CALL THAT WE RECEIVE IS, IS RECORDED.
SO IF YOU GET A CALL FROM ME, BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN MY DISTRICT THAT'S, THAT'S COUNTED HERE ALSO.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE CALLING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE MM-HMM
UM, YEAH, WE COULD RECORD THAT AS LIKE A REPRESENTATIVE CALL FOR THAT.
SO, UM, TALK ABOUT THE KIND OF THE MISSION OF OUR WORK.
SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE ARE HERE TO, WELL, NOT FIRST AND FOREMOST, BUT WE'RE HERE TO EDUCATE.
SO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ADVOCATES, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE REFER PEOPLE, WE CAN ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THAT SERVICE.
UM, OR IF THERE'S ANY CHALLENGES WE CAN KIND OF BECOME FAMILIAR OF WHAT MIGHT BE, UM, STOPPING PEOPLE FROM GETTING TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE IN NEED OF WE SUPPORT.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE PROVIDE, UM, NOT JUST A REFERRAL TO AN AGENCY.
WE WANNA UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION BETTER SO WE CAN GET THEM TO THE BEST SOURCE FOR THAT PERSON.
UH, WE WANT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR OLDER ADULTS ARE FACING.
AND WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN THEN FIRST OF ALL KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING, BUT ALSO THAT WE HAVE THAT OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO TO CONTACT WHEN WE NEED TO REACH THEM.
SO THEN TALK ABOUT OUR OUTREACH.
SO LAST YEAR WE ATTENDED 99 EVENTS.
SO WE WERE ONE SHORT FROM OUR PREVIOUS YEAR, UH, NUMBER.
UM, BUT OVERALL WE EXCEEDED OUR ANNUAL GOAL, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY.
UH, AND WE HAVE 2090 RECORDED ATTENDEES AT OUR EVENTS.
SO NOT EVERYBODY WHO COMES WILL SIGN THEIR INFORMATION DOWN.
SO, UM, FRANKLY, WE'VE ENGAGED MORE THAN THIS NUMBER, BUT THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO SHARED THEIR INFORMATION WITH US WHEN THEY CAME TO, WHETHER IT'S TO OUR TABLE OR ONE OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE ATTENDED.
SO SOME OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS OR PARTNERSHIPS.
SO OUR LARGER EVENTS THAT WE ORGANIZE IS OUR OLDER AMERICANS MONTH EVENT.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A CITY, UH, SEPARATE FROM THE, UH, LARGE DART EVENT, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO CELEBRATE THIS.
SO WE HAVE A EVENT WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND ENGAGE WITH OUR PARTNERS.
THEN WE HAD OUR FIRST AGING AND HOUSING SUMMIT THIS PAST FRIDAY.
SO THAT'S ALSO ONE OF OUR LARGER EVENTS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE.
THEN WE HAVE OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WITH DEMENTIA FRIENDLY DALLAS.
WE'VE, UH, TOURED OUR REC CENTERS AND, AND HOSTED DEMENTIA FRIEND SESSIONS AND AS WELL AS LEGAL AID OF NORTHWEST TEXAS.
WE'VE HAD THE PRACTICAL ESTATE PLANNING, UH, EVENTS AND DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL CRIMES UNIT AND FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.
WE'VE DONE THE EMPOWER, PROTECT, EMPOWER TO PROTECT, UH, SCAM AWARENESS EVENTS.
AND THEN ALZHEIMER'S ESPANA EVENT IS ONE OF THOSE, UM, PARTNERSHIPS THAT OUR, UH, BILINGUAL CASE WORKER, JAMES RAMIREZ, IS VERY,
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UH, VERY, UH, INVOLVED IN AMONG OTHER OF THE LATIN EVENTS.WHEN IS OLDER AMERICANS ON? MAY.
SO WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING ON NEXT ONE.
WHICH REC CENTERS DID YOU DO THE DEMENTIA FRIENDLY, AND WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE DID YOU GET? SO THAT I MIGHT NEED TO REFER TO MACAU OR JAMES? UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL OF THEM, UM, THAT WE WENT TO.
AND OVERALL IT WAS A VERY POSITIVELY RECEIVED AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT FOR THE NEW YEAR.
UH, BUT I THINK WE WENT TO WILLIE B.
WILLIE B WE DID SINGING HEELS.
I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER AUSTIN CAME TO MY BREAK CENTER, WHICH IS ELOISE LUNDY AND DID A PRESENTATION FOR OUR SENIORS AS WELL ON THE MISSION.
KYLE WAS AT ELOISE LUND AS WELL.
AND THAT WAS A LARGER TURNOUT.
THAT WAS ELOISE LONDON WAS, YES.
BUT WE'VE HAD MANY OF IT IF YOU WERE REC CENTER.
AND TRULY, UH, KYLE AND JAMES ARE OUR MAIN OUTREACH, UM, STAFF.
SO THEY HANDLE MAJORITY OF ALL DAVIS THAT WE DO.
UM, SO THEY, THEY'RE GREAT REPRESENTATION.
SO JUST TO QUICKLY, THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS, UH, AND YOU ALSO SEE OUR MONTHLY REPORT THAT YOU CAN SEE OUR MOST RECENT OCTOBER, UM, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER EVENTS THERE.
UH, BUT HERE'S JUST SOME OF THE MAIN ONES THAT, UH, OF COURSE WE ATTEND ANNUALLY.
UH, SO WITH ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION, WE DO A LOT OF WORK TOGETHER.
UM, CHEWY'S COMMUNITY CENTER, DART, UH, WE HAD THE VETERANS RECOVERY MEETINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UH, SENIORS ON THE MOVE HAVE BEEN A VERY POPULAR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, UH, BEAT THE HEAT, UH, SENIOR SOURCE ORGANIZES THESE EVERY YEAR.
UH, THEN OF COURSE, NUMEROUS HEALTH EXPOS.
UH, ONE IS COMING THIS, UH, WEDNESDAY THROUGH DALLAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING.
THEY HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP ON THE 19TH, UH, THEIR CAREGIVING WITH CONFIDENCE THROUGH SENIOR SOURCE ANNUAL SUMMIT ON AGING, LGBT AND GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDPARENTS.
SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE LARGER EVENTS THAT WE'VE DONE EVERY YEAR.
SO, CAN I ASK A QUESTION, UH, AMERICA, ABOUT THE VETERANS RECOVERY MEETINGS MM-HMM
SO, UM, CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT? 'CAUSE THIS, MANY OF, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE LOST A TON OF MONEY OVER THE VETERANS ASSOCIATION HAS REALLY BEEN HIT THAT ON BUDGET CUT.
SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE DO OVER THERE? SO THIS IS ACTUALLY, AND JAMES CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BECAUSE HE'S THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS MEETING, BUT IT IS VIRTUAL AND I BELIEVE IT'S EVERY MONTH.
IS IT STILL MEETING EVERY MONTH? IT'S, UH, IT USED TO BE EVERY MONTH, AND NOW IT'S KIND OF LIKE EVERY QUARTER.
AND SO WE USUALLY JUST SHARE AGAIN, WHO WE ARE, UM, WHAT SERVICES WE OFFER, AND HOW WE CAN CONNECT PEOPLE.
UH, SPEAKING OF THE VETERANS, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO CHANGE AS WELL, BECAUSE WITH YOU ALL'S HELP, UH, COMMANDING ERDEN HAS A POST OPEN SOUTH DALLAS.
SHE JUST HAPPENED TO BE A FRIEND OF MINE, AND SHE CAME TO ONE OF THE EVENTS AND SAW THE GOOD WORK WE WERE DOING.
AND SHE DOES SOCKS FOR VETERANS.
SOME KIND OF LIKE JAMES CAME AND, UH, SHE WAS JUST GLOATING ABOUT THIS PERSON.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, IF YOU ALL GO OUT AND I, I MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEY START TALKING ABOUT YOU, I ACT LIKE, OH YEAH, THAT'S MY ME
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY KUDOS TO HIM.
FOR THE VETERANS, IT'S A SMALL POST, BUT IF ANYBODY INTERESTED IN VETERAN SOCKS VETERANS, I CAN HELP HER WITH A POST.
SHE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE, TAKE SOME.
UM, SO I INCLUDED SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY RECEIVED LAST MONTH.
SO THESE ARE JUST OUR, UH, SEPTEMBER, 2025 AND THEN END OF THE YEAR NUMBERS.
UH, SO LAST YEAR WE HAD TOTAL OF, UH, I SAID 1440, UH, CALLS, 99 EVENTS.
UH, AND THAT WAS A, UH, INCREASE WITH THE PHONE CALLS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS THE HIGHEST NEED, UH, AMONG THE CALLS.
THE NEXT ONE IS JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU IN A LITTLE GRAPH HOW THE, THE CALLS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND THE, UH, THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.
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UH, SIMILAR NUMBERS.WE HAD A RISE THIS YEAR IN A BY JULY, AND WE'VE KIND OF KEPT UP A, A QUITE AN INCREASE IN OUR CALLS.
SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF LOOKING INTO IT TO SEE IF THIS WAS A, UM, PERHAPS A RANDOM JUMP IN THE CALLS, OR IS THIS GOING TO BE THE, UH, THE NEW NORMAL WITH THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT ARE YOU FINDING THAT'S, THAT'S SIGNIFICANT? ARE YOU GETTING ANY IDEA OF WHY THERE'S SUCH AN INCREASE? SO RULE REALLY IS FINANCIAL AID THAT KEEPS GOING AND HAS INCREASED IN NUMBERS.
AND, AND ALSO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME RESOURCES FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS NOT MEETING THE NEED, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY HAVING TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP MORE AND TRYING TO FIND RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE.
UM, AND DO, WE DO GET A LOT MORE CALLS FROM THE SAME PEOPLE REGARDING THAT SAME THING.
UH, WHAT, UM, AND IF YOU WANNA TABLE THE QUESTION I'M ABOUT TO ASK, YOU CAN'T.
SO, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, UM, THESE ARE ALL SENIORS CALLING ONLY SENIORS ON THESE CALLS? YES.
THESE ARE ONLY THE UNDUPLICATED, UM, HELPLINE CALLS.
SO THESE ARE 60 AND ABOVE CITY OF DALLAS RESIDENTS.
SO THIS IS NOT ALL THE CALLS WE GET.
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST TIME CALLERS, THE FIRST TIME CALLS.
SO, HAVE WE SEEN, UM, AND AGAIN, TELL ME NOT NOW, AND I'M FINE WITH THAT.
UM, ON CBS SUNDAY MORNING, THERE WAS A WHOLE THING ON, UH, THE COST OF BEING HOMELESS, WHICH WAS, IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT, YOU'VE GOT TO SEE IT IF YOU REALLY WANNA GET GOOD AND UPSET.
UM, UM, HOW MANY OF THE PHONE CALLS WE GET ARE THESE PEOPLE LIKE ONE STEP AWAY? LIKE THEY CAN'T BEAT THEIR RENT? UM, UH, DO WE KNOW THAT? I NO, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT TO GIVE YOU A BETTER ANSWER.
I WOULD HATE TO JUST, UH, OKAY.
I'M JUST KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE UNITED STATES AND NOT KNOWING WHERE WE ARE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS AS WHERE WE FIT IN TERMS OF SENIORS BEING ONE STEP AWAY.
SO THERE OTHER, UM, WAY WE CAN ASSIST WITH GETTING THE NUMBER OR INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE.
UM, OR DO YOU WANT, SO AS OF WRITING, REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
SO CERTAINLY WE'RE ALWAYS, UH, SHARING OUR FLYER AND OUR HELPLINE, UM, TO PEOPLE, UH, WITHIN THE CURRENT STAFF, OF COURSE, UH, WE CAN STILL MANAGE THE CALL VOLUME AS IS, IF IT CONTINUES TO GROW, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE MAYBE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.
UM, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY WE'RE NOT HERE TO TURN ANYBODY AWAY.
EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, EVEN IF YOU'RE 59 OR EVEN IF YOU'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER CALLING, WE STILL TRY TO CONNECT YOU TO THE NEXT PLACE.
WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA END THE CALL AND SAY, YOU'RE NOT OUR TARGET AUDIENCE.
UH, NO, WE TRY TO GET EVERYBODY, UH, TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GET.
AND I CAN ATTEST TO MARK DOING THIS.
IS IT CARROLLTON OR FARMERS BRANCH OR MARCUS BRANCHER? SHE HELPED SOMEBODY THAT NEEDED SOME HELP, SO.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE LENGTH OF THE CALLS? BECAUSE I, I JUST NATURALLY START DIGGING INTO THE NUMBERS AND IT'S 2,326 CALLS MM-HMM.
AND THERE'S 250 WEEKDAYS IN THE YEAR.
SO THAT'S ABOUT 10 CALLS A DAY.
ARE THESE LONG CALLS, OR DO THEY, THEY LIKE HOUR LONG CONVERSATIONS.
WHAT ARE THEY, WHAT'S A TYPICAL CALL LIKE, UM, HERE, MY TEAM WOULD BE THE BEST ONE TO ANSWER THAT.
SO WHAT, BUT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOT FROM THEM, UM, AND THEY CAN SAY COMMENTS FROM THE BACKGROUND, BUT, UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED A LOT OF ASSISTANCE.
SO WE'VE CERTAINLY, I BELIEVE WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF PEOPLE WHO WE NEED TO KIND OF WORK LONGER.
WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT WE'VE WORKED FOR MONTHS TRYING TO FIND THEM A MORE STABLE SITUATION.
UM, THERE MIGHT BE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE EASILY SPEND 30 UP TO AN HOUR ON THE PHONE.
UH, CERTAINLY THERE'S STILL PEOPLE WHO CALL, I JUST NEED ONE RESOURCE, THAT'S IT.
UH, THAT MIGHT BE THE LAST COMMUNICATION WE HAVE.
BUT WE DO HAVE QUITE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO, UH, GIVE US A CALL AND WE DO NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME.
WE'RE GONNA DO FOLLOW UP CALLS, WE'RE GONNA MAKE MORE OF THOSE REFERRALS, UH, AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY DO GET TO, UH, CONNECT WITH THE RESOURCE THAT THEY NEED.
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THAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS.THAT'S NOT JUST YOUR UNDUPLICATED NO, THERE'S TWO NUMBERS.
THERE'S 1440 DUPLICATED, AND 2326 ARE THE NUMBER OF CALLS.
BUT THAT, THAT INCLUDES YOUR, YOU, YOUR OUTCOME.
SO THEN THE, UM, THE ENGAGEMENT WOULD SHOW THE, UH, THE NUMBER OF HOW MANY, UM, HOW MANY CALLS, UH, OR REFERRALS, UM, OTHER WAYS TO REACH OUT.
SO THE, UM, THE 4,993 COMMUNICATIONS WOULD INCLUDE, SO IF ONE PERSON CALLS US THIS MONTH IN NOVEMBER, UM, WE LISTED ONE TIME IN OUR ACCOUNT IN OUR LOG, AND THEN WE, HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE SPOKEN WITH THIS PERSON, OR DID WE SEND A REFERRAL TO DALLAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING SENIOR SOURCE? THAT WILL BE THEN LISTED AS AN ENGAGEMENT NUMBER.
SO I WOULD SAY ON AVERAGE, UM, WE HAVE ABOUT THREE TO FIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE PERSON PER MONTH.
SO THEN IF WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR, UM, CLIENTS BY DISTRICT, YOU CAN SEE THAT MAJORITY OF THE CALLS COME FROM THE FIRST OF EIGHT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE SMALLER NUMBER FROM THE, THE NINE TO 14, BUT THOSE ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT, UM, WITHIN THE, THE TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE NOW LOOKED AT HERE.
UM, BEFORE I JUMP ON OUR, UH, COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS, I'M JUST GONNA MENTION THE, UM, UPDATED ONE FOR THE OCTOBER THAT IS THE SEPARATE SHEET.
SO FOR OCTOBER, WE HAD A, AS IT WE'RE STARTING OUR FISCAL YEAR.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE CALLS THAT COME IN AS A FIRST ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE HAD A HIGH OF 237 CALLS TOTAL FROM PEOPLE CALLING THE FIRST TIME WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE ALMOST 160 OF THOSE CALLS WERE REGARDING, UH, FINANCIAL NEED, MORTGAGE, RENT, UTILITY, UH, AND WE ATTENDED 13, UM, EVENTS.
THEN YOU CAN SEE THE DISTRICT BREAKDOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
DO WE HAVE THAT PAGE? I'M SORRY, WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON? WHERE IS THAT PAGE? I'M JUST, DID I, I BELIEVE I PUT, BUT I'M HAPPY PAGE.
YES, IT'S A SEPARATE PAGE, WHICH IS THE MONTHLY REPORT TO THE, I DIDN'T GET.
I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE A COPY HERE.
UH, THE, UH, UTILITIES FINANCE AND THE CALLS, YOU LABEL THOSE CALLS BY UTILITY FINANCE.
SO HOW IS FOOD CATEGORIZED? SO WE, UH, WE HAVE FOOD SERVICE OR, UH, FOOD BANKS I BELIEVE IS THE CATEGORY THAT WE LIST.
SO WE CAN LIST WITH ONE CALL, WE FOCUS ON FREE ITEMS. SO IF THEY CALL, I NEED TO FILL THE ASSISTANCE, I NEED TO FIND A FOOD PANTRY, WE'LL LIST THAT AS A FINANCIAL NEED FOR UTILITY FOOD.
AND THEN IF THERE'S A THIRD ITEM THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY SAY, NEED HELP, WE MIGHT DO LIKE A HOME REPAIR OR HOME MODIFICATION.
AND IF THEY NEED UTILITIES, THAT'S ANOTHER YES.
BUT NO, ON THIS, UH, THIS IS PER PERSON.
SO IF THEY'VE HAD, LIKE, THEY MIGHT HAVE CALLED US FOR, UH, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT NEEDS, BUT ONLY COUNTED AS ONE.
AND IT'S REALLY FOR HOUSEHOLD.
SO AGAIN, UM, THEN WE HAVE OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE A, UM, OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR SERVING OUR PEOPLE.
AND SO THROUGH SENIOR SERVICE, I'M SORRY, THROUGH SENIOR SOURCE, WE HAVE OUR OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM.
AND SO THEY, UH, AND SUSAN ALSTEAD IS THE DIRECTOR.
THEY OFFER, UM, SERVICES AT THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, BOTH NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.
AND THEY INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS.
THEY CHECK ON THEIR RESIDENTS, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN THOSE, UM, HOMES GET THE, THE CARE THAT THEY NEED.
AND THEY VISIT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, EACH FACILITY.
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SO THESE COMPLAINTS, SOME OF THE MORE SERIOUS COMPLAINTS COULD BE MAYBE AS, AS SEVERE AS AN ABUSE OR EXPLOITATION, UH, BUT IT COULD BE ALSO ILLEGAL DISCHARGES.UM, STAFF NOT PROVIDING TIMELY CARE OR, OR BED BUG.
SOME OF THE MORE ROUTINE COMPLAINTS COULD BE PERHAPS SEC FOOD QUALITY, UM, MAYBE THE MEDICATION, UM, DISTRIBUTION.
AND THEN, UH, MAYBE STAFF NOT RESPONDING BEHIND ME ON SOME OF THEIR NEEDS.
AND SO THIS IS, THE CITY TAKES A PORTION TOWARDS THOSE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO IT'S NOT THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE, BUT IT COMPLIMENTS THE FUNDING THAT IS, IS GIVEN TO THAT PROGRAM.
AND THE CONTRACT TERM, UH, STARTED IN ON DECEMBER 1ST.
SO THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT YET YEAR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE YEAR OF THE, UH, CONTRACT NUMBERS.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, THAT THEY'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE TARGET FOR THE SEPTEMBER NUMBERS.
UH, THERE WERE SOME STAFF CHANGES EARLIER THIS YEAR, IF YOU RECALL.
UH, THERE WERE SOME LOWER, UH, PERCENTAGE OF COMPLAINTS PERHAPS ADDRESS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, STAFF CHANGES, BUT THEY REALLY WORKED DILIGENTLY TO CATCH UP ON THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROVIDING, I'M SORRY, WHO HAD STAFF CHANGES? THE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM.
AND, AND THIS SEPTEMBER 25 0 0, IS THAT JUST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THE NUMBER, I MEAN, THAT DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT AT ALL.
SO FOR THE SEPTEMBER NUMBER, THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS THE, UH, THE NUMBER PROVIDED FOR THAT.
HOW, HOW COULD THERE BE 400 AND OH, THAT'S THE TARGET.
YEAR TO DATE, THEY'VE OFFERED SEVEN 20.
IS THAT WHEN THE STAFF CHANGES ARE, I MEAN, THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.
SO SEPTEMBER NUMBERS ARE JUST FOR THE, THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AND THEN THE YEAR TO DATE, UH, IS, UH, WHAT THEY'VE DONE SINCE DECEMBER.
I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WERE NO, I SEPTEMBER 20 REFERRALS FOR OMBUDSMAN IN SEPTEMBER.
SO ASSIST LOW INCOME RESIDENTS IN OBTAINING NEEDED GOODS FOR SERVICES.
SO THAT COULD, AND THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON WHAT THEY, WHAT'S PARTICULAR UNDER THAT.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS.
UM, NO, SO THEY STILL CONTINUED TO CLEAR THOSE COMPLAINTS THAT THEY HAD, THAT WAS JUST A SPECIFIC SUBCATEGORY.
THE LONG TERM PARENT BUTMAN PROGRAM IS STRICTLY FOR, UH, ASSISTED LIVING, UH, LONG-TERM CARE.
SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT CATEGORY SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE IN ASSISTED LIVING AND LONG-TERM CARE, THEIR MEALS ARE PROVIDED BY SERVICES.
I'M, I'M HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO STEPHANIE TO, UH, GET A CLARIFICATION ON THAT AND REPORT BACK.
AND ALSO THE, THE MAIN GOAL OF THE OMBUDSMAN'S PROGRAM IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LIVING IN THOSE FACILITIES ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
AND ANYTHING THAT FALLS UNDER DIGNITY AND RESPECT IS WHAT WE FIGHT FOR.
ESPECIALLY BEING TREATED FAIR.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, LAST YEAR'S DISTRICT DATA.
SO WE, WE TEND TO LOOK AT OUR FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER, UM, AND OF COURSE THEIR CONTRACT YEAR WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
SO, UH, BUT YOU COULD KIND OF SEE THE MONTHLY BREAKDOWN PER DISTRICT.
AND ONE MORE, THESE ARE NUMBERS FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM, NOT JUST A PORTION THAT THE, THE CITY'S, THERE'S NOT A PORTION FROM THE CITY.
IT'S ALL ONE IF THE FUNDING ALL GOES TOGETHER, RIGHT? YES.
SO THE CITY, UH, FUNDS, THESE ARE, THESE ARE REFERRALS WITHIN THE CITY.
SO THIS IS WITHIN THE GRANT THAT THE CITY PROVIDES.
SO THEN THE SECOND, UH, PROGRAM THAT THE CITY HAS IS WITH THE UNI SPREAD THE LIGHT, UH, AGENCY WHO OFFERS EMPLOYMENT, I'M SORRY,
'CAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS FAMILIAR WITH IT SINCE IT STARTED.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHY THERE'S SO MANY MORE REFERRALS
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IN DISTRICT TWO THEN? AND IN DISTRICT 10? I MEAN, IS IT, BUT THERE'S MORE FACILITIES IN THAT REGARDING THE ABU.SO THAT WOULD BE, SO THE, SO THE PROGRAM THAT IS FUNDED WITH THE CITY, IT INCLUDES, I MEAN, SEE MY NOTES, THE CITY FUNDING COVERS 29 OUT OF THE 33 NURSING HOMES THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, 29 OUT OF 33.
AND IT ONLY COVERS FOUR OUT OF THE 94 ASSISTED LIVING.
SO THOSE ARE COVERED THROUGH THE CITY FUNDS.
AND THEN THERE'S OTHER FUNDING THAT PROVIDES THE ASSISTANCE.
SO WHY ARE THERE, WHY ARE, AND I DON'T, I KNOW WE'VE GOTTA MOVE ON.
WHY ARE ONLY 29 COVERED VERSUS 33? DO YOU KNOW? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THE SENIOR, UH, SENIOR SENIOR SOURCE QUESTION.
UH, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT VISIT THE FACILITIES ON A REGULAR BASIS, A VOLUNTEER UN HUSBAND, YOU'RE TRAINED BY THE STATE AND CERTIFIED.
SO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO IN THERE, THERE ARE SUPERVISORS OVER THE VOLUNTEERS.
THE VOLUNTEERS ARE ASSIGNED TO ONE FACILITY, BUT IT'S SO HARD TO COVER THEIR WHOLE PLACE BY ONE PERSON.
SO IF THERE ISN'T ANOTHER, 'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT DISTRICT EIGHT AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN GONE FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE OF MY NEEDS.
AND SO I WAS LOOKING LIKE NOBODY WAS ASSIGNED TO MY FACILITY, BUT I KNOW THE SUPERVISOR WAS COVERING IT.
BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE FACILITY ASSIGNED PERSON, AND THE, THE SENIOR SOURCE HAS CONTRACTS TO COVER CERTAIN FACILITIES.
AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
AND SO IF IT'S A FACILITY THAT HAS HAD MORE COMPLIANCE AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THAT FACILITY TO SEE WHY, REGARDLESS OF, I THINK TALKING MORE ABOUT THIS.
AND CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONSIDER COMING TO THE NEW YEAR, IS, IS PERHAPS HAVING SENIOR SOURCE DIRECTLY TALK REGARDING, I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THIS WHOLE SYSTEM AND VERY CURIOUS.
SUZANNE IS VERY OPEN, IF YOU CALL, SHE'S VERY, VERY, SHE'S THE DIRECTOR.
SO TO TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
SO YOU AND I PROVIDES TRAINING, UM, AND ADVOCACY TO HELP OLDER ADULTS WITH MODERATE OR LOW INCOME DEFINED, UM, EMPLOYMENT.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN DOING, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FORKLIFT TRAINING AS ONE PART OF THE PROGRAM.
UH, THEY ALSO ASSIST WITH JUST HANDS-ON JOB PREPARATION AND JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE.
NOW, THIS CONTRACT WAS EXTENDED TILL END OF THE YEAR.
UH, THEY'VE ALREADY ACHIEVED THEIR, UH, TARGET NUMBERS.
UM, BUT, UM, THEY'LL, THEY'LL STILL, THEY STILL HAVE FUNDING TO END OF THE YEAR.
AND YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT THE DISTRICT NUMBERS AND, UM, SEE FOR THE PAST, UH, 12 MONTHS, WHAT DID YOU AND I STAND FOR? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU AND I, IT'S YOU AND I SPREAD THE LIGHT IS THE ORGANIZATION.
AND THEY'RE LOCATED IN WEST DALLAS.
SO THAT COULD POSSIBLY ALSO, UH, AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DISTRICT NUMBERS, UM, IMPACT THE, UH, THE POPULARITY AMONG THE DISTRICTS.
SO THEN BRIEFLY TO TALK ABOUT OUR OPERATION WATER SHARE.
SO THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE PARTNER WITH THE DALLAS WATER UTILITY.
AND THIS IS ONE ONCE A YEAR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR WATER BILL SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GIVE US A CALL.
UH, AND IF THEY ARE OVER THE AGE OF 60, UH, THEY ARE BEHIND ON THEIR WATER BILL AT LEAST 30 DAYS AND THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ASSISTANCE IN 12 MONTH PERIOD, WE CAN PLEDGE A SMALL AMOUNT TOWARDS THEIR WATER BILL.
UM, LATELY WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK OF BEING DISCONNECTED.
SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST THEM TO KEEP THEIR WATER SERVICE, AND WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH WATER DEPARTMENT AND THEY REALLY WORK WITH US TO COME UP WITH PAYMENT PLANS, UM, AND WAYS TO TRY TO HELP OUR OLDER RESIDENTS, UM, WITH THEIR WATER BILLS AND BALANCES.
SO, I KNOW YOU WANNA GET THROUGH THIS, BUT LAST MONTH WE DISCUSSED ASKING THE WATER DEPARTMENT TO SEND OUT A NOTICE MM-HMM
THAT ANYBODY OVER WHATEVER AGE, 60, I THINK, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AGE, IT'S EITHER 55, 60, OR 65.
HAVE WE ARRANGED THAT YET? SO I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT WHAT WE, I, WHAT I BELIEVE HAPPENS OFTEN IS THEY DON'T AUTOMATICALLY, UM, DEDUCT THE LATE FEES.
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APPLY FOR THAT.SO COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR, UM, CUSTOMER SERVICE, UM, AND THEN THEY USUALLY DO GO BACK.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT POLICIES.
WHAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I MEAN, I KNOW MISLEAD IT, KNOW ABOUT IT.
I LEARNED THIS, AND I DON'T EVEN ASK YOU HOW WELL MR. LEE'S WATER BILLS IS PAID THROUGH HER, UH, CHECKING ACCOUNTS.
IF SHE DOESN'T GET A BILL, WELL, PROMISE IS NOT.
BUT I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, I I, EVERY TIME I OPEN MY WATER BILL, BELIEVE ME, I CAN PAY IT.
THAT'S, AND THAT'S NOT WHY I WAS LATE, BUT I HAVE WORKED WITH SENIORS OVER THE YEARS WHOSE INCOME IS SO LIMITED, AND NOW THE FEES FOR THESE WATER BILLS IS, IS JUST OUTRAGEOUS.
BUT THE, THE, THE, I DISCOVERED THAT IF YOU ARE A SENIOR, YOU DO NOT GET CHARGED A LATE FEE IF YOU'RE LATE.
AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS DEPARTMENT TO ASK THE CITY OF DALLAS WATER DEPARTMENT TO SEND, I MEAN, PUT IT IN THE WATER BILL SO PEOPLE CAN BE AWARE.
LET'S MAKE IT A, AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
WHAT SO MANY SENIORS ARE THE ONES THAT GET A BILL IN THE, IN THE MAIL.
NOW I KNOW PEOPLE GET IT ONLINE AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET THAT ADDED ONLINE TOO.
BUT I THINK HERE WE ARE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE PAY THEIR WATER BILLS.
AND IF THEY'RE LATE AND THEN THEY'RE LATE, WE'RE PROBABLY PAYING FIVE EXTRA MONEY FOR BEING LATE, WHEN IN FACT THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR BEING LATE.
SO IN THOSE CASES, THEY DO GO BACK AND, AND REMOVE THE LATE, THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH? YES.
I'VE BEEN LATE ON MY WATER BILL.
NOT BECAUSE I COULDN'T PAY IT, BECAUSE I'M BUSY WITH OTHER THINGS, BUT THERE'S OTHER SENIORS THAT DON'T CALL IN AND NEED HELP, BUT THEY'RE STILL BEING CHARGED.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY OF DALLAS CAN DO.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE OUR SENIORS AWARE OF IT.
WE COULD BE TALKING THESE MEETINGS OVER AND OVER ABOUT MAKING OUR SENIORS AWARE.
SO I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO WORK WITH THE CITY WATER DEPARTMENT MM-HMM
AND MAKE THAT A VERY SPECIFIC NOTICE.
AND I, I'M SURE THERE ARE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE CRINGING AND MAYBE EVEN SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS CRINGING THAT WE'RE GONNA LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE LATE FEE, BUT LET'S DO IT.
THAT'S AN ADVOCACY THING WE CAN DO IN THIS, IN THIS COMMISSION.
AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU ONLY GET A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ACCIDENTALLY ARE OUT OF NECESSITY, WERE LAID ON THE WATER BILL.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY DOES, AND WE KEEP RAISING THESE RATES.
BUT THESE ARE PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOMES AND YEAH.
I MEAN, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE, WE ARE HAPPY TO RELATE THE MESSAGE TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
AND THEY'RE, AS I SAID, WE REALLY HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
WE COME UP WITH PLANS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO BE DISCONNECTED, UH, AND WE CAN EXTEND THEIR DISCONNECTION DATES SO THAT WE CAN COME UP A PLAN, WE CAN PAY A PORTION, MAYBE WE CAN GET EXTRA HELP FROM ANOTHER AGENCY.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, WATER DEPARTMENT REFERS A LOT OF FOLKS TO US FOR THE SPECIFIC REASON.
SO, BUT HAPPY TO SHARE THAT, UH, FEEDBACK AND THAT WATER THAT WOULD REDUCE SOME OF THE COSTS.
UM, THE QUESTION I HAVE THOUGH IS IT SAYS ASSISTANCE NO MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR.
NOW SOME PEOPLE IT WON'T HAPPEN JUST ONCE A YEAR.
IT COULD HAPPEN EVERY MONTH BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN LAID OFF.
THEY HAVE NO MONEY TO PAY THE, DOES THE WATER DEPARTMENT WORK WITH THAT PERSON? IF THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, I JUST LOST MY JOB.
I'M OUTTA THE JOB WHEN I GET BACK ON MY FEET.
YOU KNOW, OR IF THEY'RE A SENIOR AND SOMETHING HAS BEEN CUT FROM, FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, SALARIES.
SO MY EXPERIENCE AND JUST TALKING BASED ON, THAT'S HOW WE'VE COMMUNICATED WITH THEM, THEY'RE VERY OPEN TO SETTING UP, UM, PAYMENT PLANS THAT WORK WITH THE INCOME LEVEL THAT THE PERSON HAS.
CERTAINLY THEY DO STILL REQUIRE PAYMENTS.
UH, BUT WHEN WE KIND OF TALK TO THE LEADERSHIP OVER THERE, WE CAN, WE CAN MORE ADVOCATE FOR THEIR MORE TAILORED CLASS AND THEN WORK WITH THEM.
BUT, UM, THE PROGRAM ITSELF ALLOWS ONE ASSISTANCE FOR YEAR.
OH, SO I WAS JUST SAYING ONE
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, AREA AGENCY AND AGENT OFFERS UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
SO IS THEIRS NOT FOR WATER? IT'S NOT THE
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ASSISTANCE I'M ASKING ABOUT.I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS A ONE TIME I EXPECT IT AND REFERRED.
YEAH, BECAUSE THIS IS SAYING A ONE TIME THING.
SO LIKE IF SHE SAID IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE MORE THAN ONCE, CAN THEY GO TO AA? I, YES.
I'M SURE THAT YOU COULD KNOW BETTER THAN, YEAH.
A LOT OF TIMES WE DO, WE SAY, WELL WE CAN ONLY PAY THIS PORTION, BUT YOUR BILL IS WAY HIGHER.
MAYBE THERE IS A CHURCH IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS SOME FUNDING.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE ZIP CODE, THE AREA THAT THE PERSON IS LIVING.
WE, OR WE CAN TRY TO FIND SOME CAN, I'M TAKING THIS FOR NOW.
WOULD YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THAT FOR US AND BRING US REGARDING YES.
WELL, NO, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IF THERE'S PUSHBACK GONNA BE YEAH, YOU DON'T KNOW.
LET'S MOVE ON TO, AND SO, UH, FINALLY REGARDING THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE WORK CLOSELY.
SO THE FINAL IS TEXAS RAMP PROJECT.
AND SO, UH, WE ARE ONE OF THE REFERRING AGENCIES AND WE COMPLETE THOSE REFERRALS FOR PEOPLE NEEDING RAMPS.
UM, AND UH, REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
THEY USUALLY, I THINK IT, A TEAM CAN WORK ME IF I'M WRONG.
IT TAKES ABOUT TWO, THREE MONTHS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, UH, COMPLETE THE RAMP WITH THEIR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
BUT THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE ONE QUESTION ON PAGE SIX.
UH, YOU OUTLINE WHERE THE EDUCATION ADVOCACY SUPPORT AND LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER EDUCATION SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT IMPORTANT TOPICS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AFTER HAVING BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW, I'M STILL NOT QUITE CLEAR THAT I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHICH SERVICES YOUR OFFICE FEELS RESPONSIBLE FOR REFERRING PEOPLE WHO CALL TWO, I TYPICALLY UNDERSTAND IT TO BE THE CITY SERVICES, THE SERVICES THAT CITY PROVIDES AND SPECIFICALLY THE, THE, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE ENGAGEMENT PROVIDES.
BUT IS IT A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, UH, I GUESS CATALOG OF ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING IN DALLAS THAT MIGHT HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT NEEDS THAT ARE NOT COVERED AT ALL BY THE CITY AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT CAN ONLY BE PROVIDED FOR BY NONPROFITS OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS? SO THERE ARE CERTAINLY, UM, JUST TO FIRST, YES.
SO WE REFER YOU TO NOT JUST CITI, ANY SERVICE THAT WE CAN, WE KNOW OF, WE HAVE A RECORD OF, AND WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF, OF OUR TEAM WORKS HARD, THEY CONNECT WITH NEW AGENCIES CONSTANTLY.
THEY UPDATE, WE UPDATE EACH OTHER OF WHO'S OFFERING WHAT AT THIS TIME, WHO STOPPED OR WHO DOESN'T HAVE FUNDING FOR THIS.
SO WE DON'T REFER PEOPLE THERE FOR THAT.
SO WE TRY TO KEEP UP WITH, UH, OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCES, UH, EVERY SINGLE DAY.
NOW FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST LOOKING RESOURCES ON THEIR OWN, FOR EXAMPLE, FIND HELP.ORG BASED ON YOUR ZIP CODE, YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF RESOURCES, UH, IN YOUR AREA.
WHETHER IT'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, FOOD, UM, HOUSING, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT YOU CAN LOOK FOR.
THEN OF COURSE THERE'S BOOKLETS, LIKE SENIOR, UH, BLUE BOOK IS ONE OF, UH, GOOD RESOURCE FOR SERVICES IN GENERAL.
AND I'M QUITE CERTAIN, UM, UM, EACH, EACH OF THESE, UM, LIKE DALLAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING AND SENIOR SOURCE, THEY ALSO HAVE SIMILAR GENERAL HELPLINES THAT THEY GUIDE YOU TO FIND THE RESOURCE THAT YOU NEED.
AND I GUESS THEN THAT LEADS ME TO STRONGLY RECOMMEND AS I HAVE IN THIS VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SETTINGS THAT THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION TO HAVE OR WIN A ONE OF THE 1,440 PEOPLE THAT YOU SERVED LAST YEAR CALL, CAN WE PUT IT ALL ONLINE SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE GOES ONTO THE, TO THE WEBSITE TO SEE WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE, THAT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION'S ALSO THERE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULDN'T JUST RESERVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE THAT CALL, BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT BE SEARCHING FOR HEALTH ONLINE PREFER THAT.
SO I'LL QUICKLY, UM, RESPOND TO THAT.
SO TAYLOR, AGE FRIENDLY OFFICER, BUT I WILL SAY WE SEE A LOT OF THAT IN THE UPCOMING, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE NEED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION DISPLAYED, UM, TO INCLUDE THAT ON OUR WEBPAGE.
UM, WE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE THAT AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE TAKEN THAT, WE'VE HEARD YOU ALL LOUD AND CLEAR AND THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE'RE
IT JUST HASN'T BEEN MADE CLEAR THOUGH.
LIKE I, I READ THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN YES.
THAT YOU ALL REVIEWED THIS MORNING
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APPARENTLY WITH SOME MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL, RIGHT? YES.AND IT JUST ISN'T CLEAR THAT YOU'RE TAKING THAT COMPREHENSIVE UMBRELLA APPROACH TO ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT CAN HELP SENIORS, NOT JUST THE ONES THAT ARE MANAGED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND AND ALSO I WILL BE VERY HONEST AND SAY, UM, WE SPOKE OF, SPOKE OF THE BLUE BOOK AS WELL, UM, AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE MORE, UM, UTILIZING SERVICES THAT ALREADY EXIST AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO UPLIFT THE PLATFORM.
SO IT MAY NOT BE THAT WE UNDO THINGS OR REINVENT THE WHEEL, BUT LOOK AT HOW WE CAN ENHANCE AND REALLY ELEVATE THAT PLATFORM ALREADY AND DIRECT, DIRECT PEOPLE THAT CALL OR THAT GO ONLINE TO THOSE SOURCES.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.
I'LL BE HONEST, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.
UM, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE WILL ULTIMATELY ATE THAT BIG RESOURCE.
DALLAS COUNTY HAS WHERE THEY PAY YOUR UTILITIES OR YOUR RENT, THEY GONNA PAY YOU RENT TWO TIMES, BUT THEY GONNA PAY YOUR UTILITIES THE WHOLE YEAR.
THEY GIVE YOU LIKE SEVEN TO EIGHT MONTHS.
THIS I KNOW FOR A FACT THEY'LL PAY.
YEAH, THEY'LL GIVE YOU $1,800 AND THAT'S SHOULD TAKE CARE OF YOUR LICENSE AND YOUR WATER WHEN IT GOES DOWN, YOU WAIT TILL THE FIRST OF THE YEAR TO GO BACK AND THEY REDO YOU AGAIN.
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DALLAS COUNTY.
YOUR LICENSE WATER WILL BE PAID FOR NINE MONTHS, SOMETIMES EIGHT MONTHS.
AND THEY SEND YOU THE THING TO SHOW YOU THAT THEY DONE PUT 1800 IN YOUR ACCOUNTS, EACH ACCOUNT.
AND AT THE MEETING WHY WENT WITHIN, THEY TOLD HER THEY HAD MONEY PAY.
HE SAID, GERALD, I'M GONNA HAVE MONEY FOR ALL Y'ALL.
'CAUSE HE SAID, WE GOT TO SEE ABOUT OUR SENIORS.
AND THAT WAS JUST AT A MEETING.
'CAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE, EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW THIS.
DALLAS COUNTY PAYS, THEY RENT TWICE.
DALLAS COUNTY PAY THEY UTILITIES, THEY, THEY GIVE YOU MONEY AND THEY SPLIT IT UP AND YOU GOING GET 1800, SOMETIMES 1300, SOMETIMES 1400.
HOW YOU QUALIFY, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DO AND TAKE YOUR PILLS, SIT, SHOW YOUR, SHOW YOUR AGE.
AND THEY GONNA GO RIGHT AT GET YOUR APPOINTMENT.
BEFORE I GOT ON THE COMMITTEE, I HAD ALL MY GRAND BABIES.
SO THEY STARTED GIVING ME 13, $1,800 A MONTH.
SO AFTER THEY GONE, I DON'T EVEN MESS WITH 'EM NO MORE.
BUT I SEND ALL SENIORS, I BE ANYWHERE, ANYWHERE.
I WANT THEM TO KNOW THE GO TO DALLAS COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCE.
GO THERE, YOUR APPOINTMENT, THEY LYING.
YOU'LL SEE I FIRST THEY PAID FOR 67 MONTHS TRYING THINK.
I THINK MINE IS TERESA DANIEL.
SO ON THE BLUE BOOK, I TOOK BLUE BOOKS TO MY COUNCIL PERSON'S OFFICE BECAUSE THEY KEPT CALLING ME FOR INFORMATION.
SO I DID TAKE BLUE BOOKS TO THE COUNCIL.
YOU SO CAN WE ALL GET I WAS GONNA ASK THAT QUESTION.
I HAPPEN TO HAVE A CASE IN MY CAR.
I'LL BRING IT IN AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND LET'S ALL HAVE A BLUE BOOK, RIGHT.
SHE PUTS IT, THEY'RE LIKE DONE BY SEASONS.
I TOO HAVE CASES IN MY CAR BECAUSE WHENEVER I SEE HER TO, AND IF YOU CALL HER, SHE WILL BRING YOU THAT TO YOU OR YOU CAN COME TO HER HOUSE AND PICK THOSE UP BECAUSE SHE IS THE OWNER OF THE DALLAS FRANCHISE.
AND I WOULD ADD COMMISSIONER ONE ON YOU.
YOU IN THE CAR? NO, I SAID ONLY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, IF I MAY, UM, TABITHA TAYLOR, A PENALTY OFFICER.
I WISH TO GO BACK TO THE QUESTION, UM, THAT COMMISSIONER ROBERTS, UM, ELEVATED REGARDING, UH, THE WATER BILL AND INCLUDING THAT WE HAVE TOUCH BASE WITH THE WATER, UM, UTILITY DEPARTMENT.
AND SO WE ARE AWAITING THEIR PROCESS AND IF THAT, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SO OR NOT.
SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE TOUCH BASE WITH THEM THUS FAR REGARDS TO THAT.
DON'T COMMITMENT YET, BUT WE HAVE COMMUNICATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR UH, MARCO? THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S MARK EDWARDS AND JEANETTE ZARO IN DALLAS, UH, COUNTY SENIOR CIRCLE AND JEANETTE MOORE UNDER, I THINK YOU ALL HAVE MET THEM AT THE, UH, EVENT THAT VERNA HAD AT CONCORD LAST YEAR.
MARK MCDONALD? NO, HE CAME TO THE MEETINGS.
EDWARD, SORRY, MARK BEEN INSIDE TO MEET.
THEY WAS TALKING ABOUT DALLAS COUNTY STUFF AND THEY Y'ALL WAS ASKING HIM ON THE THING ABOUT ME.
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THAT BEFORE, BUT HE WAS THE YOUNG SEAT.ALRIGHT, MOVING ON WITH OUR AGENDA.
I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THIS IS.
UH, THE 2025 SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION.
SO WE HAVE, WE NEED TO WRITE IT.
I'M LIKE, OH MY GOD, HERE WE ARE.
I HAVE THE FUNDING PRIORITIES FROM MAY THAT SUBMITTED, BUT THAT'S JUST THE FUNDING.
SO EACH YEAR, UM, YOU ALL ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT, UM, AN ANNUAL REPORT.
UM, AND IT'S TELLING THAT SHOULD ALSO BE REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT REPORT STATING WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE SUBMISSION AND THEN ALIGNING OUR FOLLOWING YEARS PRIORITIES AS WELL, GOALS AND PRIORITIES, UM, FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
SO WITH THAT SAID, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO BEGIN TO DISCUSS THAT, UM, PREVIOUSLY, UH, PREVIOUS SHARED SHARE CLIENT, UM, ALONG WITH OTHERS WOULD TAKE THAT UPON THEMSELVES, UH, TO OUR INITIATING UH, THE DOCUMENT AND THEN ASK FOR ANY INPUT.
UM, SINCE HE'S AT THE PARTY, UM, WE ARE BRINGING IT LARGELY TO COMMISSION.
NO, NO, HE'S NO LONGER IN COMMISSION.
SO, SO SINCE UM, SINCE THAT WE ARE NOW BRINGING IT TO THE LARGER COMMISSION TO START JUST HAVING THOSE DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE WANT TO INCLUDE ON THEIR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL NEED TO HAVE THIS SUBMITTED BY, I BELIEVE FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 1ST, 2026.
AND SO WE WANNA GET AHEAD OF THAT AND AT LEAST START THAT CONVERSATION.
SO, SO THAT WE KNOW THAT EVERYONE INPUT IS INCLUDED IN THAT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A COPY OF THE PREVIOUS ONE? I THINK RIGHT HERE I HAVE THAT, I HAVE THE OKAY.
I KNOW I'VE, BECAUSE WHEN I SAW IT I THOUGHT, OH, WELL HERE WE GO.
COMMISSIONER JARVIS, COMMISSIONER KLEIN, THEY'RE BOTH GONE.
THEY WERE ON THE LAST COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER MITCHELL, HE'S NOT HERE.
AND UM, ROBERTS THAT'S RIGHT HERE AND MYSELF.
UM, OUR PREVIOUS CHAIRMAN DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF GIVING US TOPICS AND UH, HE DID A DRAFT OR, UH, WHATEVER AND REPORTED AND DID YOU DO A SUPPLEMENT TO IT LAST YEAR? UH, PORTION.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS DETERMINE WHO WILL LEAD THIS SUBCOMMITTEE AND WHO WILL BE ON IT.
AND THEN WE ALL GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
I THINK IT, THERE SHOULD BE A BETTER REPRESENTATION OF ALL THE DISTRICTS BECAUSE, UM, NO, UH, DISRESPECT TO THE COMMITTEE, BUT I, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS A GOOD REPRESENTATION.
YES, YOU SO MY HAVE I CAN'T PLEAD IT.
I'VE GOT A FULL SHOULD I? HAPPY TO WORK ON IT.
PARKER, YOU HAVE ARE WORKING ON IT.
I THANK TEACHER GONNA BE WORKING ON THEIR OWN.
I WANTED TO JUMP IN REAL QUICK.
SO ERIC NORMAN, SUPERVISOR, UH, SO DO RECALL THAT AS A SUB SUBCOMMITTEE, THOSE MEETING HAS TO BE PUBLIC, UH, AGENDA POSTED IN ACCORDANCE TO TOMA.
UM, SO JUST WANNA SET A REMINDER OF THIS.
AND I DID ALSO WANT TO, I DON'T BELIEVE AT THE BEGINNING AS WE HAD A OUT OF NORMAL, UH, WAY OF, UM, STARTING OUR MEETING THIS TIME
I JUST WANNA BRING, UH, THANK YOU.
SO AMERICA, CAN I ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON THAT? YES.
SO IF THERE IS A SUBCOMMITTEE WORKING ON IT, RIGHT? UM, CAN WE DO IT REMOTELY FROM ANOTHER LOCATION OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE HERE? WELL THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A CHAIR AND THE CHAIR WOULD HAVE TO BE IN PERSON HERE.
HERE THE SAME STANDARD OF STANDARD OTHER MEETING WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLICATED FOR A SELF COMMITTEE MEETING.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO, RENEE HAS ALREADY VOLUNTEERED TO BE ON IT.
GOOD OR SHALL I THOUGHT WE JUST SAID EVERYBODY'S GONNA WORK TOGETHER.
OH WE ARE EVENTUALLY, BUT THEY PROVIDE SOME DRAFT DRAFT.
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DRAFT THAT YOU KNOW, THEN WE'LL HAVE IT.YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON IT, PHIL? YEAH, PUT ME ON.
YOU DANIEL SHOULD NO, YOU SHOULD BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT AN AREA THAT HAS SOME SERIOUS ECONOMIC NEED AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS CAN BRING THAT IN.
SO FOR INPUT DANIELS MARILYN, SHE WORKS.
WOULD GET YOUR I DON'T THINK SHE PROBABLY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT SHE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY TO BE SURE IN HER AREA TOO, IS ANOTHER AREA THAT IS ECONOMIC.
THIS IS A REPORT OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.
THIS IS OUR OWN RAH RAH SHEET.
THIS ISN'T OUR PRIORITIES AS WE DID EARLIER THIS YEAR AT BUDGET.
THIS IS, IS THAT NOT CORRECT? IT DEFINITELY OUT A PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR SHEET.
SO THIS IS, UM, WHAT WAS DONE EXCEPT ANNUAL REPORT.
SO IT'S CAPTURING WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT YEAR ALONG WITH SETTING OUT OUR NEW GOALS, UM, FOR THE UPCOMING LEADERS.
SO WE TEND TO PUT THAT INSIDE OF A FULL REPORT.
UM, WE ACTUALLY ARE ONE OF THE COMMISSIONS THAT ACTUALLY PUT FORTH A QUITE EXTENSIVE REPORT TYPICALLY, BUT THAT IS NOT THE REQUIREMENT.
THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT WE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AND IMPLEMENTING WHAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR AND ONCE AGAIN, IMPLEMENT WHAT OUR SHARE, WHAT WE WANT OUR GOALS TO BE FOR THE FOLLOWING UPCOMING YEARS.
UM, WE TEND TO ALSO ADD DATA, UM, ALONG WITH, UM, SOME HIGH LEVEL NEEDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE FOR THE CITY AT LARGE OVER THOSE.
UM, BUT THAT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S NOT THE REQUIRE AND YOU, YOU PROVIDE THAT ASSISTANCE WITH DATA.
WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE THE DEMOGRAPHIC, THE MOST CURRENT DEMOGRAPHICS PROFILE.
UM, THE US CENSUS 20 20, 20 23 DATA IS OUT NOW.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT THAT CAME OUT THIS PAST SPRING.
SO WE DO HAVE, WE DO NOT HAVE THE GRAPHICS AS OF YET, BUT WE DO HAVE THE OVERALL GUYS.
SO WE DO HAVE THE OVERALL PROFILE, BUT WE NEED TO WORK WITH AND COLLABORATE WITH THIS, WITH OUR DATA TEAM TO PUT THE GRAPHICS WITH THAT AND UPDATE WHAT SHE'S JUST SHOWN.
CAN YOU SEND US THE, THE, THE CENSUS DATA THAT YOU HAVE? YES.
WE DID ATTACH IT TO OUR PREVIOUS REPORTS.
UM, THE REPORT THAT WE HAD IN MAY, I BELIEVE IN MAY, UM, THAT WE SHARED IT SHOULD BE ON THERE WITH THE BUDGET PRIORITIES THERE.
AND THEN, UM, OKAY, SO LET ME, I I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
BE HOLD THAT VOLUNTEER FOR A MINUTE.
SO THIS IS, LET ME LET BE CLEAR.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OR IS THIS WHAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH? SO, SO WE'LL LOOK AT OUR GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AS WELL.
AND YOU ALL ARE WELCOME TO INCLUDE THAT AS A PRIORITY OF WHAT WE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IN THE UPCOMING YEAR TIER.
LIKE I'M LOOKING AT THIS SHEET AND IT'S 10 AND EVERYTHING WE DONE, IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? SOMETHING LIKE THIS? WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITHIN OUR OWN, UM, AREA OR JUST OVERALL.
SO TYPICAL BE GO BY, BASICALLY WE GO BY MONTH AND WE STATE, UM, WHAT FIGURES HAVE COMING IN, UM, OH, LIKE HERE IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE, THIS VOTES AND THIS ARENA, CORRECT.
BUT HOWEVER WE WOULD LIKE THE INPUT AT LARGE FROM ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO MAKE IT A VERY VIABLE REPORT RATHER.
AND LAST YEAR IT'S LIKE IT HAD ALL THE LISTENING WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED.
ALL THE LISTENING SESSIONS AND WHAT WE'VE DONE LOOK AT LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE.
AND, AND IT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE WE LET HIM LEAD WITHOUT WRITING THIS
I THINK WE STILL HAVE HIS ADDRESS, BUT, UM, I MEAN HE REALLY DID AN AMAZING JOB.
HE DID AN AMAZING DRAFT OUT VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS WHERE WE ALL WERE ABLE TO COME AT OUR PART.
SO I THINK THIS IS A MODEL FOR THOSE THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK ON IT.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A REVIEW OF WHAT WE DID AND YOU KNOW, LIKE LISTING ALL THE PLACES THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DID, UH, CAME AND DID A BRIEFING FOR US AS WELL AS OUR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND I, I WILL WORK ON IT AND, BUT I, I DON'T WANNA BE ON THE COMMITTEE.
IF THERE'S OTHERS, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT JUST BECAUSE I THINK SHE'D BE VERY GOOD AND SHE'S NOT HERE SO SHE CAN'T ARGUE IS, UH, MS. MITCHELL, COMMISSIONER MITCHELL.
I THINK PROBABLY PEOPLE VOLUNTEER.
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TWICE BEFORE SHE'S DONE.I I THINK SHE'D BE IF SHE'S WILLING TO SERVE.
OH, I WAS GONNA SAY ALSO, JUST KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ESTABLISHING, UM, THE, THE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, THAT'S, IT HAS TO BE REDUCED THE UNDER QUO.
SO WE DO KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO THAT IT DOES NOT, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEIR INPUT.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, YOU CAN ALSO SEND IN YOUR INFORMATION AS WELL TO BE ADDED, UM, INTO THE DOCUMENT.
THAT'S SO, SO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES BECAUSE I'M GETTING CONFUSED LISTENING TO YOU AND LISTENING TO YOU ALL.
SO JUST STRAIGHTFORWARD, BE CLEAR.
WHAT ARE YOU ASKING? WHAT ARE, WHAT COMMITTEE ARE YOU TRYING TO, TO BECOME A PART OF? STEVE? MY MY, THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA FORM A AD HOC COMMITTEE TO CREATE THIS REPORT.
EVERYBODY WILL SEE IT IN WORKING PROCESS.
I KNOW LAST WHILE I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT I GOT COPIES MEETING, I MISSED WHAT HAD BEEN DONE.
IT WAS RIGHT A BUILDING DOCUMENT.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS FORMAL COMMITTEE TO START THIS PROCESS.
SO CHAD, WHILE WE COMMUNICATE, LIKE YOU SUGGESTED, SO, SO I'M SITTING HERE THINKING ONE OF THE EASIEST THINGS TO DO TO GET US STARTED IS TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OF US SAYING WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN YOUR DISTRICT? CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION? NOW WE CAN DO THAT BY EMAIL.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL MEETING TO DO THAT IF WE MAKE THAT REQUEST.
SO KEEP IN MIND, UM, WE CANNOT CROSS COMMUNICATE ACROSS EMAILS WITH ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
SO THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO SEND IT TO EITHER OF MYSELF, MIRACLE OR MAC.
BUT WE CAN HAVE CROSS COMMUNICATION HAPPENING VIA EMAIL.
THAT WOULD BE A VIOL OF TO TOMA.
BUT LAST, LET ME JUST A MINUTE.
MAKE SURE I, BECAUSE I CANNOT, LIKE I CANNOT EMAIL MS. VALEZ AND SAY, GIVE ME THE INFORMATION FROM YOUR DISTRICT.
WE WOULD NOT ENCOURAGE THAT COMMUNICATION BECAUSE IF WE PUT MULTIPLE COMMISSIONERS ON ONE EMAIL, THEN THERE'S THE, WE CAN POSSIBLY VIOLATE TONY IF WE HAVE TWO LEAD COMMISSIONERS.
ON THE WAY THAT I DID THIS FOR THE FUNDING PRIORITIES WAS SIMPLY TO SEND OUT, SEND AN EMAIL THAT WAS ADDRESSED TO YOU.
ALL THAT IS CORRECT AT THE CITY BLIND COPIED THAT EVERYONE ELSE AND ASKS FOR INPUT FROM EACH COMMISSIONER.
YES, IF WE MAKE IT THAT CLEAR, WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT IF THAT WE DID, AND IT WORKS REALLY WELL, I THINK.
IF ANYONE REMEMBERS THE FUNDING PRIORITIES, I DON'T.
BUT THOSE THAT PROVIDED INPUT UNDERSTOOD.
AND THEN I HAD SPECIFIC OUTREACH CALLS WITH AN INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER.
UM, JUST TO, TO GIVE FURTHER INPUT ON WHAT THEY HAD PROVIDED.
I JUST WANNA STATE THAT WE DO NOT ENCOURAGE IT AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
UM, OFTENTIMES WE END UP HAVING ADDITIONAL CONDITIONERS AND WE GET TURNS TO CROSS COMMUNICATION AND A POTENTIAL FOR VIOLATING TRAUMA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT.
SO I THINK WHAT PORSCHE ARE YOU SAYING? YOU TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING DONE, RIGHT.
SO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A SUBCOMMITTEE, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, A SUBCOMMITTEE, NOT THE GENERAL BODY.
AND IT WILL BE SELECTED INDIVIDUALS AND MAKING SUGGESTIONS ON BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR THE COMING HERE? NO, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ANGLE REPORT.
AND THEN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE A COMPILING GROUP AND SAYING, RIGHT.
REALLY I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GENIUS WORK GUYS.
SO PETER'S WAS GENIUS WORK, RIGHT? IT'S CALLING.
SO, SO WE DO HAVE, I WOULD SAY WE DO HAVE A GUIDE BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DONE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
BUT THERE IS ALSO, UM, AN OUTLINE, A FRAMEWORK, UM, THAT IS PROVIDED BY OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE THAT WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE ONCE.
AND I WILL SAY THAT OUR COMMISSION, WE TYPICALLY GO BEYOND, ABOVE AND BEYOND.
AND WE TEND TO ADD A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAN MOST EFFICIENT.
SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS YOU ALL ALREADY HAVE A DRAFT OF WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY DONE AND THEN WE WILL ALSO GIVE YOU ALL, UH, THE FRAMEWORK THAT IS GIVEN TO US.
I JUST WANNA SAY ONE MORE NOTE.
UM, THIS, UM, ANNUAL REPORT NEEDS TO BE VOTED AND APPROVED IN JANUARY'S MEETING.
SO WE DO HAVE A VERY SHORT TIMELINE TO GET IT COMPILED.
UH, IF WE ARE LOOKING AT A SUB COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE TO THEN RESERVE A SPACE, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE POSTED AGENDAS.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE VERY, VERY, UH, FAST FORWARD.
THAT MEANS MEETING IN DECEMBER, ME, UH, BECAUSE I HAVE A BUSY SCHEDULE THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
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I'M NOT HERE, I'LL ONLY BE KINDA ABSENT AND GOING THROUGH THAT.YEAH, BECAUSE I, I I'M NOT BE ABLE TO COME TO THE MEETINGS.
THIS DOESN'T COUNT AS THE SAME AS THIS MEETING.
THAT'S WHAT SAID IT'S AN ADDITIONAL MEETING.
SHE WOULDN'T BE COUNTED, HER ACTIONS WOULDN'T BE COUNTED AGAINST HER AND MY BROTHER WOULDN'T BE THERE TOO IF I HAD ANOTHER OBLIGATION.
SO SEE, I'D BE MISSING ACTION.
AND, AND IS EVERYBODY RESCINDING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET IT DONE.
NEXT MONTH IS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING HERE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE THE ONE DO IT PORT YOU HAVE I I I, IN OTHER WORDS, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY EVERYBODY SAID YES AND THEN SAID NO.
ALRIGHT THEN WE HAVE UH, ALL I'M GONNA ASK VERNA, IS THAT A PROBLEM? SOMEONE I WAS GONNA MENTION VERNA.
SO PHYLLIS YOU'RE SAYING NO BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FULL DECEMBER.
SO WE GONNA BE MEETING DOWN HERE FOR THE UH, DEAL AND NO, YOU CAN BE VIRTUAL.
THE CHAIRPERSON HAS TO BE THE CHAIR LOOKING FOR AND YOUR DISTRICT REALLY NEEDS YOUR RECORD.
THIS DISTRICT REALLY NEEDS HER REPRESENTATION.
MARILYN'S DISTRICT REALLY NEEDS HER REPRESENTATION.
YOU THREE ALL, HOW MANY DO WE NEED ON THE COMMITTEE? FIVE.
I WOULD THINK I JUST, I THREW THAT OUT Y'ALL.
IT'S JUST THE SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL AND THE NEEDS.
I DIDN'T REALIZE SO FAR WE HAVE UH, KAREN, RENEE.
WHAT'S THAT? EVERYBODY STILL HAVE INPUT? OH YES, DEFINITELY.
OKAY, SO IT'S PHYLLIS, RENEE, KAREN, WHO ELSE? YEAH, SHE CHAIR.
MARIAN, I JUST DID IT FIVE NOW
OH, WOULD ONE OF YOU LADIES LIKE TO JOIN THE COMMITTEE? YES, I WILL.
ALRIGHT, NOW LET ME MAKE SURE WE RUN AROUND.
UM, RENEE, RIGHT? KAREN, YOU'RE
PUSH YOUR HOW I'LL SERVE, BUT HOW ABOUT YOU, DAVID? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SERVE KAREN.
KAREN, JUST SUGGEST NO THANKS, YOUR HONOR.
YOU WANT AGAIN THERE SISTER? UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE OVERCOMMITTED MYSELF FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SHOULD WE CO-CHAIR PHYLLIS ARIAN, MARILYN, RIGHT? SO RENEE AND KAREN, RENEE AND KAREN ARE GONNA, ARE WILLING TO CO-CHAIR THIS POINT.
WE'RE GONNA GET THIS DONE THEN.
I'LL EXCUSE, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT LAST PART.
AND WE'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA GET, GET IT DONE SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT BY JANUARY.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID RENEE AND KIERAN ARE GOING TO CO-CHAIR SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET THIS DONE RIGHT.
WE ONLY CAN COMPILE ALL THE INFORMATION AND THEN BRING IT TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
YOU TWO ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT COULD GET IT DONE, RIGHT? NO.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
NO, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO, I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE WITH YOU TODAY.
LET'S, BUT I SAID LET'S GET THIS THING DONE, NOT GET DONE.
I'M STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE SO THAT AS A, AS A SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION, WE DON'T DROP THE BALL AND WE GET THE JOB DONE AND IT COMES BACK HERE.
SO YOU THINK CIAN, YOU JUST DECIDED TO TAKE YOURSELF OFF? WE HAVE.
RIGHT? WE ARE A COMMISSION TIME.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS, THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SAYING.
I THINK DEBBIE MADE GREAT MARK ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE OF OTHER AREAS, DISTRICTS.
WE DID THAT SHOW ANY OTHER, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY DOES IT.
WE HAVE A LONG, A LOT TO DO AND A SHORT TIME TO GET THERE.
I THINK THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN SHE SAYS THEM TWO GOING CHERRY.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK SHE, I SAID, WE SAID WE WOULD SHARE.
WE VOLUNTEERED 'CAUSE NOBODY ELSE STEPPED UP TO DO IT.
SOMEBODY ELSE, SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO IT.
I PROMISE YOU I'M SO HAPPY TO STEP BACK.
WE WERE JUST TRYING TO BE, YOU KNOW,
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DO THE RIGHT JUST SO WE DO THE RIGHT THING.WE NEED, WE WERE LUCKY WITH, I'M SORRY.
DO WE NEED ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE? WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS AND TWO PEOPLE STEPPED UP TO CO-CHAIR.
AND EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SEE A COPY OF IT, MAKE COMMENTS, ET CETERA.
JUST LIKE WE DID THE LAST TIME FOR BOTH BUDGET PRIORITIES AND WE DID FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT LAST TIME.
SO TABITHA, IF WE SEND YOU AN EMAIL SAYING IF EVERYBODY CAN GIVE US INPUT AS WE CAN DOCUMENT, YOU CAN SEND IT TO EVERYBODY.
AND CAN WE, I MEAN I, I THINK WE NEED TO SET A DEADLINE.
I MEAN THIS IS FAST, RIGHT FAST.
SO IF, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT, I THINK YOU NEED TO SEND IT BY WHAT THE, I MEAN I KNOW CHRISTMAS IS COMING BUT MID-DECEMBER, BUT WE CAN WORK ON IT BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THIS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A DRAFT TO THE COMMITTEE.
I WOULD SAY WAY BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, YOU HAVE TIME TO REVIEW IT BEFORE YOU CUT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA WAKE UP THE DAY OF THE MEETING.
I HAVE TO DO THIS DOCUMENT AND I KNOW YOU ALL DON'T EITHER.
SO PLEASE CAN WE, WE, WE'LL COMPOSE AN EMAIL, BUT IF WE CAN PLEASE GET COMMENTS BY MID DECEMBER SO WE CAN START WORKING ON IT AND HAVE SOMETHING THAT GOES OUT.
YOU GOTTA DO THIS BY FIRST LET'S DO THIS, LET'S HAVE, AFTER MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE, WE NEED TO, WE ALLOWED, WE CAN'T HAVE, WE CAN EXTENSION, WE WANT TO EXTEND NEXT MONTH'S MEETING SO THAT YOU ALL CAN BE FURTHER ON IT.
WE CAN DO THAT, BUT WE CANNOT HAVE, UM, THAT IS NOT OKAY.
YOU'RE IN RENEE, DEBBIE, YOU I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR VOLUNTEERING.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? I I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS PRESENTED TODAY TO A SUBSET OF COUNSEL.
SO ONE I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, WHEN IS THE MISSION GOING TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN? AND TWO, HOW DID THE DISCUSSION GO? THREE.
I THINK I'M ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT AS A H OFFICER.
SO, SO ONE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN UNDER REVIEW FOR QUITE A LENGTH OF TIME.
AND WE ARE, WE'RE HOPING, UM, TO HAVE THIS RELEASE EARLY DECEMBER, UM, AND ALSO TO YOUR PLANNING TO COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION IN DECEMBER AS WELL AT OUR NEXT MEETING TO PROVIDE FURTHER, UM, SO YOU ALL CAN PROVIDE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, AND TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU ALL.
I, I KNOW THAT I, I KNOW THAT THE DOCUMENT SO CAN YOU SEND THAT US THE DOCUMENT? NO, IT'S, YEAH, I WANTED TO CLICK THROUGH.
SO DEPUTY DIRECTOR GALAHAN IS HERE.
YEAH, I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE PLAN, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE IS THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL MOST RECENTLY.
THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE FULL DOCUMENT OF THE PLAN EITHER.
YOU ALL WILL RECEIVE IT FIRST.
WE WILL DISCUSS IT WITH YOU AS A WHOLE IN DECEMBER BEFORE THE WHOLE PLAN WILL BE SEEN BY THEM OR ANYONE ELSE.
SO THE, THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS SHARED TODAY THAT'S ON THE LINK ON THE WEBSITE IS SOMETHING THAT WE RECEIVED.
SO IT'S NOT THE SAME EXACT WORD FOR WORD, BUT IT'S, YEAH, I DIDN'T COGNIZE INFORMATION.
SO IT WASN'T THE SAME EXACT LAYOUT, BUT IT'S THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU ALL PREVIOUSLY, THE SUMMARIZATION OF THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE STRATEGY AS WELL AS A SUMMARY OF THE NEEDS INFORMATION AND THE PROCESS.
UM, IT'S THE SAME BASIC INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU ALL IN SEP OCTOBER, SEPTEMBER.
I JUST DIDN'T, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE DECK AT ALL BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT OF, TONS OF NEW INFORMATION AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHEN WE WERE GONNA SEE THAT.
BUT WE'RE NOT TO SEND OUT THAT SAME DECK IF YOU'D LIKE TO REVIEW THAT.
DAVID? YEAH, SO
WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? SO WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I BELIEVE MARI UM, YOU RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING INFORMATION AS THE, I HAVE NOT BEEN.
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THEY MEET WITH US, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SOMEONE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COME MEET WITH THE THE CONDITION AND TALK TO US ABOUT HOW THEY'RE HANDLING SENIOR SENIOR AFFAIRS.SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT EARLY, UM, OF THE NEW YEAR BEING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BRING IN, UH, THE CONSULTANTS IN NEXT MONTH FOR DECEMBER MEETING, UM, ON THE AGENDA, WHICH I, I THINK IS HIGH PRIORITY AS OF RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT EARLY, UH, EARLY YEAR TO BRING IN THE
SO FROM SIX MONTHS AGO NOW TO EARLY NEXT YEAR.
AND AND REASON BEING IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A VERY HOLISTIC PRESENTATION TO BRING, WE HADN'T BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM TO RECEIVE, UM, A SLIDE DECK.
UM, AND WE DID NOT ANSWER OR PERTAIN TO ALL OF THE AREAS IN WHICH WE HAD ALREADY, YOU ALL HAD ALREADY REQUESTED.
SO BEING THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE VERY COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL.
WE HAVE BISHOP THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT CHIEF CUOMO OR JUST IN MY BISHOP DEPARTMENT PERIOD? WELL, IDEALLY I'D LOVE TO MEET THE NEW CHIEF, BUT IF, IF THAT, THAT WHOEVER SEE THE DESIGNEE CHARGE OF THAT.
'CAUSE I DO KNOW HE MAKES APPEARANCES BECAUSE HE WAS JUSTIN 12.
HE HAS ACTUALLY VISITED EVERY DISTRICT COUNCIL DISTRICT AND HAD, UH, NOT REALLY LIKE A TOWN HALL MEETING, BUT A
AND I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE CENTRAL STATION.
I HAD A CARD WITH ME THAT SAID I WAS A SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER AND I, AND I WENT TO THE PERSON RUNNING THE CENTRAL DISTRICT AND SAID, IF, AND OUR DISTRICT, IF YOU RUN INTO SENIOR ISSUES, WOULD YOU MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT THE POLICE.
SO I MADE SURE THAT THEY KNEW THAT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT WE COULD BE HELPFUL TO THEM IN THAT WAY.
AND OF COURSE I TOLD AR POLICE CHIEF HOW MUCH I LOVE MR. I SOMETHING I CAN ADD TO WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT SINCE HE THINK IT'S SO LONG.
JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I WAS ASKED IN, UM, TO BE THE MC FOR A LATER, HER NAME IS S AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN HER AREA PUT THAT TOGETHER BECAUSE IN THE HOUSING WHERE SHE LIVED, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS OR ANY, UH, ISSUES.
SO MY POINT IS SAYING THAT, UH, IF YOU WANT JUST POLICE OFFICERS AND TO COME DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THE SENIORS.
I JUST FINISHED ONE WITH A POLICE DEPARTMENT, PUT IT TOGETHER JUST FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M PRETTY SURE WE COULD GET, UH, THOSE PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY'RE CALLED IS MPOS OR I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CALLED BECAUSE THEY'RE IN, IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR GUY HAD TO GO BACK ON THE BEAT AND HE'S NOW PATROLLING LIKE HE USED TO BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE.
BUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS OFF OF LOOP 12 AND HAS HKAS, THOSE LITTLE APARTMENTS.
AND THEY HAD A BIG, BIG, UH, LIKE A BLOCK PARTY.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO, BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PUT THEM TOGETHER.
WE LOOKING FOR, I'M LOOKING FOR WHOEVER IS THE DESIGNEE TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT SENIOR AFFAIRS.
HOW IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GET HANDLING SENIOR AFFAIRS? AND I MADE THAT REQUEST SIX MONTHS AGO AND IT'S BEEN PUT ALL, EVERY TIME THEY WORK FOR SIX MONTHS.
AND YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE POLICE CHIEF.
IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME, BUT I YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED, YEAH, WE DON'T NECESSARILY, BUT I, I THINK I IDEAL WORLD WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HIM COME HERE.
HE, HE, HE AND HE AND AND HIS ASSISTANT.
I THINK WE KNOW IF WE RESOLVE THAT.
DAVID, YOU WANT A BIGGER PICTURE TO THE WHOLE COMMISSION? YES.
AND YOU SAID YOU'LL DO THAT FOR NEXT YEAR? YES, CORRECT.
YOU'VE GOT OTHER CHICKENS TO FRY.
FIRST YOU HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
I'M NOT TRYING CHICKEN, BUT THAT WAS A GOOD, THAT WAS GOOD.
I THINK THAT TAMIKA AND HER LUNCH GROUP, SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.
UH, BUT I WANNA GO BACK TO THE, UH, THE PLAN, THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
I, I, I GUESS THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN SOMETHING ON OUR EMAIL FROM THIS LAST WEEK AND I, I CANNOT TELL YOU'ALL HOW BUSY I AM AND I KNOW EVERYBODY SAYS THE SAME THING.
I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A, A BRIEFING THIS MORNING.
AND IF YOU ALL CAN PLEASE IF THERE'S ANY MORE BRIEFING SCHEDULED FOR THAT PLAN, I WANNA KNOW SOONER RATHER THAN LATER AND AS CLEARLY AS POSSIBLE, UM, I WOULD'VE TRIED TO GO TO THAT.
AND I, WHO IS, IS THE CHAIR OF THAT PAUL RIDDLEY OR COUNCIL MEMBER? GRACEFIELD THE CHAIR.
AND WE SEND OUT ATIONS TO ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONER.
WELL I THINK, UH, RIDLEY, WE THAT'S WHAT WE GOT ON THURSDAY.
YEAH, WE GOT, WE GOT, WE GOT, WE GOT UP.
AND I HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYBODY'S THE SAME.
THAT'S WASN'T ABLE TO, BY THE WAY, THE SUMMIT, I DID APPRECIATE THE SUMMIT.
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ARE THERE ANY MORE BRIEFINGS SCHEDULED? AS OF RIGHT NOW, OUR NEXT BRIEFING WILL BE WITH YOU ALL.BUT IF THERE'S ANY OF THOSE AS SOON AS YOU CAN LET US KNOW AND IF YOU HAVE TO ALSO, MR. T CAN SEND IT TO MY PERSONAL EMAIL.
HE'S GOOD AT SENDING THEM OUT.
YOU ARE GOOD AT SENDING, I KNOW THERE'S, I KNOW THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
I'M GONNA GO ONLINE AND WATCH THAT 'CAUSE I WANNA SEE IT.
BUT I'M VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN THIS PLAN AND, AND HOW IT'S BEING PRESENTED.
IS IT POSSIBLE WE SEND THE LAST TWO OUT THAT YOU ASKED US TO MAKE SURE THE ANNUAL REPORT NAME? YES.
WE CAN GET THOSE OVER TO YOU ALL.
OUR QUESTION WAS REGARDING THE ANGRY REPORT AND IF WE COULD RESEND THOSE OUT TO EVERYONE.
DISTRICT TWO IN, AT SAMUEL BRAND DOES HAVE A MEETING WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE DEPART.
I KNOW IT'S NOT STRICTLY ON SENIOR AFFAIRS, BUT IF ANYBODY, IT'LL BE AT SAMUEL BRAND AND I THINK IT'S SIX O'CLOCK.
ANYONE CAN, YEAH, SIX O'CLOCK THAT, THAT'S DISTRICT TWO.
AND UH, AND THAT'S MIKE'S DISTRICT.
ARE YOU GONNA CALL THE MEETING? I HAVE TO TELL A FUNNY, I WANNA TELL A FUNNY STORY, BUT I DON'T, I WANT IT ON PRE IT.
SO THE POLICE CHIEF AND, AND ALL THE PEOPLE, SO 11 AND 12, OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE GOT TOGETHER AND OFFERED A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND, UM, RIGHT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE
SO, UM, SO FUNNY THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
SO THEY HAD AN AGENDA AND JUST LIKE BAR MEETINGS, WE OFTEN GO OFF THE AGENDA A LOT.
SO THERE WAS ONE PERSON THAT ONLY WANTED THE POLICE CHIEF TO HANDLE WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY
AND IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THE POLICE CHIEF SAID, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
THAT PERSON EVERY FIVE MINUTES PUT THEIR HAND UP.
SO JUST BE WHEN YOU DO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
I, I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD, BUT, ALL RIGHT.
SO EVERY MEETING, SAME GUY, SAME TRASH PROBLEM.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR OFFICE OF COMMUNITY HOUSING ENVIRONMENT AND UH, LUPE.
THAT'S, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I SECOND.
YOU GET THAT MR. RODRIGUEZ? ALL MEETING.
WHAT'S THE DATE FOR THE NEXT MEETING? SHE'S ASKED.