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EVERYONE.I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MONTHLY MEETING ON DECEMBER 4TH AT 6:00 PM VICTOR, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN OUR ROLL CALL CHAIR? RUBIN CHAIR.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS JOINING US THIS EVENING? WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS ONLINE.
THEN I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR MINUTES.
YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE MINUTES VIA EMAIL.
IF THERE'S NO MODIFICATIONS, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THEM PLEASE.
IS THERE A SECOND, PLEASE? I SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
COULD WE PLEASE GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION REPORT, THE STOP UPDATE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BLOCK RUN, TIMELY EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.
YOU KNOW, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ITEM AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THE SUMMARY.
YEAH, WE GO, OH, SORRY SHANNON, GO AHEAD.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND TO THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THIS AFTERNOON.
UH, I AM SHANNON WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE GRANTS DIVISION OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.
ONE WILL BE A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW.
UM, WE'RE AT THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE'RE AT OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, TIMELY EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS AND WHAT WE CALL, THIS IS OUR EXTENSIONS AND REPROGRAMMING PROCESS.
AND DURING, UH, THIS PROCESS, WHAT WE DO IS, UH, THERE'S SOME RULES THAT WE HAVE AS THEY APPLY TO OUR CDBG FUNDS.
SO TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS JUST A FEW SLIDES TO KIND OF GO OVER THE PROCESS.
IT'LL BE NEW INFORMATION FOR SOME OF OUR NEW MEMBERS.
AND THEN JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW IS NOT TO BOARD SOME OF OUR, UH, MORE EXPERIENCED COMMISSION MEMBERS, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW, UM, SO THAT IN CASE SOME OF THE, UH, NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE PROCESS OR YOU WANT TO, UH, ATTEND THE UPCOMING FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.
SO AGAIN, ON SLIDE TWO, JUST THE PURPOSE OF THAT, TO REVIEW OUR TIMELY EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS, WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH THE HUD REQUIREMENT AND THE CITY'S RULES.
SO THE, THE PURPOSE IS TO REVIEW OUR TIMELY.
SO THERE ARE TWO TESTS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CBG FUNDS TO ENSURE THAT THESE FUNDS ARE SPENT IN A TIMELY MANNER.
ONE OF THEM IS REGULATED BY OUR HUD GUIDANCE.
THE SECOND, UH, TEST IS BY OUR CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HUD REQUIREMENT, HUD REQUIRES THAT CDBG FUNDS THESE FITS IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND THAT IS DETERMINED BY THE LIMITS.
THE REGULATIONS LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF CDBG FUNDS THAT MAY BE UNSPENT TO MORE THAN 1.5 TIMES OUR ANNUAL MOST RECENT ANNUAL GRANT ALLOCATION.
FAILURE TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT FOR RESULTS IN THE REDUCTION OF OUR NEXT GRANT ALLOCATIONS OR OTHER COMPLIANCE.
THAT TEST IS CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 2ND EACH YEAR.
AND TO FURTHER ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH HUD'S RULE, THE CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED SOME ADDITIONAL POLICIES BACK IN AUGUST OF 1993.
THAT POLICY SAYS THAT CBBG FUNDS MUST BE OBLIGATED WITHIN 12 MONTHS OR OBLIGATED AND SPENT WITHIN
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24 MONTHS.COUNCIL ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL CRITERIA AND AND BENCHMARKS TO KIND OF, UH, FURTHER DEFINE THAT POLICY.
AND THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S POLICY ARE REPROGRAMMED FOR OTHER USES.
THIS CURRENT PROCESS OF OUR EXPENDITURE, UH, EXPENDITURE AND REPROGRAMMING IS THE CITY'S POLICY.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THIS PROCESS THIS TIME OF YEAR.
SO EACH YEAR, A REVIEW IS CONDUCTED DURING THE FALL, WHICH IS THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR, END OF SEPTEMBER 30TH EXPENSES.
AND WE LOOK AT THE EXPENSES AND THE STATUS OF THESE PROJECTS AND THE EXPENDITURES AS OF SEPTEMBER 2ND, SEP, SEPTEMBER 30TH, I'M SORRY, OF EACH FISCAL YEAR.
UNSPENT PROJECT FUNDS THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S POLICY ARE EITHER RECOMMENDED FOR AN EXTENSION OR REPROGRAMMED FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE.
SO AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY POLICY, THAT FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 25, THAT REVIEW HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND WE'RE NOW PREPARING TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE COMMITTEE TO START THE DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXTENSIONS AND OR REPROGRAM.
SO ON DECEMBER THE NINTH, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL MEET TO REVIEW THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UH, 25 26 EXTENSIONS AND REPROGRAMMING.
UM, WE HAVE PROVIDED AN ATTACHMENT THAT SHOWS LINE BY LINE DETAILS OF ALL THOSE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE RECOMMENDED FOR EXTENSION AND OR REPROGRAMMING ON DECEMBER 9TH.
STAFF WILL BE ATTENDING THAT MEETING WITH THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE LINE BY LINE SPREADSHEET AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
JUNE, JANUARY 8TH, THE COMMITTEE WILL REPORT OUT TO THE FULL COMMISSION.
WE'LL GO FROM THERE TO JANUARY 26TH.
THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THEN AN ITEM FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ON JANUARY THE 28TH TO APPROVE THOSE EXTENSIONS.
AND THEN ON THE 25TH OF MARCH, BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT 30 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT PERIOD, THE NEXT AVAILABLE AGENDA DATE THAT ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE HUD RULES IS ACTUALLY MARCH 25TH, WHICH COVERS FEBRUARY, DOESN'T HAVE 30 DAYS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE COUNCIL RECESS.
SO THAT PUTS US, UH, PRELIMINARY ADOPTION FOR JANUARY 28TH FINAL.
THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL ADOPTION IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 25TH.
AS I SAID, THIS WAS JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
WE WILL GET INTO THE DETAILS AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION SO THAT IN CASE, UH, IT IS, LIKE I SAID, A NEW PROCESS FOR MANY OF OUR, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS.
AND YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME, UH, TO ATTEND THE DECEMBER 9TH MEETING WHERE WE'LL STAFF WILL BE THERE AND THERE'LL BE MORE DETAILED, UH, REVIEW OF THIS EXTENSIONS EVERY PROGRAMMING PROCESS.
SO WITH THAT, THAT COMPLETES MY PREPARED REMARKS AND WE'RE OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR IF NOT, WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE DECEMBER 9TH MEETING.
AND COMMISSIONERS, DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION? VICTOR, PLEASE MAKE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER BACH HAS JOINED US.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THEN IF WE COULD, COULD WE GET A BRIEFING ON THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR PRIORITIES, PARTNERSHIPS, AND DECISION MAKING? MS. HAW, EXCUSE ME.
UM, CAN YOU ALL HEAR AND SEE ME? YES.
I'M SORRY THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE TO JOIN YOU ALL IN PERSON THIS EVENING.
I WOULD'VE LOVED TO BECAUSE I LOVE TO SEE YOU GUYS SOMETIMES.
BUT, UM, I HAD SOME FAMILY OBLIGATIONS THAT MADE THAT NOT POSSIBLE FOR ME.
BUT I AM GLAD TO BE HERE AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY POLICY FRAMEWORK, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO GET US STARTED.
AND I AM JOINED BY CHRIS GRAVES.
AND CHRIS GRAVES IS ACTUALLY A, UH, THE
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HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER IN OUR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT.AND SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA SPLIT THIS PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT HAVE PUSHED US TO, UH, NEED TO CONSIDER, UM, SOME OF THE WAY THAT WE ARE ADMINISTERING OUR PROGRAMS. SO STARTING WITH THOSE ORDERS, THE CITY RESOLUTION DIRECTED US TO REASSESS PROGRAMS. WE'LL SUMMARIZE THE HIGH LEVEL CHANGES THAT WE'LL BE MAKING.
UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE GRANTS COMPLIANCE TASK FORCE AND THE FEDERAL GRANT COMPLIANCE TIMELINE.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE DEFINE PRIORITIES, UH, WHEN THE CITY LEADS VERSUS WHEN THE CITY WOULD COLLABORATE AND HOW WE WILL MEASURE IMPACT.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE'LL CLOSE BY GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK.
UM, I THINK WE TYPICALLY DO A SURVEY.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THAT HERE, BUT WE'LL ACCEPT YOUR FEEDBACK THROUGH DIRECT CONVERSATION.
UM, AND JUST TO UNDERSTAND ANY PERSPECTIVES THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE TO SHARE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS FRAMEWORK.
UH, FOR THE BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, UH, WE HAVE ACTUALLY CONDUCTED SEVERAL, UH, SESSIONS AND I BELIEVE THAT CHRIS WILL, UM, I BELIEVE THAT CHRIS IS GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, BUT WE ALSO DID BRIEF COUNCIL ON THE FRAMEWORK MOST RECENTLY YESTERDAY.
UM, AND SO THE ADOPTION WOULD BE COMING FORWARD LATER THIS MONTH.
SO IN EARLY 2025, THE NEW FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION SHARED A SERIES OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT HOW THE CITY OPERATES AND HOW WE USE FEDERAL FUNDS.
TODAY, WE'LL GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE CHANGES AND SHOW HOW DALLAS IS RESPONDING THROUGH, UH, POLICY, LEGAL REVIEW, AND THE NEW FRAMEWORK.
AND THIS WILL HELP US TO STAY COMPLIANT WHILE CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO THE TWO ORDERS YOU SEE ARE A COUPLE OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 1, 4, 1 7 3, UH, IS RELATED TO DEI.
UM, AND THEN, UH, RELATED REQUIREMENTS UNDER TWO CFR 203, 2 1, UH, FOR MWBE CONTRACTING.
UM, SO THAT'S THE OTHER ORDER THAT YOU SEE HERE.
WE CAN SAY THAT PERMISSIBLE CATEGORIES WHEN CONSIDERING, UH, FOR PROGRAMMING STILL INCLUDE DEV, VETERAN STATUS, UH, DISABILITY AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.
SO WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE, WE'RE LEANING INTO THOSE IS A PART OF DESIGN AND OUTREACH.
ON JUNE 25TH, 2025, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION TWO FIVE DASH 1 0 8 1.
AND THAT RESOLUTION DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER TO DO THREE THINGS.
UH, THE FIRST WAS TO REVIEW AND EVALUATE CITY PROGRAMS AND POLICIES FOR FEDERAL COMPLIANCE.
THE SECOND WAS TO TAKE ANY TEMPORARY ACTIONS, OPERATIONAL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO BE COMPLIANT.
AND THE THIRD WAS TO BRIEF CITY COUNCIL AND PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS ON NECESSARY CHANGES.
A LEVEL MULTIPLE POLICIES, PLANS AND PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, UH, AND WITH LEGAL COMPLIANCE REVIEW THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND A COMMITMENT TO ONGOING REVIEW, NOT JUST A ONE-TIME FIX.
THIS MATTERS BECAUSE THESE ARE PRECISELY THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE A CLEAR, FEDERALLY COMPLIANT FRAMEWORK TO KEEP RESOURCES LIKE CDBG OR HUD FUNDING FLOWING TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, IN PARALLEL WITH THE LEGAL REVIEW, WE ALSO BEGAN DESIGNING NEW TOOLS.
AND THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK REPRESENTS ONE OF THOSE TOOLS AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPING REGIONAL AND INCLUSIVE VENDOR ENTERPRISE, KNOWN AS OUR DRIVE PROCUREMENT POLICY APPROACH SO THAT WE CAN STILL ADVER ADVANCE OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSION, BUT WITHIN THE NEW LEGAL GUARDRAILS.
SO YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THIS TIMELINE, UH, IT SHOWS THE KEY MILESTONES THAT WE'VE BEEN UNDERTAKEN ON THIS GRANT COMPLIANCE WORK, STARTING WITH THE INITIAL DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENTS.
UH, WELL, I SHOULD SAY THAT THE TIMELINE ACTUALLY DATES ALL THE WAY BACK TO JANUARY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN SOME OF THE ORDERS STARTED TO BE ISSUED.
UM, AND WHEN OUR CITY MANAGER AND CITY LEADERSHIP STARTED CONVENING AND HOLDING, UM, CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, DIFFERENT LEADERS AND ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT WHEN FOCUSING REALLY SPECIFICALLY ON THE COMPLIANCE TIMELINE, UH, THE FIRST STEP, WE HAD INITIAL DEPARTMENTAL SELF-ASSESSMENTS.
WE MOVED THROUGH LEGAL REVIEWS, WE'VE CONDUCTED MULTIPLE
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COUNSEL BRIEFINGS AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO ONGOING MONITORING.WE ALSO HAD CREATED A GRANT COMPLIANT TASK FORCE, WHICH WAS BRINGING TOGETHER LEGAL PROCUREMENT BUDGET AND OTHER PROGRAM DEPARTMENTS, UH, INCLUDING OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO THAT CHANGES WERE COORDINATED ACROSS THE CITY AND NOT JUST PIECEMEAL.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN HOSTING A NUMBER OF ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND GROUPS AND PARTNERS LIKE THIS COMMISSION FOR EXAMPLE, UH, TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED AND GATHER INPUT, UH, ON HOW THE CITY CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS INCLUDING OLDER ADULTS WITHIN THIS EVOLVING FEDERAL LANDSCAPE.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO OUR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER, CHRIS GRAVES, WHO'S GONNA WALK US THROUGH SOME INPUTS THAT CAME INTO PLAY WHEN THINKING ABOUT THIS NEED FOR A FRAMEWORK.
AND THEN WE'LL ACTUALLY, UH, PRESENT THE INFORMATION ON THE FRAMEWORK ITSELF.
SO CHRIS, ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO TAKE OVER? YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, UH, INTRODUCTION, JESSICA.
AND IS EVERYONE ABLE TO HEAR ME OKAY? YES, THANK YOU.
SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME I'M, UH, BEING PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION.
I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
AS JESSICA SAID, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO DEVELOP A LEGALLY RESILIENT FRAMEWORK WHERE WE'RE STILL ADVANCING OPPORTUNITY.
SHE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE WERE STRATEGIC IN ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS.
AND SO WE'LL BE TALKING THROUGH THE PROCESS WHERE WE ENGAGE THOSE ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS AND SOME OF THE KEY INPUTS THAT WE TOOK INCORPORATE INTO THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK.
SORRY, IS THERE A WAY YOU CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT LOUDER? IT'S A LITTLE BIT OH, SURE.
THERE'LL, I'LL SIT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
SO AS JESSICA ALREADY MENTIONED, THE CITY OF DALLAS WANTED TO STILL ADVANCE OPPORTUNITY, AND THERE WERE ALREADY ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE DALLAS REGION THAT WERE ALREADY DOING THIS WORK.
SO IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GOT A SENSE OF THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE, RIGHT? SO HERE FROM THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CITY MANAGER, TOLBERT ACTUALLY BEGAN TALKING WITH THESE ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS AND REALLY CONVENING THOUGHT LEADERS.
AND THESE INSTITUTIONS WERE, WERE VARIED ACROSS THE DALLAS REGION FROM UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS, THEY WERE BUSINESS LEADERS, PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS.
NOW, THE STAKEHOLDERS WERE VERY DIVERSE, REPRESENTING VARIED INTERESTS.
BUT REALLY THERE WAS A KEY ISSUE EVERYONE WAS FOCUSED ON.
AND THAT ISSUE WAS WHAT ARE THE BIG PRINCIPLES WE CAN AGREE ON TO ADVANCE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WAY ALL DALLAS RESIDENTS CAN THRIVE.
AND THIS IS REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE IN TERMS OF THE ZIP CODE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR AGE.
AND SO THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS WERE REALLY FOUNDATIONAL TO THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK.
AND THIS, THIS WAS OUR WAY OF ALSO SAYING THAT WE WANTED THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST TO BE REFLECTIVE OF CITY GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO FOR IT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO A BROADER ECOSYSTEM OF PARTNERS REPRESENTING ALL THESE DIFFERENT SECTORS WHERE EVERYONE WAS COMING TOGETHER WHO CARED DEEPLY ABOUT RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE THRIVING ACROSS VERY TOPICS, WHETHER IT'S HOUSING, HEALTH OR AGING.
AND SO, OF COURSE, ALONG WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS, THE CITY HAS A TROVE OF EXISTING DATA ON, ON WHAT RESIDENTS WERE TELLING THE CITY ABOUT WHAT THEIR MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITIES WERE.
SO WE DIDN'T WANNA RECREATE THE WHEEL, RIGHT? WE WANTED TO EVALUATE THAT EXISTING DATA.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS PART OF THE CITY OF DALLAS ANNUAL SURVEY.
IT WAS CONDUCTED IN SPRING OF 2025, AND IT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF OVER 2,100 HOUSEHOLDS.
AND SO FROM THIS EXISTING DATA, WHAT WE HEARD WERE THAT THE TOP PRIORITIES WERE MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, POLICE SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, HOUSING.
WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING WAS THAT WHEN YOU REALLY KIND OF ZOOM IN ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE CHARACTERISTICS, WHAT WE SAW WAS REALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF AFFORDABLE QUALITY HOUSING.
AND ACTUALLY IT WAS VERY INTERESTING WAS THAT IT HAD THE LARGEST IMPORTANCE DISSATISFACTION GAP.
WHAT THAT MEANT WAS THAT IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO RESIDENTS, AFFORDABLE, SAFE HOUSING, BUT IT'S ALSO AN AREA WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM TO GROW WHERE SATISFACTION IS RELATIVELY LOW.
SO THIS DATA WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IN PROVIDING US INITIAL ORIENTATION ABOUT HOW TO APPROACH THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY.
AND OF COURSE, WE WERE VERY COGNIZANT THAT THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ALREADY GOING BACK TO 20 20 17, ABOUT WHAT WERE THE BARRIERS RESIDENTS WERE FACING.
AND SO IN, IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT SURVEY DATA, IN ADDITION TO CONVERSATIONS WITH ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS, WE ACTUALLY REVISITED AN EARLIER FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS CALLED THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY.
THIS WAS DEVELOPED AROUND 2017, AND IT REALLY FOCUSED ON
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THE KEY BARRIERS THAT RESIDENTS WERE FACING IN TERMS OF EXPERIENCING POVERTY.AND WHEN WE REVISITED IT, IT REALLY HELPED US UNDERSTAND REALLY SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THAT RESIDENTS FACE.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT WE HEARD CLEARLY WHEN WE TALKED TO RESIDENTS, WHEN WE TOOK DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL WHEN WE TALKED TO PARTNERS, WAS THAT THE FRAMEWORK SHOULDN'T FOCUS ON DEFICITS OR BARRIERS.
THEY NEEDED TO BE FORWARD THINKING AND NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON SOLUTIONS AND SHARED ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND SO REALLY WITH THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY, WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF THESE PAST CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GO FORWARD AND FOCUSING ON OPPORTUNITIES AND THE ELIMINATION OF BARRIERS.
AND SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS A MATRIX THAT ESSENTIALLY TIES IN THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CORRESPONDING DRIVERS OF, I'M SORRY, THE, IT TIES IN THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY WITH THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO ACTUALLY VERY KEY WITH DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY WAS THAT WE WANTED TO INFORM NOT ONLY BY RESIDENT INPUT, BUT ALSO BY NATIONAL MODELS.
AND SO REALLY KEY WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING SOME OF THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY IS WE CONSULTED THE URBAN INSTITUTE'S UPWARD MOBILITY FRAMEWORK AS WELL AS OTHER NATIONAL STANDARDS.
'CAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, IT, IT, IT, IT STOOD THE TEST OF TIME AND THAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING MEASURABLE WAYS THE CITY CAN ADVANCE OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE CHART IN PARTICULAR, BUT YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY WAS INCOME, PARTICULARLY THE DECLINE IN MEDIA INCOME.
AND SO IMMEDIATELY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT, JOBS, PAYING A LIVING WAGE.
AND SO THE MATRIX READS LIKE THAT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
AND SO REALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT INPUTS THAT ARE GOING INTO THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY, IT WOULD REALLY ALLOWED US TO REALLY REFINE AND THEN REFRAME THE DRIVERS SO THAT WAY WE HAVE VERY CLEAR SUBSETS WITHIN EACH OF THE DRIVERS, OR WE CALL THOSE DOMAINS.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN START TO TALK ABOUT MEASURABLE OUTCOMES.
AND SO THAT WAY RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE DIFFERENCE AS A RESULT OF THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY.
BUT REALLY KEY TO THE PROCESS WAS WE WANTED TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING TO RESIDENTS, HEARING THEIR VOICES, KNOWING WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES WERE BY BEING FACE-TO-FACE WITH THAT.
SO THERE WAS AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
THIS WAS NOT ONLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BRIEF THE COMMUNITY ON FEDERAL COMPLIANCE EFFORTS, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO COME WITH SOLUTIONS, A DEVELOPING FRAMEWORK, THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK.
SO IN TOTAL, WE CONDUCTED ABOUT 10 PRESENTATIONS, AND THIS WAS ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS.
MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS WERE ENGAGED IN THIS, AND THE PRESENTATIONS WERE AT COMMUNITY FORUM COMMISSIONS JUST LIKE THIS ONE.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE DATA, WE SAW THAT WE WERE GETTING INPUT ACROSS ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS, WHICH WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE WANTED THE DATA TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DALLAS COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT WEBSITE ANALYTICS, WE SAW THAT WE WERE GETTING TRAFFIC ABOUT 1800 SITE VIEWS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A CORRESPONDING SURVEY THAT WE UTILIZED CALLED SOCIAL PINPOINT, WHERE WE RECEIVED ABOUT 257 CONTRIBUTIONS.
THAT WAS SURVEY RESPONSES, QUESTIONS AS WELL AS COMMENTS.
AND SO THESE INPUTS WERE REALLY CRUCIAL AS WE STARTED TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY, WHERE WE STARTED TO MOVE BEYOND JUST THE BARE OUTLINE TO START TO START TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CONCRETE DOMAINS WITHIN EACH OF THE DRIVERS.
AND I'M GONNA INVITE JESSICA BACK AND WHERE SHE'LL FURTHER TALK ABOUT THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK OR DO FOR SURE.
AND THANK YOU CHRIS FOR SPOTLIGHTING OUR ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES AND THE FOUNDATIONAL WORK THAT'S BROUGHT US TO THIS PILOT.
I'M GONNA TAKE THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION TO WALK US THROUGH THE CORE ELEMENTS OF THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK AND SHARE HOW WE'VE CONTINUED TO SHAPE IT BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STATE PROCESS.
SO AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, THIS SLIDE IS ESSENTIALLY A SUMMARY OF THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK.
IT SHOWS THAT THE FRAMEWORK REALLY WORKS IN THREE INTERLOCKING PARTS, PRIORITIES, PARTNERSHIPS, AND IMPACT.
AND UNDER THE PRIORITIES WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THREE SYSTEMS OUTCOMES AND FIVE DRIVERS ACROSS 27 DOMAINS, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLBEING, AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, WHICH WE ADDED BASED ON RESIDENT AND STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK.
THE CITY, UH, THE CITY ROLE MATRIX ALSO ANSWERS A MAJOR QUESTION ABOUT WHERE DO WE LEAD, WHERE DO WE PARTNER? LEAD MEANS THAT WE WOULD SET POLICY, UH, STRATEGY AND LEAD AND INVESTMENTS AS WELL.
COLLABORATE MEANS THAT WE CONVENE DEPARTMENTS OR COMMUNITY OR ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS, OR THAT WE SIMPLY PARTNER, UH, WITH EXISTING COLLABORATIONS AND, UH, CONVENINGS TO ADVANCE SHARED DECISION MAKING AND SHARED DELIVERY OF SERVICES.
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AND THEN SUPPORT MEANS THAT WE REALLY ADVOCATE FOR, UM, OR, UH, PROMOTE AND ENABLE THE WORK OF OTHERS THROUGH COMMUNICATION, DATA SHARING AND ALIGNMENT.AND THEN FINALLY, OUR IMPACT SHOWS UP IN THREE CORE WAYS THROUGH OUR ALIGNED PARTNERSHIPS AND ENGAGEMENTS, THROUGH DOMAIN FOCUS, COMMUNITY, EVENTS AND COALITIONS.
THE COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY INDEX, MAP AND DASHBOARD, WHICH WE ARE WORK WILL BE DEVELOPING, THAT'LL TRACK PROGRESS WITH BASELINES AND TARGETS FOR EACH MAJOR, UH, DRIVER.
AND THEN OUR REVOLT RESULTS FOCUSED INVESTMENTS WHERE WE WILL CONNECT THE FUNDING, UH, TO THE RESOURCES, TO THE PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING PROCESS THAT OUR CITY IS UNDERTAKING, UH, FOR BUDGETING.
AND SO HERE YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THEM LAID OUT IN A LITTLE FRAMEWORK SHOWING, UH, A DETAILED LOOK AT THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK, THE DRIVERS, THOSE UNDERLYING DOMAINS, AND THEN THE ROLE THAT THE CITY COULD POTENTIALLY PLAY IN EACH OF THEM FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE.
UH, SPECIFICALLY WE LEAD IN HOUSING, RIGHT? SO CLEAN, SAFE ENVIRONMENTS AND CITY FUNDED PROGRAMS. WE COULD COLLABORATE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, INCLUDING HOUSING PROVIDERS, SERVICE AGENCIES, AND LOW, UH, SUPPORTING LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES THROUGH SERVICE.
AND THEN WE CAN SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD BASED EFFORTS LIKE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS, PATHWAYS TO RELIABLE TECHNOLOGY, FOOD ACCESS BY ALIGNING OUR DATA OUTREACH, UH, AND FUNDING.
AND SO WHAT WE WANT IS THAT RESIDENTS CAN SEE WHERE PROGRESS IS BEING MADE, WHERE PROGRESS IS HAPPENING, AND HOW CITY ACTIONS ARE TIED TO TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, AND TWO, UH, KIND OF FURTHER UNDERSTANDING THE DRIVERS ARE THE FIVE MAJOR AREAS ACROSS THE TOP OF THE FRAMEWORK.
GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY, RICH NEIGHBORHOODS, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, AND ACCESS TO CARE, AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLBEING.
AND THEN FINALLY, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY INDEX THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD.
UH, IT'S OUR CITYWIDE ASSET MAPPING AND PERFORMANCE, UH, PLATFORM.
IT WILL DO THREE THINGS, UH, MAIN THINGS I SHOULD SAY.
IT'LL DO MORE THAN THREE THINGS, BUT MAPPING ASSETS AND GAPS BY EACH DRIVER AND DOMAIN TRACKING AND REPORTING ON BASELINE, UH, TO TARGET PROGRESS FOR EACH DRIVER, AND CONNECTING DATA TO DECISIONS, PARTICULARLY AROUND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, HOUSING INITIATIVES, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
OUR DATA SOURCES WILL INCLUDE NATIONAL DATA SETS LIKE THE CENSUS, THE OPPORTUNITY ATLAS, THE URBAN INSTITUTE'S UPWARD MOBILITY INDEX, UM, THE POLICY MAP DATA THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO, AS WELL AS LOCAL SOURCES LIKE INTERNALLY REPORTED AND TRACKED METRICS, DEPARTMENT PROGRESS MEASURES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, PROGRAM DATA, AND DEPARTMENTAL BASELINES.
ALL OF THE DATA IS ALIGNED UNDER THE FIVE P DRIVERS.
AGAIN, GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY, RICH NEIGHBORHOODS, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLBEING.
AND SO FOR AN EXAMPLE, WITH THIS MAP OR WITH THIS TOOL, WE COULD IDENTIFY NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS OF LOWER INCOME FAMILIES, LAYER THOSE INFORMATIONS WITH HOUSING CONDITIONS, ACCESS TO TRANSIT, HEALTH SERVICES, PARKS AND SAFETY INDICATORS, AND THEN WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION TO HELP GUIDE FUTURE INVESTMENTS TO ENSURE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.
UH, WE'VE BEEN INTEGRATING FEEDBACK FROM EARLIER ENGAGEMENTS, UH, INTO THE OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT TOOL.
AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THE EFFORTS ARE FIRMLY ROOTED IN THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND AS FOR TIMELINE, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING NOW ON, UM, ADOPTING A POLICY THAT'S BUILT AROUND THOSE DRIVERS.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO, UH, REFINE, BUILD OUT THE OPPORTUNITY INDEX, UM, AROUND THE DOMAINS, UM, AND START WORKING AND CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO A ADVANCE THOSE EFFORTS.
UM, ULTIMATELY, UH, THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY COULD, WOULD BE PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, AS WELL AS, UM, IN ALIGNMENT IN THE WAY THAT OUR, THE DRIVERS OF POVERTY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SINCE WE HAVE TO, UM, WE HAD TO, TO, UH, SUSPEND, UH, DRIVERS OF, OF POVERTY BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE, THE LANGUAGE WITHIN IT.
UM, AND SO THEN IT WILL HELP US TO MAKE, UH, BUDGET ALLEGATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THESE FEDERALLY FUNDED SOCIAL SERVICES.
OR MAYBE THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE.
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I DON'T THINK THERE'S A QUESTION SLIDE.THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE AT THIS TIME.
WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND A VERY THOUGHTFUL AND COMPREHENSIVE, UM, PLAN YOU HAD THERE.
I I DO HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE'D LOVE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
ONE IS THIS DOES LOOK LIKE IT'S BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CONTINUUM OF NEED.
HOW ARE RESOURCES ATTACHED TO THIS PLAN AND HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE WHICH RESOURCES WOULD GO WHERE WITHIN THIS BROAD OF THE PLAN? SO I THINK THAT, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE OPPORTUNITY INDEX WOULD HELP TO KIND OF GUIDE, UM, THE THAT FOCUS.
SO THAT'S GONNA HELP US TO KIND OF, UM, BRING FORWARD AND IDENTIFY AREAS AND COMMUNITIES.
AGAIN, THERE ARE STILL, UM, CATEGORIES, THERE ARE STILL THINGS THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED.
WE CAN LOOK AT GEOGRAPHIES, WE CAN LOOK AT VETERAN STATUS, WE CAN LOOK AT, UH, UH, DISABLED DISABILITY STATUS, AND CRITICALLY WE CAN LOOK AT INCOME, UM, WHEN MAKING RESOURCE-BASED INVESTMENTS.
AND SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS WE'LL BE BRINGING TOGETHER, UM, PARTNERS FROM ACROSS, UH, THE CITY, OUR DEPARTMENTAL PARTNERS FIRST.
UM, IN FACT, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING OUR INITIAL, UH, KIND OF TRAINING WITH DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTORS AND LEADERSHIP AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA START THE PROCESS.
UM, SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL SOME WORK THAT WE'VE DONE ON OTHER CITYWIDE OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES, UM, BUT WE HAVE ACTUALLY REQUIRED THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT SET SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTAL PROGRESS, UH, METRICS, AND THEN MANAGE AND TRACK THOSE.
AND WE INTEND TO DO THAT WORK AS WELL HERE.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD BE USING THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, INDEX AS A TOOL, THAT EXTERNAL FACING TOOL TO HELP REPORT OUT ON THAT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, I THINK THAT, UM, AS I MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY TO THE FUNDS HERE, UH, OF COURSE WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC SERVICE DOLLARS AREA, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, REFERENCE SPECIFICALLY AROUND DRIVERS OF POVERTY.
AND SO THIS, UH, OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK, UH, WE LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE KIND OF SHIFTING THE DEFICIT MINDSET OF, UH, WHAT'S HOLDING PEOPLE BACK TO THE OPPORTUNITY MINDSET OF WHAT CAN ENABLE PEOPLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO WE CAN STILL, WE CAN USE THESE AREAS TO HELP US, UM, IDENTIFY THE PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENTS, YOU KNOW, EVEN THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE, UH, WHEN MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR PUBLIC SERVICE DOLLARS DECISIONS, UM, AND THINGS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THAT.
AND THEN I, I CAN'T NOT ASK JESSICA, BUT THE ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL, DOES THAT INCLUDE BIRTH TO THREE AND CHILDCARE? YES, IT DOES.
SO I THINK THAT, UM, AND THIS QUESTION CAME UP, UH, A LITTLE BIT DURING THE COUNCIL BRIEFING YESTERDAY.
UM, THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO NOTE.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, OF COURSE, THE CITY OF DALLAS IS NOT THE LEAD, UM, ANCHOR INSTITUTION WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION, AND WE KNOW THAT, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KIND OF THINK BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT CHRIS PRESENTED ABOUT THE, UM, PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON WITH EXISTING ANCHOR INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS TO KIND OF IDENTIFY THAT.
BUT, UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY SPECIFIC ROLES THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS CAN PLAY IN ADVANCING THE, UM, OPPORTUNITY IN THAT WAY.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I HIGHLIGHTED, OF COURSE THERE'S THE PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE UNDER CDBG AROUND CHILDCARE, UM, THAT'S VERY, VERY CLEARLY ALIGNED WITH DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY AS IT'S FRAMED.
UH, THAT'S A WAY THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS ISN'T NECESSARILY LEADING IN CHILDCARE, BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY ALIGNING, PARTNERING, SUPPORTING, COLLABORATING IN CHILDCARE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, ANOTHER EXAMPLE, UM, YOU ALL MIGHT RECALL THERE WAS, UH, SOME RECENT, UM, AMENDMENTS.
I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT CHAPTER IT WAS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD NOW.
UM, BUT THEY CHANGED SOME OF THE RULES AROUND, UH, AROUND HOME CARE CENTERS THAT CREATED MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, HOME-BASED CHILDCARE CENTERS TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP AND IN CERTAIN, UH, SPACE OR LAND USE AREAS THAT THEY WEREN'T PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED BY.
RIGHT? SO THERE'S JUST SO MANY LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU, IT MIGHT NOT SEEM THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS, IS A LEADER IN CERTAIN SPACES, BUT I THINK THAT THE CITY, SO MANY THINGS THAT WE DO AND SOMETIMES IN WAYS THAT AREN'T OBVIOUS CAN IMPACT A LOT OF THESE AREAS.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FORCE OURSELVES AND OUR, UH, COLLABORATIVE, COLLABORATIVE DEPARTMENTAL PARTNERS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW THE POLICY DECISIONS AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS THEY MAKE CAN REALLY DRIVE HOME OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
I JUST WONDER IF SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, IF IT WAS ACCESS TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION OR EARLY LEARNING OR SOMETHING
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WOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR IF THAT'S THE CASE? WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THAT I, THE POLICY AS WRITTEN IS BEING FRAMED AROUND THE, UH, THE FIVE DRIVERS.AND WE HAVE PUT FORTH, OF COURSE, THE 27, UM, DOMAINS, UH, WITHIN THOSE DRIVERS, UH, TO ADVANCE THOSE FORWARD.
BUT IT, IT'S ALSO MEANT TO BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS BASED ON NEED AND ON WHAT WE LEARN AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OPPORTUNITY INDEX AND WITH THE DATA AGGREGATION AS WELL.
AND SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, REFINE WITHIN THE DOMAINS, OR, I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY PRESCRIBING A SET OF PROGRAMS IN EACH AREA EITHER.
SO, UM, THERE'S DEFINITELY, IT DOES SAY ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL, AND SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT LIKE, KIND OF CLARIFYING THAT TO SAY AND EARLY EDUCATION.
UM, SO I THINK THAT THAT IS GOOD FEEDBACK AND I THINK THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT INFORMATION INTO PLAY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I, I WILL SAY FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SIDE, WE DO HEAR ABOUT CHILDCARE AND EVEN AFTERSCHOOL CARE A LOT, UM, WHEN WE, WHENEVER WE GO OUT.
SO THAT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION FROM US.
I'D LOVE TO OPEN IT UP TO ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I SEE A HAND UP, UM, ROSEANNE MILLS? YES.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER B AFTER COMMISSIONER MILLS WILL ADDRESS THAT.
THANK YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR RUBEN.
UM, THANK YOU FOR AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
AND I IN FACT HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, PAGE 10 IN YOUR DECK.
OH, PAGE 10, THE, UH, RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA.
IF SOMEBODY COULD, UH, THROW THAT UP ON THE SCREEN.
UM, THE QUESTION I HAD IS ACTUALLY ABOUT THE STYLING OF THE QUESTION.
WERE THE QUESTIONS STYLED THAT THE, THESE ARE JUST INTRINSIC TOP PRIORITIES, OR THAT THE PRIORITIES ARE DRIVEN BY THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT? SO THIS, UM, THE DALLAS COMMUNITY SURVEY IS ACTUALLY THE, UM, ANNUAL SURVEY THAT THE BUDGET OFFICE DOES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO GENERATE FEEDBACK ABOUT BUDGET PRIORITIES, UM, AND JUST GENERATE FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE A ROLE IN DRAFTING THE LANGUAGE OF THE SURVEY, BUT BECAUSE THIS WAS HAPPENING AND BUDGETARY CONVERSATIONS WERE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, UM, MORE BY CIRCUMSTANCE THAN INTENTION, BUT IT WAS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
AND SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE COMPLIANCE WORK, THE DIRECTIVE IN LATE JUNE MOVING INTO THE CONVERSATIONS AND ALL OF THAT, AND THIS INFORMATION IS COMING OUT FROM THE SURVEYS THAT WERE BEING BEING CONDUCTED.
SO THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF LOOKED AT SOME OF THE SURVEY FEEDBACK AS WELL.
UM, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN, I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW WELL I CAN ANSWER A QUESTION ABOUT THE DES THE DESIGN.
IS THAT THE QUESTION, THE DESIGN OF THE QUESTION LANGUAGE? IT'S, IT'S A DESIGN OF SURVEY QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS YEAH.
BY SOME OF THE PERCENTAGES AND THE PERCENTAGES WOULD LINE UP IF THE QUESTION WERE ASKED AS TO CITY, CITY, UH, ATTRIBUTES THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT VERSUS CITY ATTRIBUTES AND PRIORITIES THAT ARE MM-HMM
IN AND OF THEMSELVES A PRIORITY.
WE JUST KIND OF CHECK THE DATA AS IT WAS.
UM, THEN, UM, THE NEXT QUESTION IS, UM, RELATED TO, UM, ANY BRIEFINGS OR MATERIALS BEFORE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE.
UM, AND THIS IS A MORE GENERAL QUESTION.
CAN COMMISSION MEMBERS BE PROVIDED WITH, UM, EXACTLY THE SAME MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO ALL COUNCIL PEOPLE? IF THAT'S YES.
THE, THAT INFORMA THE INFORMATION THAT THEY RECEIVE IS, UM, PUBLISHED THROUGH OUR REGISTRAR.
SO THE CLEAREST WAY WOULD PROBABLY BE TO SEND YOU A DIRECT LINK TO THE PUBLISHED MATERIALS RELATED TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
AND THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S ALREADY UP.
WELL, I WOULD, I, UM, AM IN THE MIDDLE.
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FOR THOSE LINKS TO BE PROVIDED DIRECTLY TO OUR, TO MYSELF AND THE FELLOW COMMISSIONERS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HUNT FOR THEM IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.WE CAN WORK WITH HAN'S TEAM TO, TO GET THAT SHARED.
JUST SO THAT WE CAN, UM, TALK WITH OUR COUNCIL PERSON ABOUT, UM, TONIGHT'S EXCELLENT BRIEFING AND, UH, WE CAN ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISCUSSIONS.
YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK THROUGH SHANNON'S TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, UM, DIRECT INFORMATION GETS, UH, OUT TO YOU ALL.
AND SO, BEING NEW ON THE CDC, I'M JUST WONDERING IS, IS THIS LAYING OUT SIMPLY A SUGGESTED ROADMAP FOR HOW THE CDC WOULD SPEND ITS MONEY? OR, OR IS THIS, UH, MORE OF A LEGAL MANDATE OR WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WHAT YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE PRIORITIES AND THE CDC AND ITS MONEY, HOW IT'S SPENT? OKAY.
SO I WANNA CLARIFY, THE PERSON WHO WAS TALKING WAS IN THE ROOM, RIGHT? YES.
'CAUSE I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T TELL, LIKE, WHICH I KNOW WE'RE LITTLE DOTS TO YOU, BUT HE'S HERE
SO HE'S THERE IN THE, IN THE ROOM.
HELLO? SORRY THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO BE THERE MYSELF.
UM, YEAH, SO WHAT THIS IS, UH, THE FRAMEWORK IS ACTUALLY A CITYWIDE POLICY FRAMEWORK.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CDC, UM, IN FACT, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE ARE GENERALLY SEEKING FEEDBACK AND INPUT.
UM, SO WE HAD ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS, WE BRIEFED TO THE MLK BOARD AND WE BRIEFED TO VETERANS, VETERANS AFFAIRS, OR I THINK COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES.
SO, SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK IN A LOT OF WAYS.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A FRAMEWORK THAT IS EXPLICITLY, UM, DIRECTING THE, UM, THE INVESTMENT THAT CDC WOULD MAKE.
HOWEVER, AND MAYBE SHANNON, IF YOU WANNA JUMP IN AND LIKE TAKE OVER, IF I START TO GO LIKE ON A, ON IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, UM, WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN HAD SOME, UM, HAD SOME SPECIFIC REFERENCES TO THE OLD FRAMEWORK, AND THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE IN THE OLD FRAMEWORK OF DRIVERS OF POVERTY THAT'S REALLY NOT GONNA BE, UH, COMPLIANT WITH SOME OF THE, THE NEW ORDERS.
UH, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC OF COURSE, BECAUSE THESE THEMSELVES ARE FEDERAL FUNDS.
UM, BUT BROADER THAN THAT, UH, WE ARE REALLY, UH, TRYING TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY PUN TO SHIFT THE FRAMEWORK ANYWAYS TO THINKING ABOUT THIS LIKE OPPORTUNITY MOVES US FORWARD TYPE OF APPROACH AND PERSPECTIVE.
SO I, I DO BELIEVE THAT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A, OF A REFERENCE TO DRIVERS OF POVERTY, THAT DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY WOULD REPLACE THAT COMPONENT.
BUT I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T KNOW TO THE EXTENT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT DRIVES ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT CDC OVERSEES OR IF IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE PUBLIC SERVICES SIDE OR THE CDBG SIDE.
SO IT'S PRIMARILY IN THAT I WOULD HAVE TO ASK FOR CHAN TO CHIME IN.
YEAH, IT'S PRIMARILY THE PUBLIC SERVICES CATEGORY OF CDBG.
AS YOU GUYS WILL REMEMBER, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR BUDGET UNDER THE CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES CATEGORY, THERE IS ABOUT $300,000 THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY BUDGETED THIS YEAR, UM, FOR DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY.
SO ONCE THIS FRAMEWORK IS ADOPTED, THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, RECOMMEND PROGRAMS THAT WILL ALIGN WITH THIS NEW FRAMEWORK.
LAST YEAR THERE WAS, THE BUDGET WAS ABOUT 600,000 AND IT WAS THE DRIVERS OF DRIVERS OF POVERTY.
THAT PROGRAM WAS SUSPENDED OVER THE SUMMER, UM, DURING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
AND THEN AN AMENDMENT WAS MADE, THE CATEGORY WAS RECOMMENDED FOR THE DRIVERS, DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY, AND THEN 300,000 WAS ALLOCATED.
SO
SO ONCE THAT FRAMEWORK IS ADOPTED, THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, SOLICIT
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AWARD THOSE PROGRAMS. UH, YOU'RE WELCOME.UM, THAT ALIGN WITH THE NEW FRAMEWORK.
SO IT IS SPECIFIC TO THE CDBG PUBLIC SERVICES CATEGORY.
SO THE, SO IT WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, AS PROGRAMMATIC RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE, YOU KNOW, INTO FUTURE YEARS, YOU KNOW, THEY'D BE ALIGNING AROUND DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY VERSUS DRIVERS OF POVERTY.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THE PROGRAMMATIC WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN FY 25 ACTUALLY ALREADY ALIGNS WITH BOTH.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY, OR YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE 26, SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO A CHANGE TO LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THIS YEAR AND WE CAN KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
BUT IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NOW REFERRED TO AS THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY CATEGORY.
AND WE'D PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE ON THAT OR WHEN, WHEN THE DISCUSSIONS KIND OF TAKE PLACE ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO IN FY 27 UNDER THIS BUCKET AND HOW MUCH YOU'RE GONNA RECOMMEND IN THESE CATEGORIES.
BUT I THINK WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, THEN WE'D BE LOOKING AT A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF KIND OF SERVICE DELIVERY ALIGNED AROUND THAT.
AND IT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE PROGRAMMATICALLY ON THE GROUND SPEAKING, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THAT MUCH DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FRAMEWORK THAT SOLVES FOR THE PRIOR FRAMEWORK.
WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY AS A SOLUTION TO POVERTY.
UM, AND SO I THINK SOME OF THE PROGRAMMATIC OPPORTUNITIES MIGHT BE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT OF COURSE, THAT WILL ALL COME BACK THROUGH THIS COMMISSION.
AND LIKE JESSICA SAID, IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A CHANGE, UM, FROM WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING IT, THE, THE CHANGE WOULD BE WHAT WE CALLED IT AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, HOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
AND THAT DESCRIPTION HAD BEEN OUTLINED IN OUR, IN OUR BUDGET.
SO WE'RE CHANGING THE WORDS, SO WE HAVE TO CHANGE IT ON OUR BUDGET.
BUT I WILL SAY JESSICA'S CORRECT, OUR PROGRAMS PRIMARILY BENEFIT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS.
SO THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE GOAL.
SO THERE'S NO BIG CHANGE FROM THAT PROGRAMMATICALLY.
COMMISSIONER BACH, DID YOU HAVE SOME QUESTION? YEP.
COMMISSIONER DAVIS, THANK YOU AGAIN.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS.
UH, WERE THERE ANY OTHER HOSPITAL SYSTEMS INCLUDED, UH, IN THIS, UH, CONVENING OF, OF HIS LEADERSHIP, UH, UH, TEAM THAT YOU KNOW OF? JESSICA, I THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE.
JESSICA, I THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE EVERY MEETING.
I JUST ANSWERED THE WHOLE QUESTION.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT IN THOSE INITIAL KIND OF EARLY CONVERSATIONS, WHICH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WASN'T NECESSARILY TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK.
IT WAS MORE AROUND SOME OF THESE INSTITUTIONS COMING TOGETHER, RECOGNIZING WHAT WAS CHANGING AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO, YOU KNOW, AS, AS OUR FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT, AS OUR ENVIRONMENT KIND OF SHIFTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THOSE IN THE MOST NEED, ET CETERA.
AND SO THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY KIND OF FRAMEWORK AND THE IDEA FOR A FRAMEWORK REALLY STARTED TO ROLL OUT OF THAT.
UM, BUT YES, AS FAR AS THE ENTITIES THAT PARTICIPATED, I BELIEVE AT THIS, I BELIEVE IT WAS PARKLAND AND UT SOUTHWESTERN WHERE THE TWO COURT INVOLVED AT THAT TIME.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THE INTENTION IS TO START HAVING ADDITIONAL, UM, KIND OF CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THOSE ANCHORS AND EVEN BROADENING THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH MORE NONPROFITS, MORE O UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER ENTITIES AS WELL AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO INCLUDE, I WOULD THINK MAYBE CHILDREN'S OR MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR HOSPITAL INSTITUTIONS.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
THIS IS VERY INFORMATIVE AND WE DEFINITELY DO WANNA STAY ABREAST OF HOW IT'S PLAYING OUT AND IT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS PROGRAM.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS AND THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOUR, TO YOU ALL TODAY.
IF WE CAN NOW LET'S PLEASE TURN TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION COMMITTEE REPORT.
CHAIR GOLDSTEIN, CAN YOU GIVE US A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE REPORT? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, CHAIR RUBIN.
THE, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE MET ON TUESDAY, UM, NOVEMBER THE 18TH.
UM, WE WERE BRIEFED, UH, BY STAFF ON THE, UH, NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY
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THAT WAS ADVERTISED IN APRIL OF 2025.UH, WE WERE GIVEN THE, THE, UM, THE INFORMATION IN TERMS OF, UH, WHO, UH, HOW MANY NOTICES WERE SENT, UH, AND HOW MANY PROPOSALS WERE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED.
UH, WHAT WE WERE GIVEN WAS OF THE SEVEN PROPOSALS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, ONLY ONE, UH, INSTITUTION WAS, UH, RECOMMENDED TO RECEIVE AN AWARD OF 650,000, UH, $50,000.
AND THEN THE COMMITTEE, UM, VOTED TO APPROVE, UH, THAT THAT RECOMMENDATION GO FORWARD FOR THE AUSTIN STREET, UH, CENTER.
UM, GIVEN THAT THEN, UH, THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, UH, AND, UH, AS AN ACTION ITEM, OFFER A MOTION, UH, THAT WE, UH, THAT, THAT THE COMMITTEE, THE FULL COMMISSION ACCEPTS THE COMMITTEE'S, UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR AUSTIN STREET CENTER.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
UM, ANY QUESTION TO THE MOTION? ALRIGHT, THEN, ALL IN FAVOR THAT WE, UH, UH, CARRY THIS RECOMMENDATION FORWARD, PLEASE SIGNIFY WITH AN AYE AYE.
COMMISSIONER GOVIN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DO HAVE JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
I THINK YOU'VE SAID THAT THERE WERE SIX OR SEVEN OTHERS.
WHAT WAS THE REASON, IF YOU CAN, WITHOUT GOING ONE BY ONE, I DON'T WANNA RELIVE YOUR COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT I I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU CAN GENERALLY CATEGORIZE WHY THEY DID NOT APPROVE.
SO, UH, THAT SAME QUESTION CAME UP AS IT RELATED TO, UH, SCORING SYSTEM THAT WAS USED.
UM, AND, UH, THE STAFF, THEY, THEY SETTLED ON, UH, THE INSTITUTION THAT, UH, SCORED THE HIGHEST, UH, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE AUSTIN STREET.
UH, AND SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE RATIONALE WAS THAT, UH, AUSTIN STREET WAS ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS IN A, IN A TIMELY MANNER, UH, MORE SO THAN, THAN THE, THAN THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
UH, SO WE DID TALK ABOUT GOING FORWARD IF IT WAS ANY WAY POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN THE, UH, IN THE AWARDING PROCESS.
SO IT WAS, UM, WERE THERE LIMITED FUNDS WHERE WE LIMITED THE $650,000 TOTAL OR YEAH, I DIDN'T GATHER THAT THERE WAS ANY, YES.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTION? ALRIGHT.
SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS NOW THEN CAN WE CARRY THIS MOTION FORWARD? ALRIGHT.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT WE, UH, CARRY THE RECOMMEND FORWARD THAT THE OFFICER STREETS.
I THINK WE ARE VERY EFFICIENT AND I THINK WE'VE ALREADY DONE IT.
I THINK THE QUESTION WAS
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE DONE AND WE'RE DONE WITH THAT.
MOVING INTO THE, THE CHAIR REPORT, WE DO NEED TO, UM, HAVE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SET A MEETING FOR JANUARY AND WE'RE GONNA TURN TO YOU AGAIN.
THE, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE MET UM, AT THE 6:30 PM ON, UM, NOVEMBER THE 18TH.
AND, UH, WE RECEIVED AGAIN A REPORT FROM THE CITY IN TERMS OF SOME DEFICITS.
UH, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, RECEIVED INFORMATION OF A WORK PLAN THAT THE CITY HAS PUT TOGETHER IN ORDER TO, UH, MEET THE HOOD REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT WE STAY WITHIN.