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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on December 11, 2025.]
10:00 AM AND WE CONVENE OUR DALLAS PARKSWE HAVE FOUR OF OUR ESTEEM MEMBERS WHO I HAVE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH, UH, SINCE THE TIME, YOU KNOW, HELPING BEEN PARTNER WITH OUR BOARD.
SO REALLY THEY, THEY WERE SO CRITICAL TO SHAPE WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR AS THEY WERE THE PARTNERS ON THE BOARD.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THEM TODAY AND IT IS REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL, UH, START WITH.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK WE CAN START COUNTING ON WHAT ALL THEY HAVE DONE AND ACHIEVED, BUT I WAS GIVEN FEW POUND POINTERS AND GOOD THING IS, I THINK IT, UH, IT'S TRUE FOR ALL OF THEM WHO ARE THERE TODAY.
SO I DIG THOSE OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE RECOGNIZING HARRISON BLAIR, WHO IS NOT HERE,
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, DURING, YOU KNOW, THEIR TENURE AT THIS BOARD, WE MOVED FOUR SPOTS ON OUR PARK CORE INDEX FROM 34TH BEST PARK SYSTEM IN THE NATION THERE IS, BUT AS TO TOWARDS THE FIRST IN TEXAS FOR PARK ACCESS WITH 81%, UH, FROM 75% OF RESIDENTS.
HUGE, HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT WE SAW, WE SAW AND WE WITNESSED, AND WE SAW THEIR WORK IN THE PASSAGE OF $345 MILLION, UH, UH, UH, BOND FOR THE NEW PARKS AND RECREATIONS FACILITIES AND UPGRADING THE EXISTING ONES, THE LARGEST EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY FOR ANY PARK SYSTEM.
WE RESTORED THE ICONIC BASEBALL FIELD AT, UH,
AND WE ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW, UH, COMMUNITY WAS INVOLVED IN THOSE DECISIONS, WHICH ACTUALLY MADE.
AND NOW WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WE COMPLETED, UH, 140 MILLION NOVATION DOLLARS RENOVATION FOR THE HISTORIC
WE ALL WERE THERE LAST WEEK AND WE SAW HOW THAT FACILITY IS NOW.
WE OPENED DALLAS'S FIRST LARGE SCALE, CONCRETE INGROUND, SKATE ACHMAN, UH, LAKE PARK.
IT'S ESPECIALLY IN SIGNALING THE PARK'S RETURN AS A PREMIER SKATEBOARDING DESTINATION.
WE ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS WINGS, MAVERICKS ATHLETIC DALLAS.
AND DALLAS STARTS PROFESSIONAL TEAMS PROVIDING DIVERSE CO-ED ACTIVITIES THAT BOOST YOUTH SPORTS PARTICIPATION BY 63% DURING THAT TENURE.
AND THAT RESULTED IN INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVE SENIOR AND ANNUAL PROGRAMS BY 21% DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
AND DALLAS PARK RECREATION IS APPLAUDING ALL OF THEM TODAY.
SO, MISS, UH, MADAM SECRETARY, HOW ARE WE DOING IT? ARE WE BRINGING ALL OUR YES.
UM, I'LL LET YOU TAKE THE LEAD FROM HERE.
SO AFTER THAT INTRODUCTION, IF EACH OF OUR REC RECOGNIZES WILL STAND UP, WE'LL COME TO THE CENTER OF THE ROOM AND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR PHOTOS WITH MR. OR PRESIDENT OR, UH, AGARWAL AND THE REST OF THE BOARD.
I'M HOPING DR. NEWMAN WILL WALK IN THE DOOR AT ANY MOMENT.
OH, WHAT ABOUT, SHOULD I GO GET THEIR SLOT? YEAH, IT'S BEEN A GOOD ONE.
HOW DO WE DO IT? LET'S PUT YOU IN THE MIDDLE.
YOU CAN JUST STAND RIGHT THERE.
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TWO THE BOARD WANTS.SO IF EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY INDIVIDUALLY, VISUALLY WITH THE HONOREES? YEAH.
OH, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
SO FIRST I'M STANDING BY WITH ME.
WHAT CAN YOU, THIS IS STILL BOARD THING.
I THINK TO YOUR POINT, YEAH, WE JUST PUT 'EM WITH CAL.
THAT'S, YOU GOTTA KNOW THAT GUYS.
MAMA HARRISON RIGHT THERE, MAMA.
BECAUSE WE THROUGH NOVEMBER COMING UP.
GLEN, YOU, HOW YOU DOING, SIR? HOW ARE YOU DOING? PLEASE? HOW YOU DOING SIR? HOW YOU DOING? OKAY.
TYPICALLY, YEAH, LET GROUP PHOTO, PHOTO IN THE PHOTO.
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1, 2, 3, 1.I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SAY SOMETHING THEN.
LET'S, Y'ALL ARE GOING TO THE SIGN.
I JUST SAY I, WHAT AN AMAZING PRIVILEGE IT IS TO BE ON THE BOARD AND BE SERVED ON THIS BOARD.
AND I NEVER KNEW I'M A 40 YEAR COMMUNITY WH ACTIVIST OUT IN THE
WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET ON THIS BOARD, YOU'VE GOT A, A POSSIBILITY OF MAKING A, A POLICY CHANGES AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
AND THAT WAS THE GREAT REVELATION TO ME THAT, LIKE, I'VE BEEN ON OTHER BOARDS, BUT THIS BOARD AND WHAT A PRIVILEGE, WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AMONG ALL OF YOU INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AND THEIR STAFF.
I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, VERY, IT IS LIKE CIRCLE OF LIFE THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON, BUT IT JUST TURNED OUT THE SEPTEMBER 25TH, MY LAST DAY ON THE BOARD WAS THE DAY WE CLOSED ON OUR HOUSE IN DALLAS FOR AFTER 41 YEARS TO MOVE TO COLORADO WHERE OUR GRANDKIDS ARE AND OUR CHILDREN.
UH, AND THAT WAS, UH, IT SEEMED PERFECT.
IT SEEMED LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS MEANT TO BE.
AND THEN I COME BACK FOR THIS.
AND JUST YESTERDAY WE HAD A GREAT VICTORY FOR PARKS, UM, JUSTIN, YEAH.
BOSTON GOLF COURSE AND TENNIS CENTER.
WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING TO HAVE NOT THEY, THAT APPLICATION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KINO AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT.
WE, WE ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT GONNA OPEN FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS 'CAUSE IT WAS DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, BUT IT WAS A HUGE VICTORY.
IT'S LIKE A CIRCULAR PERFECT THING.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANKS TO OMAR VIS WHO
AND TO LAURA, JUST HIS SUCCESSOR AND ALL KIND OF CHIEF OF STAFF.
SO I FEEL LIKE, AND WITH ADAM ON THE BOARD, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S ALL PERFECT, EVERYBODY FOR I JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HOLD NOT CRACKING UP
I SAY IT HAS BEEN THE HONOR OF MY YOUNG CAREER TO SERVE ON THE PARK BOARD FOR SEVEN YEARS.
I TO WORK FOR TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
EITHER ONE OF 'EM COULD HAVE FIRED ME AND THEY LET ME STICK AROUND.
AND SOMETIMES I WAS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER HERE.
BUT EVERYBODY SHOWED ME GREAT RESPECT.
IT TOOK ME YEARS TO REALLY SPEAK, BUT WHEN I DID, I WAS ABLE TO DO SO WITH MY CHEST BECAUSE I HAD FRIENDS ON THIS BOARD, EVEN WHEN WE DIDN'T AGREE.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY, BUT LET ME JUST CONTINUE TO URGE THIS BOARD.
UH, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT MS. FORD HAS THOUGHT ABOUT AS ONE AS EVERYBODY SHOULD GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY EXCITED FOR WHAT THIS BOARD IS GOING TO DO AND THE WAY WE'RE GONNA LEAD.
WE GOT TO LEARN THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ANY OLD PARK SYSTEM.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE PARK COUNTRY, DARE I SAY, IN THE WORLD WORLD.
SO IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE DISTRICT FOUR, AND I ONLY WISH THE BEST FOR THIS BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND I'M DEFINITELY WITNESS IRON IN THE OFFICE.
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WELL, I SERVED, UM, SIX YEARS, SO I GUESS I'M THE THIRD AFTER, UH, UH, MR. DICKEY AND MR. HARRISON.
BUT, UM, AFTER HAVING SERVED IN MY COMMUNITY IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, LY WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THEN COMING INTO THE PARK SYSTEM, UH, IT WAS CERTAINLY AN EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE ABOUT HOW THE CITY WORKS AND HOW PARKS WORKS.
BUT YOU COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A NICER GROUP OF PEOPLE OR A MORE PASSIONATE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
IT'S BEEN A REAL PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH 'EM AND GET TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR ETHICS AND HOW THEY REALLY PUSH THINGS FORWARD.
AND I THINK WE CAN SAY THAT PARKS DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD ABOUT, AND THINGS ARE GOING WELL.
SO THAT'S BECAUSE OF OUR BOARD AND OUR STAFF.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR WORKING SO HARD FOR THAT.
UH, THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL PERSON FOR LETTING ME HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR SIX YEARS TO DO THE GOOD WORK.
UH, IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT FROM EVERYBODY INVOLVED, AND I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE SUPPORT OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND WORKING ON THE THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO OUR DISTRICT AND TO THE PARK BOARD AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
YOU OVERCOMING AN ISSUE WITH THE MIC? ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THEY MISSPOKEN CHANGE IT UP ON ME NOW.
I, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, I HAVE SERVED ON SEVERAL BOARDS HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT THIS PARTICULAR BOARD WAS A UNIQUE BOARD.
UH, IT WAS A BOARD THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE WORKED TOGETHER.
WE WERE ALL HERE FOR A COMMON GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, TAKE CARE OF, UH, ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I THINK THAT, UH, FOR THE TIME THAT I WAS HERE, UH, WE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT.
UM, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, I AM SURPRISED MYSELF, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IS FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF ALL OF YOU AND US WORKING TOGETHER.
I THINK IT'S FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT ATHWAL.
I THINK IT'S FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF, UH, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, JOHN JENKINS.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT WE JUST LEANED ON EACH OTHER AND MADE IT HAPPEN.
SO I AM, UH, VERY THANKFUL AND GLAD TO BE HERE AGAIN WITH YOU ALL TODAY.
AND I WISH YOU THE BEST GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME THAT I SERVED.
AGAIN, WE WOULD SAY A PLEASANT DAY.
BUT, UH, I THINK THEY WILL INSPIRE US TO, WE FOLLOW THE GOOD ABOUT HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU.
TELL, TELL SOMEBODY THEY'RE TELLING THEM PROBLEM.
MR. SLAUGHTER HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.
HE HAS SOME REVELATION TO MAKE ABOUT YOU.
MR. SLAUGHTER, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, UH, UH, MOST BOARD, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON THE BOARD AND YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE ON BOARD WITH.
GLEN, UH, HARRISON, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU, DAD AND I.
I MEAN, YOU'VE DONE SO LOT OF STUNNING THINGS.
BUT WHAT REALLY MAKES THIS SO GREAT, UM, YOU REALLY, THERE'S TWO THINGS.
I KNOW THERE IS A GOD AND THERE'S NOT ME.
AND THERE WAS A REASON FOR, AND JIM DICKEY, YOU KNOW, AND THE BOARD, I ALWAYS CALL HIM MY COLLEGE ROOMMATE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT A DECENT AND GENUINE HUMAN BEING.
AND NOT ONLY DID WE INTERACT IN THE BOARD, BUT YOU KNOW, WE TOOK ROAD TRIPS.
UH, WE DRUNK A LOT OF MARGARITAS TOGETHER,
AND IT IS SUCH A BLESSING, UH, KNOWING YOU.
AND PLEASE BELIEVE ME, IF YOU'RE RUNNING GAS, IF YOU NEED A BASEBALL BAT, YOU CAN'T CALL ME TOO EARLY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST NOT TALKING ON THE SIDE OF MY MOUTH.
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UH, YES, YES.UH, FOR ME, IT'S, UH, IT'S EASY TO CALL YOU GUYS FRIENDS, JUST 'CAUSE I HAVE A PERSONAL, UH, RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL YOU GUYS.
YOU JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE BOARD ACCEPTING ME AND TEACHING ME THE ROPES AND JUST, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHY YOU'RE ANSWERING MY PHONE IN TRYING TO BE PART OF WHAT WE DID TOGETHER.
I, WE GO THROUGH EVERYTHING WE DID THE LAST FEW YEARS TOGETHER, THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
BUT IT'S JUST AMAZING TO CALL YOU, BE ABLE TO CALL YOU FRIENDS AND THANK YOU, AND, AND STILL BE ABLE TO GET YOU TO ANSWER MY CALLS.
IT IS REALLY AMAZING WHEN I DO CALL YOU APPRECIATE IT.
BUT, BUT I WAS JUST, I, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT BEFORE YOU GUYS, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP, BUT IT'S HARD TO CALL THIS MAN THIS BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S SO MANY PART BOARD MEMBERS THAT COME BEFORE US, AND YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY OF OF, OF, OF THIS PARK BOARD.
'CAUSE IT'S BEEN AROUND CLOSE TO A HUNDRED YEARS OR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.
SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON IT.
AND YOU, HE STARTED, WE, EXCUSE ME.
AND YOU STARTED GOING THROUGH ALL THE WHOLE LIST OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT'VE BEEN ON HERE AND PARK'S NAME AFTER THEM.
RIGHT? BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ONE OF THE GREATEST PARK BOARD MEMBERS HERE THAT'S CHANGED, INNOVATED A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DID, YOU HAVE TO HAND IT OFF TO MR. TIM DICKEY LOT WORK HERE.
I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST TRANSITIONS, UH, WE'VE SEEN, UH, IN, IN THE PARK BOARD WHEN WE HAVE, UH, THESE FOUR MEMBERS.
PLUS LET'S NOT DISCOUNT MR. KITNER, MS. CALVERT, UH, COLLINS, BRATTON, MS. RICE, UH, WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP, THIS IS A, A VERY SUBSTANTIAL TRANSITION.
SO TIMES ARE, MAY A LITTLE ROUGH AS WE ALL TRANSITION INTO FILLING THESE ROLES, BUT ONE THING I WANNA, UH, JUST CALL OUT IS, UH, EACH OF YOU HAVE, HAVE JUST HAD POWERFUL VOICES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, MR. BLAIR, THE WAY YOU FIGHT FOR OAK CLIFF.
I THINK WE ALL NEED TO REPLICATE THAT FOR OUR OWN DISTRICTS.
DR. NEWMAN, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW YOU MENTOR YOUTH IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND I THINK THAT'S ADMIRABLE.
MS. HASANI, THE WAY YOU FIGHT FOR EAST DALLAS.
I WANNA FIGHT FOR EAST DALLAS.
AND MY MENTOR, MY UNCLE TIM BACK THERE, I, I, I GOTTA SAY IT.
UH, THE, THE, THE SITTING OVER THERE WITH YOU FOR ALL THOSE YEARS IN THAT SPOT, UH, BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE, SO MUCH I LEARNED FROM YOU.
ALL I CAN SAY IS, UH, WE'RE GONNA WALK IN YOUR SHADOWS, BUT NEVER FILL YOUR SHOES.
AND REALLY THANK YOU FOR ALL FOUR OF YOU.
UM, I, THERE'S NOT A LOT TO SAY OTHER THAN, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE.
AND THE ONE PASSION THAT WE ALL HAVE IS THAT WE CARE REGARDLESS OF OUR VIEWPOINTS.
WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE WE REPRESENT A CROSS SLICE OF THE ENTIRE CITY, AND PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
AND THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE, IS THAT WE HAVE THOSE PERSPECTIVES TO BRING TOGETHER.
BUT WE ALL GOT ALONG FOR THE GREATER GOOD, UM, OF OUR, UM, PARK SYSTEM AND WHAT A PARK SYSTEM WE HAVE.
AND AS, AS MUCH AS I WANNA GIVE, UM, THE PEOPLE CREDIT, MR. DICKEY, THANK YOU.
UM, THE FIRST THING MR. DICKEY DID WHEN I BECAME THE DISTRICT SEVEN PARK BOARD, HEY, I'VE GOT AN IDEA FOR THIS, UM, FAIR PARK FUNDING.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE TRANSFORMED, UM, NOT ONLY FAIR PARK, BUT JUST EVERYTHING HE FOUGHT FOR THE BATCH PLANTS AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT NOT CARE ABOUT OR THINK ABOUT.
MR. DICKEY DUG IN, DID THE RESEARCH AND, UH, REALLY PUT IT BEHIND IT.
SO WHEN WE ALL WERE SITTING THERE LISTENING, WE WERE WAITING FOR THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, MR. DICKEY, TO TELL US WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THEN ONCE WE HEARD FROM HIM, WE ALL FOUGHT WITH HIM.
SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING US ALONG ON THAT RIDE AND EDUCATING US ALONG THE WAY.
SO I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM EVERYBODY IN HERE.
UM, REGARDLESS OF IF WE AGREE, WE DISAGREE, I THINK WE ALL AGREE MORE THAN WE DISAGREE AND BE HONEST.
SO THANK YOU ALL AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, OUR NEXT ADVENTURE TOGETHER.
I'M SURE OUR PATHS WILL CROSS AGAIN AT SOME POINT IN LINE.
WELL, I WANNA SAY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, I, I CHECKED OUT A 600 PAGE BOOK FROM TONY, UM, PARKER, WHO WAS OUR SECRETARY AT THE TIME, AND, UM, WAS LIKE, I'M GONNA READ THIS.
UM, AND I WAS LIKE, HOW AM I GONNA TACKLE THIS? AND THEN I MET TO NIKKI AND I WAS LIKE, HERE YOU GO, TONY.
TIM, YOU HAVE BEEN A PLETHORA OF INFORMATION CREATIVELY HELPING ME.
UM, EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE, I AM TODAY IN THIS PARK BOARD IS BECAUSE OF YOU, UM, DELVING INTO THINGS, LOOKING AT THINGS.
UM, I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY THAT YOUR FAMILY NOW HAS YOU BACK
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED AS YOU EMBARK ON, I'M REALLY ENJOYING, UM, JUST LIFE AND FAMILY, UM, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE MISSED EVERY DAY.
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UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, AND GUIDANCE, UM, AND REALLY LOOKING AT THINGS AND BEING ABLE TO DEL WITH IT A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, UM, AND READING BETWEEN THE LINES AND, AND POLICIES AND, AND JUST REALLY LOOKING AT IT WITH THE A, A DIFFERENT EYE.UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT LEADERSHIP.
AND MARIA, OOH, I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU.
I, YOU, YOU, YOU TOOK THINGS AND, AND YOU REALLY, REALLY TOOK, BROKE 'EM DOWN, UM, AND YOU WERE DILIGENT.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DETAILS TO EVERYTHING.
UM, AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH HARRISON AS WELL.
UH, IT WAS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SIT NEXT TO YOU AND, AND HANG AND, AND TRAVEL AND, AND ALL THAT, AND DR. NEWMAN AS WELL.
YOUR TIME HERE DID NOT GO UNNOTICED, SO THANK YOU.
BUT I, I APPRECIATE ALL FOUR OF YOUR SERVICE.
UM, TIM, YOUR MENTORSHIP AND GUIDANCE ARE NONE I WON'T REPLACE.
WELL, THERE ISN'T MUCH LEFT THAT CAN BE SAID, BUT THERE'S ALSO NOT WORDS OF PRAISE TOO HIGH OR, OR TOO PROFOUND THAT SHOULDN'T BE LIVING TOWARDS ALL OF YOU.
I, INSTEAD OF PRAISING YOU, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE IN ALL OF YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND YOUR SERVICE.
UM, YOU KNOW, TIM WAS TALKING ABOUT THINGS COMING FULL CIRCLE.
THE FIRST YEAR OF TIM BEING ON THE PARK BOARD.
I WAS ON THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, A MUTUAL FRIEND INVITED US BOTH TO DINNER.
AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST CONVERSATION I HAD WITH TIM, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE ONES, UM, THAT WAS SO STEEPED IN, IN POLICY AND PASSION.
IT QUICKLY LEFT EVERYONE ELSE AT THE TABLE BEHIND.
UM, AND I JUST KNEW I HOW MUCH MORE I WANTED TO GET TO KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN.
AND I AM, AS FAR AS FULL CIRCLE, CIRCLE IS, I'M SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD WITH YOU FOR A YEAR WITH SUCH AN UNEXPECTED SURPRISE AND JOY AND HONOR, UM, AND MARIA TO BEEN ON THE ADMIN AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH YOU AND SEE YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE AND THE WAY THAT YOU, UM, ASK APPROPRIATE QUESTIONS AND, AND DEMAND APPROPRIATE ANSWERS.
HARRISON, SUCH TO JOY TO SIT NEXT TO YOU.
WE STILL NEED TO GET ON THOSE GOLF COURSES, MAYOR, AND LEARN HOW TO DO THOSE LINKS.
MAYBE BOTH CAN HELP US OUT WITH THAT.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE.
UM, SO AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND FOR BEING HERE TODAY, YOU KNOW, AND ALLOWING US TO HONOR YOU IN THIS WAY.
AND I, I WILL DEFINITELY KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ALL OF YOU AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AROUND.
AND TIM, THAT'LL BE IN DENVER.
'CAUSE I GOT A BROTHER GLIMPSE THERE, SO IT, GOOD MORNING.
AND TOM, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, SHOW GRATITUDE TO MY COMRADES AND COLLEAGUES ON THE PARK BOARD.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WE GOTTA SPEND, YOU KNOW, IN THESE MEETINGS AT THE RETREATS OR WHATEVER IT IS, EVEN IN BALTIMORE.
TEMP USUALLY GAVE HIM, UH, SOME BIG INFORMATION IN BALTIMORE.
I USE IT EVERY TIME I GO SOMEWHERE.
SO IN ALL, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL KNOW WERE ACCOMPLISHED, UM, WHILE SERVING ON THE PARK BOARD, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LIVES THAT WAS CHANGED FROM YOUNG PEOPLE AND EVERYONE IN OUR CITY THAT WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, EVERY DAY, BUT YOU ALL MADE DECISIONS WHILE SITTING IN SEATS AND GOT IMPLICATED.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND LOOK FORWARD TO CARRYING FORWARD THE MISSION AND ALSO HARRISON SITTING IN YOUR SEAT.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOU, BRO, AND ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT THAT ALWAYS EXISTS WITH YOU THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
SO I HOLD THAT UP WITH YOU, BILL APPRECI, YOU.
I, I, YES, ALL THIS SAID AND I'LL MY TO CONFESS INITIALLY.
I WANNA I WANNA THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE AT PARK BOARD, BUT ALWAYS IN, UH, FOR YOUR VOICE AT CITY HALL AND
I THINK I SAW YOU THE MOST
UH, ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR MWBE, WHICH IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE ON DIFFERENT THINGS NOW, BUT YOU KNOW, WE STILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF HERE KNOWS THAT AND WE FOCUS ON THAT AS WELL.
AND ALSO FOR OUR FRIENDSHIP, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN KNOWING EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME, SO THANK YOU.
UH, SO WE ALWAYS FOLLOW AND, AND WHEN SOMEONE FOOTSTEP, WHEN, WHEN WE, UH, TAKE ON A POSITION OR A JOB OR SOMETHING.
SO I HAD SOME ZIESS I HAD TO TAKE OVER FOR THE HONORABLE GREAT JOE MAY WHEN I FIRST WAS, UH, ELECTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
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FILL.UH, AND AFTER THAT, I HAD TO FOLLOW AFTER THE ON PAUL WERE DRAWN CITY COUNCIL.
SO SHE DID A LOT OF GREAT WORK.
UH, AND THEN WHEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ADE, UM, ASKED ME TO DO, YOU KNOW, ARTWORK, I, I, I WAS LIKE, I HAVE TO FOLLOW T I'M DONE, Y'ALL.
I WAS LIKE, AFTER PAULA, TIM DICKY, REALLY? YOU COULD ASK HIM TO THAT.
SO, UM, UH, ANOTHER REASON I JUST, ONE OF THE LAST BOARD THAT MY GRANDPA SAT ON, AND THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON AS WELL.
BUT, UM, I ALWAYS TOLD OMAR, I'M LIKE, YOU BETTER BE THAT FACE, YOU KNOW, ONCE I GOT TO KNOW YOU.
UM, BUT I WANNA THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID, ESPECIALLY WITH RIVER SHINE, THE BOW THAT WE HAD THERE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE BRIER BILL, THAT KINDA MUCH MONEY IT'S BROUGHT TO OUR CITY.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT IT TO US AND YOU SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
AND, UM, UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT ALSO ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IS THAT, UM, WHEN YOU WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY ON EVERY PROJECT, NO MATTER IF THEY'RE FROM WEST DALLAS, NORTHWEST DALLAS, UM, THE SKATE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THEY LOVE YOU TO BE ABLE TO, UH, GET THINGS DONE FOR THEM AND, AND NOT LET THEM DOWN.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD.
WE LOOK TO, AND, AND, AND WHEN WE'RE REPORTING PEOPLE AND, UH, UH, UH, NOMINATING PEOPLE TO THESE BOARDS BEFORE THEY CAN GET STUFF DONE.
AND YOU'VE OUTSHINED THE, UH, I SAY EVERYONE FOR THE WORK, YOU'VE DONE ALL THE MONEY, YOU'VE GONE TO OUR CITY.
UM, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT EXTRA TOILET PAPER IN YOUR CAR STILL,
HEY, I'LL KEEP THAT GOING, MA'AM.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND, UM, UH, DISTRICT DISTRICT'S GONNA BE OKAY.
AND I THINK YOU KNOW THAT, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE STILL GOT SOME INFO TO, TO, TO, TO GET ON BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK STILL TO DO THAT YOU DIDN'T FINISH.
OKAY, MR. JEN, TO QUOTE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, ON THE PLANE COMMISSION, I THINK EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID, BUT NOT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID BY EVERYBODY.
SO I'LL TRY AND AVOID REPETITION.
I JUST WANT TO THANK TIM DICKEY.
TIM, UH, I WON'T SAY HOW MANY DECADES AGO WE STARTED TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE BAUCHMAN LAKE AREA, BUT I, I KNEW WHEN I SAW THAT YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE PARK BOARD, THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THAT CAPACITY.
AND YOU'VE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AS EVERYONE SEEMS TO RECOGNIZE.
UM, MARIA, WHEN YOU WERE CHOSEN FOR THE PARK BOARD, I THOUGHT I KNEW PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THERE WAS TO KNOW ABOUT Y ROCK LAKE SITTING ON THIS SIDE OF THE HORSESHOE.
I HAD GOTTEN A RUDE AWAKENING
I THINK YOU'VE, UH, SET A HIGH STANDARD FOLLOW AS BEST I CAN AFTER THAT.
UH, MR. BLAIR, DR. NEWMAN, UH, YOU CAME INTO MY SCOPE LATE THE GAME, BUT I LEARNED A LOT FROM WATCHING YOU REPRESENT YOUR DISTRICTS.
AND I THINK YOU DISCHARGED YOURSELVES VERY WELL, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
GETTING ALL THIS MAKES YOU SO EMOTIONAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, I CAME ON THE POWERBOARD.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING HERE.
AND I REMEMBER TIM, I THINKING ONE OF THE, I THINK KELLY WAS SHARING THE MEETING AND SHE WAS TAKING OPINION OF EVERYONE.
AND I SAID, I'M GOING TO GIVE AN OPINION BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT.
I THOUGHT I'D BE LAUGHED AT AND YOU ENCOURAGED ME.
YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE RIGHT THING.
YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TO SAY FOR SICK OR SAY THINGS.
AND TRULY, AND TIM, I HAVE TO CONFESS, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, WHEN I TOOK THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER BECAME A GOOD FRIEND, COUNCIL MEMBER OMAR, AND I CALLED HIM ONE DAY.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU TELL TIM NOT TO BE THIS AGGRESSIVE IN THE MEETING? HE SAID, YOU LOVE IT,
AND REALLY WHAT YOU BROUGHT IN, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AMAZING PERSPECTIVE AND YOUR SERVICE, YOU KNOW, HERE.
AND THEN WHAT I SAW, WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE BLACK CHAMBER WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.
I, I KNOW YOU ALWAYS WERE RUSHED FOR TIME, BUT YOU ALWAYS FOUND TIME WHEN IT WAS NEEDED AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
BUT YEAH, I THINK WE SHARED SO MUCH IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE AND YOU BROUGHT, YOU BROUGHT THAT UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE REALLY NEED TO SO-CALLED BALANCE THE BUDGET, MAKE SURE WE ALLOCATE THE FUNDS.
NO ONE SPOKE ABOUT THAT BETTER THAN YOU.
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THAT'S REALLY, I ADMIRED IT 'CAUSE I BELIEVE THAT DR.WHEN WE WORKED FOR A SHORT WHILE, BUT AMAZING, I THINK THAT WE, WE ARE FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME, SO TRULY EMOTIONAL.
AND UH, TIM, I THINK I, I THINK I SEE YOU COMING BACK TO DALLAS IN FUTURE.
UH, AND THEN NOW I FORGOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR C AND LAURA
THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND SPENDING TIME SUPPORTING US.
OH, YOU NEED TO SPEAK, UH, THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES NOW.
UM, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.
ONLY ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL AND PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE PARK BOARD WILL BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY IN BOTH THE
I HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TODAY.
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND, UM, THE PARK BOARD.
MY NAME'S ADAM BASAL, AND I SERVE AS THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT SEVEN.
I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE DELAY OF THE EXECUTING AN AGREEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FAIR PARK COMMUNITY PARK.
WE, AS A CITY HAVE HISTORICALLY NEGLECTED NOT ONLY FAIR PARK, BUT ALSO THE NEIGHBORS THAT SURROUND THE GROUNDS.
IF WE CONTINUE TO DELAY THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN LIED TO AND TAKEN FOR GRANTED, WE ARE DOING THEM A DISSERVICE.
THE LAND NOW PROPOSED FOR THIS PARK WAS ONCE A NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES ONCE STOOD WHERE ASPHALT SITS TODAY, TAKEN THROUGH IMMINENT DOMAIN JUST TO MAKE WAY FOR A PARKING LOT.
WE CANNOT UNDO THE PAST, BUT WE CAN CORRECT IT.
BY TRANSFORMING THIS LAND INTO A COMMUNITY PARK, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN IT TO THE RESIDENTS IT ONCE SERVED, AND TO HONOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS DISPLACED.
I DO WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR CREATING THE COMMUNITY PARK IMPLEMENTATION TASK FORCE FOR DEFINING A FOCUSED SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND FOR GIVING THEM A CLEAR TIMEFRAME TO COMPLETE THIS WORK.
THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAITING FAR TOO LONG FOR THIS PARK.
HOWEVER, I DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE LACK OF CONSIDERATION SHOWN TO THE DISTRICT SEVEN PARK BOARD MEMBER.
AND TO ME AS THE ELECTED COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS COMMUNITY, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TO BE CONSULTED WHEN SELECTING TASK FORCE MEMBERS.
THE COMMUNITY PARK AT FAIR PARK REPRESENTS A FULLY VETTED, COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND TECHNICALLY SOUND INVESTMENT IN SOUTH DALLAS.
PLANNING IS COMPLETE, ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE, AND SUPPORT IS EXTREMELY BROAD.
THE PROJECT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THE COMMUNITY IS READY FOR IT, AND THEY DESERVE IT.
I AM PLANNING TO TAKE THIS ITEM FROM THE PARK BOARD'S PURVIEW AND BRING IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL TO DISCUSS.
I HAVE HEARD FROM PRIVATE DONORS AND STATE LEADERS THAT WE ARE AT RISK OF LOSING FUNDING IF WE DO NOT MOVE FORWARD.
THESE DELAY TACTICS MUST STOP AND WE MUST KEEP THE PROMISES THAT WE HAVE MADE TO THE SOUTH DALLAS COMMUNITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE FINDINGS OF THIS TASK FORCE AND HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY IN JANUARY TO GET THIS DONE AND DISCUSSED, UH, AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL.
UH, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MADAM SECRETARY.
UM, OH YEAH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. MCGANN, PRODUCER, SHE'S HERE.
DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE, RIGHT? YES.
NO, SHE'S, CAN WE GET MR. MCGANN'S MIC THROUGH THE ONE? YES.
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COOKING WITH GAS.UM, SO I'M, MAURICE IS THE NEW CENTER DIRECTOR AT THE T AUTOBOX CENTER.
SHE'S COME HERE TODAY TO INTRODUCE HERSELF.
I'M HAPPY TO READ OUT YOUR BIO UNLESS THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ARE ALREADY PLANNING ON SHARING.
OKAY,
IMAR AL RO IS A STRATEGIC CONSERVATION LEADER WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE DIRECTING INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS ACROSS URBAN AND NATIONAL LANDSCAPES.
HER CAREER SPANS STEWARDSHIP OF NATURE, PRESERVES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, LARGE SCALE GRANT LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH, ALL GROUNDED IN A DEEP COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
MOST RECENTLY, AICE SERVED AS A DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY AT THE HISPANIC ACCESS FOUNDATION, WHERE SHE LED A $25 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT INITIATIVE COLLABORATING WITH MUNICIPALITIES AND NONPROFITS ACROSS THE US AND PUERTO RICO.
HER WORK ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH COMPLEX FEDERAL REGULATIONS WHILE ADVANCING URBAN FORESTRY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
PREVIOUSLY, ELISE DIRECTED THE NORTH PARK VILLAGE NATURE CENTER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO OF 46 ACRE URBAN PRESERVE WITH CENTURY OIL FACILITIES SERVING OVER 75,000 ANNUAL VISITORS THERE.
SHE SPEARHEADED THE CENTER'S FIRST CONSERVATION EASEMENT, SECURED NEW FUNDING STREAMS, AND OVERSAW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE CITY, ALL WHILE DEEPENING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND ACCESS TO NATURE.
AICE BRINGS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN FUNDRAISING, USEFUL PARTNERSHIPS AND ADVISORY BOARD COLLABORATION, HER BACKGROUND AS A NATURALIST EDUCATOR AND CONSERVATIONIST, AND INFORMS HER HANDS ON APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP, PASSIONATE ABOUT BUILDING INCLUSIVE MISSION DRIVEN TEAMS, AND FOSTERING LONG TERM IMPACT WITH STRATEGIC VISION AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
SO I THINK YOU ALL CAN UNDERSTAND WHY AUDUBON TEXAS CHOSE TO HIRE HER TO LEAD THE TRI AUDUBON CENTER.
AND, UM, I'M EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.
AND I'LL, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TORE TO SAY HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
UM, I CAME ON SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO HEAR, UM, ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUNDS AND FASHION.
UM, I JUST MOVED, I'M FROM CHICAGO ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
HAVE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH, UM, TEXAS FOR SOME OF MY GRANTS, BUT WHERE I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE IN DALLAS.
UM, LOVE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
UM, SO AS THE NEWS CENTER DIRECTOR FOR TRINITY, TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER, I THINK IT'S A GREAT, UM, MODEL OF PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS, UH, CITY AND PARKS AND REC.
I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU A TOUR AND GO ON A BIRD WALK.
UM, BUT JUST REALLY EXCITED TO THINK ABOUT THE VISION AND FUTURE AND ALSO COLLABORATION.
WANNA GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PARKS.
I'M A PARKS AND REC, UM, CERTIFIED PARKS AND REC PROFESSIONAL AND JUST REALLY FEEL LIKE I'M AT HOME WITH, UM, IN THIS ROOM AND ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
SO PLEASE, UM, CHAT WITH ME AND, AND REACH OUT.
SHOW ME, UM, SOME OF THE PARKS IN, IN DALLAS.
OKAY, AND SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS A VIRTUAL SPEAKER, OLIVIA BEDDEN COURT.
I'M NOT SURE THAT SHE'S JOINED US, OLIVIA.
AND THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ERIC KING.
UH, AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS AL C MR. CHAIRMAN.
CI LIVE IN DALLAS IN DISTRICT NINE.
WHEN WE LAST LEFT OFF MY LAST PRESENTATION, BRITAIN WAS IN DANGER OF BEING INVADED ACROSS THE CHANNEL BY NAZI JOURNAL.
ONE OF THEIR PREPARATIONS WAS TO TAKE DOWN ALL THE STREET SIGNS, THINKING THAT INVADING ARMY HAS DIFFICULTY GETTING TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE WHEN IT DOESN'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.
PAUL BLACKMAN STUDENT IN HISTORY REALIZED THERE WERE NO STREET SIGNS ON WHITE ROCK LAKE TO TELL US WHERE YOU ARE.
OF COURSE, IT'S A LEG, BUT NO ONE HAD LOOKED AT REALLY WHAT HAPPENS ON THE SURFACE OF THE LEG.
NOW IT IS EASY TO THINK, WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S A DISTRICT NINE ISSUE, BUT REALLY IT'S AN ISSUE FOR ALL OF DOWNS.
ALL OF YOU ARE INVOLVED BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY THE ROWING PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE EVEN OF GREATER ENGINE THAN THEY ARE FOR GENERATING COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG ATHLETES, PARTICULARLY YOUNG WOMEN.
AND THIS AFFECTS PEOPLE, THE FUTURES PEOPLE
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IN ALL YOUR DISTRICTS.NOW, I'M A HISTORY BUFF AND IT'S BEEN FASCINATING FOR ME TO DIG INTO THE HISTORY OF WHITE ROCK LAKE IN THE 1920S.
THERE WERE NO CLUBS IN THE 1930S.
THERE WAS ONE CLUB, DALLAS SALEM CLUB, WHICH BECAME VERY POPULAR, MATURED AND DIED.
THE MESSAGE HERE IS CLUBS COME AND GO A HUNDRED YEARS LATER, THERE ARE NOW 11 ENTITIES.
I WAS HONESTLY SURPRISED, AND I'VE BEEN SAILING ON A WHITE ROCK LAKE FOR 40 YEARS AT THAT NUMBER.
11 ENTITIES OPERATING ON THE WATER.
IT'S EASY TO COUNT THE BIG FOUR, THE TWO SAILING CLUBS, THE TWO ROOM CLUBS.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, ONE OF THOSE ROW CLUBS IS SUCH A LARGE FACILITY THAT IT LEASES SPACE TO THREE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE ON THE LAKE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND HOW MUCH RAIN FINANCIAL ANALYST, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE CITY'S GETTING A SHARE OF THAT LEASE REVENUE.
THEY GET IT FROM THE FILTER BUILDING, THEY GET IT FROM THE BOOMERANG.
NOW WE ARE, AS MY TEAM WORKS TO PRODUCE A WHITE PAPER OF ALL THE WATER ACTIVITY AND NOW TO BEST MONEY ENCOUNTERING DELAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO PLENTY TIME, EXTEND SOME TIME AND EXTEND BY ONE MINUTE HERE.
OKAY, BY ONE MINUTE FROM THE LAST TIME.
NOW, WE ASKED TO INCLUDE ALL THE CLUBS.
WE ASKED FOR A SURVEY OF A W ENTITIES FORUM, TURN 'EM RIGHT IN.
THEY ALL HAPPENED TO BE IN THE WHITE ROCK BOATHOUSE.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A TOXIC CULTURE THERE WHERE THEY'RE, THEY CAN'T ENGAGE ON SAFETY WHEN ONE OF THE YOUNG COACHES TOLD 'EM, FEEL LIKE IT.
YOU'VE GOT FOUR OR EIGHT PEOPLE ALL SITTING FACING THIS WAY, ALL TRYING TO GO THAT WAY AS FAST AS THEY CAN, NOT LOOKING WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
THAT'S A RECIPE THAT NEEDS SAFETY.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE VISITING THE CLUBS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE HELP OF RYAN O'CONNOR TO GET A CITY STAFFER TO GO WITH US.
WE'LL HAVE A REPORT HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER IF WE CAN OVERCOME THESE DELAYS.
I WOULD APPRECIATE, UH, 15 MINUTES WITH THE CHAIRMAN, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, WHAT IS YOUR TIME? WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE SCENE PRESIDENT.
WE MOVE MEETINGS OF NOVEMBER 20TH AND DECEMBER 4TH TO
UH, FAIR CONCESSION AND THE CITY MOTION.
MR. GOLDSTEIN, I A SECOND MR. BOARD DISCUSSION.
SO MR. UH, UH, YES, WE CAN GET, UM, MR. CO ABOUT AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE TO DETAILS ABOUT THE FAIR PART AND HOW IT'S GONNA WORK.
I, I, I KNOW WE GOT THIS MEMO AND ON THE THIRD PARAGRAPH, LAST TWO SENTENCES, IT SAID, WHEN WE RECEIVE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF DEBT REVENUES AS WELL AS GUARANTEED REVENUES OF 600,000, THE REVENUE EXCEEDS THE GUARANTEE.
THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE TO THE CONCESSIONAIRE OF 8%.
COULD YOU JUST GO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS? AND, AND, AND THIS IS JUST A ALSO, IS THIS JUST A ONE YEAR DEAL OR IS THERE MULTIPLE YEARS STACKED AFTER THIS? YES, SIR.
UH, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO THERE WAS A ROBUST DISCUSSION THIS MORNING AT THE ADMIN AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO LET ME PROVIDE, UM, A LITTLE INFORMATION THAT'LL HOPEFULLY SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE DISCUSSION.
SO THIS PROCESS ABSOLUTELY USED A CITY OF DALLAS PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
IT WAS A BIT NON-TRADITIONAL, BUT IT IS AN EXISTING PROCESS THAT THE CITY UTILIZES FROM TIME TO TIME.
IT WAS VETTED THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT OFFICE AS WELL AS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THINKING ABOUT THE ITEM.
AND IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD CHAIR, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE EXPENSE, UM, PROTECTION.
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SO IN THE CONTRACT, WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVIEW ALL EVENT DATA THAT WILL SHOW, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPLIER COSTS, ET CETERA.AND THAT LANGUAGE WILL BE IN THE CONTRACT SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT BEING GOUGED, NOT BEING EXPENSE.
UM, THE REASON THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS MODEL IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE HISTORIC DATA.
THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT WE HAD FROM THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR WAS TOP LINE REVENUE.
SO THAT IS THE REASON THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS MANAGEMENT FEE MODEL IN A SHORT TERM, UH, CONTRACT.
THE INTENT HERE IS TO GET THAT BASELINE DATA, UH, FROM A LEGITIMATE POINT OF SALE SYSTEM THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE FOR A LONG-TERM PROCUREMENT.
AND WHEN I SAY LONG-TERM, I MEAN THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
SO THIS IS VERY MUCH A STOP GAP.
THIS IS AN INTERIM STEP AND A SIMILAR, UH, IN A SIMILAR WAY THAT WE'RE USING, UH, SHORT TERM JANITORIAL, CONTRACT SECURITY, ET CETERA.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE CONTRACT WILL HAVE A TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE PROVISION IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING JUST ISN'T WORKING.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT FOR CONVENIENCE.
UM, AND LAST I WANT TO SAY THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT MODEL, WE WILL BE RECEIVING 100% OF NET, UH, REVENUES.
AND THIS WILL VERY MUCH BE, UM, A REVENUE GENERATING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PARK, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE IS A MANAGEMENT FEE THAT WILL BE PAID TO THE, UH, F AND B PROVIDER.
SO I HOPE THAT KIND OF, UH, AT A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARIZES, UM, SOME OF THE POTENTIAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
MR. WETA, DID THAT ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY? UH, WHAT WAS THE FEE AGAIN FOR THE MANAGEMENT FEE? IS THAT 200,003 YEAR? THIS IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH A ONE YEAR OPTION WITH THE CANCELLATION PROVISION, RIGHT? WITH THE TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE CLAUSE? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND SO, AND SO DURING THIS ONE YEAR PROCESS, WE ARE GONNA START RE REFORMULATING THE, THE ORIGINAL PLAN, YOU KNOW, GO TO THE LONG TERM FIVE YEAR.
NOT JUST WITH THEM, BUT IT'D BE OPEN TO THE, FOR BIDDERS.
IT, IT WILL BE A TRADITIONAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL.
BUT THE KEY HERE IS WE HAVE TO OBTAIN SOME DATA THAT WE CAN BAKE INTO THE PROCUREMENT SO THAT FOLKS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING THEMSELVES INTO AND THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A REVENUE SHARE CONTRACT, WHICH IS SOMETHING I'M GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN PURSUING FOR THAT LONG TERM PROCUREMENT.
BUT UNTIL WE HAVE THAT DATA OFF OF A POINT OF SALE SYSTEM, IT'S DIFFICULT TO, UM, TO STRUCTURE A CONTRACT IN THAT WAY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE, THE, THE MANAGEMENT, THE TWO MANAGEMENT TEAMS THAT WE HAD OUT THERE DID A POOR JOB OF GIVING US INFORMATION.
SO NOW JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, NOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND TRY TO BUILD THAT INFORMATION DATA.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS ONE YEAR CONTRACT IS, IS KIND OF NEEDED JUST 'CAUSE WE ARE NOT GETTING, WE WEREN'T GIVEN THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO FROM BOTH ENTITIES THAT WERE RUNNING FAIR PARK.
WE'RE AT FOR ONE YEAR AT LEAST.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, WHEN THIS, WHEN WE RECEIVED THIS, UH, THIS MORNING, I WAS LIKE AT MY SPURS LOCKED IN THAT I WAS AGAINST THIS BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, I SAW THIS $400 THAT WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE HOW WE GIVE SOMEBODY WHEN WE NEED MONEY.
WHY WOULD WE GIVE SOMEBODY $400,000 TO TAKE OVER OUR PROPERTY AND KNOW IT'S GONNA BE BENEFICIAL TO THEM? BUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING YOUR SPURS STUCK IN AND, AND NOT REALIZING, UH, AND USING COMMON SENSE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO ON THE BOARD.
FIRST OF ALL, I PUT AT EASE ON THE PROCESS AND ALSO ABOUT THE MENT THAT WE'RE IN.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A SUCCESSION, HAVE ALL THESE ACTIVITIES AT THE COTTON BOWL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND IT COMES A, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN EGG ON OUR FACE AND WE KEEP SCREAMING FROM THE, UH, CITY MANAGERS OR OUR DIRECTORS THAT WE NEED SOME TYPE OF REVENUE SHARING.
SO I WAS CONVINCED, AND ALSO ABOUT WHEN YOU SEE THIS IS MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, UH, WHO'S ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN THIS? IS IT THE SAME? OH, GOOD OLD BOY DEAL AND WE PICK SOMEBODY AND THEY GET THE CONTRACT.
AND, UH, CONTRARY TO BELIEVE, I AM SO PRO STAFF, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN RYAN IS LEADING SOMETHING.
BUT I WAS STILL STUCK ON AN ISSUE.
WHY ARE WE GIVING SOMEBODY 400,000? BUT CLEARLY, CLEARLY I UNDERSTAND
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THAT NOW.AND IF IT'S ONLY GONNA BE A ONE YEAR, AND WE WERE LEFT IN SUCH A PREDICAMENT FOR O OB G 360, NOT GETTING, AND YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THIS IS NOT IN A CAVEMAN DAYS.
WE NEED DATA THAT'S NOT OUR TRAILS TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
AND THIS IS ONLY GOING TO HELP US GET TO A NORMAL, UH, PROCESS WHERE WE CAN GET A LONG TERM, UH, CONCESSION OUT THERE.
SO I TOOK MY SPURS OUT AND, UH, WE, WE PASSED IT.
THIS IS NOT I, MR. GOLDSTEIN? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE IT WAS, UM, A ROBUST DISCUSSION ACT COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THANK YOU RYAN, FOR EXPLAINING IN DETAIL TO THE FULL BOARD.
UM, THERE IS A LEVEL OF URGENCY WE'RE CLEANING UP.
WE ALL KNOW WE'RE CLEAN UP MESS AT FAIR MARK, AND THERE'S GONNA NEED TO BE A STAFF HAS BEEN CLEARED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
THERE'S GONNA NEED TO BE SOME STOP GAPS.
THIS IS, I THINK, BEST CASE SCENARIO GIVEN THE TIMING.
UM, THERE WAS A PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR IT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE LONG TERM SOLUTION IS, WHETHER IT'S THIS ENTITY OR ANOTHER ONE.
SO I THINK WE ALL GOT COMFORTABLE THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE DISCUSSION AND THE COMMITTEE THIS MORNING AND OUR PROCESS WORKED AND, UM, JUST WANNA ENSURE THAT IT'S EXPLAINED THOROUGHLY TO COUNCIL AS WELL WHEN IT GETS TO, TO THEIR LEVEL NEXT MONTH.
MS.
SO WE WILL USE A TRADITIONAL, UH, PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT IS, UH, MANAGED BY THE OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT.
SO, UM, IT WILL BE TRADITIONAL IN THE SENSE THAT THERE WILL BE A BROAD, UH, NET THAT IS CAST TO ALL POTENTIAL PROPOSERS IN THAT BUSINESS.
UM, I'M ANTICIPATING THAT THIS WOULD BE A THREE TO FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, UM, AND IT WILL BE MANAGED IN A WAY THAT ALL OTHER TRADITIONAL PROCUREMENTS ARE.
UM, THERE'S A, AN ADVERTISEMENT PERIOD, UH, THERE IS A, UH, RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS.
THEY ARE EVALUATED BY A, UH, STAFF COMMITTEE, NOT JUST FROM THIS DEPARTMENT, BUT FOR MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
UH, PROCUREMENT WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE WOULD BRING FORWARD TO PARK BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO, UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT IS A RELATIVELY LENGTHY PROCESS AT TIMES.
UM, WE WILL CERTAINLY MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO, UM, IMPLORE UPON PROCUREMENT, UH, THE, UM, THE URGENCY AND THE, UM, THE CONCERN THAT WE HAVE ABOUT A LENGTHY PROCUREMENT WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.
SO WE WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THAT TIMEFRAME IS COMPRESSED WITH THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, POSSIBLE, BUT NOT MISSING ANY OF THE KEYS STEPS, UM, IN THAT PROCESS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THERE IS A, UH, A GREAT DESIRE, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THINGS ARE DONE FAIRLY AND RESPONSIBLY.
AND SO, AS MR. GOLDSTEIN JUST DESCRIBED, WE ARE VERY MUCH IN THE STOP GAP, UH, POINT IN TIME STILL WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SERVICES IN PLACE AT FAIR PARK SO WE CAN OPERATE IT LIKE A BUSINESS TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE AND MAXIMIZE THOSE REVENUES.
BUT WE WANNA BE VERY INTENTIONAL AND VERY CAREFUL WHEN WE GET TO THE, THE LONGER FULL BLOWN CONTRACTS THEY'RE DONE IN A WAY THAT EVERYONE'S COMFORTABLE WITH.
RYAN, CAN YOU ALSO JUST REALLY QUICKLY DESCRIBE WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR, UM, THEIR, WHAT THEY OVERSEE? IS IT A STATE FAIR? YES.
WHAT IT, SO THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONTRACT WILL BE APPLICABLE TO ALL THE FACILITIES THAT WE MANAGE.
SO WHAT THAT WOULD EXCLUDE ARE THE FACILITIES THAT HAVE EITHER MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS, LEASES, SO THOSE WILL BE CONTINUED TO BE MANAGED IN A WAY THAT'S DRIVEN BY THEIR CONTRACTS, WHICH GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS AROUND THEIR CONCESSION CONTRACTS.
SO, UM, IT'S THE EXHIBIT HALLS, IT'S THE COTTON BOWL, IT'S THE COLISEUM, IT'S FOOD AND FIBER AND MARKET.
ALL THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR, UH, RENTAL WILL BE THE FACILITIES THAT ARE, UM, UH, REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THIS CONTRACT.
MR. JOHN, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
AM I RIGHT THIS, THAT THEREFORE WOULD INCLUDE EVENTS AT THE COTTON BOWL, BUT WOULD EXCLUDE THE STATE FAIR? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THE STATE FAIR WINDOW IS A, A UNIQUE ANIMAL IF IT WILL.
UM, HISTORY IS SHOWN THAT THE STATE FAIR CONTRACTS
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WITH THE ENTITY THAT THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH, SO THAT THERE IS, UM, SOME CONTINUITY THERE FROM AN EQUIPMENT AND POINT OF SALE PERSPECTIVE.UH, BUT THAT IS A, A, A SEPARATE OPERATION.
WHAT ABOUT COTTON BOWL EVENTS DURING THE STATE FAIR? ALL ON THE CONVAL SIDE OR ON THE STATE FAIR? SO, SO ANYTHING WITHIN THE, THE STATE FAIR WINDOW THAT WE REFER TO IT AS IS MANAGED BY THE STATE FAIR.
SO THAT'S THE 24 DAYS OF THE FAIR, THE 45 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE FAIR AND THE 30 DAYS AFTER THE FAIR.
AND UH, IN TERMS OF THE PAYMENT OF THE NET REVENUES TO THE CITY, HOW FREQUENTLY IS THAT SCHEDULED? DETERMINED? THEY TYPICALLY DO IT BY EVENT.
SO AFTER AN EVENT OCCURS, THERE'S A RECONCILIATION PROCESS AND A CHECK IS CUT A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER THE EVENT OCCURS.
AND I GATHER ONE OF OUR HOPES AND DREAMS FOR FAIR PARK IS THAT WE EVENTUALLY HAVE SOME FUNCTIONS THAT ARE GOING ON YEAR ROUND OR NEARLY YEAR ROUND AND NOT ON AN EVENT BY EVENT BASIS.
SO I ASSUME EACH OF THOSE MANY EVENTS WOULD BE A TRIGGERING.
THIS WEEKEND WE BROUGHT IN 500 GRAND AND SPENT 400 GRAND AND HERE'S YOUR CHECK FOR A HUNDRED.
AND SO USING AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON THIS WEEKEND IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, TO UTILIZE THIS REVENUE OPPORTUNITY, BUT WE HAVE, UH, THREE EVENTS, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT EVENTS GOING ON AT FAIR PARK ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
WE'VE GOT A FOOTBALL GAME, UH, WE'VE GOT A ROBOTICS EXHIBITION AT THE COLISEUM, AND THEN WE HAVE A BROADWAY SHOW.
SO YOUR, UH, THE INTENT IS TO, UH, HAVE MANY, MANY OPPORTUNITIES EVERY SINGLE DAY AND EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND THAT ARE, UH, REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAIR MARKET.
THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE YES, SIR.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT AND THEY HAVE A SEPARATE FE CONCESSION HERE.
I ALREADY COVERED ALL MY QUESTIONS.
OH, NO, I ASKED, I ALSO REQUESTED THE, A DETAILED REPORT, LIKE AFTER EACH EVENT.
I THINK THAT'S, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
I EVEN SAID LIKE HOW MANY PLATFORMS AND SOLD HOW MANY, THAT WAY WE KIND OF GET AN IDEA AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YEAH.
MR. PANO, UH, BROUGHT UP A VERY GOOD POINT THAT I FAILED TO BRING UP A COMMITTEE, WHICH IS LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING, UM, ON GUARD ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WHICH IS ALSO A CONCERN OF OUR, OUR BOARD PRESIDENT.
SO WE WILL ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.
WE WILL GET A VERY THOROUGH RECONCILIATION AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH EVENT, PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE EXPENSES.
BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T HAVE HAPPEN IS OUR, UH, REVENUE OPPORTUNITY EATEN INTO BY UNREASONABLE EXPENSES ON THE SUPPLIER SIDE.
THE ONE THING THAT I THINK IS GOOD ABOUT THIS ONE YEAR, POSSIBLY EXTENDED TO TWO YEARS IS IT KEEPS US AT THE TABLE DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS AND, UM, IF THERE'S EXCEPTIONS OF PEOPLE WANNA BUY OUT AND DO THEIR OWN F AND B, WE'RE AT THE TABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE WE'RE, THEY'RE JUST RUNNING THIS FOR US BECAUSE OF THE AGREEMENT AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO SELL MORE AND BE MORE, BECAUSE ONCE THEY HIT A CERTAIN THRESHOLD THAT, WHAT IS IT, $800,000, UM, WHICH WOULD HAVE ALREADY NET US A HALF A MILLION ON TOP OF OUR $200,000 THAT WE'RE PAYING, THEY ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, THEN THAT'S WHEN THEIR, UM, EXTRA COMMISSION OR BONUS KICKS IN.
SO IT'S, IT BEHOOVES THE OPERATOR, UM, THAT'S RUNNING IT FOR US TO ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHEN THEIR, THEIR EXTRAS WAS THOUGHT TO KICK IN.
MR. MS. RYAN, CAN YOU TELL ME WHO WILL BE OVERSEEING, LIKE THE ACCOUNTABILITY? SURE.
SO THIS CONTRACT WILL BE MANAGED BY THE FAIR PARK STAFF.
SO ULTIMATELY BRETT BULK, HE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE, BUT HE HAS DEDICATED CONTRACT COMPLIANCE STAFF AND EVENT STAFF THAT WILL DO THIS RECONCILIATION.
HE HAD JURY DUTY TODAY, OTHERWISE HE WOULD'VE BEEN SITTING, UH, RIGHT HERE BESIDE ME.
NO, I JUST, AND ATTORNEY SAID WHAT WE ARE DOING IS TOO MANY QUESTIONS, BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT.
SO SHE GAVE ME SOME NOW LAST ONE.
I THINK I'LL, SO, AND MR. CONNOR, WE TALKED, UH, ABOUT THIS BEFORE IT CAME, SO THANKS FOR CLARIFYING A LOT OF IT.
ONE THING I THINK I WANT MORE TO KNOW,
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UH, IN THE CONTRACT OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE, UH, FIRM, UH, UH, FIRM GRIP OF THE EXPENSES BECAUSE THAT'S ONE PLACE I THINK, UM, WE FAILED AS A CITY IN OVG AND WE ARE LEARNING FROM THERE.SO THE EXPENSES WILL BE VERY TRANSPARENT TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT WHAT WAS SPENT AND, UH, WHAT IS
LET'S ASSUME WE DON'T HIRE THEM.
WE PUT OUR OWN CONCESSIONS AND WE PUT OUR OWN POS SYSTEM AND ALL.
SO THIS IS WHERE SOMEONE WHO IS AN EXPERT WHO BRINGING IN WILL HAVE A SYSTEM.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT EXACT COST IS, BUT CITI IS NOT GONNA DO THAT.
SO, SO BRINGING SOMEONE WHO HAS A TRACK RECORD, WHO IS GOING TO DO THAT, AND THE REVENUE IMPORTANT THING IS HOW DO WE MONITOR ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS WEEKEND YOU GOT TWO EVENTS, WHICH CAME IN THE MATTER OF A WEEK BECAUSE OF THE PLAYOFFS AND ALL, HOW QUICK THEY CAN REACT IF ASSUME THIS CONTRACT WAS IN PLACE, WOULD THEY HAVE OPENED ALL THE CONCESSIONS THIS WEEKEND? SO THEY, YES.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE CAPABILITIES OF THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR, THEY ARE ABLE TO BE VERY REACTIVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE STAFF AND THE METROPLEX THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO QUICKLY MOBILIZE, UM, FOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT KIND OF COME ON THE FLY.
AND FOR $200,000, WHAT ARE WE GETTING? ARE WE PAYING FOR ANY EXTRAS, ANY STAFF HOURS? ANY S ANY ANYTHING ADDED BESIDES THE, OR WHAT ROLE DO WE GET FOR 200? SO 200,000 IS THEIR MANAGEMENT FEE, WHICH INCLUDES THEM BRINGING THEIR OWN POINT OF SALE SYSTEM, UM, TO THE, TO THE PROJECT.
AND AS SOME OF US KNOW, UM, IF WE WERE TO HAVE TO ACQUIRE THAT ON OUR OWN, THAT'S A, A VERY SIZABLE CAPITAL EXPENSE THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE BUDGETED.
SO IT'S A, IT IS A TURNKEY SERVICE.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING RISKS.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S A MANAGEMENT FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
AND AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, WE GIVE 100% OF THE NET REVENUES.
AND, UH, WHAT ABOUT THE LABOR? UH, I, THOSE CONCESSIONS AS PART OF THIS? SO AFTER THEY DO THE EVENT CONS, RECONCILIATION, THOSE ALL EXPENSES WILL BE, UH, CALCULATED, SO THAT WILL GO FROM THE EXPENSES? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO 200,000 IS JUST TO BRING THAT EXPERTISE THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT.
AND POINT THE COST, WHICH INCURS WILL GO FROM THE PROFITS? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO FROM THE GROSS PROFITS FROM THE GROSS, YES, SIR.
UM, HAVING SENT THAT, GIVEN I THINK THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROTECTIONS WE HAVE IN PLACE TO TERMINATE IT FOR CONVENIENCE AND PARTNERS TODAY, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP WE HAVE TO TAKE.
THIS WEEKEND WE COULD HAVE, UH, CITY PARK, COULD HAVE, A PARK DEPARTMENT COULD HAVE MADE, I WOULD SAY, UH, MULTIPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO, SO WE NEED TO PUT THIS IN PLACE WITH THAT.
UM, AND, UH, NO MORE QUESTIONS.
SO THANK YOU MR.
ONE THING FOR SURE, YOU KNOW, NOW THIS BOARD IS LOOKING AT THESE, YOUR WORK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THIS BOARD IS VERY INTELLIGENT, SO WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU BRING.
THAT WE COULD DO OUR
CAN I, IF SOMEONE HAS ANY COMMENTS ON THE, UM, WE HAVE PASSED, UH, TWO OF THOSE CONSENT AGENT, BUT SEEMS LIKE SOME BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO TALK ABOUT NUMBER TWO AGAIN.
SO, CAN I OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION? YES, YOU CAN.
YEAH, SO WELCOME IF ANYONE WANTS TO TALK ON, OKAY.
WE HAVE ASKED, UH, CONSTANT AGENT ITEM NUMBER ONE, FAIR PARK THAT IS PASSED, APPROVED, READY TO GO.
ANY COMMENTS ON, UH, WHOLE CITY PARK? YOU CAN CREATE A NEW MOTION FOR TWO.
SO LET'S CREATE A AND THEN DISCUSSION CITY PARK.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MS. AL, SECONDED BY MR. SLAUGHTER.
ANY DISCUSSION? OH, YEAH, MS. AL, NO, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO, SWA IS THE, UM, AS WELL WHO WE JUST AWARDED THIS TO.
UM, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT THERE ON AT, FOR ADULT CITY PARK FOR A VERY LONG TIME IN REGARDS TO THE PLATING AND THE ASSESSMENTS.
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UM, AND SO THEY'RE REALLY WELL VERSED IN WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.UM, WE ARE GONNA BE MAKING, WE WILL HAVE A TASK FORCE, UM, OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY.
UM, IT'S THE OLD CITY PARK IS A COMMUNITY PARK, SO WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO WILL COME TOGETHER FOR TASK FORCE TO REALLY LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO, UM, FOR THE LIFELINE OF WHAT OLD CITY PARK WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT PHASES.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UM, RYAN AND TEAM, UM, AND STEVE AND ALL THE GUYS OUT THERE, AND PEOPLE, HUMANS,
OLD CITY PARK DESERVES ALL THE LOVE.
SO, AS WE HAVE OUR TEAM HERE BEFORE US, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON OUR YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM.
UM, SOME OF YOU WERE HERE LAST YEAR, WE SET SOME GOALS, AND SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TEAM TO PRESENT HOW WE FARED OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
SO I'M KEISHA RANDALL, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, AS WELL AS SERGIO GARZA, OUR YOUTH, UH, SPORTS MANAGER.
AND I KNOW YOU ALL WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM THAT'S BEHIND YOU AS WELL.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KEISHA AND SERGIO, YOU GOT THE THEME MUSIC FIRST.
AS CRYSTAL SAID OVER THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD, UM, AND VERY DILIGENTLY TO, UM, ENHANCE OUR YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM.
AND SO WE WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR, TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR UPCOMING GOALS, AS WELL AS, UM, LIKE YOU SAID, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THE BEAUTIFULLY SMALL TEAM
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT UP TO SERGIO GARZA, HE'S OUR DIVISION MANAGER, AND HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT HE AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING ALL YEAR LONG.
UM, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND ROCK BOARD.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TO SHARE THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THIS PAST YEAR, UM, AND THE IMPACT THAT WE'VE MADE ON THE YOUTH ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY YOU SHARE THOSE SAME SENTIMENTS AFTER PRESENTING THIS WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.
UM, SO AS YOU SAID, I'M SERGIO GUARD.
I'M THE MANAGER OF THE YOUTH SPORTS DIVISION.
UM, A YOUTH SPORTS DIVISION IS IN A CITYWIDE ATHLETICS AND DIRECTION EVENT DIVISION.
IT'S A SMALL SUBDIVISION, FOUR, FOUR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, UM, 18 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND WE DO PROVIDE YOUTH SPORTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, OUR YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS ARE FOCUSED IN THREE MAIN AREAS.
UM, THAT'S AFFORDABILITY, THAT'S ACCESSIBILITY, AND THAT'S PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY SPORTS PROGRAMS THAT ARE IMPORTANCE.
UM, AND SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, UM, IN THIS, IN THIS WORLD RIGHT NOW, THAT WE HAVE A, A TIMEFRAME WHERE THERE'S A BIG GOOD DIVIDE AMONG, UM, KIDS THAT HAVE, HAVE THE ACCESSIBILITY TO PLAY SPORTS, THE ABILITY TO PLAY SPORTS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUOUS HIGH BREAK, HIGH COST OF THESE SPORTS.
AND SO OUR FOCUS, MAKE SURE THAT EVERY KID HAS THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, REGARDLESS OF INCOME, REGARDLESS OF THE, THE SITUATION THAT ARE, THAT THEY'RE IN, UM, TO, TO PLAY SPORTS.
UM, SO OUR PURPOSE FOR TODAY, WE'RE GONNA COVER FOUR AREAS.
UM, ONE IS OUR TALK ABOUT OUR GROWTH, BOTH IN OUR CITYWIDE RECREATION SPORTS LEAGUES, UM, ALSO IN OUR SCHOOL-BASED LEAGUES.
UM, WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE NEW SPORTS INITIATIVES THAT WE CREATED THIS PAST YEAR.
AND THEN LAST WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR LOCAL SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THIS PAST YEAR THERE WAS THREE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED.
UM, ONE WAS WE EXPANDED, UM, OUR OPERATIONS AND SITES.
WE WENT FROM 118 SITES LAST YEAR TO 136 SITES THIS YEAR.
UM, WE ALSO CAN CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR PARTICIPATION.
UM, WE REACHED 12, OVER 12,500 KIDS THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF OVER 10,500 THE PREVIOUS YEAR, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 19% INCREASE.
AND THEN IN OUR RECREATION SPORTS LEAGUES, WE WENT UP ANOTHER 25, ALMOST 25%, UM, AS WE FINISHED THE YEAR WITH A LITTLE BIT OVER 5,600 YOUTH, UM, PARTICIPATING IN THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA OF THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THAT WE SERVED, UM, THIS MAP KIND OF SERVES AS, UH, A BAROMETER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE OUR RECREATION SYSTEM RECREATION CENTERS LISTED OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WHICH INCLUDE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE PROGRAMS. UM,
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ONE THING THAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT THIS MAP IS WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ONE, WE ARE IDENTIFYING, SERVICING THE GAPS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY LOOK TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS IN THOSE AREAS.AND TWO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED.
UM, AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO OUR LINE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING PROGRAMS FOR EVERYBODY, UM, THAT ARE AFFORDABLE.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE RIGHT HERE KIND OF GIVES YOU JUST A YEAR TO YEAR, UM, DATA POINTS FOR WHERE WE, WHERE, WHERE WE STARTED AND WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM, ONE THING THAT I WANNA SAY IS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, UH, WE HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY OVER EACH YEAR.
UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD A, I THINK ABOUT 43% INCREASE THIS YEAR.
WE HAD A 19% INCREASE OVERALL.
UM, BUT WE'RE STILL CONTINUOUSLY TREND UPWARDS.
UM, OVERALL IN THESE THREE YEARS OF WORK, WE'VE HAD A 63% INCREASE, WHICH IS JUST, UM, QUITE IMPRESSIVE IN, IN MY OPINION.
UM, BUT WE'RE STILL CONTINUOUSLY TO TRY TO GO FORWARD.
UM, AND THIS KIND OF JUST GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR FOUR BASIC AREAS OF, OF, OF PROGRAM NEXT LEVEL.
SO WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT CITYWIDE SPORTS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OPERATE IN OUR 40 RECREATION CENTERS.
UM, EACH SEASON WE, UH, PROVIDE TWO SPORTS CITY, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, THOSE SEASONS ARE FOR FALL, WINTER, AND SPRING.
AND WE GO OUT THERE TO THE MASS AND WE, AND WE ADVERTISE CITYWIDE, UM, TO TRY TO RECRUIT AS MANY KIDS TO FORM TEAMS THAT ARE RECREATION CENTERS, UH, TO COMPETE IN LOCAL COMMUNITY LEAGUES.
UM, THE MORE KIDS THAT PLAY, THE MORE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THOSE, THOSE LEAGUES TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO, UM, TO MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THEM.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THIS PAST YEAR, UM, FOR THE MOST PART, WE EITHER STAYED RELATIVELY THE SAME WITH OUR DATA OR WE INCREASED SLIGHTLY.
UM, THE ONLY EXCEPTION WOULD BE IN OUR SPRING SEASON.
UM, THAT IS WE ARE WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DROP.
WE DROPPED, UM, IN OUR BASEBALL NUMBERS FROM 800 KIDS TO 600 KIDS.
UM, BUT WE FEEL THAT'S PART OF THE REASON IS THAT WE INTRODUCED A SPRING SOCCER PROGRAM, WHICH WE HADN'T DONE IN THE PAST, UM, WHERE WE HAD 900 BEEN ALMOST OVER A THOUSAND KIDS IN THAT PROGRAM.
UM, WE FEEL THAT SOME OF THOSE KIDS THAT MAY HAVE PLAYED BASEBALL THE YEAR BEFORE, THEY, THEY'RE, THEY NATURALLY WANTED TO PLAY SOCCER, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS OUR BIGGEST PROGRAM.
AND SO IN TURN, THAT'S WHAT THEY ELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPRING SEASON.
THEY, SO HOW DO WE GET THESE NUMBERS? OR HOW DO WE KEEP, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO GROW, UM, IN OUR CITYWIDE, UH, ATHLETICS.
ONE, IT'S, WE, UH, WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR GROWTH GRASSROOTS MARKETING EFFORTS THAT MAY BEEN THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, WORKING WITH OUR MAC TEAM.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN HITTING THE SCHOOLS AT EVERY EVENT THAT THEY HAD, WHETHER THAT'S A PARENT CONFERENCE, WHETHER AT AT PTA MEETING, GOING OUT THERE AND TRYING TO RECRUIT AS MANY KIDS TO PLAY IN OUR PROGRAMS. UH, IT ALSO WAS FOCUSING ON THE KIDS THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR AND THAT, THAT WE WERE GONNA REGISTER AND WHEN WE WERE GONNA REGISTER.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM FOR, UH, FOR THEM TO COME BACK.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID IS WE MADE SURE WE HAD A INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON TRAINING OUR STAFF AND OUR VOLUNTEERS.
UH, WE RAMPED UP THOSE EFFORTS.
UM, 'CAUSE ONE THING YOU WANNA DO IS ONCE YOU RECRUIT THOSE KIDS, YOU WANNA PROVIDE WITH A HIGH QUALITY SERVICE, THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE MONITOR YOUR COACHING AND WITH THAT FOR TRAINING AND PROVIDE THE BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE.
LASTLY, WE SET, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO SET YOUTH SPORTS AS A CORE SERVICE.
UM, ALL OUR REC CENTERS HAVE, UM, A PERFORMANCE GOAL THAT IS TIED TO THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT THEY REGISTERED.
SO THERE IS, UM, UH, A GOAL SET FOR EACH REC CENTER TO OBTAIN TWO MAKES GOOD SLAPS.
UM, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CORE PRO CORE PROGRAMS IS OUR SCHOOL, SCHOOL-BASED SPORTS PROGRAM.
SO THIS PROGRAM IS PROBABLY MOST DEAREST TO MY HEART.
UM, BUT, UH, IT IS ONE OF OUR LONGSTANDING PROGRAMS. IT WAS CREATED IN 2010.
ONE IS OUR ELEMENTARY PROGRAM, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2010.
UM, OUR SCHOOL BASED PROGRAM, WE RUN PRIMARILY WITH DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, IT WAS CREATED AND IS MAINTAINED BASED ON A COUPLE OF INCENTIVES.
ONE IS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS KEEP HAVING HIGH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, UM, CONTINUE ON TO HAVE HIGH ATTENDANCE.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, BE MODEL CITIZENS IN THE CAMPUS.
ANOTHER FOURTH, UH, BYPRODUCT OF THIS PROGRAM IS IT INCREASES, UM, PARENT INVOLVEMENT AT THE CAMPUSES.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THE, THE SCHOOLS, UH, THEY, THEY LOVE THIS PROGRAM AND THEY ALWAYS WANT TO JOIN.
UM, THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD 2,570 YOUTH IN OUR, UM, ELEMENTARY PROGRAM THAT WAS ABOUT AN INCREASE OF 500 MORE STUDENTS THAN WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
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OUR SECOND FACET OF OUR SCHOOL, SCHOOL BASED PROGRAM IS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL SPACE PROGRAM.THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE FACT, UH, WE FOCUS ON CONTINUING TO DEVELOP THE, UH, SKILLS OF THE ATHLETES.
UM, AGAIN, MY PREVIOUS STATEMENT, UM, YOU LOOK AT SELECT TECH, YOU LOOK AT A A U TEAMS, YOU LOOK AT TRAVEL TEAMS. AT THIS AGE GROUP, THE COST HAS GONE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
UM, AND NOT ALL THESE KIDS ARE, HAVE THE ABILITY TO AFFORD IT.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE A PROGRAM FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO OWN THEIR SKILLS, CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS.
THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE LEFT OUT JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL FUNDS, UM, TO BE PART OF THOSE OTHER TYPES.
THIS PAST YEAR, UM, WE DID OUR, WE CONTINUED WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PROGRAM, WHICH WAS A, WE ALWAYS HAD THE BOYS PROGRAM.
WE INTRODUCED THE GIRLS PROGRAM, AND THEN ALSO OUR RBI BASEBALL PROGRAM.
SO, IN YOUTH SPORTS, WE'RE ALWAYS, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO GROW.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO EXPAND, ALWAYS LOOKING TO INCREASE OUR PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE ALWAYS LOOK ABOUT TRYING TO FIND THREE OR FOUR MAJORS TO THOSE.
UM, THIS PAST YEAR, UM, THE MAJORS THAT WE, WE SET FORTH FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DEVELOPED WAS ONE, WE DEVELOPED A SCHOOL-BASED T-BALL PROGRAM.
UM, A LOT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE, OUR SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAM IS PRIMARILY FOR ELEMENTARY LEVELS.
IT'S THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, OR FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADE.
UM, WE GOT A, WE GOT AN INTEREST FROM THE SCHOOLS TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM FOR THE LOWER LEVELS AS WELL.
UM, SO OUR, ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS TOOK UPON HIMSELF TO CREATE THE T-BALL PROGRAM.
UM, WE HAD FUNDING FROM THE RANGERS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR THAT WE RECEIVED THE GRANT OF $10,000 THAT WE USED DIRECTLY TO, UM, SPONSOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND SO, UM, WE WERE EXCITED TO GET THIS PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND AND, AND ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO KEEP IT GROWING.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, BASEBALL IN THE INNER CITY IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE.
AND SO WE'RE GOING BACK THERE TO THE GRASSROOTS LEVELS AT THE CAMPUSES TO TRY TO REDEVELOP THAT, THAT LOVE FOR THE SPORT.
UM, THE NEXT ONE THAT WE HAD WAS, UM, OUR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS PROGRAM.
NOW THIS YEAR, I REMEMBER WHEN I CAME LAST YEAR, THAT WAS A BIG PUSH, A BIG REQUEST IS TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO GET OUR GIRLS MORE INVOLVED.
UM, SO WE, WE MADE SURE THAT WE ADDED THIS COMPONENT.
UM, THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD 18 SCHOOLS, UM, DOWNSIZED D GIRLS SCHOOLS THAT COMPETED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AT THEIR LOCATIONS.
UM, AND WE WERE VERY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM AND THE SUCCESS THAT IT HAD.
UM, OUR, OUR OTHER COMPONENT IS OUR, OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR, UM, WITH OUR LOCAL, OUR MAJOR SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE DALLAS STAR HOCKEY CLUB.
UM, THEY WERE A GREAT PARTNER.
UM, SOMETHING OVER THERE FOR THE GRAND OPENING FOR GROUNDWATER RECREATION CENTER.
UM, ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY IS, UM, THERE'S NO GREATER EXPERIENCE THAN HAVING THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU TAKE THE YOUTH TO A HOCKEY GAME WHEN THEY'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED IT.
UM, SO THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE 300 YOUTH THAT HAVE NEVER GOT TO A HOCKEY GAME, TO A HOCKEY GAME.
AND WE ALSO GOT TO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED YOUTH THAT HAVE NEVER GOT THE EXPERIENCE TO ICE SKATE.
WE GET TO ICE SKATE FOR FREE AT THE DALLAS STAR FACILITY.
A COUPLE OF OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE.
TEXAS RANGERS, AS I MENTIONED, UM, COST OF BASEBALL IS PROBABLY THE HIGHEST AMONG ALL OF OUR FOUR CORE SPORTS ARE.
WITHOUT OUR RANGE, WITHOUT OUR SPONSORSHIP FROM OUR RANGERS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HOST A PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER.
UM, SO WE ARE VERY, UM, VERY MUCH IN GRATITUDE TOWARDS THEM.
AND THEN THE OTHER TWO PARTS, UH, SPONSORSHIPS THAT WE HAVE ARE OUR NEWEST ONES.
AND THAT'S WITH TRINITY DALLAS, FC AND ATHLETIC OF DALLAS.
SO OUR, UM, WE HAVE, BESIDES OUR, JUST OUR CITYWIDE SPORTS AND OUR, UM, SCHOOL-BASED SPORTS, WE ALSO HAVE SOME SIGNATURE EVENTS THAT WE HOST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, SO THIS IS A LISTING OF THEM.
UM, ONE OF 'EM THAT I DO WANT TO PUT JUST PULL OUT REAL QUICK IS OUR NUMBER FOURTH, THE FOURTH ONE ON THERE.
AND THAT'S OUR TAF REGIONAL TRACK, TRACK AND FIELD MEET.
UM, FOR SOME OF YOU THAT DON'T OR AREN'T AWARE, UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS IS, UH, ACTUALLY A FOUND MEMBER OF THE TEXAS A AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION.
UM, WE'RE PART OF REGION 13, THE CITY OF DALLAS AS IT IS.
UM, SO EVERY YEAR WE HOST A REGIONAL TRACK MEET THAT HAS ABOUT, UPWARDS ABOUT 500 TO 600 RUNNERS THAT QUALIFY FOR STATE GAMES FOR TEXAS.
UM, SO IT IS IN JULY, SO IT'S HIGH, IT'S 105 DEGREES, JUST SWEATING.
UM, BUT WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST ATHLETES IN THE CITY.
UM, WE SEND ROUTINELY BETWEEN 250, 270 KIDS TO THE STATE GAMES IN THE COURT.
ABOUT 150 OF THEM COME BACK AS, UH, STATE AWARD WINNERS AS WELL.
SO, AS, UH, MS. ROSS MENTIONED, WE JUST, YOU WANT TO SEE A GOLD CHECK IN FROM WHERE WE, WE TOLD YOU WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
UM, WHEN I CAME TO THE BOARD LAST YEAR, I, THERE WAS TWO MAIN GOALS THAT I SET.
ONE WAS THAT WE WERE GONNA SERVE 12,000 YOUTH IN OUR PROGRAM.
WE SERVED 12,518 YOUTH THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, THE OTHER ONE WAS WE WERE GONNA RECRUIT 90 CAMPUSES FOR OUR SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAM.
AGAIN, WE, WE SURPASSED THAT GOAL AS WE, WE HAD 96 CAMPUSES IN OUR PROGRAM.
SO, UM, WE ARE, WE'RE EXCITED AND WE'RE CONTENT WITH
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WHERE WE, WE FINISHED THIS YEAR, BUT, UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP THERE.THESE ARE PROJECTIONS THAT WE GAVE TO YOU AND WE STILL BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ATTAIN 'EM, UM, FOR THE YEARS GOING FORWARD.
SO WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? UM, OUR NEXT STEPS ARE, ARE BASICALLY WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO ENHANCE, UM, THE DALLAS SPORT, UH, PARKER RECREATION SPORTS BRAND, YOUTH SPORTS BRAND.
UH, WE WANNA BE KNOWN AS ONE OF THE PREMIER BRANDS FOR YOUTH SPORTS.
WHEN YOU THINK OF YOUTH SPORTS IN THE CITY, YOU THINK OF DALLAS PARK RECREATION.
UM, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR GIRLS SPORTS OFFERINGS.
UM, I WANT TO COME TO A POINT WHERE I CAN COME TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD WHERE WE'RE 50%, 50%, 50% BOYS, 50% GIRLS PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
WE'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT THAT IS ULTIMATELY THE GOAL, UH, FOR OUR DIVISION.
UM, THE NEXT THING IS TO, TO CONTINUE TO SECURE FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIPS, UH, UH, PARTNERSHIPS AND SPONSORSHIPS THAT HAVE MONETARY GAINS.
UM, AS I SAID, WE WANNA CONTINUE TO KEEP THESE, THESE COSTS LOW AND AFFORDABLE FOR OUR, FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR ATHLETES.
AND THE ONLY ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO TRY TO SEEK, UH, MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR OUTSIDE SPONSORS.
AND LAST ONE, LAST ONE IS, WE ALWAYS WANT TO IMPROVE OUR PROGRAMS. WE DON'T WANT TO REST OUR GOALS.
WE WANT TO IMPROVE, WE WANT TO GET BETTER.
UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL PROVIDING THE HIGHEST SERVICE OF, OF ALL TIMES.
SO AS A LEAD FOR YOU TODAY, UM, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE TWO DIVISIONS AND THEN ALSO RE RECOGNIZE MY TEAM.
ONE IS I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE PARK MAINTENANCE OFFICE, UH, OPERATIONS.
HER TEAM IS ALWAYS THE ONE THAT GETS OUR FIELDS READY TO PLAY.
MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN BIG CONDITION.
MAKE SURE IF I NEED SOMETHING, IF IT FEELS WET, IF IT FEELS NOT PLAYABLE, I CAN CALL ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS UP.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE WE'RE READY TO PLAY ON EVERY WEEKEND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS RECREATION SERVICES TEAM.
AS I MENTIONED, UM, IN OUR, UH, RECREATION SERVICES LEAGUE, THAT PROGRAM IS FACILITATED A LOT OF TIMES.
IT IS ALL THE, IT IS ALL FACILITATED THROUGH THE RECREATION CENTER STAFF.
AND SO THOSE 40 RECREATION CENTERS, THEY'RE PART-TIME STAFF.
THEIR SPECIALISTS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THE GROUNDWORK, CONDUCTING THE PRACTICES, HAVING THE FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PARENTS.
I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, STEVE AND HIS TEAM FOR THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANNA INTRODUCE MY TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK, THE NUMBERS THAT WE PRESENTED.
THEN I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THAT NAME.
UH, MR. E ANTHONY
SO WITH THAT, UM, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS THAT MR. RATTLE CAN ANSWER.
FIRST THANK FOR THE PRESENTATION I'VE, WHERE I'VE KNOWN SERGIO SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER.
ALLISON ANTHONY, YOU WORKED WITH.
DO I KNOW THAT I JUST SAW IN ONE OF THE SLIDES WHERE IT SAYS CAMPING CLINICS, YOU WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
IS THAT WHAT IT, CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE ME, UH, A REASON WHY WE SAW LIKE DOWNWARD TRAIN? I THINK IT'S CAMPS AND CLINICS.
SO PART OF THE REASON IS, UM, THIS PAST SUMMER, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, SUMMER SERIES OF CAMPS AT, UH, OF SOCCER CAMPS EVERY SUMMER HERE IN AUGUST.
UM, WE HOST AT DIFFERENT PARKS.
UM, AND I HONESTLY, I THINK THIS AUGUST IT WAS REALLY HOT, SO WE DIDN'T GET QUITE THE PARTICIPATION THAT WE GOT AND THAT WE HAD GOTTEN BEFORE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THOSE, THOSE CAMP ARE FREE.
UM, WE JUST PROVIDED KIND OF AS AN INCENTIVE TO, FOR THE UPCOMING REGISTRATION FOR THE SOCCER SEASON.
AND YOU KNOW, THIS AUGUST IT WAS A HUNDRED, 203 DEGREES, LIKE SEVEN, EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND DAY.
I DON'T WANNA GIVE Y'ALL MORE WORK, BUT, UM, WITH PICKLEBALL PICKING UP, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL THOUGHT ABOUT STARTING PAY YOUTH PICKLEBALL KIND OF LEADING TO SCHOOLS? IF THAT'S, AND I'M LOOKING AT YOUR STAFF AND START IT OUT SINCE BECOME MORE
RIGHT? UM, PICKLEBALL IS DEFINITELY A MORE POPULAR SPORT.
UM, WE HAVE NOT CONSIDERED IT, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT THAT ON OUR RADAR AND DEFINITELY AGAIN, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, UM, THE RECREATION TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN LY WITH THE FACILITY USES AND BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.
WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT THAT ON OUR RADAR.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA STAND UP AND SALUTE.
WE TAKE YOU GET SOME MARGARITAS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AGAIN, I'M A PRODUCT,
THE SYSTEM I GREW AT
UH, IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME.
EVERY DEPARTMENT FROM AQUATICS
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TO SENIOR SERVICES AND ALWAYS TOTHIS IS NOT SOMETHING FLY BY NIGHT.
UH, UH, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE.
THE NUMBERS ARE GOING UP AND YOU'RE NOT DOING THE NUMBERS JUST TO GET A PAT ON THE BACK.
YOU WANTED TO RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY ELSE BESIDES YOURSELF.
I'M SO INTERESTED IN THIS BECAUSE ONCE UPON A TIME, BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL IS A GIVEN.
UH, MY MAMA, I AIN'T GONNA SAY MOTHER 'CAUSE I'M FROM THE PROJECT.
MY MAMA MET MY DAD AT
AND THAT'S, I HOPE, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M HERE IN BASEBALL.
SO,
IT'S ABOUT GETTING THEM TO BE A BETTER CITIZEN.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN ALL BASEBALL PLAYERS WERE FROM THE UNITED STATES, NOT THEY'RE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
AND I'M, I'M, I'M LIKING WHAT I'M SEEING.
I'M LIKING WHAT I'M HEARING AND WE ALL SHOULD, I MEAN, BECAUSE WE ARE HERE AND YOU'RE HERE FOR THE RIGHT THING.
I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, UH, MY ESTEEM COLLEAGUE SAID, UH, UH, MR. MADANO SAID, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR STAFF, BUT HELL UH, WHY DON'T WE SEE IF SOME KIDS ARE INTERESTED IN CROOKED? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THIS IS ALL KIND.
WE JUST CAN'T FOCUS ON ONE SPORT.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I'M GLAD MR. SLAUGHTER BROUGHT UP A COUPLE THINGS 'CAUSE I'M GONNA DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, MR. GARZA, MS. MS. RANDALL, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE ADDED EMPHASIS ON THE WORLD SPORTS.
I'VE BEEN FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS.
I'LL SPEAK FOR OTHER GIRL DADS.
I WANT MY DAUGHTER TO GROW UP IN A, IN A, IN A WORLD WHERE SHE HAS AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPORTS AS HER BIG BROTHER AND OTHER BOYS.
UM, THAT SAID, I, I DO HAVE SOME HARD QUESTIONS.
UM, THIS, THIS, UM, BRIEFING HAS AN OVERWHELMING FOCUS ON CONVENTIONAL SPORTS.
UH, SOCCER, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL.
THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THESE SPORTS.
I, I UNDERSTAND THEY APPEAL TO THE MASSES AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
BUT IN MY OPINION, THIS ISN'T THINKING VERY BIG.
UM, THIS ISN'T THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, AND, AND, AND I WONDER AND, AND DO CORRECT ME, PLEASE CALL ME OUT IF I'M WRONG.
WHY ARE WE LIMITING OURSELVES TO JUST THOSE SPORTS? I SEE HOCKEY WAS BRIEFLY MENTIONED.
I GUESS SOME COULD SAY THAT'S SLIGHTLY LESS CONVENTIONAL.
WHAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN IS OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, I, I'LL CALL 'EM, UH, UNDERSUBSCRIBED TO SPORTS OR LESS SATURATED SPORTS.
WE'VE GOT TWO BEAUTIFUL LAKES, WHITE ROCK, BACHMAN, WE GOT ROWING CLUBS OUT THERE.
SOME ARE VERY ACCESSIBLE, BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE.
UH, RUGBY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE HAVE, WE EVEN HAVE A WOMEN'S RUGBY LEAGUE IN DISTRICT 14 THAT PLAYS IN PRACTICES AT GLENCO.
LET'S TALK ABOUT RUGBY, LACROSSE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE AT LEAST FOUR OF THEM IN OUR CITY, IF NOT MORE.
WHERE I'M GOING WITH, OKAY, WATER P LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND.
THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT, POSITIVE OUTCOMES BEYOND OUR YOUTH.
WHEN OUR KIDS LEAVE OUR HOMES, LIKE I UNDERSTAND FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, T-BALL, THEY'RE ALL GREAT.
THEY GIVE A PLACE TO GO OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, OUTSIDE OF HOME.
BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN THEY GROW UP AND THEY GO OFF TO, PERHAPS THEY GO TO COLLEGE.
THESE UNDERSUBSCRIBED SPORTS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY GIVE MORE SCHOLARSHIPS.
THEY'RE A BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN SOME OF THESE CONVENTIONAL SPORTS.
I WANT US TO THINK BEYOND YOUTH.
I WANT US TO THINK WHEN THEY'RE 18 AND THEY LEAVE THE HOME AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, WHERE ARE THEY LOOKING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, FOOTBALL, SCHOLARSHIPS.
YOU KNOW HOW HARD A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP IS TO GET A BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP, A BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP? YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED HOW MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE SOME OF THESE OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AGAIN.
SO WE WANNA, WE WANNA BE IN THE BUSINESS OF POSITIVE OUTCOMES AS WELL BEYOND OUR YOUTH.
SO, SO I WANNA LEAVE YOU WITH THAT CALL TO ACTION AND UH, YEAH.
ACTUALLY, I KNOW
I THINK IT'S, I'M SORRY I'M CUTTING.
BUT BECAUSE I'M ADDING TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING, I THINK IT BECOMES, I THINK DOING AMAZING JOB.
BUT I THINK IT'S OUR JOB TO EXPOSE THESE KIDS TO PERFORM BESIDES TRADITIONAL SPORTS.
AND TRULY, I THINK WE ARE BECOMING A GLOBAL COMMUNITY NOW.
AND THERE ARE SPORTS WHICH ARE ALL SETTLING
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IN HERE.AND I THINK GOING, YOU GIVE PERFECT EXAMPLE, IT GETS, UH, PERCEIVED AS RICH PEOPLE'S SPORTS.
UH, I THINK WE NEED TO BREAK THOSE BARRIERS.
UH, I THINK YOU'RE DONE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT WITH THE HOCKEY, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UNACCESSIBLE.
THESE ARE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ASSETS WHICH SOMEONE ELSE'S IS MONETIZING.
SO RUDY, YOU COULD NOT HAVE HONESTLY.
MS. WONDER, MAY I ADD? SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RESPOND TO THAT.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT, UM, SERGIO INTRODUCED HIS TEAM, THE THREE PEOPLE
UH, SO WE ARE LIMITED TO THE, TO THE, TO THE REACH.
HOWEVER, I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH BACHMAN ROWING CLUB PARK BOARD MEMBER TIM DICKEY HELPED US GET THAT GOING.
UM, SO THERE IS MORE PUBLIC ACCESS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH ROWING ON OUR LEAGUE.
SO I THINK THE WAY IN WHICH WE CAN EXPAND IS BY DEVELOPING THESE STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS FOR THOSE MO MORE SPECIALIZED SPORTS THAT MAY BE NOT, UM, AREN'T CURRENTLY IN OUR REPERTOIRE.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH DAVID HICKEY AND BRIDGE LACROSSE AND SOME OF OUR, UH, LACROSSE FIELDS.
BUT I DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO OFFER MORE THAN THE TRADITIONAL SPORTS.
WE JUST HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT IN A VERY UNCONVENTIONAL WAY AS TO HOW WE CAN OFFER THAT THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE ARE, EVEN STARTING WITH MR. MEDRANO'S REFERENCE TO PICKLEBALL, BECAUSE CONTRARY WHAT YOU THINK, I PLAYED PICKLEBALL WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID.
SO PICKLEBALL YOU CAN PLAY WITH YOUR CHILD.
I LEARNED IT IN KINDERGARTEN STAND BALL.
SO I PICKLEBALL IT STARTED IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN TEXAS.
BUT, BUT I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK ON THAT.
AND WE WILL WORK TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN INCH INTO THOSE UNCHARTED TERRITORIES BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THAT CAN DO FOR COLLEGE OFFICES.
WE MAKING A, UM, BIG NOTE THAT, UM, WHEN OUR FOX TEAM DID THEIR PRESENTATION AS WELL.
SO WATER POLO IS ONE OF THE SPORTS THAT WE ALSO INTRODUCE.
SO THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT WE'RE DOING VARIOUS THINGS.
SOME OF THE OTHER OPTIONS ARE, UM, BEING AVAILABLE WITH THE RECREATION TEAM IN THAT CAPACITY.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, BEING ABLE TO TAKE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND GROW THEM, UM, BIGGER WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
SO YEAH, AND LET'S USE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO PROMOTE THEM MORE.
'CAUSE AS
THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE OFFERING THEM.
AND I THINK A LOT OF THESE CONTRACTS WE GET ACCESS TO CERTAIN AMOUNT, WHICH WE NEVER USE.
MONEYGRAM WAS ONE THAT KNOW HOW MUCH I'M SURE ROWING CLUB HAS IT.
SO IF WE HAVE THOSE FOR THE SPOKE.
DID YOU SPEAK? NO, YOU SPOKE FOR ME, BUT BECAUSE I SAW YOUR NAME AND IT RIGHT.
UM, IT'S, OH, SO I, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU GUYS ALL SO MUCH.
ALL THE, THE THREE OF YOU AND YOU AND EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR YOUTH IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND I LOVE THE YOUTH INCENTIVES.
UM, THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR GRADES TO BE ABLE PLAY, TO BE ABLE TO BE THE LEADERS, UM, THAT WHOLE, THE WHOLE CHILD PERSPECTIVE, UM, IS, IS IS WONDERFUL AS A MOM.
AND SO I, I DO THAT FOR MY SON.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT INNOVATIVE WAY OF OUTLOOK FOR HAVING THESE KIDS LOOK AT THEMSELVES AS LEADERS, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE TO PLAY THE SPORT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOOD GRADES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE.
UM, I DO WANNA ASK, IN REGARDS TO EQUIPMENT FOR ALL OF THE USES, DO YOU FEEL LIKE, 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES I'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE REC CENTER, WELL, WE HAVE TWO MANY KIDS SIGN UP, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BASEBALL EQUIPMENT, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH KNEE PADS OR FOR THE CATCHER, I IS THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF, UM, OR WITH EQUIPMENT FOR, AND THIS MIGHT, THIS WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, SO I KNOW YOU, YOU'VE GROWN AND THIS WAS MORE COMING OUT OF COVID, BUT YEAH, I, I THINK RIGHT NOW IN, IN THE TERMS OF THE EQUIPMENT WE ARE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID, WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RANGER, UM, THEY ARE VERY GOOD, UM, EQUIPMENT SPONSOR FOR US.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
UM, OF COURSE YOU CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE MORE, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK WE HAVE ANY ISSUES OR WE HAVEN'T, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR TEAM BY THE REC STAFF OF A SHORTAGE AT THIS POINT.
AND AS PEOPLE SAY PICKLEBALL, I WOULD AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SPONSORSHIPS.
I MEAN, I WOULD THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND ASK SOME OF THE ORTHOPEDIC COMPANIES.
YEAH, BECAUSE, UH, LIKE THE CARROLL CLINIC AND ALL THOSE WHO FIX KNEES WILL SEE THEM SEE THEIR, THEIR ROI LATER.
I WANNA ECHO WHAT, UH, ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID THUS FAR AND JUST SAY, I THANK YOU GUYS,
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GREAT WORK.AND THIS IS LIKE, I'M A TRUE ADVOCATE FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK AROUND THIS, UH, SPORT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE DO IS MOST IMPORTANT TO OUR YOUNG CONSTITUENTS AS WELL AS OUR OLDER ONES, THE ONES THAT FIT THE MOST FROM COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA ASK MY QUESTIONS.
I WANNA SAY THAT IN THAT VEIN BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LOVE TO TEACH, TO EXPAND AND DO OTHER THINGS AS DIRECTOR ROSS
THERE'S ONLY THREE OF YOU HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A BUDGET
AND, UM, JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT DIRECTOR ROSS, LIKE AS WE GET READY TO HAVE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, AND EVEN THOUGH WE ALL WILL SIT AROUND AND SAY HOW WE LOVE WHAT YOU ALL DO WHEN IT'S TIME TO CUT, PEOPLE WILL START LOOKING AT THESE PROGRAMS. SO I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT NUMBER ONE, UM, WE KNOW THE COST OF THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO, TO YOUR POINT DIRECTOR.
SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WHY ARE WE ADDING THIS? WHY ARE WE ADDING THAT? WE SHOULD GET THIS, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? RIGHT,
THIS, I'M JUST LIKE, HOW DO WE BUILD THIS CASE AT BUDGET TIME? AND NUMBER THREE IS IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY DATA, AND I'M SURE MY PARK BOARD MEMBER, FRIEND, BROTHER TOY OVER THERE WILL SPEAK TO THIS, UH, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY DATA THAT SHOWS HOW PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAMS WOULD GET DIVERTED AND HOW ITFERS DIFFERENT THINGS, WHETHER IT'S PARTNERING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE AL AND PEOPLE THAT DO DATA INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP PULL LIKE WHERE YOU ALL ARE, WHAT DOES CRIME LIKE IN THAT AREA, WHAT DOES, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS.
BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IF WE REALLY DO SUPPORT THIS AS A BOARD, IS WE HAVE TO SHOW AND WE HAVE TO GO BACK WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WHY AREN'T YOU DOING THIS VERSUS X, Y, Z? WE HAVE TO SHOW LIKE, THIS IS HOW WE SUSTAIN THIS AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FUND ACTIVITIES LIKE THIS.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE SUSTAIN IT AND GROW IT TO WHAT, 'CAUSE I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS.
HOW DO WE KEEP GROWING IT? HOW DO WE KEEP ADDING THINGS? AND I KNOW THAT TAKES MONEY AND TO GET THAT MONEY WE NEED NUMBERS AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW HOW YOUR PROGRAM IS DUE.
I AGREE WITH, HE ALSO WAS PERSONAL.
I GREW UP POOPING IN THIRD THE MARCH AND UM, I THINK I LEAD, YOU SAID JAMIE C TURNER, UM, PLAYING IN THE LEAGUE.
ALL THE OTHER BRICKS WERE COMING THERE.
AND I WAS FORTUNATE TO MAKE LIFE THE ALL CITY TEAM PLAYED BIG BASKETBALL AND I REMEMBER THEY THE TIP OF LOUISIANA.
THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME BEING IN TEXAS.
AND I VIVIDLY REMEMBER THAT TRIP AND THAT WAS A CORE MOMENT TO HELPING ME BECOME THE PERSON THAT I AM, MADE LIFELONG FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE CITY BECAUSE OF THAT.
MY HOME GYM WAS THIRD GROUP, BUT IT WAS OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE STAYED FRIENDS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S ANOTHER METRIC YOU CAN'T MEASURE WITH AT WORK.
BUT IT ALSO, TO ME, REEMPHASIZES HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
I SAW THAT ONE OF THE METRICS THAT YOU WERE TRACKING ATTENDANCE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT ON THAT
UM, JUST TO BE SPECIFIC BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, TODD MIDDLE SCHOOL IN SOUTH CLIFF HAS A 45% KIDS, 10%, BUT SCHOOL GEAR, THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL ALONE.
AND WE KNOW THAT SPORTS KEEP THEM ENGAGED TO YOUR REASON MEASUREMENT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A SUGGESTION JUST LOOKING WORK.
THE OTHER, THE QUESTION I HAVE ALSO IS HOW IS DISD BEING INVOLVED OR PART BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE ATHLETIC PART, WE KNOW, LIKE HOW CAN THEY SUPPLEMENT THE TEAM THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TODAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE SERVING SO MANY OF THE KIDS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME FAIR ASKS TO BE MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FACILITIES ARE BEST.
UM, ESPECIALLY WITH ANOTHER BOND COMING UP AS WELL.
LIKE HOW ARE WE ENGAGED IN THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FACILITIES AT THESE CAMPUSES ARE ABLE TO OPERATE, YOU KNOW, DOWN 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WHATEVER THE PLE OF IDEAS WE HAVE OF SPORTS THEY CAN TAKE PLACE.
BUT I THINK THOSE WOULD BE GOOD CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE.
SO WE DO HAVE A, A PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, WE WORK MORE SO WITH THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THE ATHLETIC IS, WE WORK
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WITH ATHLETICS MORE ON THE, UH, THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE.BUT FOR THE ELEMENTARY SPORTS WE WORK WITH THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION, UH, WE'RE IN CONSTANT CONVERSATION WITH THEM ON HOW WE CAN, UM, UTILIZE THE FACILITIES.
UM, THIS PAST SEASON, THEY UH, ACTUALLY BROUGHT MORE MONEY TO PAY THEIR COACHES, WHICH THEY PAID THEM DIRECTLY, WHICH EXPANDED THE PROGRAM, RIGHT? WE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL CAMPUSES.
UM, THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH
SO ANYTIME THAT WE NEED TO USE, UTILIZE THE FACILITY, THEY OPEN THEIR DOORS.
UM, WE JUST HAVE TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE MANAGEMENT TO SCHEDULE ACCORDINGLY.
UM, AND IN ADDITION, THEY, UH, THEY SUPPORT IT, THEY, THEY PAY DIRECTLY COST, UM, THAT WE HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH OUR BANKS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, ANOTHER COST THAT IS NOT IN, YOU KNOW, ON OUR END THAT, THAT THEY'RE COVERING.
SO THEY'RE, THEY ARE A BIG PARTNER WITH US AND WE MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT WE DO, UM, IN REGARDS TO OUR SCHOOL ATHLETIC PROGRAMS MM-HMM
UM, THAT WE TALK TO THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON ONE ACCORD AND HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD.
COULD, WHO'S THE DIRECT CONTACT IN THE DISTRICT FOR YOU? SO I HAVE, SO IF I'M WORKING WITH, ON THE ELEMENTARY SIDE YEAH, ON THE ELEMENTARY SIDE, IT'S, UH, DR. LISA WHITAKER.
BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SUCH A BIGGER EMPHASIS THAT CAN BE PUT ON THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPORTS AND WE CAN HELP DRIVE THAT MESSAGE MORE, I BELIEVE.
'CAUSE I DON'T, I KNOW THAT IF WE WERE TO SHOW THE DISTRICT THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE, THEY SHOULD BE INVEST AWAY ENTIRE SPORTS FOR ELEMENTARY AGE.
SO LOVE TO HELP WITH THAT TOO.
I I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO.
IT'S, UH, GREAT AND WE HAVE TO CAPTURE OUR KIDS, UM, YOUNG, GET THEM INVOLVED.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR FRIENDS LIKE MR. TOY AND MR. SLAUGHTER WHO GREW UP IN THESE PROGRAMS, UM, UH, I GREW UP IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY JUST PUT US TO WORK ON THAT, UM, HAY WAGON AND THEN, YOU KNOW, STACK OF THE HAY FOR A DOLLAR AN HOUR.
UM, BUT NONETHELESS, UM, WE, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE PROGRAMS BACK IN MY HOME, LITTLE TOWN.
SO I THINK MIGHT NOT HAVE BECOME A, A BIG OBESE PERSON IN MY LIFE IF I WOULD'VE BEEN MORE ACTIVE YOUNGER.
BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS IT, IT HITS SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON THAT.
CAN WE, DO WE CAPTURE UNIQUE USERS? UM, I SEE THAT YOU HAD LIKE 12,515 PARTICIPANTS.
HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE REPEAT PARTICIPANTS? LIKE IF YOU HAVE THREE DIFFERENT SPORTS, UM, WAS IT REALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, SO IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW HOW MANY UNIQUE USERS, UM, ARE THERE AND WHAT IS OUR REVENUE NOW THAT WE'VE INCREASED OUR USERS? UM, ARE WE INCREASING OUR FEES? I KNOW WE WANNA KEEP IT ATTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE AND THE ONE THING THAT I KNOW THAT OUR PARK STAFF DOES VERY, VERY WELL IS, YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S KIDS THAT NEED, AND WE DON'T EVER WANNA BE, WE DON'T EVER WANT MONEY TO BE THE BARRIER FOR KIDS NOT TO PARTICIPATE.
SO I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS, UM, KNOW THOSE KIDS THAT NEED THAT EXTRA HELP.
SO I DON'T THINK COST AS FAR AS LIKE WHAT THE COST IS FOR THE PROGRAM, I LIKE, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT CAN AFFORD IT AND THEY WILL PAY FOR IT, BUT I THINK WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE UNATTAINABLE FOR THOSE THAT NEED.
AND THAT'S THE ONE THING I DO KNOW IS THAT OUR REC CENTERS AND OUR, OUR STAFF KNOWS THESE FAMILIES AND THESE KIDS WELL, SO THEY CAN NOT MAKE THAT A BARRIER.
SO, UM, ADVERTISING THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCED SINCE, WELL, UM, TENNIS, UM, I DON'T REALLY SEE ANY TENNIS PROGRAMS. UM, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST THE DIFFERENT LEAGUES.
MAYBE WE PARTNER WITH OUR, OUR TENNIS PROS TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM COME AND DO A PROGRAM AT THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST IN GENERAL, JUST LIKE WE HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND WITH SUCH A SMALL GROUP OF FOLKS, YOU DO A LOT OF WORK.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO AND FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR PEOPLE.
AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE TENANT, SO WE ARE, WE HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS THROUGH OUR OTHER PARTNERSHIPS.
THIS, WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE MAIN TO THEIR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY ONLY.
RIGHT? BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE TENNIS CAMPS AND CLINICS THAT GO ON WITH OUR FOUR TENNIS CENTERS, SO WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO EXPAND THAT AS WELL.
YEAH, THIS IS DEFINITELY MY GENRE AS Y'ALL KNOW.
SO, SO I DO HAVE, I, BEFORE I START, I JUST WANNA SAY WELCOME TO THE STAFF.
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WELL AND, AND, AND I JUST MET CHRIS TODAY, BUT WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE GOAT BACK THERE, MR. FAS FOR SURE.HE'S BEEN AROUND, I THINK ME AND HIM HAVE BEEN SEEING EACH OTHER AT LEAST TO, OF COURSE WITH SERGIO TOO, BUT NOT ME TO LEAVE YOU OUT.
BUT ME AND FA HAVE BEEN SEEING EACH OTHER ON THE FIELDS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND, AND JUST ALL THAT.
UM, BUT JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT AND, AND YOU BROUGHT UP A LOT OF GREAT POINTS, SERGIO, ON YOUR REPORT.
UH, YOU KNOW, I REQUESTED IT FOR OTHER INFORMATION JUST AS I SAW THE REPORT AND WE, YOU CAN, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT A LATER TIME.
BUT I WOULD HAVE TO DISPUTE YOU, DISPUTE YOU ON BASEBALL.
IT IS THE, THIS, THE METROPLEX AS A WHOLE IS THE ONE OF THE BIGGEST BASEBALL SIT IN AMERICA, INCLUDING THE DALLAS, DALLAS CITY.
UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD 6,500 TEAMS THAT WERE REGISTERED AS A, AS A TRAVEL OR AS A, AS A TOURNAMENT TEAM.
THIS YEAR WE'RE PROJECT, THIS COMING YEAR WE'RE PROJECTED TO BE AT 8,500 TEAMS THAT COME OUT OF THE DALLAS FOR WORTH METROPLEX.
I DO COACH BASEBALL NOW I'M STILL COACHING BASEBALL.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S MY PASSION.
SO THAT'S WHY I GOT DISPUTE ON THAT, THAT IT IS WELL, AND IT IS AN EXPENSIVE SPORT, AS YOU MENTIONED TO BE INVOLVED.
AND THAT'S WHY MAYBE YOUR NUMBERS ARE DOWN AND YOU HIT THOSE GREAT FACTORS.
BUT IT, IT'S, IT IS A GREAT ANALYSIS ON BASEBALL.
IT IS HIGH TO TO, TO BE IN IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE TO A LOT OF KIDS, BUT PARENTS DO COME UP WITH IT.
AND YOU, AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT I, I, YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE THINGS AND I, AND I, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
MAINES HAS A BIG CAUSE AND THANK YOU TO THE MAINES DEPARTMENT ALWAYS, EVEN FOR US, FOR GETTING FIELDS READY.
AND THEN THE RECREATION STAFF, AS WE KNOW, OUR STAFF, NOT JUST THESE FOUR GUYS, OUR STAFF ACTUALLY COACHES SOME OF OUR TEAMS AND OR THEY'RE, THEY MAKE OUR TEAMS AND, AND MR. WOOD'S POINT, THEY KNOW OUR FAMILIES WHO NEEDS HELP AND ALL THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S NOT ON THAT REPORT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS BESIDES OUR STAFF, I KNOW STAFF COVERS, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT COME, JUST THINKING, I, I KNOW THE SYSTEM, I KNOW HOW YOU WORK.
PROBABLY 50% OF OUR STAFF COVERS 50% OF THE TEAMS, YOU KNOW, IN CERTAIN SPORTS.
I SAY EVERY SPORT'S DIFFERENT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE 50% VOLUNTEERS.
HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS DO WE HAVE? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT DATA THERE.
IS IT, I KNOW WHAT MY NUMBER IS, SO I CAN IMAGINE WITH YOUR NUMBER SOMEWHERE NEAR MY NUMBER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS TO THOSE PARENTS AND THOSE, AND THOSE TEACHERS, OR IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID RIGHT.
UM, THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING IN OUR PROGRAM.
SO THAT WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT DATA ALSO PRESENTED WITH WORK FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO START PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, AND HOW WE GO, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN GIVE KUDOS TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT HELP US BUILD THESE PROGRAMS. GREAT POINT.
AND YOU DID MENTION UNDERSERVED AND WE SAW THAT BIG MAP.
IT GOES FROM 6 35 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OAK CLIFF.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A REPORT DONE AND GET THAT TO MR. TAYLOR'S POINT, MS. HAMMOND'S POINT, ZIP CODES.
WHO, WHERE ARE THE KIDS COMING OUT OF WHAT ZIP CODES? UM, AND I, I'M GONNA MENTION A ORGANIZATION FOUR.
OH CLIFF HAS A UNIQUE, AND MATTER OF FACT, HE HAS IT ON TODAY, BUT I LOOK OVER THERE AND IT HAS ALL THE ZIP CODES THAT HE UNDER, HE'S UNDER THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY THAT HE SERVES.
BUT SINCE THEN, OH, THIS MY TIME.
YOU CAN JUST, CAN I GO? OH, I'M SORRY.
IN THAT, IN THAT, IN THAT AND THAT UNIQUE THING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH ZIP CODES, NOW THEY'RE CHANGING, THEY'RE CHANGING, UH, IN THE 2 0 8 HAPPENS TO BE A HIGHER ZIP, UH, INCOME LEVEL AND THAT ZIP CODE NOW, AND IT USED TO BE, WHICH ACTUALLY SITS WHERE KID SPRINGS IS AT.
IT'S ONE OF OUR HIGHEST CENTERS.
BUT ALL I CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW MANY KIDS CAME OUT OF THE 2 1 6, THE 3 2 3 3.
THE, THE TWO 11 IS ONE OF OUR LOW INCOME.
AND, AND ME AND TAYLOR GO AND, AND 2 1 6, UH, 2 1 7.
YOU CAN KEEP ON GOING 2 1 8 AND ALL THOSE ZIP CODE, HOW MANY SIX ARE COMING OUT OF THOSE? AND ALSO, I DON'T KNOW THE ZIP CODE FOR SWEATSHIRT.
YEAH, NO, I I THOSE ZIP CODES FROM FOREST, UM, THE CENTER OFF OF FOREST LANE, I'M, I'M SORRY, THAT'S SCOTT'S CENTER JOHNSON.
WILL IT BE JOHNSON? HOW MANY KIDS ARE COMING OUT OF THOSE REC CENTERS? YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN GET THAT IDENTIFIED, THAT'D BE GREAT ON YOUR REPORT TO KIND OF GIVE US MORE DATA ON WHO WE ARE SERVING TO MS. MONDALE'S POINT, WHO ARE WE ACTUALLY SERVING, GETTING DOWN TO THAT NITTY GRITTY SO WE KNOW WHERE WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON THE LATTER SIDE OF, BECAUSE THERE IS SOME REC CENTERS THAT ARE NOT GETTING THE SERVICE OR MAYBE THEY NEED HELP IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO GET MORE KIDS INVOLVED IN THOSE COMMUNITY CENTERS AND RIGHT ACCESS.
AND THANK YOU FOR DOING SILENT.
YOUR, YOUR VOICE IS MOST IMPORTANT ON THIS TOPIC, HIS HAND UP, BUT IS, SO LET'S GO TO MR.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I'M JUST PICKING UP ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WE REALLY NEED TO ADD, WANT DATA TO INCLUDE BY FACILITIES MAYBE WHAT'S THE TRAFFIC? AND, AND ALSO INCLUDE PARTNERS, PARTNERSHIP, DATA.
WHAT ARE WE SERVING ON? FACILITIES.
FACILITIES, KIND A RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
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I KNOW.AND SEE HIS CHAIR DID A GREAT JOB.
MR. CONNOR, FLO IS YOURS, SIR.
HEY, UH, I DON'T SEE ANY REVENUE NUMBERS ON THIS SHEET.
DO WE HAVE ANY REVENUE NUMBERS FOR THE YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM? YES.
SO WHAT WE DID IS JUST COME BACK WITH THE, UM, PROGRAMMATIC NUMBERS, BUT MR. WORK DID REACH OUT TO ABOUT THE REVENUE NUMBERS.
SO WE'LL SEND THAT OUT TO THE BOARD.
HOW ARE WE GATHERING PAYMENTS RIGHT NOW? ARE WE SO PAYMENTS, SO OUR, SO WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE REGISTRATIONS, AGAIN, THIS IS A, THIS IS A DEPARTMENT WIDE INITIATIVE.
SO WHENEVER SOMEONE REGISTERS, THEY REGISTERED AT THE RECREATION CENTER THROUGH REV TRACK.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE ALL THE REGISTRATIONS TAKE PLACE.
SO THIS TEAM DOESN'T ACTUALLY DO THE REGISTRATION, IT HAPPENS AT THE RECREATION CENTERS.
SO WE ARE, I, YOU KNOW, I'M BRINGING THIS UP 'CAUSE ABOUT SIX, SEVEN MONTHS AGO WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT REVRAK.
UM, AND THAT'S NEVER COME BACK TO US.
DO WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THAT DISCUSSION? I THINK WE WILL TAKE THAT AS A SEPARATE MATTER BECAUSE, UH, PERFECT ATTORNEY IS ALREADY GIVING ME SIDE EYE.
SIDE EYE BEING I'M NOT ASKING ANYBODY TO COMMENT ON.
I'M JUST ASKING LIKE, IS THAT GONNA EVER COME BACK TO US? YEAH, IT WAS.
ANY, ANY, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YOU SIR? YES.
AMAZING PRESENTATION, GREAT WORK.
YOU ALL PLEASE FOR DOING IT'S A SMALL TEAM.
AND YOU MR.
ANY LIAISON REPORTS? NOT A REPORT, IT'S A MORE SAY.
I JUST WANNA, EVERYBODY WHO HAS RECEIVED THIS ON THEIR, IN FRONT OF THEM AND TO THE PUBLIC, THE HOLIDAY VILLAGE, A RETURN TO CANDLELIGHT AT CITY OLD CITY PARK, UM, IS HAPPENING DECEMBER 13TH AND 14TH.
UH, WE WOULD LOVE YOUR PARTICIPATION.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.
UM, SO REALLY ENJOY A OLD TRADITION.
UM, COMING NEW FROM THE BE PARK RECREATION CENTER LY MR. SLAUGHTER.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I LIKE TO THANK, UH, GRAD, I, NEW DIRECTOR AND THE T AON THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WELCOME YOU HERE AND, UH, HERE FOR YOU AS MY DISTRICT, UH, REALLY RUNS THINGS OUT THERE.
AND PLEASE BELIEVE IT, IT DOESN'T BELONG TO MY DISTRICT.
THAT'S WHAT LEADS LONG AS YOU SUPPORT YOU.
SO THANK YOU FOR
IT'S A GREAT ASSET AND REALLY I THINK AMAZING THINGS.
SO REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT CHANGES YOU MAKE.
AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
PRESIDENT? YES, MR. KELLY? UH, I HOPE IT'S OKAY IF I GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE COTTON BOWL FRIDAY NIGHT.
WE HAVE DISD FOOTBALL COMING BACK.
YEAH, I'M NOT SURE AFTER HOW MANY YEARS? SEVERAL YEARS.
BUT DISD FOOTBALL IS COMING BACK FRIDAY NIGHT AND I HOPE NEXT SEASON WE HAVE A LOT OF DISD GAMES.
AND, UH, MR. KINI, I WAS, I HAPPENED TO BE WITH MS. CONNOR AND MS. ROSS WHEN THIS WAS HAPPENING AND IT IS SO EXCITING THAT, UH, SEEMS THAT WORD IS OUT, THAT WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND IT'S SHOWING UP AND THANK YOU MR. UH, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I THINK LET'S KEEP THE MOMENTUM.
IT'S VERY EXCITING TO GET THEM ALL BACK.
ANYONE ELSE I'M MISSING FOR ANY THAT, ANY STUFF? ONE MORE COMMENT.
OH, AND BEING REAL SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, I, OUR, UH, ACCOUNT
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HANDLING ALL OUR CONTRACTS AND ARCHITECTURAL, I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.SPECIAL SHOUT OUT, THANK STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND JUST TO EXPOUND UPON MR. CREAMY'S, UH, COMMENT JUST A MINUTE AGO, WE'RE, WE'RE THRILLED, BEYOND THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO HOST THE COTTON BOWL.
THIS IS THE TEXAS STATE FOOTBALL SEMI-FINAL FOR FIVE A.
THIS IS A, THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL.
UH, IT'S BEING PLAYED IN THE COTTON BOWL.
WE THINK THE LAST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME WAS PLAYED IN 2018, SO AS OUR PART WHERE PRESIDENT SAID, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE BACK UP FOR BUSINESS IN THE COTTON BOWL, AS WE ALL KNOW IN THIS ROOM, PARTICULARLY FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL.
SO IT'S BEEN A, UM, WE HAD TO PIVOT VERY QUICKLY, BUT WE'RE, UH, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE GAME AND WE HOPE EVERYONE COMES OUT THE GAME.
THE KICKOFF IS SEVEN 30 FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE COTTON BOWL SOUTH OF CLIFF.
GOLDEN BEARERS VERSUS THE MELISSA CARDINALS.
ANY OTHER STAFF ANNOUNCEMENT? UM, OUR NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 15TH, 2000.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL IN THE SEASON OF THAT YOU CELEBRATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT ALL YOU DO.
AND MR. YOU BROKE MY THOUGHT PROCESS, BUT THANK YOU.
EVERY NEW YEAR, HEY, I'M PAYING ALL THIS MONEY AND I CAN'T GET THIS THING, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN THE HOLIDAYS AND, AND THIS IS YOU NOW WHAT TREATING EACH OTHER LIKE US ALL THE TIME, BUT CONTRARY TO BELIEF AND WE NEAR 'CAUSE THIS GUY SO HUMBLE, HE ALWAYS THINKS ABOUT US AND I LIKE TO HEAR MY PRESIDENT RONALD OBAMA.
UH, 'CAUSE WE'RE COMING FORTH NOW SO GOD IS CAN BACK WITH SOMETHING I DID WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK SORRY, GO AHEAD.
ANY OTHER HOLIDAYS, ANYONE CELEBRATE? THANKS FOR THE GREAT YEAR AND LET'S LOOK FORWARD FOR IS 12 THREE AND BE AJOUR TERRA MEETING OF