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GOOD MORNING. WE HAVE A QUORUM. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY THE 21ST.
ALRIGHT. INVOCATION THIS MORNING IS GOING TO BE GIVEN BY ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES.
[Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance Special Presentations Open Microphone Speakers]
I BELIEVE HE'S WHERE IS, WHERE'S DARREN GRACEY, THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT THREE.AND A PASTOR AT CONCORD CHURCH. HE'S GOING TO PROVIDE OUR INVOCATION THIS MORNING.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG, AND THEN THE TEXAS FLAG.
GOOD MORNING. LET US PRAY. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, FOR ITS PEOPLE, ITS NEIGHBORHOODS, ITS HISTORY, AND ITS PROMISE. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITY STAFF MEMBERS GATHERED HERE.
LORD, WE CONFESS THAT IN OUR OWN STRENGTH WE ARE LIMITED.
WE NEED YOUR WISDOM, YOUR JUSTICE, AND YOUR COMPASSION.
FIRST TRUSTING THAT YOU CARE FOR US, GIVE OUR MAYOR, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL WHO SERVE THIS CITY CLARITY OF MIND, UNITY OF PURPOSE AND COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN WHEN IT IS DIFFICULT.
HELP THEM TO LISTEN WELL, TO SPEAK TRUTHFULLY, AND TO ACT JUSTLY ON BEHALF OF EVERY RESIDENT, ESPECIALLY THE VULNERABLE, THE POOR AND THE OVERLOOKED.
WE LIFT UP TO YOU THE NEEDS OF DALLAS FOR PEACE IN OUR STREETS, FOR SAFETY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, FOR GOOD JOBS AND STRONG FAMILIES, FOR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS, FOR WISE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR RESOURCES AND FOR HARMONY AMONG ALL DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.
LORD, GUIDE OUR CITY STAFF AS THEY CARRY OUT THE WORK THAT OFTEN GOES UNSEEN.
GRANT THEM INTEGRITY, DILIGENCE AND PROTECTION.
HELP EVERY RESIDENTS TO SEE THAT WE SHARE A COMMON CALLING TO SEEK THE WELFARE OF THIS CITY.
TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES. AS WE MAKE DECISIONS TODAY, REMIND US THAT WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE NOT ONLY TO THE PEOPLE WE SERVE, BUT ULTIMATELY TO YOU. LORD, TURN OUR HEARTS AWAY FROM PRIDE, SELFISH AMBITION, AND DIVISION AND TURN US TOWARDS HUMILITY, SERVICE, AND RECONCILIATION. LORD, WE ASK THAT YOUR PRESENCE WOULD REST ON THE ON THIS MEETING, ON EVERY DISCUSSION, EVERY DECISION, AND EVERY VOTE.
MAY WHAT IS DONE HERE TODAY HONOR YOU. ADVANCE JUSTICE AND PROMOTE THE TRUE WELL-BEING OF ALL WHO CALL YOU, WHO CALL DALLAS HOME. WE OFFER THIS PRAYER IN YOUR HOLY NAME.
AMEN. IF EVERYONE WHO CAN WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU EVERYONE.
YOU MAY BE SEATED. OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING, SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY SECRETARY FOR OUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS.
ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL AND PERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON. FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SESSION.
INDIVIDUALS ARE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK FOR THOSE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.
YOU'LL NOTICE A TIME ON THE MONITOR AT THE PODIUM WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
PLEASE STOP FOR THOSE VIRTUAL SPEAKERS, I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
ALSO, SPEAKERS, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME AND ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR JOHNSON. ONLY YOUR FIRST SPEAKER, LEON HOLMAN.
GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT MY CAP WHEN I MOVED TO TEXAS, I WAS TOLD EVERYTHING HERE IS BIG.
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AND I APPRECIATE THE CEREMONY THAT Y'ALL HAD LAST WEEK TO COMMEMORATE THE THIRD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF THEM APPEARING IN THE FIVE A DIVISION TWO FINALS.HOWEVER, I THINK A BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE SOUTH OAK CLIFF'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS TO CREATE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.
RATHER, I SUGGEST YOU TOUR THE AREA AND COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE AMENITIES, STREETS AND OTHER FEATURES IN THAT AREA AROUND SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL TO THOSE NORTH OF I-30.
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN'T NOTICE THE CONTRAST IS TO CLOSE YOUR EYES.
AND IF YOU DO THAT, I HOPE SOMEBODY ELSE IS DRIVING.
NOT ONLY DOES SOUTH OAK CLIFF EXCEL IN ATHLETICS, BUT IT'S READY TO BE PLUS BY TDA.
WHAT I MEAN BY FUNDING RESOURCES, RATHER, IS FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS CREATED BY ALLOCATING 1% OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET TO A SOUTHERN SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FUND? THIS YEAR ALONE, THE BUDGET IS OVER 5 BILLION WITH A B DOLLARS.
THIS TRANSLATES INTO $50 MILLION. THIS SEED MONEY CAN BE COMBINED, FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE FUND AND USED FOR JOB CREATION, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ETC.
FOR INSTANCE WITH $50 MILLION. THE EMPTY WALMART BUILDING ON WHEATLAND ROAD THAT I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR SEVERAL YEARS FOR COULD BE PURCHASED AND CONVERTED INTO AN ECONOMIC COMPLEX, HOUSING 100 SMALL BUSINESSES AND CREATING SEVERAL HUNDRED JOBS.
REMEMBER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AFRICAN AMERICAN UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT ITS HIGHEST SINCE 2009, AND THE RATE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS OWNERSHIP IS 2%, DESPITE BEING 15% OF THE CITY OF DALLAS TAX BASE.
IF THE CITY IS SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING CRIME, BLIGHT AND ETC., IT MUST INVEST IN SOUTH DALLAS AND NOT CONTINUE TO CREATE THESE UNFUNDED MANDATES LIKE GROWTH SOUTH THAT ARE ALL BARK AND NO BITE.
REMEMBER THE LEGACY OF JUNETEENTH. JUNETEENTH, TWO YEARS OF FREE LABOR IN TEXAS.
YOUR MICROPHONE, MISS STEWART. I'M SORRY.
TO MAKE SURE IT'S. GOOD MORNING. I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WITH SANITATION IN MY AREA. WE'RE HAVING A MISS PICKUP FOR TWO WEEKS IN A ROW.
AND THEN THEY SAID ONLY ONE PERSON CAN CALL WHEN THEY MISS THE WHOLE STREET.
THE OTHER THING I HAVE IS THAT CODE IN MY AREA IS SINGLING OUT ONE PARTICULAR HOUSE IN MY COMMUNITY, AND THIS PARTICULAR CODE PERSON IS ALSO STIRRING UP TROUBLE IN MY COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT SHE HAS DONE THAT.
SHE DID IT LAST YEAR AND NOW SHE'S SINGLING OUT THE SAME HOMEOWNER AGAIN TO STATE THAT WE, THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, IS HAVING HER TO PICK ON THE HER PARTICULAR HOUSE.
THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO BE UPSET, THAT CAUSES TROUBLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, BECAUSE SHE CALLED MY SON ONCE AGAIN COMPLAINING, WANTING TO KNOW WHY WE ARE BOTHERING HER WHEN WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING WAS GOING ON. NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS PARTICULAR COLD PERSON HAS OR WHY SHE'S SO UPSET, BUT SHE NEEDS TO BE REINED IN BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
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BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO A HOMEOWNER AND YOU TELL THEM THIS PERSON OR THAT PERSON OR THAT GROUP IS HARASSING, HAVING THEM TO HARASS YOU AND GIVE YOU A TICKET THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS. SO WE NEED HER TO REALLY BE CALLED IN AND TALK TO SO THAT SHE'LL KNOW HOW TO DO HER JOB.BECAUSE EVIDENTLY SHE HASN'T HAD ENOUGH TRAINING.
AND BACK TO SANITATION. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BY BEING A HOMEOWNER'S PRESIDENT BE ABLE TO GIVE THOSE HOUSE NUMBERS TO WHEN WE CALL IN ON 311, LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY MISSED.
INSTEAD OF HAVING 50 PEOPLE TO CALL IN. TYING UP THE LINE.
WHEN ONE PERSON CAN CALL AND GIVE THAT INFORMATION, OR GO ONLINE AND GIVE THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE TYING 311 UP UNNECESSARILY WHEN THEY COULD BE ON OTHER CALLS, INSTEAD OF HAVING EACH PERSON TO CALL AND TO TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY MISSED THEIR THEIR TRASH PICKUP.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JERRY RUSSELL. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING. CITY COUNCIL. MAYOR. CITY MANAGER.
MY NAME IS JERRY RUSSELL. I AM AN ARMY VET. I GREW UP IN OAK CLIFF.
I LIVE AT 511 NORTH AKARD, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
GOT SOME GOOD STEPS IN THIS MORNING TO COME TO THIS MEETING.
IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. I WAS HERE NOVEMBER 5TH DISCUSSING WITH YOU GUYS THE CONCEPT, THE IDEA OF CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF TINA TURNER LEAVING IKE TURNER FROM THE STATLER HOTEL. GOING TO THE LORENZO HOTEL WHERE THEY HAVE A TINA TURNER ESCAPE ROOM.
SO I HAVE REALLY BEEN BUSY. I'VE BEEN WORKING.
WE'VE GOT A PROPOSAL FROM LORENZO HOTEL TO HOST MULTIPLE EVENTS THERE.
FROM THE STATLER HOTEL. AND WITH CURTIS KING AND T BALL AT THE DALLAS WOMEN'S MUSEUM, WHICH IS LIKE THE PREFERRED VENUE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S ABOUT WOMEN HAVING THE COURAGE AND THE STRENGTH TO LIVE A DANGEROUS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LIFE. SO BACK TO WHAT ELSE WE'VE BEEN DOING. WE'RE GETTING ON THE CALENDAR WITH THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON THAT IS OVER THE LORENZO IN SOUTH DALLAS.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE TO SPEAK WITH THIS PERSON.
WE'RE ON THE CALENDAR WITH JOHN WILEY PRICE, ROYCE WEST.
I'M SPEAKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FOR JASMINE CROCKETT AND SPOKEN WITH TASHARA PARKER ABOUT BEING THE HOST. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH A YOUNG LADY BY THE NAME OF SKYE DAKOTA TURNER.
SHE WAS ON THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW WHEN SHE WAS, LIKE, EIGHT YEARS OLD, SINGING LIKE, PATTI LABELLE.
I CALLED THEM AND THEY ARE, LIKE, SO EXCITED ABOUT COMING TO PERFORM AS TINA TURNER.
THE THE TEENAGER. SO WE'RE ALSO NOW REACHING OUT TO ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESSES.
GETTING READY TO GO TO THE DALLAS BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO TO GET ENTREPRENEURS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO LIKE SPONSORED TITLE SPONSORSHIPS, STAGE SPONSORSHIPS, AND ALSO VENDORS SO THAT WE CAN GET THEIR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IN FRONT OF AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE.
I GOT 30S THIS IS THE BEST PART. JULY 3RD. THAT'S THE 50TH DAY.
THIS IS GOING TO LAUNCH THE BEST 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND DALLAS EVER SEEN.
BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS IT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF TINA TURNER LEAVING IKE, IT'S THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'S DIRECTOR OF INDEPENDENCE AND FIFA. FIFA IS TAKING OVER DALLAS AND I.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KENDRA JOHNSON.
GOOD MORNING. I AM KNOWN IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AS LALA JOHNSON.
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PRODUCER, ACTRESS AND VOICE INSTRUCTOR. I'M ALSO THE TINA TURNER OF DFW.I WILL WARN YOU AHEAD OF TIME, I'M A FAR BETTER SINGER AND PERFORMER THAN I AM PUBLIC SPEAKER.
SO HERE GOES. SOME OF THE PEOPLE HERE MAY REMEMBER ME FROM 2024.
TINA FEST IS A ONE DAY INDOOR. MUSIC, CULTURE AND EMPOWERMENT FESTIVAL DESIGNED TO HONOR A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN AMERICAN MUSIC HISTORY THAT TOOK PLACE HERE IN DALLAS, TEXAS, ON JULY 3RD, 1976.
TINA TURNER ARRIVED AT THE RAMADA INN IN DALLAS, NOW KNOWN AS THE LORENZO HOTEL, WITH NOTHING BUT $0.36 AND THE COURAGE TO RUN AWAY FROM ABUSE. AN ACT THAT MARKED THE TRUE BEGINNING OF HER REBIRTH AS AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST AND A GLOBAL ICON.
JULY 3RD, 2026 MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THAT VERY NIGHT.
TINA FEST FORMALLY POSITIONS DALLAS AS THE REBIRTHING PLACE OF TINA TURNER, ELEVATING THE CITY'S ROLE IN A GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT STORY OF RESILIENCE, FREEDOM AND TRANSFORMATION. TIMED ALONGSIDE THE FIFA WORLD CUP IN DALLAS, THE 2026 RELAUNCH OF TINA FEST IS ENVISIONED AS A SECONDARY MARQUEE CULTURAL ATTRACTION, OFFERING RESIDENTS AND INTERNATIONAL VISITORS VISITORS AN AUTHENTIC, PURPOSE DRIVEN DALLAS EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS DONE IN COMMEMORATION OF A TRAGIC DEATH.
I BELIEVE THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT. AND AS THE TINA TURNER OF DFW, I'M COMMITTED TO CONTRIBUTING TO HER LEGACY AND DALLAS HISTORIC STORYLINE BY MAKING TINA FEST A YEARLY WORLDWIDE DESTINATION IN CELEBRATION OF DALLAS, THE REBIRTHING PLACE OF TINA TURNER.
BECAUSE TINA TURNER WAS A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WE ARE DONATING A PORTION OF THE EVENT'S PROCEEDS TO WOMEN CALLED MOSES, WHICH IS A DFW BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO HELPING SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SAFELY ESCAPE AND REBUILD INDEPENDENT LIVES.
PART OF OUR PROGRAM. IT HIGHLIGHTS OUR VENDORS, VILLAGE GUEST SPEAKERS AND GUEST PANEL, ADULT AND YOUTH TALENT COMPETITIONS, AND A LIVE PERFORMANCE LINEUP, OF COURSE, CULMINATED WITH MY 13 PIECE ALL WOMAN TINA TURNER TRIBUTE BAND I, TINA TURNER. THIS IS NOT ONLY A FESTIVAL, THIS IS A DECLARATION OF DALLAS PLACE IN THE STORY THAT THE WORLD ALREADY KNOWS, BUT HAS NEVER FULLY CLAIMED. IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
WE SEEK THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT IN THIS. YOUR TIME? THANK YOU. SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. FOR WHAT PURPOSE? AND WHO WAS THAT? THAT WAS ME. YES. I JUST WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM.
SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HONORABLE KAY HUTCHISON.
MAYOR JOHNSON, CITY MANAGER. TALBOT. ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTED.
I'M SO PLEASED TO BE HERE. IT'S A BIG DAY FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER.
IT'S ONE OF THE MARKS. I'M TOLD THAT ONCE YOU APPROVE THEN OUR VISIT DALLAS STAFF CAN START SHOWING THIS TO THE POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. AND I APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER SHOWING ME ALL OF THIS.
AND I'VE EVEN BEEN ABLE TO GO TO SOME OF THE MEETINGS WHERE THE POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS.
THE CONVENTION PLANNERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE COME IN AND AND GIVEN SUGGESTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO MAKING SURE THAT IT IS WHAT THE CONVENTION PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE IN A CENTER.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. IT'S I KNOW THERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME PATIENCE BECAUSE THINGS WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING SOMETHING THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT LITTLE DELAYS OR LITTLE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE CHANGED.
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AND JUST BE PATIENT. LET'S WORK TOGETHER. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANYTHING THAT ANYONE EVER WANTS TO DO OR TALK ABOUT. BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A TRANSFORMATIONAL, ASSET FOR OUR CITY.AND I'M VERY EXCITED AND HONORED THAT IT'S NAMED FOR ME, BECAUSE I'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY FOR OVER 25 YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE AS WELL, JUST LIKE EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE.
AND I AM A COMMITTED ADVOCATE AMBASSADOR FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS TO THE WORLD, BECAUSE I LOVE THIS CITY AND OUR BEST IS GOING TO BE SHOWN WHEN THIS IS FINISHED BY 2029, SO IT'S NOT THAT FAR AWAY.
MAYOR. THANK YOU KIM, THANK YOU. THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE INPUT THAT YOU ARE GIVING AND BUILDING WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE THE GREATEST OPERATIONAL CITY ON EARTH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS CONCLUDES YOUR FIRST FIVE REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
MAYOR. IT'S FOR A PURPOSE. I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO HEAR THE OTHER DALLAS BASED SPEAKERS.
ANY OBJECTION SO ORDERED. THANK YOU. WE WILL CONTINUE ON.
YOUR NEXT SPEAKER, TANISHA BATTISTA.
HELLO AND GOOD MORNING. I'M TANISHA BATTISTA.
OFTENTIMES I AM AN AVID MUSIC LOVER AND HAVE FOUND JOY IN BEING INVOLVED IN THE ARTS HERE IN DALLAS.
I'VE BEEN, A COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE DEEP ELLUM COMMUNITY.
FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS, I'VE GROWN UP AROUND DALLAS ARTISTS.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MISS LALA JOHNSON.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE TINA FEST WITH SO MANY PEOPLE.
MY MOTHER IN PARTICULAR, COUSINS, DAUGHTERS. WHAT TINA MEANS TO ME IS THAT SHE'S A SURVIVOR.
AND KNOWING THAT THAT SURVIVOR MADE A CHOICE TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST PHYSICAL ABUSE HERE IN DALLAS IS IS A MEMORABLE THING. I REALLY HOPE THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS GETS BEHIND THIS TINA FESTIVAL FOR MANY REASONS.
ONE IS SO THAT WE CAN ALWAYS CONTINUE TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE MUSIC AND THE CULTURE OF HERE IN DALLAS, OF WHAT TINA MEANS TO US AS LISTENERS, AS MUSIC LOVERS.
ONE QUICK STORY IS I HAD A GIRLFRIEND WHO. I'VE HAD BEEN A FRIEND SINCE WE WERE CHILDREN.
HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY, AND SHE ASKED ME TO DRIVE HER BACK TO ABILENE TO HELP BURY HER MOTHER.
UPON RETURNING, SHE WAS VERY DISTRAUGHT. MOTHER'S DAY WAS APPROACHING, AND I THOUGHT, WHAT COULD I DO TO BRING HER SPIRITS UP? WELL, TINA FESTIVAL WAS MADE ITS PREMIERE IN FORT WORTH, AND I THOUGHT, WHAT BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO AGAIN TO USE MUSIC TO TAKE HER AWAY FROM PAIN? MY MOTHER ATTENDED THAT FESTIVAL WITH ME, MY GIRLFRIEND WHOSE MOTHER PASSED AWAY, AND MY SISTER. AND FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, I GOT TO SEE MY FRIEND TAKE A STEP BACK FROM HER PAIN.
SHE LAUGHED. SHE SUNG THE WHOLE ALL OF THE SONGS FOR THAT BRIEF MOMENT.
SO ME PERSONALLY, I REALLY I SUPPORT THE TINA FESTIVAL AS A PATRON.
I CONTINUE TO SHARE IT WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS JUST FOR A BRIEF MOMENT.
AGAIN, MUSIC GIVES US PAUSE JUST TO STEP AWAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CLAYTON YORK.
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OKAY. I'M A PROUD TRANSGENDER, MENTALLY RETARDED, HISPANIC, INDIGENOUS, AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN OF COLOR.AND I'M LATE FOR MY ABORTION. MISTER CHAD WEST, YOU SPOKE AT THE NO KINGS RALLY.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. THAT'S MY WIFE'S BOYFRIEND.
NOW WE NEED ICE. I STAND WITH BERNIE. GOOD TALKING RIGHT NOW.
YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR COMMENTS TO ME. BUT THANKS FOR PLAYING.
THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. JIMMY RICO PROGRAM. JIMMY RICO PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT PRESENT. ANNA. ROSEANNE'S. ROSEANNE'S.
SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME. GINA 2015.
EITHER OR. THIS ONE. OKAY. HELLO. GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ANNA RESENDEZ. I'M PROUD FROM. I'M PROUDLY FROM DISTRICT FIVE.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT CONTINUE TO HURT MY NEIGHBORHOOD. POLICIES ARE MEANT TO REFLECT PUBLIC WILL AND SERVE AS GUARDRAILS FOR DECISION MAKING, BUT WHEN THEY ARE SELECTIVELY APPLIED TO ADVANCE AN AGENDA, TRANSPARENCY BREAKS DOWN AND ACCOUNTABILITY DISAPPEARS SYSTEMICALLY.
LIBRARIES ARE ONE OF THE STRONGEST EQUALIZERS WE HAVE.
LIBRARIES REMAIN ONE OF THE FEW PLACES LOW INCOME FAMILIES CAN GO TO WITHOUT NEEDING MONEY.
YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN THAT KNOWLEDGE HAS A GATE AND THEY ARE NOT MEANT TO PASS THROUGH IT.
THESE SPACES DON'T JUST PROVIDE BOOKS. THEY KEEP YOUTH ENGAGED AFTER SCHOOL WHILE PARENTS ARE AT WORK, AND OFTEN, AND OFFER POSITIVE ALTERNATIVES TO INTERRUPT THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE.
LIBRARIES PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WHERE OTHER SYSTEMS FALL SHORT.
BLACK. AND BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN DESTABILIZED BY PEOPLE LIKE CARL.
GOVAN JR, WHO TARGETED OUR COMMUNITIES WITH WRONGFUL FORECLOSURE AND DEED FRAUD.
WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS SIMPLE TO INVEST IN STABILIZING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT WITH PROFITS.
THEIR DISPLACEMENT. IF EQUITY IS TRULY THE GOAL, THEN OUR FUNDING PRIORITIES SHOULD REFLECT WHAT ACTUALLY STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITIES, WHICH INCLUDES LIBRARIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS REBECCA KORNBLUM, A BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THE DALLAS BICYCLE COALITION.
TODAY, I AM ADVOCATING FOR CREATING AND MAINTAINING BIKE ROUTES AS VITAL TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR BOTH THE WORLD CUP AND AS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE WHO LIVE SOUTH OF 30 AND DOWNTOWN DURING ONGOING CONSTRUCTION.
THIS SUMMER, WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR THE FULL NETWORK CONNECTING UNION STATION TO FANFEST AND FAIR PARK, WITH EXTENSIONS ALONG HOUSTON AND HARWOOD TO CONNECT THE EAST WEST ROUTES TO KLYDE WARREN AND VICTORY STATION.
THESE ARE THE APPROVED BIKE ROUTES IN THE BIKE PLAN PASSED LAST MAY.
THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE PLAN, BUT I'M ASKING COUNCIL FOR SUPPORT TO ENSURE THAT FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR THE COMPLETE NETWORK. AND THESE ROUTES ARE PRIMARILY IN DISTRICT TWO ALONG HOUSTON STREET AND JACKSON STREET.
BUT THE SUCCESS OF AND SAFETY OF WORLD CUP ATTENDEES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS FULL COUNCIL.
I'M ALSO HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR MAINTAINING MAINTAINING BIKE ROUTE CONNECTIONS FROM SOUTH OF 30 INTO DOWNTOWN, AMONGST CONSTRUCTION ON I-30 AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.
AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CEDARS AND DOWNTOWN THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE, WITH NO ALTERNATE ROUTE PROVIDED. YESTERDAY IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING, STAFF ALSO SHARED THE POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF THE JEFFERSON VIADUCT FOR CONVENTION CENTER
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CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE ANOTHER IMPORTANT BIKE ROUTE FROM SOUTHERN DALLAS TO DOWNTOWN.DBC CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE PEDESTRIANIZATION PEDESTRIANIZATION OF HOUSTON STREET, WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY THE OAK FARMS TRAFFIC STUDY AND RECOMMENDED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER AFTER NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDBACK. PLEASE TREAT CYCLING AS A VITAL TRANSPORTATION OPTION FOR DALLAS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
THANK YOU SHANNON. AND I LIKE SHANNON. IT'S NOT ONLINE.
IT'S NOT PRESENT. JOHN MARTINEZ. BUT.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER.
I KNOW BECAUSE I REPRESENT THE REGIONAL HISPANIC CONTRACTORS.
AND THAT'S TRUE, I AM. BUT IF YOU'VE EVER ASKED ME, WHAT DO I LIKE ABOUT MY JOB AND WHAT THE LEGACY SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE 3 OR 4 GENERATIONS DOWN THE ROAD WHERE NO ONE REMEMBERS THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION OR THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE, OR THE LEADERS, BUT THEY REMEMBER THAT THEIR PARENTS WERE PART OF A COMPANY, OR THEY OWNED A COMPANY THAT FOREVER CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF THAT FAMILY AND THE AMERICAN DREAM THAT WE ALL WANT. AND THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT I SEE WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SHE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT GO AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER THE TRAINING, THE JOBS, THE EXPOSURE. AND WHEN I'VE TALKED TO EACH OF YOU, IT'S BEEN THE SAME THING.
NO ONE'S TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMMEDIATE THING.
MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN BORN YET. I SAY THAT TO SAY THIS.
WHERE THIS IS A BIG PROJECT THAT UNIFIES THE CITY AND NOT MUCH UNIFIES OUR CITY SOMETIMES, BUT THIS DOES. AND EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTAKE OF THIS.
AND MY HOPE IS THAT YEARS FROM NOW, SOMEBODY SAYS, MY LIFE CHANGED BECAUSE A CONFERENCE CAME HERE THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IF IT WASN'T HERE IN MY HOME CITY. AND THAT CHANGED WHAT I DID.
RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE BIGNESS OF IT.
IT'S NOT THE BUILDINGS. IT'S NOT HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS IS.
IT'S THE BIGNESS OF THE DREAM THAT NO ONE HERE HAS SAID.
IT'S MY DREAM. IT'S MY LEGACY. BUT THE CITY OF DALLAS LEGACY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THIS CONCLUDES THE CITY OF DALLAS. REGISTER SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR VOTING AGENDA. THANK YOU, MR.
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MAYOR. AGENDA ITEM ONE IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 3RD, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.SECOND, I HEARD I HEARD A SECOND BEFORE I HEARD A MOTION.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.
THIS MORNING YOU ONLY HAVE FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.
YOUR NOMINEES FOR FULL COUNCIL APPOINTMENT TO THE NORTH OAK CLIFF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, ERIC S DRABINSKI IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WEST TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE SEVEN BOARD SPORTS ARENA.
JODI W BLAND IS BEING NOMINATED BY MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO AND TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE 17 BOARD.
TODD HAYDEN SMITH IS BEING NOMINATED BY COUNCILMEMBER WEST.
THESE ARE YOUR NOMINEES. MR. MAYOR, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THE NOMINEES ARE APPROVED. CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BEFORE WE MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM THREE.
ALL RIGHT. MANAGER. GOOD MORNING. AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MR.
[ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION]
MAYOR. AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS IS PRESENTING TODAY'S RESOLUTION, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, RELATED TO THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION CORRIDOR IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE FORT WORTH TO HOUSTON HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDOR. THIS ITEM ORIGINATES FROM A SPECIAL CALL MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY THE 8TH OF THIS YEAR, FOLLOWING A BRIEFING ON THE STATUS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS EFFORTS AROUND THE HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDOR CORRIDORS.[00:35:07]
UPTOWN AND VICTORY PARK, EXCEPT FOR STREETCAR EXPANSIONS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 0876, AND SUPPORTS COX ACCEPTANCE OF A $500,000 FEDERAL PLANNING GRANT WITH CONDITIONS REQUIRING COMPLIANCE WITH CITY COUNCIL POLICY.EVALUATING MULTIPLE ALIGNMENT ALTERNATIVES, CONSIDERATION OF THE TRINITY RAILWAY EXPRESS UPGRADE OPPORTUNITIES, AND AVOIDANCE OF CITY PARK LAND, ALL AT NO COST TO THE CITY.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SAID WHAT THIS ITEM IS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OKAY, MADAM SECRETARY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AGENDA ITEM THREE IS A RESOLUTION STATING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ONE REAFFIRMS ITS POSITION NOT SUPPORTING ANY CONSTRUCTION OF ABOVE GROUND RAIL LINES THROUGH THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, UPTOWN AND VICTORY PARK AREAS OF DALLAS, EXCEPT FOR STREETCAR EXPANSION PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AS STATED IN RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 0876, APPROVED ON JUNE 12TH, 2024.
TWO. SUPPORTS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS NCT COG REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCILS RTC REQUEST TO NCT COG'S EXECUTIVE BOARD TO ACCEPT $500,000 GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL RAIL LINE ADMINISTRATION'S STEP ONE OF THE COURIER IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF THE FORT WORTH TO HOUSTON HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDOR, AND THAT THE DALLAS TO FORT WORTH LEG OF THE CORRIDOR IS SUBJECT TO A COMPLIANCE WITH RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 0876, APPROVED ON JUNE 12TH, 2024. B SCOPE, SCHEDULE AND COST DEVELOPMENT TO BE BASED ON MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS COMPLYING WITH RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH 0876 APPROVED ON JUNE 12TH, 2024.
SEE REQUESTING THAT THE EXISTING TRINITY RAILWAY EXPRESS LINE BE STUDIED FOR UPGRADING OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT ANY ABOVE GROUND RAIL ALIGNMENTS DO NOT GO THROUGH THE CITY PARKLAND.
THIS IS YOUR ITEM, MR. MAYOR. JIM RIDLEY, HAVE A MOTION.
YES, I DO, YOUR HONOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS RECOMMENDED BY THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGE THAT ABOVE GROUND RAIL ALIGNMENTS NOT GO THROUGH SUB DISTRICT ONE A OF PD 714, INCLUDING THE SITE FOR THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK WITHIN THE SUBDISTRICT.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? CHAIRMAN RIDLEY? YES.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION THAT REAFFIRMS THIS COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION FROM 2024.
DRESSING. THE ADVENT OF HIGH SPEED RAIL BETWEEN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH.
IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SETS PARAMETERS FOR SUCH RAIL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD IT EVER COME TO PASS, WHICH AT THIS TIME SEEMS PROBLEMATIC IN LIGHT OF THE CONGRESS JUST THIS WEEK REACHING A DEAL TO DEFUND $928 MILLION IN HIGH SPEED RAIL GRANTS. NOTWITHSTANDING THAT, THE RTC HAS BEEN ANXIOUS TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THIS $500,000 GRANT IN ORDER TO DO THIS FIRST STAGE OF A CORRIDOR IDENTIFICATION PROCESS. THIS IS A PLANNING PROCESS THAT WILL LIKELY HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR AN ALIGNMENT THAT IS ULTIMATELY APPROVED THROUGH LATER STAGES OF THIS CORRIDOR.
IDENTIFICATION PROCESS. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AT THIS TIME, AS THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE VOTED, TO SET THOSE PARAMETERS IN AN OFFICIAL POSITION OF THIS BODY, AND THOSE ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THIS RESOLUTION, SPECIFICALLY THAT THE SCOPE, SCHEDULE AND COST DEVELOPMENT BE BASED ON MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS THAT COMPLY WITH THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION AND THE REQUESTING THAT THE TRINITY RAILWAY EXPRESS BE CONSIDERED FOR UPGRADING OPPORTUNITIES IN LIEU OF A WHOLE SEPARATE NEW HIGH SPEED RAIL RIGHT OF WAY AT GREAT ADDITIONAL EXPENSE.
INDEED, THAT ANY ABOVE GROUND RAIL ALIGNMENTS NOT GO THROUGH CITY PARKLAND.
WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE ADDED AT COUNCILWOMAN BLAIR'S COUNCILWOMAN CARDENAS REQUEST US TO RESPECT THE SITE FOR THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE RESOLUTION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. CITY MANAGER, I THINK WE'RE ABOUT READY TO MOVE ON TO YOUR PART OF THE PROGRAM.
BUT, MADAM SECRETARY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA TODAY?
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NO, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS KIND OF A WEIRD DAY, BUT GO AHEAD.[BRIEFINGS]
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR. WE CAN NOW GO TO BRIEFING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR TODAY.THE WORLD CUP REPRESENTS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR DALLAS.
IT PLACES OUR CITY ON AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE, AND IT REINFORCES OUR REPUTATION AS A WORLD CLASS CITY CAPABLE OF HOSTING EVENTS OF GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS THE RESULT RESULT OF YEARS OF STRATEGIC INVESTMENT, STRONG LEADERSHIP AND TRUSTED PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. PREPARATION FOR AN EVENT OF THIS SCALE IS TRULY A CITYWIDE EFFORT.
TEAMS ACROSS MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN PLANNING AND COORDINATION, WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO ENSURE THAT DALLAS IS READY AND POSITIONED FOR SUCCESS. I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF FOR THE PROFESSIONALISM, EXPERTISE AND THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY HAVE SHOWN IN THIS WORK THUS FAR.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THIS TEAM TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE PLANNING CONTINUES, AND THAT THE PARTNERSHIP IS OVERALL CRITICAL TO OUR SHARED SUCCESS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE MANY PARTNERS, MANY WHO I SEE IN THE CHAMBERS THIS MORNING ALL ACROSS THE REGION, THE STATE AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY IN MAKING SURE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD SUCCESSFULLY.
THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR ONGOING FEEDBACK AND YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, EVEN AFTER TODAY'S BRIEFING, YOUR ONGOING FEEDBACK IS CRITICAL.
TODAY'S PANEL WILL WALK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF OUR PLANNING EFFORTS AND WHAT LIES AHEAD.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF CONVENTION SERVICES, ROSA FLEMING. ROSA WILL SHARE A FEW MORE REMARKS AND ALSO INTRODUCE THE OTHER PANELISTS FOR TODAY'S BRIEFING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER TOLBERT.
SO GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
AS THE CITY MANAGER NOTED, PREPARATION FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 IS A COORDINATED, CITYWIDE EFFORT, AND TODAY'S BRIEFING IS INTENDED TO GIVE YOU A CLEARER PICTURE OF HOW THAT WORK IS COMING TOGETHER TODAY.
WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM AS WE CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR THIS EVENT ACROSS THE REGION.
SO I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR PARTNERS WITH OAK VIEW GROUP, INSPIRE DALLAS AND THE OTHER KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER MASTER PLAN PARTNERS LIKE TRINITY ALLIANCE AND AMPLIFY DALLAS, WHO'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH US AS THE CITY HAD PREPARATIONS RELATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER. THEIR COMMITMENT, THEIR COLLABORATION, THEIR HARD WORK HAVE ALL BEEN CRITICAL TO GETTING US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE KEY PARTNERS AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, I'M EXCITED AND HAPPY TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S PANEL.
FIRST, WE HAVE BRANT WILKINSON AS THE CITY'S PRIMARY FIFA CONTACT AND STAFF LEAD, AND HE'LL BEGIN TODAY'S BRIEFING AFTER WE CONCLUDE THESE INTRODUCTIONS AND PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR COORDINATION AND OUR PLANNING EFFORTS.
NEXT, WE HAVE NOEL LABEAU AND ROCKY BARS WITH THE NORTH TEXAS FIFA WORLD CUP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.
AND THIS IS A LARGE EVENT, SO WE APPRECIATE ALL OF HIS EFFORTS.
AND FINALLY, CRAIG DAVIS, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF VISIT HE'S DALLAS.
THIS EVENT IS CENTRAL TO VISIT DALLAS MISSION, AND CRAIG WILL SPEAK TO THE BROADER TOURISM ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS HUGE EVENT AND ITS IMPACT WORLDWIDE. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BRETT SO THAT HE CAN BEGIN THE BRIEFING.
THANK YOU ROSA. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND GO TO COULD ADVANCE AND THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
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ALL RIGHT. SO FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN PLANNING FOR THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP.WORKING CLOSELY, AS ROSA SAID, WITH THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION AND OBVIOUSLY THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FIFA WORLD CUP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS, AND FIFA. DURING THAT TIME, WE PROVIDED SEVERAL BRIEFINGS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A GROUP, AND WE APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S CONTINUED SUPPORT AS OUR FIFA PLANNING HAS ADVANCED.
ONE OF OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVES HAS BEEN POSITIONING.
AS YOU KNOW, DALLAS IS THE CENTRAL GLOBAL HUB FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THE IBC, THE CITY IS ALSO WORKING TO SUPPORT OTHER WORLD CUP RELATED ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE VOLUNTEER CENTER AND FAN FESTIVAL AT FAIR PARK, WHICH WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT FURTHER REINFORCING THE CITY'S OVERALL ROLE IN THE TOURNAMENT.
CITY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING POLICE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, TRANSPORTATION, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, COMMUNICATIONS, THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED. AND TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE ALIGNED, WE DO MEET MONTHLY.
WE HAVE A CITY LEADERSHIP MEETING WITH PRETTY MUCH EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY THAT CONVENES MONTHLY AND OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I DO ALSO WANT TO THANK ROSA FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN HELPING BRING ALL THIS TOGETHER.
AND SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF PULLING EVERYONE TOGETHER ON THAT. SO WITH THAT BRIEF BACKGROUND, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO NOEL. GOOD MORNING.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
IT'S ROSA, IT'S BRETT. WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
SO WHEN I SAY THAT WORD THROUGHOUT MY PRESENTATION, KNOW THAT THAT MEANS THE TEAM AT THE CITY OF DALLAS, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ALLOWED ME AND THE TEAM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE PLANS FOR THE WORLD CUP TO EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, I KNEW THAT. I KNOW THAT TOOK SOME TIME, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF MONICA PAUL, NINA VACA AND DAN HUNT, THANK YOU TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KIM TOLBERT AND MAYOR ERIC JOHNSON FOR JOINING US AT THE DRAW IN D.C.
YOUR SUPPORT SHOWED FIFA THAT DALLAS TRUE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO THIS EVENT.
SO WITH YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT, IT WAS REALLY TIMELY FOR THIS UPDATE.
AND THIS IS TRULY AN UPDATE ON OUR EFFORTS. SO WE CAN GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE.
THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST WORLD CUP EVER WITH 48 TEAMS. THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 16 TEAMS FROM THE LAST TOURNAMENT.
WE HAVE NINE MATCHES HERE IN DALLAS, INCLUDING A SEMIFINAL.
ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, YOU PROBABLY KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT.
AND WITH THAT, WE EXPECT AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF 1.52 TO $2.1 BILLION.
NOW, WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES JUST RELEASED THE 52 TOP PLACES TO VISIT IN 2026, AND DALLAS WAS NUMBER SIX. AND THAT IS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT DALLAS IS THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANYONE TO SEE A WORLD CUP MATCH.
WE HAVE THE MOST MATCHES. WE HAVE THE LARGEST STADIUM.
SO AGAIN, NUMBER SIX PLACE TO VISIT ON NEW YORK TIMES 52 BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN 2026.
WE ARE 141 DAYS FROM JUNE 11TH AND WE ARE GETTING READY ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
WHAT WE REALLY SEE THIS IS AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
YES, WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME THE WORLD TO DALLAS.
SOCCER IS THE MOST POPULAR SPORT IN THE WORLD.
75% OF THE WORLD LOVES FOOTBALL AND WE ARE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THEM TO WHY THEY WILL ALSO LOVE DALLAS, TEXAS. WE'RE EXPECTING ALMOST 4 MILLION VISITORS TO THE AREA, AND WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, BECAUSE EVEN THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO COME HERE TO VISIT, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE THE IMAGERY THAT THEY WILL SEE AND THE PEOPLE THAT THE JOURNALISTS WILL MEET ALONG THE WAY BY HOSTING THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY IS NOT JUST FOR THE VISITORS, BUT FOR THOSE THAT WILL EVEN EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCE. DALLAS, TEXAS THROUGH THE MEDIA. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN THINGS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WHICH ARE THE KEY VENUES THAT WE HAVE SUPPORTING THE WORLD CUP.
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OBVIOUSLY, ALL NINE MATCHES WILL BE PLAYED AT DALLAS STADIUM IN ARLINGTON.WE STILL HAVE POTENTIAL BASE CAMPS AVAILABLE.
THERE ARE FOUR MANSFIELD STADIUM THE TCU STADIUM, TOYOTA STADIUM AND SOCCER COMPLEX IN FRISCO, AS WELL AS THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS IN DENTON.
NO BASE CAMPS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED YET. SO THOSE THINGS THAT YOU MAY BE HEARING ARE NOT OFFICIAL.
WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR ON WHAT BASE CAMPS HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY TEAMS. AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE STILL SIX TEAMS THAT WILL BE QUALIFIED IN MARCH.
SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS. THE VENUE SPECIFIC TRAINING SITES ARE AT THE COTTON BOWL AND SMU.
AND BRETT'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
THE SCHEDULE. SO IN DECEMBER 5TH, WE LEARNED WHAT WHICH TEAMS COULD POTENTIALLY PLAY HERE IN DALLAS.
AND THE DAY AFTER WE RECEIVED OUR SCHEDULE, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR SCHEDULE.
WE BELIEVE THIS WAS A COMBINATION OF A LITTLE LUCK AND A LOT OF HARD WORK.
SO WE HAVE TEAMS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT FAN BASES, TEAMS THAT HAVE FAN BASES, WHO TRAVEL, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT NUMBER. AND THEY ARE ALSO, I WILL TELL YOU, VERY ORGANIZED.
I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE GREAT TIMES FOR OUR MATCHES.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SCHEDULE, WE HAVE THOSE LATE AFTERNOON GAMES.
WE HAVE ONE IN THE EVENING, BUT IT'S A REALLY FANTASTIC SCHEDULE.
WE HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU AT FAN FESTIVAL TO SEE ALL THOSE MATCHES.
WE USE THIS QUITE A BIT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FAN FESTIVAL SCHEDULE, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THIS KIND OF IN THEIR HANDS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WAY THE SCHEDULE REALLY WORKS IS WE'RE IN A BAND TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
SO MANY OF OUR TEAMS PLAY IN KANSAS CITY, DALLAS AND HOUSTON.
SO THAT IS THE STRETCH OF THE OF THE US THAT THEY WILL BE PLAYING IN.
THE IBC IS GOING TO BE THE GLOBAL HUB FOR BROADCAST ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT, SERVING TELEVISION, RADIO AND DIGITAL MEDIA FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
THOUSANDS OF MEDIA PROFESSIONALS WILL WORK OUT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER DURING THE EVENT, CONNECTING COVERAGE FROM ALL 16 HOST CITIES BACK TO BILLIONS OF FANS IN OVER 200 COUNTRIES ON EVERY CONTINENT ON THE PLANET.
HOSTING THE IBC PUTS DALLAS CENTER STAGE ON THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SPORTING PLATFORM.
AND WHILE WE'RE CERTAINLY EXCITED ABOUT HOSTING MORE FIFA WORLD WORLD CUP GAMES THAN ANY OTHER CITY, HOSTING THE IBC PROVIDES GLOBAL VISIBILITY FOR DALLAS.
EVERY TIME SOMEONE TURNS ON A SCREEN TO WATCH THE WORLD CUP.
WE DO HAVE EXPERIENCE DOING THIS. WE SERVED AS THE IBC LOCATION DURING THE 1994 WORLD CUP, AND OUR CONVENTION CENTER AND OUR DOWNTOWN LOCATION MAKE US UNIQUELY SUITED TO HOST THIS ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY AGAIN.
WE'RE ALSO EXCITED THAT THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER WILL SERVE AS THE LOCATION FOR THE LOCAL MEDIA CENTER, WHICH WILL BRING IN HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL MEDIA AND JOURNALISTS THAT WILL NOT BE ACCREDITED, ACCREDITED BY THE IBC, BUT WILL BE WORKING OUT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. AND I ALSO WANT JUST TO BRIEFLY SAY THAT THE IBC ALSO PRESENTS ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES AS CONTRACTS AND RELATED SERVICES ARE AWARDED.
NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. SO THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE TIMELINE FOR PREPARING AND OPERATING IBC AT THE
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CONVENTION CENTER. I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW FIFA TOOK OVER THE CONVENTION CENTER ON JANUARY 14TH LAST WEEK.IN MAY, THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS WILL BEGIN ARRIVING IN THE IBC, WILL BECOME FULLY OPERATIONAL ON MAY 27TH, AND WILL REMAIN ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT. AND THEN FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE WORLD CUP, THERE WILL BE A DISMANTLING AND DECOMMISSIONING PERIOD AS BROADCAST OPERATIONS ARE REMOVED AND THE FACILITY TRANSITIONS BACK TO NORMAL USE.
THE COUNCIL APPROVED FUNDING FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS LAST YEAR, AND THESE PROJECTS HAVE PLAYED A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN READYING THE CONVENTION CENTER FOR THE IBC. WE WANT TO AGAIN THANK OUR PARTNERS WITH OVG INSPIRED ALICE AND THE BROADER CONVENTION CENTER MASTER PLAN TEAM FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN DELIVERING THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. AND WE HAVE BEEN ALSO COORDINATING VERY CLOSELY WITH FIFA ON THESE AS WELL.
WHILE WE ALL KNOW THE IBC WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO DALLAS, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE IBC WILL FUNCTION AS A SECURE FACILITY WITH ONLY LIMITED CREDENTIALED ACCESS, AND IT IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
ONCE THE BUILD OUT IS COMPLETE, WE DO PLAN ON BRINGING THE COUNCIL AND OTHERS OVER FOR A TOUR OF THE IBC, SO YOU CAN SEE FIRSTHAND HOW THE SPACE IS BEING USED AND UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INVESTMENT.
JOHN NEWKIRK IS WITH FIFA. HE IS THE SENIOR MANAGER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER.
HE'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNER. WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH HIM.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE.
GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE AND AN HONOR TO BE IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME AND TO BE PART OF THE LARGEST GLOBAL SPORTING EVENT IN HISTORY, AND TO SERVE SUCH A CRITICAL ROLE AS BEEN COVERED WELL BY THE PANEL MEMBERS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMENT THAT FOR THIS PROJECT, JUST THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, WE'RE ENGAGED AT EVERY LEVEL OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND ALL OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS.
AND IT'S ALL WITH THE HELP OF SO MANY OF THE TEAMMATES HERE AT THIS TABLE AND THOSE NOT PRESENT.
BUT WE WE KNOW THAT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, THIS WOULD BE A MUCH HARDER ROAD.
AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY.
AND WE WILL BE READY TO GO TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL IN LATE MAY.
SO A LOT A LOT TO DO, A LOT MORE TO DO A LOT MORE COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, YOUR TEAMS, YOUR DEPARTMENTS, THE HOST CITY COMMITTEE AND THE OAK VIEW GROUP, YOUR VENUE MANAGERS OVER AT THE KAY BAILEY CONVENTION CENTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON BEHALF OF FIFA AND WORLD CUP 2026.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOHN. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. THE ONE PIECE I WOULD ADD TO THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER IS THAT WE WILL HAVE A WELCOME DESK WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER, WHERE WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT THE JOURNALISTS KNOW ABOUT TOURS.
AREAS TO VISIT, THINGS TO DO. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK, FOR THE CITY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE AGGREGATING THAT INFORMATION AND WILL BE INVOLVING FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT THE WELCOME DESK.
THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER IS LARGELY FOR RIGHTS HOLDERS, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT PIECE. AND SO OTHER JOURNALISTS THAT WILL BE COMING WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO BE CREDENTIALED THROUGH OUR LOCAL MEDIA CENTER.
SO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, FOR THE CITY TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE AREAS AND THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR FOLKS TO SEE WHILE THEY'RE HERE. MOVING ON TO THE FAN FESTIVAL AT FAIR PARK. I WANT TO START WITH THIS. THE FAN FESTIVAL IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
HARD STOP. IT WILL BE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT WILL NOT CHANGE THROUGHOUT OUR PLANNING.
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IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WE THINK THIS IS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND EXPERIENCE THE WORLD CUP REALLY FIRSTHAND.SO THAT IS HOW THE FAN FESTIVAL IS GOING TO OPERATE.
WE WILL BE OPEN AT LEAST 34 DAYS. THERE ARE FIVE REST DAYS IN THE SCHEDULE.
REST DAYS MEANS THAT THERE ARE NO MATCHES THOSE DAYS.
BUT WE WILL BE OPEN AT LEAST THOSE 34 DAYS. AND ALL THE MATCHES, EXCEPT FOR THOSE LATE NIGHT MATCHES, WILL BE SHOWN AT FAIR PARK. SO MATCHES THAT START AT 10 P.M.
AND 11 P.M. CENTRAL TIME WILL NOT BE SHOWN AT FAIR PARK FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
BUT THAT STILL LEAVES A SCHEDULE OF ABOUT 98 MATCHES THAT WILL BE SHOWN AT THE FAN FESTIVAL.
I'LL SHOW YOU THE FOOTPRINT ON THE NEXT SLIDE IN JUST A SECOND. BUT PLANS ARE BEING FINALIZED TO SEE WHAT WE WILL HAVE IN THE WAY OF ENTERTAINMENT AND HOW THOSE CONCERTS WOULD POTENTIALLY WORK. WE WILL ALSO HOST COMMUNITY DAYS THROUGHOUT THE 39 DAY SCHEDULE.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES WITH FAN FESTIVAL.
WE ACTUALLY JUST CLOSED MORE THAN 20 RFIS FOR LOCAL VENDORS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FAN FESTIVAL EVENTS AND EFFORTS, AND PLANNING OBVIOUSLY IS IN FULL SWING NOW THAT WE ARE WITHIN THE YEAR THAT WE WILL BE HAVING THIS EVENT.
THEY CAN ALSO GO TO OUR WEBSITE WHERE THOSE RFIS ARE LISTED AND SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER, WHERE WE ARE ALSO SENDING THOSE RFIS OUT TO THAT DATABASE.
BUT THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET THE INFORMATION FOR BUSINESSES TO GET INVOLVED.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE FOOTPRINT OF OUR FAN FESTIVAL.
ANY ONE TIME CAPACITY IS 35,000. WE ARE USING THE DOS EQUIS PAVILION AS REALLY OUR MAIN STAGE.
WE'LL HAVE A HOST CITY SUPPORTER AREA, OBVIOUSLY FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
AND THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ADDITIONAL STAGE. THE ADDITIONAL STAGE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY ON BOTH THE MAIN STAGE AND THE ADDITIONAL STAGE FOR LOCAL ACTS AND GROUPS TO GET INVOLVED. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT, AS WELL AS T BALL, TO GIVE THEM BLOCKS WHERE THEY CAN PROGRAM THOSE STAGES FOR US.
WE WILL BE PROGRAMING THOSE TWO STAGES THROUGHOUT THESE 34 DAYS WHENEVER THERE IS NOT A MATCH ON.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF TIME TO PROGRAM, BUT I THINK THIS IS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO BE ON THIS TRULY GLOBAL STAGE IN FRONT OF AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE AS WELL AS A LOCAL AUDIENCE. SO WE DO EXPECT FOR 50% OF THE ATTENDEES AT FAN FESTIVAL TO BE LOCALS.
SO IT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY IN THE MOMENT, BUT ALSO OBVIOUSLY TO CONTINUE GROWING AND EXPANDING THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND EVENTS THROUGH THAT LOCAL FAN BASE THAT WILL ALSO BE THERE.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU WERE THERE WHEN WE CUT THAT RIBBON, WHICH WAS VERY EXCITING. YOU'LL BE EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THIS WEEK WE WILL REACH 10,000 TEAM TRYOUTS. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE CALLING THESE FIRST INTERVIEWS.
SO 10,000 FOLKS HAVE GONE FURTHER VOLUNTEER TRYOUT AS OF THIS WEEK.
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, WE HAD THE HIGHEST, WE BELIEVE TRYOUTS IN ONE DAY AT 579.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMPETITIVE. SO WE THINK THAT'S THE HIGHEST OF ANY OF THE VOLUNTEER CENTERS ACROSS THE HOST CITIES. BUT WE'RE STILL VERIFYING THAT INFORMATION. BUT THE OPERATION HAS BEEN VERY, VERY ACTIVE. WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE TRYOUTS UNTIL JANUARY 31ST.
SO THE CENTER IS STILL OPEN WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY UNTIL THEN. AT THAT TIME, WE WILL HAND IT BACK OVER FOR A RENOVATION AND A REMODEL, AND IT WILL OPEN IN EARLY MARCH AS THE VOLUNTEER TRAINING CENTER.
SO THAT HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE. LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE COME THROUGH THAT CENTER AND BEEN AT FAIR PARK.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NOEL. NEXT SLIDE AGAIN, SAFETY AND SECURITY, AS IT SHOULD BE, IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THE WHOLE FIFA WORLD CUP PLANNING. WE STARTED THIS PROCESS ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO.
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COMING TOGETHER. WE DO HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS AND SOME OF OUR EXPERT PLANNING TEAMS THAT ARE LISTED BELOW.EVERYTHING FROM FAR SERVICES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY MEET QUITE REGULARLY. THEY HAVE MOVED UP NOW ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS PLANNING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH FIFA AND OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS OF COURSE, DALLAS PD IS TAKING A HUGE LEAD IN ALL OF THESE.
AND SOME OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON UNDER SAFETY AND SECURITY IS COMMUNICATION, COMMAND AND CONTROL, WORKING WITH ALL AREA AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S COORDINATION BETWEEN AREA COMMANDS AND THE JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER FROM THE FEDERAL SIDE. ALL OUR EVENTS, ALL OUR MATCHES, INCLUDING THE FANFEST, IS RATED SEAR TWO, WHICH IS A SPECIAL EVENTS RATING ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NAMED A FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR US.
IT'S SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE FOR SECRET SERVICE.
CHRIS. AND SHE, ALONG WITH FBI AND ALL THE OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, CONTINUE TO MEET WITH US WITH OUR REGIONAL SAFETY PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERSHIP TALK ABOUT AND COORDINATE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO.
SO IN ADDITION TO COMMAND AND CONTROL THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OPERATIONS FOR THE STADIUM THE FANFEST, IBC BASE CAMPS, THE THE HOTELS, THE VIP HOTELS, ALL OF THAT IS BEING COORDINATED ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, DIGNITARY MOVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, ESCORTS, ASSETS THAT WE CONTINUE PLANNING ON FIRE AND MEDICAL RESPONSE AND OPERATIONS IS A HUGE PART. IT'S BEING LED BY DOCTOR MARSHALL ISAACS FOR OUR REGION.
HE'S HEADING THAT EFFORT. ALL THE FIRE SERVICES AND PUBLIC HEALTH IS ALSO A HUGE COMPONENT WITH THE EXPECTED INFLUX OF OVER 50% OF OUR FAN BASE TO BE INTERNATIONAL VISITORS.
SO LOOKING AT THAT CLOSELY CROWD MANAGEMENT, EVACUATION, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKING WITH OUR DALLAS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, CRISIS RESPONSE AND ALL THE OTHER OFFICE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
CONTINUE WITH THE PLANNING EFFORTS. WE HAVE OVERALL PLANS IN PLACE.
AGAIN, THOSE CONTINUE TO BE TWEAKED, AND THEY EVOLVE AS WE KNOW MORE INFORMATION, WE GET MORE INTEL ON THE TEAMS THAT ARE VISITING US, THE FANS THAT COULD BE VISITING US. ONCE WE KNOW WHAT BASE CAMPS ARE SELECTED, WHAT TEAMS ARE GOING TO BE THERE, THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED AND TAILORED TO THOSE TO THOSE FAN BASES AND THOSE TEAMS. SO THAT, IN A NUTSHELL, IS WHERE WE ARE WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY.
AGAIN. WE THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH 11 OTHER HOST CITIES CONTINUE TO PUSH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY. PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE NORTH TEXAS FIFA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE RECEIVED A GRANT OF $50.3 MILLION TOWARDS SAFETY SECURITY. WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THAT WITH OUR STATE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY IN, IN AUSTIN. AND FINE TUNING AND LOOKING THROUGH ALL THE EXPENSES PROPOSED AND POTENTIAL EXPENSES FOR PERSONNEL AND OVERTIME, WE HOPE, CAN BE FULLY REIMBURSED TO THE CITIES THAT ARE PART OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP.
THAT. ON TO NOEL FOR THE NEXT SLIDE. OH, NO. SORRY.
WHICH IS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF WORLD CUP PLANNING FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE.
OUR EMPHASIS ON TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS WITHIN DALLAS, PARTICULARLY WITH THE FIFA FAN FEST THE AREAS AROUND DOWNTOWN AND THE CONVENTION CENTER, OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS AND OTHER KEY ACTIVITY, KEY ACTIVITY AREAS TIED TO THE WORLD CUP.
WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO ALIGN OUR PLANNING WITH CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL READINESS.
AND SO THE CITY'S EFFORTS, WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE WAYFINDING AND SIGNAGE TO SUPPORT VISITORS AND RESIDENTS, ARE DESIGNED TO ROLL UP INTO THE BROADER REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, ENSURING DALLAS PLANNING EFFORTS ARE FULLY COORDINATED AND INTEGRATED AT THE REGIONAL
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LEVEL. THE ONE THING THAT IS NOT ON THIS SLIDE THAT I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION IS, IS THAT OUR FOLKS AT AT LOVE FIELD PATRICK AND ARNOLD WATKINS, ARE HIGHLY ENGAGED IN THIS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WORLD CUP LOVE FIELD IS GOING TO BE SORT OF THE FIRST EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE HAVE WHEN THEY ARRIVE IN OUR CITY. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE WELCOMING AND PREPARED TO WELCOME THE THOUSANDS, IF NOT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING THROUGH OUR VERY OWN AIRPORT.SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK AS WELL.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO ROCKY. HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU. SO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE COG, COG CONTRACTED WITH KIMLEY-HORN TO PUT TOGETHER THE MOBILITY PLAN FOR THE WHOLE REGION.
TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE MOVE PEOPLE TO FAIR PARK.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AT FAIR PARK? WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO FIFA.
WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND FINE TUNE OUR PLAN.
COG IS VERY INVOLVED IN THAT. THEY ARE LEADING THE CHARGE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A FOOTPRINT OF ANY TYPE OF FIFA ACTIVITY WITHIN THEIR CITY, WITHIN THEIR COUNTY, THEIR REGION ARE ALL ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THAT.
LIKE BRETT MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE DID SEVERAL TABLETOP EXERCISES THE LAST 12, 16 MONTHS.
WE DID A RUN THROUGH DURING THE COTTON BOWL. TESTING THE TIME, HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE FROM DALLAS TO THE STADIUM, FROM FORT WORTH TO THE STADIUM. WE CONTINUE WORKING WITH DART.
TRINITY METRO TREE USING THE CENTERPOINT STATION.
THAT WILL BE WHERE THE BUSSES WILL TAKE TICKETHOLDERS TO THE GAME AND BACK TO THE STATIONS FOR THEIR ONWARD, WHETHER THEY WANT TO GO TO FORT WORTH OR DALLAS.
WORKING THROUGH THAT, A LOT OF CONTRACTS IN PLACE SYSTEM HAS BEEN TESTED.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE EXERCISES. I KNOW CITY OF DALLAS IS PLANNING ON SOME SPECIFIC EXERCISES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, BUT REGIONAL PLANNING IS WELL IN PLACE AND CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AS WE COME TO THESE FINAL MONTHS.
AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THIS SLIDE, I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MICHAEL MORRIS AND HIS TEAM AT THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. THEY HAVE BEEN CRITICAL TO ALL OF THIS PLANNING, SO I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE ON WITHOUT THANKING THEM FOR THAT.
OKAY, ON THE NEXT SLIDE. ANOTHER AREA OF FOCUS FOR FIFA.
THE FIRST VERSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS PLAN WILL BE RELEASED IN A FEW WEEKS ON FEBRUARY 16TH.
ALSO AT THAT TIME, TRAINING MATERIALS RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ACCESSIBILITY AND FREE SPEECH TOOLKITS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE HOST COMMITTEE'S WEBSITE FOR DOWNLOADING. THE FINAL HUMAN RIGHTS PLAN IS EXPECTED IN MAY.
IT WILL BE PENDING FIFA'S APPROVAL, BUT THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN MAY.
SOME KEY ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS PLAN ARE AUTOMATED RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTING, FAN FESTIVAL, WORKER CENTER FOR GRIEVANCES AND UPSKILLING OPPORTUNITIES COORDINATION WITH THE CITY AND REGIONAL HOMELESS COALITIONS, AS WELL AS A SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS PLAN HIGHLIGHTING MULTIPLE HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES.
SO THAT'S LIKE I SAID, FIRST VERSION WILL BE OUT ON FEBRUARY 16TH.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE. ANOTHER AREA THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON IS SUSTAINABILITY.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR KEY AREAS ON THIS SLIDE. WE'RE FOCUSED ON IMPROVING AIR QUALITY THROUGH TREE PLANTING, ENGAGING DALLAS SCHOOLS AND CREATING GREEN YOUTH AMBASSADORS.
DIVERTING AND MANAGING WASTE. REDUCING FOOD WASTE.
WE WILL LAUNCH A COMMUNITY CLEANUP CHALLENGE IN MARCH AS WELL AS FOCUSING ON WATER CONSERVATION.
SO ON OUR WEBSITE YOU CAN SEE MANY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON SUSTAINABILITY THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS ARE HEARING ABOUT NOT ONLY THE ONES THAT WE'RE LEADING, BUT THOSE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL. ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
LEGACY IS OBVIOUSLY THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY OF AN EVENT THIS SIZE.
AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL REALLY LAST WELL PAST THE 39 DAYS OF THE TOURNAMENT.
SO ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST MINI PITCH.
SO WE DID THAT IN LATE DALLAS. AND WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OUR FIVE NEXT MINI PITCHES, TWO OF WHICH WILL BE IN DALLAS. SO THOSE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN SELECTED.
WE ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THOSE TWO PITCHES BY MAY OF 2026.
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AND THOSE AREAS ARE BEING IDENTIFIED BY THE LEGACY COMMITTEE.SO THERE IS A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING AT THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO SUBMIT AREAS WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PITCH INSTALLED SO THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY IN REGARD TO THAT. OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO ESTABLISH PERMANENT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, ESTABLISHED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND REALLY HAVE A NEW STANDARD FOR URBAN SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH SOME OF THIS WORK FOR THE LEGACY PROGRAM.
AS I MENTIONED, THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL SITES WILL BE DONE BY MAY.
AND THEN WE ARE HOPING, BASED ON FUNDRAISING, TO HAVE SOME OTHER SITES THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE POTENTIALLY MORE MANY PITCHES, LARGE SCALE PITCHES AND PRACTICE FACILITIES. ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE ARE GOING TO INVITE CRAIG DAVIS TO HELP US DISCUSS VISITOR DEMOGRAPHICS.
GOOD MORNING MR.. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US. NOEL AND BRETT AND ROCKY ARTICULATED THE VALUE OF HAVING A $2.1 BILLION WORTH OF BUSINESS IN A SIX WEEK TIME. THIS IS ANOTHER LEGACY FOR US WILL BE WHAT WILL BE LEFT BEHIND WILL NOT ONLY BE BRICKS AND MORTAR PROJECTS, BUT A REPUTATION. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL FORCED TOURISM.
PEOPLE WILL COME TO DALLAS BECAUSE THE MATCHES THAT THEY WANT TO SEE WILL BE PLAYED HERE.
BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE HERE WILL BE VISITING.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY AND UPSCALE UPSIDE IS WITH THAT $2.1 BILLION WORTH OF SPENDING ARE ALL THE TAXES THAT WILL BE LEFT BEHIND, AND THE INCREDIBLE REPUTATION FOR DALLAS THAT WILL BE LEFT BEHIND. SO FOR US, THIS IS A MOMENT IN TIME TO ENGAGE THE 3500 PLUS JOURNALISTS THAT WILL BE HERE.
THEY WILL BE TELLING THE STORY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE GAMES, BUT THEY WILL BE ALSO, IF WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT, TELLING THE DALLAS STORY UPON WHICH THEIR ENTIRE EXPERIENCE WILL BE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THOSE 3500 JOURNALISTS, THEY WILL NEED SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT, AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO PROVIDE THEM WITH GREAT, POSITIVE STORIES ABOUT DALLAS. SO THANK YOU. SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS ABOUT OUR NORTH TEXAS ACCOMMODATIONS. AND CRAIG AND I, YOU'RE BACK ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'VE WORKED WITH THE HOTEL COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY VISIT DALLAS, AS WE LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT DALLAS HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF BOOKINGS IN THE REGION.
AND SO I'LL LET CRAIG SPEAK TO THE HOTEL ASSOCIATION'S NORTH TEXAS INVOLVEMENT, THE DOWNTOWN TOURIST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, AND VISIT DALLAS. AND THOSE BOOKINGS? WELL, THERE'S 130,000 ROOMS IN THE IN NORTH TEXAS, AND THE VAST MAJORITY ARE IN DALLAS.
WE WILL STAND TO GET THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE BUSINESS THAT WILL BE GENERATED THROUGH THROUGH FIFA.
WE'VE ENGAGED THE HOTELS FROM THE STARTING. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FIFA WORLD CUP FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, AND OUR HOTELS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH FIFA SINCE FROM THE GET GO.
AND WE HAVE MUCH OF THE UPSCALE AND THE THE MEDIUM SCALE AND THE, THE ECONOMY SCALE PRODUCT IN THE NORTH TEXAS REGION, AND THEY WILL STAND TO BENEFIT DIRECTLY FROM THIS.
WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, REALLY BENEFIT FROM NOT ONLY THE CONTRACTED ROOMS THAT FIFA ARE BRINGING, BUT ALSO ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN TO ENJOY THE GAME.
SO WE STAND AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IS SPECIFIC TO DALLAS THAT WILL WILL HELP US TREMENDOUSLY AS WE ENTER INTO THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. OKAY. NOEL. OKAY. ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS MY FAVORITE SLIDE BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE REALLY HELP PEOPLE GET INVOLVED ACROSS THE CITY.
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ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. OBVIOUSLY, THE QR CODE IS HERE.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO SIGN UP FOR THE NORTH TEXAS BUSINESS CONNECT PROGRAM.
WE ALSO HAVE THE SPREADSHEET FOR ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES AT FAN FESTIVAL LOCATIONS FOR MANY PITCHES, AS WELL AS FOR BUSINESSES TO BE LISTED IN THE APP THAT WE WILL ALSO HAVE.
SO IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT TOOL. IT'S DIGITAL BECAUSE IT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE, THEY WILL BE PLACED IN THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAYBOOK. SO WE ARE OUT TALKING TO GROUPS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
YOU CAN SEE A LIST OF JUST SOME OF SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT WE'VE TALKED TO PRIMARILY HERE IN DALLAS.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT I AM WILLING TO GO ANYWHERE YOU ASK ME TO, TO TALK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS IN THIS WORLD CUP. SO DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK US TO DO THAT.
WE ARE HERE TO DO THAT. WE WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THIS IS ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY.
AND IF WE DO NOT ENGAGE OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, THEN WE HAVE FAILED.
SO WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD AND WORKING VERY HARD TO DO THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO BRETT TO CLOSE US OUT.
ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT STEPS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE. THERE WE GO. WE DO PLAN TO HOST A CITY COUNCIL TOUR OF THE IBC.
ONCE THE BUILD OUT IS COMPLETE AND BEFORE IT BECOMES FULLY OPERATIONAL.
SO YOU CAN SEE FIRSTHAND HOW THE CITY, THE FACILITY IS BEING PREPARED AND USED.
WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON SUSTAINING COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, AS NOELLE JUST TALKED ABOUT, ENSURING THAT DALLAS RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES STAY INFORMED AND CONNECTED AS WORLD CUP PLANNING ADVANCES.
AND FINALLY, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR COORDINATED PLANNING EFFORTS ACROSS ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, WORKING CLOSELY AGAIN WITH MONICA AND HER TEAM AND OUR PARTNERS TO MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT AND READINESS.
MOVING AHEAD. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE THIS OUT AND ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THANKS, BRETT. GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK HERE AT CITY HALL.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING. I'M GOING TO START THE QUESTIONS WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE ON ON SPORTS RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT, CHAD WEST. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC.
I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE TEAM, AND I'VE HAD MESSAGES COMING IN FROM SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, LIKE DI AND OTHERS, AND I'VE HEARD YOU GUYS HAVE JUST BEEN FANTASTIC WORKING WITH THEM ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND JUST TRUE PROFESSIONALS.
AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE FIFA HERE AS WELL. SECONDING THAT.
SO THE WORLD CUP IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME CHANCE FOR OUR YOUNG RESIDENTS TO BE PART OF THE BIGGEST GLOBAL EVENT OF OUR TIME, THE WORLD CUP.
WE HAVE TO ENSURE DALLAS IS READY TO GIVE A BIG TEXAS WELCOME TO OUR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AND ENSURE OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG ONES, HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE A PART OF THE EXCITEMENT.
SO I WANT TO START WITH LOGISTICS QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.
SO IF I'M A FAN, WE HAVE ENGLAND AND ARGENTINA ARE BASED HERE, RIGHT? THEY WILL PLAY HERE. THEY ARE BOTH PLAYING MATCHES HERE. YES, BUT THEY'RE NOT BASE CAMPS HERE. THEY'RE NOT BASE CAMP HERE. NO, NO BASE CAMPS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED YET. WELL, LET'S SAY I'M A FAN FROM ENGLAND.
AND I'M COMING HERE. I'M BRINGING MY FAMILY. I'M GOING TO BE HERE FOR TEN DAYS.
IT'S COSTING ME A LOT OF MONEY, AND I LAND AT DFW AIRPORT.
TALK ME THROUGH THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING FROM THE AIRPORT TO MY HOTEL.
AND WE'RE GOING TO PICK THE OMNI, STAY IN THE OMNI, AND I'M GOING TO GO TO TWO MATCHES.
WHAT IS MY EXPERIENCE LIKE GETTING AROUND TO FAIR PARK, GETTING TO THE MATCHES, BEING IN DOWNTOWN? TALK ME THROUGH THAT. AS FROM A FAN'S PERSPECTIVE, COMING FROM ARGENTINA OR ENGLAND.
SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TALK TO SOMEONE RIGHT AWAY TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE ORANGE LINE AT DFW AIRPORT, SO IF THEY COME IN THERE,
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THEY COULD ALSO TAKE THAT STRAIGHT INTO THE CITY.SO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THAT.
AND SO WE'LL BE ENSURING THAT THERE IS THAT COMMUNICATION. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE OTHER MODES OF OF TRANSPORTATION. WE WILL GIVE INFORMATION FOR THAT AS WELL. GETTING AROUND THE CITY AND COMING INTO THE CITY OBVIOUSLY, LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE SEVERAL MODES.
THEY WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION. AND THEN AS YOU MENTIONED COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, WE ARE WORKING WITH DOWNTOWN DALLAS, INC. AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE UPTOWN DALLAS INC IN REGARD TO HAVING EVEN PEOPLE MOVER AMBASSADORS ON THE STREETS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FEELING THAT TEX IS WELCOME.
SO THERE WILL BE FOLKS THAT WILL BE POSITIONED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE ALSO HAVE A CITY DRESSING PROGRAM, WHICH MEANS THAT THE CITY WILL LOOK LIKE THE WORLD CUP IS HERE, STARTING FROM THAT AIRPORT EXPERIENCE. SO THE CITY WILL HAVE WINDOW CLINGS WHEN WE ARE TAKING WALKING TOURS TO DETERMINE WHAT AREAS NEED SPRUCING UP.
AS I'M SURE YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN DALLAS INC. HAS ALREADY STARTED SOME OF THESE EFFORTS. THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB IDENTIFYING AND FUNDING CROSSWALKS THAT NEED HELP. AND SO SOME OF THOSE IN THE ARTS DISTRICT AND THROUGHOUT THAT AREA, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT MULTIMODALITY LANES, POTENTIALLY FROM DOWNTOWN INTO DEEP ELLUM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE WILL BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT WAY.
ONCE WE DETERMINE THOSE ROUTES, WE WILL ALSO HAVE ACTIVATIONS ALONG THE WAY FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND SO WE'RE ENSURING THAT THE CITY OVERALL IS VERY LIVELY, THAT EVERY, EVERY CORNER OF IT ALLOWS A FAN TO KNOW THAT THEY WHERE THEY ARE AND HOW TO GET TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING. IN REGARD TO GETTING TO THE STADIUM, WE ARE LOOKING TO REALLY ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING THE DART GOING THEN TO THE TREE THAT WILL THEN GO TO CENTER CENTREPORT STATION AND WE WILL HAVE BUS SHUTTLES THAT WILL BE RUNNING FROM THAT STATION TO THE STADIUM.
THAT'S THROUGH THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE. OTHER WAYS TO GET AROUND FEET.
WE DO WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE A WALKABLE CITY, AND SO WE ARE TAKING OUR TIME TO, LIKE I SAID, REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE ROUTES WOULD BE.
HOW DO WE MAKE IT MORE WALKABLE? HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THE DISTANCES BETWEEN DOWNTOWN, DEEP ELLUM, FAIR PARK? SO WE'RE STARTING TO PUT TOGETHER THAT INFORMATION.
THE FIFA APP WILL BE AN IMPORTANT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEY HOW THEY CAN GET AROUND.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING TO INTEGRATE THE FAN FESTIVAL TICKETS.
ALTHOUGH IT IS FREE, THERE WILL STILL BE A QR CODE THAT'S TICKETED THAT WILL ALSO BE IN THE APP.
OKAY, GREAT AND VERY DETAILED ANSWER. A COUPLE OF FOLLOW UPS.
AND THEN I WANT TO DIG INTO THE PEDESTRIAN PART OF THIS.
ON THE WELCOME DESK AT DFW AIRPORT. SO WE HAVE SIX TERMINALS.
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE GREETING VOLUNTEERS AT EACH OF THOSE TERMINALS? WILL THERE BE WELCOMED US AT EACH TERMINAL OR JUST ONE? SO WE HAVE FIVE WELCOME DESKS AT DFW AND ONE AT LOVE FIELD.
THEY'RE NOT IN EVERY TERMINAL. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON THERE. SO I BELIEVE TERMINAL C THAT'S GOING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE TIME. WE WILL NOT HAVE ONE THERE, BUT WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE PATTERNS.
SO THERE WILL BE FIVE WELCOME DESKS THAT ARE THERE.
OKAY. YOU MENTIONED WALKING TOURS I ASSUME. IS IT JUST DOWNTOWN OR ARE THERE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY YOU'RE DOING WALKING TOURS TO SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE SPRUCED UP? IT'S WELL, THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE REALLY THINK ABOUT.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT FAIR PARK IS NOT THAT FAR FROM DOWNTOWN.
IT'S ABOUT 2.2 MILES, WHICH IS A EUROPEAN WALKER.
THAT MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A LONG WAY. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WALKABILITY, WE THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FROM THIS AREA HERE, CITY HALL, THE CONVENTION CENTER, OBVIOUSLY, WHERE MANY OF THE HOTELS ARE INTO THE CITY CENTER, DOWN TO KLYDE WARREN PARK, ACROSS THE ANY OF THE GREEN SPACES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE WILL ALSO BE VERY ACTIVE.
AND THEN DOWN INTO OBVIOUSLY WHERE FAIR PARK IS WITH DEEP ELLUM.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A FEW APPS THAT THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO KIND OF TELL PEOPLE TO WALK THIS WAY, BUT WE HAVE NOT FINALIZED WHAT THOSE MIGHT BE.
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A CAR. SO THE MAJORITY OF THE HOTELS IN MR. DAVIS WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER ARE IN DOWNTOWN, RIGHT. OR CLOSE LIKE UPTOWN? SURE, YES. SO THAT WHOLE AREA IS JUST A LITTLE OVER TWO MILES FROM FAIR PARK.THEORETICALLY, WE COULD HAVE A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WALKING OR CYCLING OR SCOOTERING THERE.
SO WHAT IS THE IF YOU WERE DOING THAT FROM THE OMNI, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT'S THE ROUTE YOU WOULD TAKE TO GET THERE? I WOULD, I LIKE I SAID, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT MULTIMODALITY LANE AND GUS HAS TWO ROUTES THAT HE'S LOOKED AT THAT I KNOW OF.
I'M SURE HE'S LOOKED AT OTHER ONES. HE'S HERE IF YOU WANT TO. IF YOU WANT TO ASK HIM.
AND WHILE GUS IS GETTING SET UP, I MEAN, WE HAVE WE HAD A CYCLIST COME SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE THE COALITION, I THINK, IN BRINGING THEM IN TO GET ADVICE FROM THEM ON ON HOW WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE TO FAIR PARK WOULD BE VERY WISE.
GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, GUS AND CARLY, DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS. I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WITH ALL MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS.
SO CURRENTLY WE'RE IN A FINAL KIND OF, IF YOU WILL, STAGES, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE POTENTIAL DEDICATED ROUTE, IF YOU WILL, THAT WILL BE FROM DOWNTOWN TO FAIR PARK THROUGH THE DEEP ELLUM.
WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH DEEP ELLUM AND AND THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND WE'RE LIKE I SAID, FINALIZING THOSE PLANS TO ALLOW FOR THE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT, IF YOU WILL ALONG THAT ROUTE.
AND THAT ROUTE WILL ALLOW ALSO FOR BICYCLE AND SCOOTERS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE THING HERE TO ALLOW FOR A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE.
AS FOR FOR THOSE WHO ARE VISITING HERE AND WANTING TO WALK AND OR BIKE TO SAY FAIR PARK OR AROUND THE CITY, ARE YOU ENVISIONING A CLOSED, DEDICATED LANE THAT'S CURRENTLY USED FOR TRAFFIC THAT WOULD THEN BE CONVERTED TO A MULTI MODAL LANE? THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALONG THE ROUTES.
THAT IS SOMETHING AGAIN THAT WE'RE EVALUATING.
AND CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THAT INCLUDES ALSO ADEQUATE WAYFINDING SIGNS TO ALERT THE PEDESTRIANS FOR THE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND SO ON.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING INTO IT WITH GREAT DETAIL WITH IN COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THE END PRODUCT IS, IS, IS A WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN. WELL, SO IF I'M A PERSON TRAVELING TO THE US, I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE, MIGHT NOT SPEAK ENGLISH AS MY FIRST LANGUAGE.
I'M. AND ESPECIALLY IF I'M BRINGING MY FAMILY HERE, I'M GOING TO START TRYING TO FIND THE APP, DOWNLOAD PLACES LIKE HOW AM I GOING TO GET TO THE FAN FEST? LIKE THAT'S PROBABLY HAPPENING NOW. SO WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THESE ROUTES FINALIZED AND GET THOSE LOADED UP ONTO THE APP THAT THIS GROUP WAS TALKING ABOUT? SO I CAN SPEAK FOR THAT PARTICULAR ONE. THE DRAFT, I JUST RECEIVED THE DRAFT EARLIER THIS WEEK.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING IT AND CIRCULATING IT, AND CERTAINLY WHEN IT IS READY KIND OF AND WE'VE IT HAS BEEN VETTED TECHNICALLY FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT. CERTAINLY WE'LL MAKE IT AVAILABLE FROM WHAT I THINK YOU SAID IS IT'S IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALREADY ENVISIONED AND IT JUST NEEDS TO BE FINALIZED. IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. I MEAN, WE'D JUST LIKE LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL EVALUATION SIMILAR TO.
I MEAN, ONE OF THE ITEMS IS THE SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS ALONG THAT.
GUS, SINCE I'VE GOT YOU UP HERE. YOU MENTIONED IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE NTC COG WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION, MOVING EVERYONE AROUND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVING PEOPLE AROUND INSIDE THE DALLAS CITY LIMITS ON THE INNER STREETS.
IF I'M COMING FROM OAKLAWN TRYING TO GET TO FANFEST FROM OAK CLIFF OR GREENVILLE OR WHEREVER, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? SO THIS HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE OUR STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE CITY AND TRYING TO WORK WITH FIFA TO UNDERSTAND WHERE POTENTIALLY ARE THE AREAS OF INTEREST.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE AREAS THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
IS THE CITY IS IS YOUR DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? OR IS THE COG ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INNER DALLAS MOVEMENT? SO WHATEVER WE'RE DOING HERE, WE'RE COORDINATING IT WITH NCT COG, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE HERE.
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WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD TASK FORCE THAT INCLUDES THE CITY OF DALLAS.WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT BRINGING BACK THE PEOPLE MOVER THAT WE HAD WITH DOWNTOWN DALLAS INC BACK.
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE LINK WHO SAID THANK YOU? OKAY. THE LINK THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY, WE'VE WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ARE THERE ADDITIONAL WAYS TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY? AND YOU KNOW, THAT HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED. AND LIKE I SAID, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TASK FORCE IS, IS IS TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT.
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THOSE ISSUES AS WELL. AND THEN THE NEXT, I WOULD SAY 30 DAYS.
OKAY. SO WITHIN 30 DAYS OR SO, WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF THE ROUTES OF HOW TO GET AROUND.
SO IF YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT MAPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SURE. OKAY. YES. I WAS LIKE, SO WE ARE WORKING ACTUALLY WITH VISIT DALLAS.
SO THOSE ARE WE ARE ESTABLISHING A MAP FOR THAT. MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. RIGHT.
WELL, YES, THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. THERE ARE FOUR PRIMARY LANGUAGES THAT FIFA TYPICALLY ASKS US, BUT NOW WE KNOW WHO'S COMING. SO YES, IN THOSE AS WELL.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS THAT WE ARE ENGAGED WITH THE FAN MANAGEMENT TEAMS FOR EACH OF THE TEAMS THAT ARE COMING HERE, AND THEY OFTEN ALSO HAVE AN APP. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE NETHERLANDS WAS HERE AND THE TEAMS RECEIVE 8% OF THE STADIUMS THAT THEY'RE PLAYING IN IN REGARDS TO TICKETS. AND THEN THEY DISTRIBUTE THOSE TICKETS TO PEOPLE IN THEIR FAN BASES.
AND WE ARE ABLE TO ADD QUESTIONS TO THAT SURVEY.
HOW DO YOU PLAN ON GETTING AROUND THE CITY? WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU EXPECTING TO STAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP US BETTER PLAN FOR THE NEEDS OF THOSE FOLKS? I'VE BEEN TOLD BY PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE WORLD CUP EVERY FOUR YEARS THAT THE I HAVEN'T BEEN YET.
THE FANS WILL PICK A NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY'LL TAKE IT OVER.
HAVE HAVE YOU IS THAT AN ORGANIZED THING OR DOES IT HAPPEN ORGANICALLY OR DO WE KNOW? SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN MEETING WITH TOUR OPERATORS AND THE CONSULATES OF THE COUNTRIES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE DAY BEFORE THE MATCH FOR ARGENTINA, THEIR FANS AGGREGATE IN ONE PLACE.
THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR US WAS TO FIGURE OUT A PLACE SO THAT IT'S NOT DONE BY OTHER PEOPLE.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO PLAN THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS, GATHERING PLACES FOR THEIR FANS SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO ORGANIZE THAT SO THAT IT DOESN'T SURPRISE AN AREA WITH 20,000 ARGENTINA FANS THE DAY BEFORE THEIR MATCH.
SO WE ARE ALREADY IN DISCUSSIONS SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO MANAGE THAT PROCESS, FIND THE RIGHT LOCATIONS, WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN HANDLE THE VOLUME.
UNDERSTANDING THEIR VISITORS AND THEIR FAN BASE.
SO THEY HAVE VERY CLEAR DISCUSSIONS WITH US IN REGARDS TO THE BEHAVIORS OF THEIR FANS.
THE NETHERLANDS KNOWS EXACTLY WHO WILL BE HOLDING THEIR TICKETS, AND THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THEIR LIST OF FOLKS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY RECEIVE TICKETS BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS BEHAVIORS.
AS SOON AS YOU KNOW WHERE THE PARTIES ARE GOING TO BE, PLEASE LET US KNOW. BEFORE WE KNOW, WE WILL ASK YOU AND SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT COORDINATION FOR SURE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN I ADD JUST ONE MORE COMMENT ON THIS HERE? I'LL BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THE CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH OUR DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, BECAUSE PART OF THE PLANNING ALSO INVOLVES THEIR INPUT AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BOTH AT THE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU MENTIONED, IN ADDITION TO OTHER SECURITY AND SAFETY SITUATIONS.
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CHAIRMAN RIDLEY RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I BELIEVE THAT TRANSPORTATION VISIBILITY IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF MANAGING THE CROWDS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING FOR THESE GAMES, AND IN LINE WITH THAT, I'D LIKE SOMEONE TO DESCRIBE WHAT THE ROUTE FROM DALLAS TO THE DALLAS STADIUM IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S THE MAIN DEPARTURE POINT AND ARRIVAL POINT.I'LL TAKE THAT. SO FROM DALLAS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DART AND TRE, WITH THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND COG, SO PEOPLE BASED IN DALLAS CAN GO TO THE VICTORY STATION AND TAKE A TRAY TO CENTER POINT.
AND FROM THERE, THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE HAS ARRANGED A FLEET OF BUSSES THAT WILL TAKE THEM TO THE COWBOYS STADIUM, AND THEY WILL BRING THEM BACK TO THE CENTER POINT STADIUM TO CATCH TRAY AND COME BACK TO DALLAS.
WE HAVE THAT OPTION. WE ALSO HAVE A RIDESHARE LOT ADJACENT TO WHERE THE BUSSES WILL DROP PEOPLE OFF, SO THEY COULD BE DROPPED OFF FOR THE MATCH AT LOT H AT THE COWBOYS STADIUM.
AND ON THE WAY BACK, IF THEY DECIDE THEY WANT TO TAKE A RIDESHARE, THE RIDESHARE LOT IS RIGHT NEXT TO THAT AND THEY CAN TRAVEL BACK TO THEIR DESIRED LOCATION. SIMILAR FROM FORT WORTH DOWNTOWN, THEY COME TO CENTER POINT, THEN BUSSED OVER TO THE STADIUM FOR THE MATCH TAKEN BACK TO CENTER POINT.
THE CATCH TRY TO GET BACK TO FORT WORTH OR DALLAS.
SO WILL THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF EITHER RIDING THE TREE FROM THE VICTORY STATION? OR WILL THERE BE SHUTTLE BUSSES THAT TAKE THEM DIRECTLY TO THE STADIUM? THEY WILL NOT BE SHUTTLE BUSSES TAKING THEM DIRECTLY TO THE STADIUM.
THERE WILL BE A BUS BRIDGE IN CASE WE HAVE MORE FOLKS WANTING TO RIDE TREE TO GET TO CENTER POINT.
THEY WILL THEN TAKE THEM TO THE COWBOYS STADIUM LOT SO THAT LOGISTICALLY, WE'RE NOT MOVING BUSSES FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS INTO THE STADIUM. OKAY. SLIDE 16 REFLECTS THAT THE FINAL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN DUE TO FIFA BY THE END OF MARCH. WHO PREPARES THAT PLAN? KIMLEY-HORN HAS BEEN CONTRACTED BY COG TO WORK WITH ALL THE AGENCIES, ALL THE COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTH TEXAS REGION, TO PUT THAT PLAN TOGETHER. AND I THINK I'LL HAVE GUS MAYBE WALK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IF YOU CAN.
GUS. YEAH, AS AS ROCKY MENTIONED, THE THE PLAN IS BEING PUT TOGETHER BY THE THE CONSULTANT THAT HAS BEEN HIRED BY NCT COG. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AS PART OF THE WORK IS HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THE, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THE THE FANS THAT WILL BE VISITING SAY THE FAN FEST AREA IN FAIR PARK AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DISPERSE THE THE CROWDS AS THEY ARRIVE, WHETHER THEY GO TO THE FAIR PARK STATION OR THE MLK STATION AND WHAT WE'RE DOING INTERNALLY AS FAR AS THE ORGANIZATION OF THAT.
AND THEN ALSO, I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN WORKING AT THE MORE OF THE MACRO LEVEL OF THE CONNECTIVITY INTO TO AND FROM THE, THE STADIUM, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE GOT DIGNITARIES ARRIVING AT LOVE FIELD AND GOING TO ARLINGTON THROUGH THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE WILL BE AN OVERALL MOBILITY PLAN PREPARED.
BUT I SPOKE OF VISIBILITY. AND BY THAT, I MEAN, HOW WILL OUR GUESTS UNDERSTAND THE ROUTES THAT THEY CAN TAKE TO GET TO FANFEST TO OTHER ACTIVITY CENTERS AS WELL AS THE STADIUM FOR THE GAMES? WILL THE APP THAT'S BEING PREPARED HAVE A USER FRIENDLY MAP THAT SHOWS DIFFERENT ROUTES AND MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THERE ARE AVAILABLE TO GET TO THE PRIMARY ACTIVITY POINTS.
SO THERE IS A TRANSPORTATION HUB FOR EACH CITY OR REGION ARE OBVIOUSLY REGIONALLY IN THE APP.
AND IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE WORKGROUP, THE TRANSPORTATION WORKGROUP THAT IS LED BY COG, BUT OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THE AUTHORITIES ARE REPRESENTED THERE.
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AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING AS THE TOOL TO HELP PEOPLE GET AROUND.WELL, WILL THAT HAVE PEDESTRIAN ROUTES? AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE LOOKING AT AN APP FOR THIS KIND OF WALK WALK THIS WAY THAT'S PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON DALLAS FOR US. THAT HAS NOT A FINAL DECISION HASN'T BEEN MADE ON THAT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S INTEREST. SO I WILL CONTINUE PURSUING THAT.
WELL AND BIKING, OF COURSE, BIKE ROUTES WHICH ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE COVERED BY GO PASS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT A USER FRIENDLY PHYSICAL MAP BE PREPARED SHOWING THE CONNECTIONS OF TRANSIT, WALKING, BIKING THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO GET BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITY POINTS AND THAT THAT BE ISSUED IN POSTER SIZE FORM TO ALL OF THE HOTELS THAT WILL BE HOSTING GUESTS IN THE LOBBY, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST GO TO THE LOBBY AND SEE, WELL, GEE, I WANT TO WALK HERE. HOW DO I GET THERE? I WANT TO RIDE MY BIKE. THIS IS HOW YOU GET THERE.
I THINK THAT WOULD PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED VISIBILITY TO ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AT MINIMAL EXPENSE.
SO I WILL PICK UP THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN. AND NOEL, WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF UPTOWN HAVING LED UPTOWN DALLAS, INC., ARE YOU ALSO GOING TO BE INCLUDING IN THE SHUTTLE SYSTEM, ROUTES FROM THE UPTOWN ACTIVITY CENTERS TO FANFEST, FOR EXAMPLE, OR TO CENTER POINT.
YES. THE HOTELS IN UPTOWN IN PARTICULAR ARE A PART OF OUR DALLAS PLAN.
GREAT, GREAT. SLIDE 16 ALSO TALKS ABOUT A FULL SYSTEM PILOT.
WHAT WILL THAT ENTAIL? I CAN'T JUMP IN A LITTLE BIT. I'VE LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT TRANSPORTATION THAN I KNEW BEFORE. COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU ALL KNOW WHAT A TABLETOP IS.
SO WE GO THROUGH SPECIFIC EXERCISES. SO THE PILOT PIECE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD HERE, I BELIEVE IS BRINGING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE PIECES TOGETHER AND TAKE IT.
YEAH. I MEAN, VERY SIMILAR TO THE EXERCISE THAT WE DID FOR THE COTTON BOWL ON DECEMBER 31ST, WHERE WE TESTED SOME OF THE THE BUS ROUTES AND THE TRAIN ROUTES FROM DOWNTOWN DALLAS, DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH TO CENTER POINT AND THEN MOVING THEM TO THE STADIUM, JUST LOOKING AT THE TIMING. SO THE FULL SYSTEM PILOT WILL BE ONE MORE TEST OF THAT SYSTEM, PLUS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE PLAN FOR. LIKE GUS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE GET OFF AT EITHER FAIR PARK STATION OR MLK, HOW DO THEY GET TO THE FAN FEST? WE HAVE CERTAIN ROUTES WORKING WITH DALLAS PD, DALLAS FIRE AND OUR ORGANIZERS OF THE FAN FEST.
YOU KNOW, HOW DO THEY BRING HIM THROUGH FAIR PARK, YOU KNOW, OR PEOPLE COMING FROM MLK.
COME ACROSS THE SIX LANE AND GET INTO GATE SIX AND WALK DOWN TO PENNSYLVANIA.
THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A FULL PILOT SYSTEM TEST IS EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 18, 24 MONTHS. THE FINAL PLAN THAT IS BEING PUT TOGETHER BY COG KIMLEY-HORN VETTED BY ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES, AND THEN DO A FINAL TEST IN APRIL, MAY. TIME FRAME.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT. WHAT WILL THAT TEST LOOK LIKE? WILL YOU HAVE BUSSES DRIVING THE CONTEMPLATED ROUTES? WILL YOU BARRICADE STREET INTERSECTIONS? WHAT? WHAT KIND OF DISLOCATION IS THAT GOING TO CAUSE IN OUR TYPICAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM? WE ARE HOPING THAT IT WILL NOT CAUSE ANY ANY DISRUPTION TO THE TYPICAL TRAFFIC.
BUT THOSE PLANS ARE STILL BEING FINALIZED AS TO HOW WE WILL TEST THAT ONCE WE HAVE THE FINAL PLAN FROM KIMLEY-HORN THAT WILL SUBMIT TO FIFA. GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM. AND ONCE THAT IS BLESSED, THEN THAT BECOMES WHAT WE WILL TEST.
NOW, WILL THERE BE DISRUPTION? I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT COMPLETELY SURE ABOUT HOW WE TEST THAT WHOLE PLAN, BUT THAT'S STILL UNDER DISCUSSION. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT KIMLEY-HORN WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE SOME ADVICE ABOUT? YES, THEY WILL BE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MISS BLACKMON, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
SO, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. JUNE 11TH THROUGH JUNE 19TH IS WHEN THIS IS ALL TAKING PLACE.
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CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN WHAT IS THAT WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? AND SINCE SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE OUT, ARE YOU GOING TO FOCUS ON SUMMER CAMPS AS WELL? AND BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALWAYS HAVE TONS OF THOSE HERE AT CITY.SO CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT THAT PLAN LOOKS LIKE? SO THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE OUR PLANNING REALLY STARTS NOW.
SO WE ARE ENGAGING ISDS NOW IN CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THE SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE GREEN AMBASSADORS. SO THAT WILL LEAD INTO FAN FESTIVAL.
RIGHT. AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HAVING GROUPS THAT WOULD COME AND THEN MAYBE EVEN DISPLAY SOME OF THOSE PIECES. SO OUR HOST CITY SUPPORTER AREA WILL BRING SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS AND YOUTH GROUPS BACK INTO THE FOLD FOR SPECIFIC COMMUNITY DAYS THAT WE WOULD BE FOCUSING ON THOSE PIECES.
WE WILL DEFINITELY BE LOOKING FOR CAMPS THAT WE WILL ENGAGE WITH.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, BUSLOADS OF KIDS COMING TO FAN FESTIVAL.
SO THAT WILL BE A BIG PART OF IT. THE CAMPS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE YOUTH PROGRAMS, AS I MENTIONED, T-BALL FOR THEIR PROGRAMING, THEY ALSO HAVE A FANTASTIC SUMMER CAMP.
SO THIS THIS PLAN IS BEING BUILT OUT KIND OF AS, AS WE TALK, THE WAY WE ARE ORGANIZED IS BY WORK GROUPS, WHICH I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW. AND SO WE HAVE A VERY EXPANSIVE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND THEY ARE KIND OF OUR FIRST LINE OF, OF APPROACH. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE ARE ASKING FOR FOLKS TO SIGN UP TO BE CONSIDERED FOR YOU KNOW, DAYS THAT THEY WOULD COME, COMMUNITY DAYS WHERE THEY WOULD ALSO BE FEATURED.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN PROGRAMING AROUND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
LIKE I SAID, 50% OF THAT AUDIENCE WILL BE LOCAL.
SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO MAYBE GAIN NEW FRIENDS AND FANS AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN MY OPINION.
AND SO IN IT ARE THOSE SOCCER FIELDS TOO, I THINK, I MEAN, SO I GUESS WHEN THEY GET THERE WHAT WOULD THEY ENGAGE WITH LIKE BECAUSE MY NEXT QUESTION GET READY IS GOING TO BE HOW IS FAIR PARK AS THE WHOLE ENTITY GOING TO BE PART OF THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S NOT ACTIVATED.
SO I'M KIND OF CURIOUS ON HOW IT'S ALL GOING TO WORK.
THAT'S TRUE. SO KIDS IN YOUTH, THERE ARE ACTIVITIES.
THE FAN FESTIVAL ITSELF, IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT ANY PICTURES, IS LARGELY ABOUT WATCHING MATCHES.
THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THOSE MINI PITCHES AND THEN IT'S, IT'S FOOD.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE ENTERTAINMENT WITH THE ACTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THE STAGES.
IT'S LIKE MANY FESTIVALS THAT YOU'VE BEEN AT WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
WHEN THE GROUPS GET THERE, WE HAVEN'T REALLY STARTED TALKING ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THEIR PROGRESSION WOULD BE, BUT THAT IS WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY DESIGNATING COMMUNITY DAYS SO THAT THAT FESTIVAL ACCOMMODATES THOSE GROUPS BETTER.
AND SO IF SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY CAN EXPLAIN WHAT IS FAIR PARK AS IT'S IN ITS TOTALITY, THAT ACTIVATION, IF ANY, IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE. YEAH. SO THE FAN FEST, WHICH THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OBVIOUSLY IS THAT THOSE KEYS AND PARKING LOT TEN, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT AS AN ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, THERE IS NO OTHER ACTIVATION THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE AT FAIR PARK.
THE ONLY THING IS PEOPLE COMING IN TO THE FAIR PARK STATION WILL COME THROUGH DOWN FOREST AVENUE.
SO THEY'RE NOT WALKING DOWN THE PUBLIC STREET.
THEY'LL BE INSIDE THE FAIR PARK, COME AROUND AND TURN TO PENNSYLVANIA WHERE THERE'S ENTRANCE.
SO THEY WILL BE USHERED THROUGH FAIR PARK. AND SO.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING AGAINST OUR ARRANGEMENT THAT PREVENTS US FROM ACTIVATING THAT AREA? IT MAY BE HOLLOW STATE, OPEN UP THE MIDWAY. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY? THERE IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASK. WE AS THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT PROHIBITS IT. I'LL LET HER. OUR CONTRACT? YES. THANK YOU. SO THERE'S NOTHING WE. WHAT WE CAN DO IS BRING PARK AND REC BACK TO OUR NEXT OR ISSUE A FRIDAY MEMO AND KIND OF WALK THROUGH ALL OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ACTIVATE THEIR OTHER BUILDINGS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE THERE AND THERE'S NEW STAFF THERE.
IT'S FRESH AND NEW. SO OBVIOUSLY TEE BALL WILL BE ACTIVATED.
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THOSE THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN. I JUST THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING BOTH OF THOSE DART STATIONS AND YOU'RE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE A PATHWAY, HAVE THE FOUNTAINS GOING. YOU KNOW, HALL ESTATE COULD BE A NICE PLACE.AND SINCE IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE FOR RESPITE ON THE WAY.
AND SO IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY. AND SO WITH THAT SAID, BECAUSE IT IS SO DADGUM HOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, I, I GUESS PUBLIC HEALTH IS CONSIDERING THE HEAT EXHAUSTION BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE LOTS OF BEER CONSUMED.
YES. DALLAS FIRE RESCUE IS LEADING THE CHARGE ON THE FAIR PARK.
I MEAN, FAN FEST PUBLIC HEALTH PIECE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TALKED EXTENSIVELY WITH C3 PRESENTS.
THOSE THOSE ARE OUR PROMOTERS. THEY'LL BE, YOU KNOW, HEAT MITIGATION.
THEY'RE USED TO DOING THIS FOR THE STATE FAIR EVERY YEAR.
SO THEY HAVE A SOLID PLAN, AND WE'LL WE'LL LEAN ON THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE HAVE THE FAN FEST, THE ROOTS COMING IN FROM FAIR PARK, MLK, ALL OF THOSE ARE COVERED.
GOOD. OKAY. I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE TICKETED CONCERT EVENTS.
HOW IS THAT? HOW DOES THAT MELD WITH THE NON TICKETED NO PUBLIC ACCESS PART OF IT? IT WILL IT BE JUST STRICTLY A GATE TYPE THING OR HOW IS THAT COORDINATION GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO THIS IS WHERE THE BENEFIT COMES WITH USING PAVILION AS WELL, BECAUSE WE CAN LOOK AT THESE TWO AS KIND OF SEPARATE ENTITIES AT A AT A POINT AND USE THE PAVILION IS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO ONLY CLEAR OUT THAT SPACE.
YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEN YOU COULD USE THE GATING FOR TICKETED FOR THE CONCERT.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A TICKETED CONCERT, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT DAYS WHERE THERE'S ONE MATCH, RIGHT? SO IT'S GOING TO BE ON THOSE DAYS WHERE THERE'S LESS ON THE SCHEDULE IN REGARD TO MATCHES AND THEN THEREFORE SOME GAPS IN TIME WHERE WE COULD BRING IN A CONCERT BECAUSE THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, 10 A.M. MATCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY KIND OF GIVEN TO THE WHOLE TAKING OVER A NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GO THERE. HOW ARE WE AS THE CITY GOING TO HANDLE THE STR? AND THAT MAY BE AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE, I THINK, PROBABLY DPD'S IF WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL THESE IT'S GOING TO BE THE WILD WEST AND THAT WE LOOK TO DPD TO HELP US CARVING THE PARTY HOUSES OR IN THE PAST WE HAVE.
SO I YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET IT TO ME NOW. BUT YOU THIS HAS GOT TO BE ON SOMEBODY'S RADAR.
I WOULD LOVE TO COLLECT THE TAX. THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER CONVERSATION.
BUT THIS IS ABOUT A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, AND WE'RE KIND OF KIND OF TRAPPED RIGHT NOW.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE. THANK YOU, MISS BLAIR.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU.
MAYOR. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE YESTERDAY.
A LOT WAS SAID ABOUT ROUTES IN THE SOUTHERN AREA TO AND FROM AND THANK YOU FOR MISS ROSA, FOR FLEMING, FOR COMING IN AND SHARING THE MAP YOU GAVE ME.
I UNDERSTAND TODAY WAS ANOTHER DAY. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY.
TOOK ME FOREVER TO GET HERE. 15 MINUTE DRIVE.
CAN YOU SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADDITIONAL ROUTES THAT ARE IN AND OUT OF DOWNTOWN THAT WE DIDN'T HEAR YESTERDAY? ABSOLUTELY. AND I'LL NEED TO BRING ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS UP.
IF CLAYTON LANE COULD JOIN US AND WALK THROUGH.
AND IF MY STAFF COULD PASS OUT THE MAPS SO THAT EVERYONE IS AVAILABLE TO LOOK AT THEM.
THAT WOULD BE GRATEFUL. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.
I'M CLAYTON LANE. I'M WITH NELSON NYGAARD, A TRANSPORTATION CONSULTING FIRM.
WE ARE PART OF PERKINS AND WILL, WHICH IS LEADING THE DESIGN OF THE CONVENTION CENTER YESTERDAY, AS THE HONORABLE COUNCILWOMAN MENTIONED, THERE WAS QUITE SOME CONCERN, EXPRESSED THAT WE GREATLY VALUE ABOUT ACCESS FROM SOUTH AND SOUTHERN DALLAS INTO DOWNTOWN, AS WELL AS ACCESS VIA THE JEFFERSON AND HOUSTON VIADUCTS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.
WE APPRECIATE MORE THAN APPRECIATE. I THINK WE WE ARE LISTENING.
WE EMPATHIZE AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE HISTORICAL INEQUITIES OF ACCESS IN DALLAS AND THAT WE ALL HAVE A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS THOSE PROACTIVELY THROUGH OUR WORK.
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AS WELL AS JUST ILLUSTRATING ROUTINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM FROM SOUTH AND SOUTHERN DALLAS AND OAK CLIFF INTO DOWNTOWN.JUST ILLUSTRATING HOW SOME OF THESE ACCESS ROUTES WILL WORK.
BUT HNTB DOES LOOK REASONABLE FOR CARRYING TRAFFIC.
AND IN ADDITION, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ROUTES INTO DOWNTOWN THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
I THINK IT WAS CONVEYED INACCURATELY YESTERDAY THAT THERE'S ONE LANE IN AND OUT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO WALK YOU THROUGH THIS BRIEFLY HERE. SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE HAVE ON THE FIRST SHEET HERE I'M NOT SURE IF ALL OF YOU ALREADY HAVE SEEN THIS, BUT THIS IS THE COMBINED CLOSURES MAP BETWEEN TXDOT'S I-30 BRIDGE CLOSURES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF CLOSURES ESPECIALLY THE ONES OVER I-30.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO SUGARCOAT THAT. LIKE THERE'S JUST NO WAY AROUND THERE BEING DISRUPTION.
BUT THE FOLLOWING PAGES DO DO SHOW SOME VIABLE PATHWAYS INTO DOWNTOWN.
JUST IF YOU TURN TO THE SECOND SHEET HERE, I WANT TO FOCUS ON JEFFERSON VIADUCT FOR A MOMENT.
THE VERY IMPORTANT CONCERN EXPRESSED YESTERDAY WAS WHEN THE JEFFERSON VIADUCT IS CLOSED FOR CONVENTION CENTER CONSTRUCTION, AND TRAFFIC IS MOVED TO THE HOUSTON VIADUCT. THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION TO CARRY ALL THAT TRAFFIC INTO AND OUT OF DOWNTOWN.
AND IS THAT REALLY GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR WHAT? TODAY IS A MUCH WIDER CAPACITY OF ROADWAY? WE COLLECTED TRAFFIC COUNTS OURSELVES BACK IN OCTOBER 2025, WHICH ARE SHOWN ON THESE SHEETS HERE THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU.
FOR REFERENCE, A SINGLE LANE BETWEEN TWO INTERSECTIONS CAN CARRY ABOUT 1800 VEHICLES PER HOUR.
SO KEEP THAT NUMBER IN MIND. THAT'S PER LANE.
SO THAT'S FAR LESS THAN THE CAPACITY OF ONE LANE.
AND THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC VOLUMES ON THE JEFFERSON VIADUCT ARE ABOUT 1485 VEHICLES PER HOUR.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S WELL UNDER THAT 1800 THRESHOLD.
IN FACT, ASSUMING ABOUT 2% ANNUAL GROWTH, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT TEN YEARS WORTH OF OF CAPACITY FOR GROWTH HERE ON OUR PROJECT, OF COURSE, IS ONLY ABOUT FOUR YEARS LONG. SO WE BELIEVE THAT ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE NEAR TERM THROUGH THE DURATION OF OUR PROJECT FOR THE HOUSTON VIADUCT, AT LEAST THAT ONE PIECE OF THE NETWORK.
AND OF COURSE YOU NEED MORE CAPACITY OVER TIME TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH.
THAT IS ALSO YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE LONGER TERM PLANS THE NEXT THREE SLIDES OR I SHOULD SAY SHEETS OF PAPER JUST ILLUSTRATE IN MUCH MORE GRANULAR DETAIL ACCESS ROUTES INTO DOWNTOWN IF YOU LIVE IN THE CEDARS, IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTH OR SOUTHERN DALLAS, IF YOU LIVE IN OAK CLIFF, WHAT ARE YOUR VIABLE PATHWAYS TO GET INTO DOWNTOWN AMID THE THE TEX-DOT, I-30 CLOSURES AND THE REST THAT I MENTIONED? AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF VIABLE ROUTES.
YES, IT WILL BE DISRUPTIVE, BUT THE NUMBER OF VIABLE ROUTES HERE SUGGEST THAT OVER TIME, AS PEOPLE BECOME MORE AWARE OF THESE ROUTES, TRAFFIC WILL SETTLE OUT A BIT. WE THINK IT'S ALSO JUST INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT INTO THE PUBLIC.
WE HEARD FROM A MEMBER OF THE BICYCLE COALITION EARLIER TODAY.
SHE LEARNED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE CLOSURE OF AKARD. SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT.
PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS WELL IN ADVANCE.
WE'RE GOING TO PUBLISH THIS ON THE CONVENTION CENTER'S WEBSITE JUST TO BUILD TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY, GET INFORMATION OUT THERE, AND REALLY JUST HELP PEOPLE GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
HERVEY GRIFFIN OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED, AND IF YOU TAKE CADIZ OVER TO RIVERFRONT BOULEVARD, ACCESS POINTS VIA REUNION, COMMERCE AND MAIN.
IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT SHEET HERE FROM SOUTH AND SOUTHERN DALLAS IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTH DALLAS, SAY ALONG MLK, YOU CAN ACCESS SOME OF THOSE VERY SAME ROUTES I JUST MENTIONED, AS WELL AS ROUTES ACCESSIBLE VIA I-45 INTO DOWNTOWN.
IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS, SAY AROUND CORINTH BONNYVIEW CLARENDON EIGHTH STREET, YOU CAN CONTINUE ON CORINTH TO THOSE SAME ACCESS POINTS I MENTIONED. OR NOW YOU ALSO HAVE MORE CONVENIENT ACCESS TO I-35 NORTH, AND THAT CAN GIVE YOU SOME NICE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE WEST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN, WITH EXITS AT REUNION BOULEVARD AND MAIN AND COMMERCE.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST SHEET HERE IS JUST SHOWING.
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IF YOU LIVE IN OAK CLIFF, WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE? I MENTIONED THE HOUSTON VIADUCT. SO THAT IS FRONT AND CENTER HERE.SO YOU'LL STILL HAVE THAT DIRECT ACCESS INTO DOWNTOWN FROM FROM OAK CLIFF.
YES, IT WILL BE VERY DISRUPTIVE. BUT BUT ALSO WE DO THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AND DOWNTOWN CAN CONTINUE TO THRIVE WITH THESE VARIOUS ACCESS POINTS. OKAY. THANK YOU.
CLAYTON. AND WHAT I COMMITTED TO TODAY WAS THAT IF THERE IS ANY DISTRICT THAT WANTS US TO GO OUT AND WALK THROUGH THESE ROUTES WITH ANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. WE ARE HAPPY TO DO SO. AND WE'LL DO SO HASTILY IF, SINCE SOME OF THESE CLOSURES ARE ACTIVE AND INTERMITTENT AND OCCURRING NOW AS WE GO THROUGH CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE WILL BE TAKING YOUR EMAILS AND WE WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE WEBSITE AS WELL TO THE DALLAS CC MASTER PLAN.COM WEBSITE, WHERE JANE AND K STRATEGIES JANE HAMILTON HAS CREATED A SECTION OF THAT WEBSITE THAT WILL HAVE INTERACTIVE AND CHANGING AS IT CHANGES ANY OF THE DIRECTIONALITY THAT COMES THROUGH THE PROJECT.
WE ARE ALSO LINKED TO THE TEX-DOT SITE, SO DRIVE TEXAS ORG IS ALSO A LOCATION THAT OUR WEBSITE WILL DIRECT YOU TO SO THAT YOU CAN GET THE BROADER CLOSURES AS THEY OCCUR.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. THIS IS NOT JUST FOR THE SOUTHERN AREA OF THE CITY, BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE SOUTH OF US THAT ALSO NEED TO ACCESS THESE ROUTES IN ORDER TO GET IN AND OUT AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE. IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO ANYTHING CLOSER TO WHEN WORLD CUP IS HERE TO PUBLISH THIS VIA NEWS MEDIA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. BUT OKAY, HERE IS ANOTHER QUESTION.
TEX-DOT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHANGES OVER OUR BRIDGES.
THE BRIDGES OVER OVER I-30. I DON'T I FIND IT A LITTLE DISRUPTIVE TO DO THIS TYPE OF. AND I KNOW THE CITY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT TEX-DOT DOES, BUT TEX-DOT WE COLLABORATE AND I'M PART OF THE RTC. IT IS IT POSSIBLE TO WORK WITH TXDOT FOR THEM TO SEE HOW DISRUPTIVE THIS IS BEING AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME? ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE FREQUENT MEETINGS WITH THEM, WEEKLY MEETINGS WHERE WE CAN PULL THEM IN AND ASK THEM TO DO PARTNERSHIPS, MEETINGS WITH THEM. I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH CHANGE THEY CAN DO.
THAT'S A QUESTION WE CAN PERHAPS ASK DEB AND GUS.
BUT HAVING THE CONVERSATION WHERE YOU EXPLAIN TO THEM AS A DAY TO DAY USER OF THESE STREETS, THE DISRUPTION, I THINK, COULD BE HELPFUL. AND SO YOU'RE INVITED TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE HAVE CLOSURES FROM BECAUSE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, REMODEL, REWORK, REBUILD, ALL OF THAT. BUT WE ALSO HAVE MAINTENANCE ON OUR OUR ROADS, OUR STREETS. CAN YOU HELP US APPRECIATE THE STREET REPAIRS AND CHANGES AND TIMELINES AND HOW THIS IS IMPACTING NOT ONLY US TODAY, BUT HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT US WHEN WE START SEEING MORE TRAFFIC COME IN BECAUSE OF WORLD CUP.
SURE. I'LL NEED TO INVITE GUS. CAN CARLY OR DEB UP TO TALK ABOUT THE DAY TO DAY MAINTENANCE AND OTHER PLANNED ROAD WORK AND HOW THAT INTERSECTS? AND THEN, NOEL, IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD USE, MAYBE USE THE APP FOR THAT IF WE COULD USE THAT.
HELLO, MA'AM. YEAH. THE THE ROADWAY PAVEMENT IS BEING ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE DAILY WORK PLAN AS WELL AS WE'RE TAKING PROACTIVE ACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PLAN ON SOME OF THE LOCATIONS.
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SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AS YOU CAN SEE TODAY, IF YOU'VE BEEN DRIVING INTO HERE, CITY HALL, THAT THE INTERSECTION AT GRIFFIN AND YOUNG IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. FULL CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN, A MATTER OF FACT, FULLY REBUILT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AS WELL AS OTHER LOCATIONS.SO, FOR EXAMPLE YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE FOR THOSE VISITORS WHO ARE COMING IN INTO LEFT FIELD, YOU'RE SEEING THAT MOCKINGBIRD IS COMPLETELY BEING REPAVED FROM LEFT FIELD INTO I-35 AND OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WERE MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME TO MINIMIZE THE DEMAND ON OUR MAINTENANCE. IS IT POSSIBLE? AS OF MAYBE EVEN AS A POLICY CHANGE, WHEN WE HAVE THIS TYPE OF OF OF, OF MAINTENANCE RECONSTRUCTION THAT THE COUNCIL GETS INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CONSTITUENTS TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S WHAT.
TODAY WAS A MONSTER. I HAD TO GO BACK AND UTILIZE SOME OF MY OLD ROUTES THAT I USED WAY BACK WHEN I WORKED. LIKE I DON'T WORK NOW. AND THEN WHEN AND WHEN I CAME, WHEN I, WHEN I WAS MET WITH.
THEN THERE'S CONSTRUCTION I GOT OFF ON GRIFFIN TRIED TO GO NORTH ON GRIFFIN.
GRIFFIN WAS BEING IN GRIFFIN LIKE YOU SAID. GRIFFIN AND YOUNG I DIDN'T KNOW WAS BEING.
I COULDN'T GO OVER MY NORMAL WAY BECAUSE THAT STREET IS CADETS IS CLOSED AND GRIFFIN IS NOW ONE WAY, I MEAN ONE LANE. AND YOU'VE YOU GOT ALL THIS TRAFFIC TRYING TO GET IN ALL THIS TINY SPACE AND WE CAN'T CAN IS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE KNOW THIS AHEAD OF TIME AND CAN PLAN BETTER, PLAN TO BE TIMELY AS WELL AS DIFFERENT ROUTES.
YEAH. THANK YOU. I MEAN, AGAIN WE DO PROVIDE IN OUR QUARTERLY REPORTS ON THE IMP TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, THE LISTING OF ALL THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED FOR UPGRADE OR RESURFACING OR MAINTENANCE.
SO WE'VE GOT THAT. SO THE FEE FOR RELATED ITEMS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, SUCH AS THAT INTERSECTION IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE CROSSWALKS AND SO ON, CERTAINLY THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE CAN SUPPLEMENT OUR REPORTS.
AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, WE WILL CREATE GRAPHICS FROM THE ITEMS THAT WE CREATED FOR YOU TODAY IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN USE THEM AS JPEGS AND DROP INTO YOUR NEWSLETTERS TO YOUR RESIDENTS.
CAN YOU ALSO DO A LINK THAT MAYBE I CAN PUT A QR CODE INTO MY NEWSLETTER AND IT'LL GO TO YOUR AUTOMATICALLY GO TO YOUR WEBSITE AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED.
I'M SURE DPD WOULD LOVE TO KNOW NOT COME UP IN EMERGENCY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH.
MY MY FINAL QUESTION IS DART. I KNOW THERE'S NO DART REPRESENTATION HERE, BUT HOW IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH DART IN ORDER TO GET THOSE AREAS OF THE CITY THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF COVERAGE BACK AND FORTH THROUGH THROUGH WORLD CUP TIME? DEB IS GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE, DART HAS BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATION WITH THE REGIONAL EFFORTS, AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT HOW THEY CAN SERVE DURING FIFA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU GUYS. I'M OUT OF TIME.
I ONLY HAVE FIVE MORE SECONDS, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE.
I'VE USED EVERY SECOND. THAT'S YOUR TIME. I'M JUST.
I'M JUST KIDDING. NO, YOU YOU DO GREAT. MAYOR PRO TEM RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
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IT'S AN INCREDIBLE AND EXCITING TIME FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS AND VISITORS.AND WE'VE GOT TO BE READY. AND I KNOW THAT THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM IN FRONT OF US.
ROSE, I WANT TO THANK YOU, IN PARTICULAR, YOUR JUGGLING MULTIPLE PROJECTS, MAJOR PROJECTS ONGOING.
SO. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.
AND I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FIRST.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ABLE TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE VISITORS THAT ARE COMING TO OUR CITY. AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HOSTED A NUMBER OF WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH FIFA, HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS. HOW DO WE CONTINUE THOSE, AND WHAT OTHER EFFORTS ARE ONGOING TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE BUSINESSES, FROM DRY CLEANERS TO RESTAURANTS, KNOW HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED? SO I'M GOING TO ASK BRETT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I'VE WORKED WITH OUR CITY'S PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE GONE OUT TO SEVERAL COMMUNITY EVENTS TO TALK ABOUT IT AND TO LET THEM KNOW HOW THEY CAN INTERACT WITH THE CITY, AND THEN HOW THEY CAN INTERACT WITH FIFA DIRECTLY.
I WANT TO REFER BACK TO THE COMMUNITY PLAYBOOK THAT SHE MENTIONED EARLIER.
THAT IS A GREAT WAY FOR FOR FOLKS TO KEEP UP TO SPEED WITH WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE.
YOU CAN GO INTO THE BUSINESS CONNECT WEBSITE, YOU CAN GET REGISTERED.
THEY WILL SEND YOU THOSE OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON WHAT KIND OF SERVICES OR GOODS YOU PROVIDE.
I ALSO KNOW THAT, AGAIN, ROSA MENTIONED WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SENT FOR A LIST OF ALL THE BUSINESS GROUPS WITH ALL THE CHAMBERS ALL OVER TOWN.
SO WE'RE REACHING OUT THROUGH AS MANY CHANNELS AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.
AND SO, OF COURSE, THERE'S THE IMPACT DURING FIFA.
BUT WHAT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IS THE IMPACT AFTER FIFA.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD, BUSINESS LEADERS, ARE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE LOOKING TO MOVE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, WHETHER IT'S A RESIDENT OR AN ACTUAL CORPORATION OR BUSINESS.
AND SO HOW DOES THAT LONG RANGE PLAN WORK? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DECISION MAKERS THAT WE'RE CONNECTING WITH THEM DURING AND AFTER WORLD CUP? SURE. I'M GOING TO ANSWER THIS IN A, IN A COMBINATION.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK IF CRAIG DAVIS CAN COME BACK DOWN.
BUT WE ARE WORKING, AS WE SAID, WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BEING ONE OF THEM.
AND WE LOOK AT THROUGH VISIT DALLAS AND THROUGH OTHER AVENUES.
EVERY TIME WE INTERACT WITH A CONFERENCE, EVERY TIME WE INTERACT WITH A VISITOR TO DALLAS WHO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING AN ECONOMIC IMPACT TO DALLAS IN A TERM OF A SHORT OR LONG TERM BUSINESS, WE ENGAGE WITH THEM IN VARIOUS AVENUES.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES DURING FIFA TO HOST SMALL SUBSETS LIKE WE DO DURING ANY MAVS GAME, DURING ANY STARS GAME, ETC., WHERE WE INTERACT WITH THEM ON A SMALLER SETTING AND HOST HAPPY HOURS, ETC. WHERE WE CAN TALK TO THEM MORE ABOUT THE CITY AND OBVIOUSLY INVITE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO JOIN US IN SOME OF THOSE SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH BUSINESS WE CAN MAINTAIN AND DRIVE TO THE CITY.
BUT I'LL. MAYOR PRO TEM, ARE YOU REFERRING TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR ATTRACTING CORPORATIONS AND WHATNOT AFTERWARDS? SO WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE EDC, LINDA MCMAHON AND HER TEAM.
WE ARE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING STRATEGIES AFTERWARDS TO REALLY POINT OUT AND TARGET SPECIFIC TYPES OF GROUPS THAT WILL HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR DALLAS, FOR INSTANCE. AND I'M MAKING THIS UP IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT WE NEED TO ATTRACT MORE ENGINEERS TO DALLAS, THEN WE WILL TARGET ENGINEERING CONVENTIONS AND THEN GEOFENCE THEM TO PROVIDE MESSAGING ABOUT DALLAS AS A PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. SO THAT IS IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT IS ALL PART OF A BIGGER ECOSYSTEM THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
AND SO I'M GOING TO ADD TO THAT. SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON.
VISIT DALLAS DOES THAT AS A MATTER OF COURSE ANYWAY.
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AND SO THIS IS JUST STRATEGIZING ON A LARGER LEVEL TO DO SOMETHING THAT VISIT DALLAS IS ALREADY GREAT AT DOING.AND SO I THINK WE'LL HAVE A GREAT IMPACT FROM THAT.
WE'LL SEE GREAT OUTCOMES FROM THAT. THANK YOU.
MY NEXT SET OF QUESTIONS IS GOING TO BE AROUND TRANSPORTATION.
BUS. SO FAR AS GUS IS COMING UP, I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE SO FAR.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN EXPAND THAT FURTHER INTO DOWNTOWN AND HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT SCOOTERS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LIMITED TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SCOOTERS IN GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS, AND THERE'S SOME GEOFENCING THERE. AND SO OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE MORE SCOOTERS THAN ARE NEEDED.
BUT DO WE DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR CURRENT POLICY ON THE NUMBER OF SCOOTERS IN CERTAIN AREAS TO POSSIBLY INCREASE THEM? YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT CLOSELY RIGHT NOW.
AND WE WILL BE COORDINATING THAT ALSO WITH OUR PARTNERS LIKE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, THE DPD AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER SURGE, IF YOU WILL THAT WE HAVE IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF ANY SCOOTERS, ADDITIONAL SCOOTERS IN THE AREA OF NEED IS WELL BALANCED AND MEETS THE DEMAND OF WHAT IS NEEDED WHILE IT ALSO MAINTAINS THE ABILITY FOR US TO HAVE A GOOD MANAGEMENT OVERHEAD.
OKAY. AND THEN WHERE ARE WE WITH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES? BEING IN DALLAS. I KNOW THEY'RE BEING TESTED RIGHT NOW.
BUT DO WE HAVE A SENSE THAT THEY WILL BE DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY DURING FIFA? OBVIOUSLY, OUR ABILITY TO CONTROL OR MANAGE THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IS VERY LIMITED BECAUSE THE THE STATE RULES CONTROLS THAT. HOWEVER, MY UNDERSTANDING IS ONE OF THE PROVIDERS ALREADY.
SO AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COORDINATION WITH TEX-DOT, WITH RTC, WITH DART, AND YOU KNOW, THE NEW LANES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN FOR FOR CYCLISTS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES KNOW ABOUT CLOSURES, THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT ROUTES THAT ARE BEING DETOURED TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY? AS I MENTIONED, THE CURRENT INFORMATION THAT I HAVE, ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE SERVICE USING THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IS ACTUALLY OPERATED BY A DRIVER. SO THEY'RE NOT FULLY AUTONOMOUS.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO IS WE'RE IN CONSTANT CONVERSATION WITH THE FIRMS AND WE'RE PROVIDING THEM WITH KNOWN CLOSURES, IF YOU WILL. SO THEY'RE AWARE OF IT. AND THEN THEY HAVE ALSO THEIR OWN GEOFENCING FOR THEIR OPERATION.
OKAY. SO TEXDOT THEY'RE A PARTNER OF OURS. BUT WE KNOW ALSO THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN THE BEST COMMUNICATORS AT TIMES. WITH THE LAST BRIDGE CLOSINGS. THEY DID NOT NOTIFY THE CITY AHEAD OF TIME.
SO MOVING FORWARD, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT A COLLABORATIVE WORK SO THAT RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF STREET CLOSURES OR WORK BEING DONE BY TEXDOT? SO, AS I MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO, IS THAT WE HAVE THE PERIODIC MEETINGS AND WE WILL COLLECTIVELY DO A BETTER JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE OBTAINING THE INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME, AS, AS, AS BEST AS WE CAN AND THEN TRY TO HAVE A MULTIPLE OPTIONS OR OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OUR DIFFERENT WEBSITES IN ORDER FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO HAVE ACCESS AND KNOW WHAT THE LANE CLOSURES ARE.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK FROM A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES ON, YES, WE'RE PREPARING FOR FIFA AND FOR PEOPLE COMING IN, THE INFLUX OF VISITORS, BUT IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, THE RESIDENTS, ARE UP TO DATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
WHEN IT COMES TO DART AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE FROM DART HERE TODAY.
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RIGHT? SO WHERE INSTEAD OF A MONTHLY DISCOUNTED RATE OR SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO GET A TICKET EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT THEY'RE ACCESSING DART.Y'ALL ARE SHAKING YOUR HEADS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT.
DEFINITELY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST FOLKS.
OKAY. AND STILL WITH DART, DO WE KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO ADD MORE TRAINS AND INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF THE TRAINS OR BUSSES? I DON'T HAVE THAT. THAT DATA, WE'LL HAVE TO GET IT FROM DART AND AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO YOU.
OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. BAZALDUA, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
THIS IS EXTREMELY EXCITING TIME FOR OUR CITY TO BE ON THE WORLD STAGE.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL TOUCHING ON THE FINALIZATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS TASK FORCE AND CAMPAIGN.
CAN Y'ALL SPEAK TO. WE HAVE A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF AWARENESS AND EVEN FEAR WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, SPECIFICALLY WITH WHAT WE SEE, NOT JUST IN DALLAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, I PUT MYSELF IN THE SHOES OF SOMEONE THAT'S TRAVELING HERE INTERNATIONALLY. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THE STAGE HAS BEEN SET TO BE VERY WELCOMING FOR SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
WHAT ARE WE DOING, NOT ONLY LOGISTICALLY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS ENSURING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT ALSO WITH MESSAGING? I THINK MESSAGING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THAT REGARD.
I'LL START. SO LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A VISIT WITH THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE.
HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU SAW THAT. AND SO WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM IN REGARD TO ONE MESSAGING, LIKE WHAT WHAT ACTUALLY IS GOING ON. BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT COMES OBVIOUSLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM. MONICA MEETS WITH THEM ONCE A WEEK, AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE PRIMARILY DETERMINING, YOU KNOW, THE MESSAGING THAT WE'RE USING, ASKING THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY, AS WELL IN REGARDS TO THAT.
AND, AND WE'RE WE'RE STARTING THERE. I HONESTLY, THAT IS OUR STARTING POINT IS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WITH THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE. THEY ARE FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS SIDE LEADING THAT.
AND SO WE ARE WE ARE TAKING THEIR LEAD ON THAT.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CHIEF COMO AND HIS TEAM SPEAK TO HOW THE CITY HAS WORKED WITH AND WITH THE TASK FORCE TO START TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER TO ADDRESS YOUR VERY CONCERN. COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, ASSISTANT CHIEF MARK VILLARREAL.
I'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING TRAINING FOR OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTLY WITH FIFA IN REGARDS TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACCESSIBILITY TRAINING THAT'S GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT TO WATCH HERE IN FEBRUARY.
AS FAR AS TO YOUR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO WELCOME ANYONE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT ON OUR END. WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL OUR FEDERAL, STATE AND COUNTY PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A WELCOMING EXPERIENCE HERE IN DALLAS. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT ON OUR END.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE WELCOME ALL THE VISITORS THAT COME TO DALLAS.
THANK YOU. I THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING TO HEAR.
AND I KNOW THAT WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH IN OUR HANDS.
HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED FOR UNFORTUNATE EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE.
I THINK, AGAIN, WE HAVE SEEN IT PLAY OUT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE RESPONDED TO FROM THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE DONE.
REACT REACTIONARY. IT SHOULD BE DONE PROACTIVE.
I THINK. CHIEF, DID YOU WANT TO. WE WILL BE. WE WILL BE FINE HERE IN DALLAS.
WE WILL WHAT? EVERYTHING WILL BE GOOD IN DALLAS.
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THAT'S A REALLY ODD ANSWER. I THINK TO SAY THAT, I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYTHING'S NOT GOING TO BE FINE, BUT THAT TO BE THE RESPONSE TO ME ASKING FOR THERE TO BE A PROACTIVE APPROACH IS VERY ODD.I HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE MORE PREPARATION THAN JUST A NOTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE.
SO I THINK HE HE SAID THAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING QUITE A BIT OF PLANNING.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, IS TO HEAR ABOUT IT NOT JUST TO BE SHUT DOWN AND SAY WE'RE FINE.
YES. AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK IF ROCKY COULD COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TASK FORCE AND THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND FROM A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE TO PREPARE FOR THAT. WE'VE ALSO ENGAGED WITH OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS PART OF THIS.
SO, ROCKY, CAN YOU ELABORATE, PLEASE? SO WE DO HAVE A HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER THAT DALLAS AND FORT WORTH HAS CONTRACTED WITH. AND AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE HAD A HUMAN RIGHTS TASK FORCE.
WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS AND IDENTIFIED 6 TO 8 COMPONENTS THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON.
AND, YOU KNOW, HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS ONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES IN THERE, ALL PART OF THE TEAM, ALL THE PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES FROM AROUND THE REGION ARE PART OF IT.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOME DETAILED PLANNING ON HOW WE WELCOME GUESTS OVER HERE AND HOW WE ROLL OUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMPONENT FROM ACCESSIBILITY TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO ADD THAT OUR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER WITH THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY MUCH ENGAGED IN THIS WORK FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND HAS HAD A LOT OF INPUT INTO THAT. WE'RE ALSO ENGAGING OUR INTERNATIONAL TEAMS AND OUR GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS OFFICE, WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES AROUND THE WORLD TO ARE HERE IN DALLAS FROM COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COORDINATING ALL THAT WITH THEM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT IN THERE. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT THE SAFETY SECURITY WORKGROUP HAS 18 SUBCOMMITTEES UNDER IT THAT ARE ALSO MEETING NOW ALMOST WEEKLY. AND THIS OBVIOUSLY IS A TOPIC THAT THEY'RE ALSO ADDRESSING.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE DETAIL ON THAT. RICK BURKHEAD LEADS IT FROM THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE. AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE SET THAT UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE I ALSO WANTED TO ASK. IT'S ALREADY BEEN TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT. BUT IS IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SHARE REGARDING ANY NEW UPDATES ON THE POTENTIAL OF THE MIDWAY BEING OPENED UP AT FAIR PARK FROM STATE FAIR OF TEXAS? SO I DO WANT TO DO A FRIDAY MEMO. WE DO NOT HAVE RYAN O'CONNOR HERE WITH PARK AND REC, BUT HE'S BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING WITH MONICA, PAUL AND HER TEAM ON HOW WE CAN BETTER ENGAGE FAIR PARK.
I MENTIONED EARLIER THE TRANSITION THAT THEY'VE HAD AND WORKING WITH BRETT WILKIE AND BUILDING THAT STAFF UP, THAT STAFF FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF OF CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES, WORKING WITH THEM WITH THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS AND ARE MOVED TO THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM, HAVE BEEN FABULOUS. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO OUTLINE EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE DOING AND HAVE DONE, AND THEN PROVIDE THAT IN A FRIDAY MEMO. THANK YOU.
IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BRANDING RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THROUGH FIFA THAT WE WOULD OF COURSE, HAVE TO ADHERE TO. BUT IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL VENDORS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS, FOR INSTANCE DURING THE THE STATE FAIR TIME I'D LOVE TO SEE.
CAN YOU ALL SPEAK TO HOW DIGITAL KIOSKS HAVE BEEN INTEGRATED? HOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE GROUP SINCE WE'VE OFFICIALLY APPROVED, AND HOW I THINK A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE HEARD HERE TODAY WILL BE ADDRESSED AND LEVERAGED WITH THAT ASSET. CAN CAN YOU ALL SPEAK TO THAT AT ALL? I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH THEM. I LET THE CITY TALK ABOUT HOW THEY PLAN ON INTEGRATING THAT IN.
I HAVE SPOKE WITH ORANGE BARREL, WHO IS THE COMPANY OBVIOUSLY THAT IS THAT HAS THOSE ASSETS.
AS WE LOOKED AT AN OUT OF HOME PLAN ALTOGETHER.
AND MY REQUEST OF THEM IS THAT WE USE THOSE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLED, THAT WE THINK ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPECIFICALLY AROUND WHERE THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE MOVING IN DURING THE WORLD CUP. BUT THEY ARE WHAT I WOULD LIKE THEM TO FOCUS ON ARE THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY HOW TO GET AROUND THE CITY.
YOU CAN USE ALMOST ANY LANGUAGE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ON THOSE DIGITAL BOARDS.
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AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A USEFUL WAY TO USE THE DIGITAL BOARDS DURING THIS TIME.SO I'VE SPOKEN TO THEM, BUT WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY DEVELOPED A PLAN.
I'M NOT SURE WHO'S TALKING WITH THEM FROM THE CITY SIDE. SURE.
ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BAZALDUA FOR THE QUESTION.
YEAH. WE ANTICIPATE ALL THE KIOSKS, OR AT LEAST SOME OF THE KIOSKS TO BE SET UP BY TOM.
FIFA STARTS. SO WE HAVE PARTICULAR SPACE ON THE CITY OF DALLAS SIDE WHERE WE CAN PROMOTE AND ADVERTISE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AS LONG AS IT'S COMING FROM THE CITY SIDE. ABOUT FAN FEST, FOR INSTANCE.
DAISY, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? NO, I THINK YOU I THINK YOU COVERED IT WELL, SINCE DECEMBER, SINCE THE LICENSE AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS AND THE VENDOR TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR PROPOSED LOCATIONS AND PACKAGE ALL THAT UP IN ORDER TO PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO THE PLAN IS TO HAVE KIOSKS, THE DIGITAL KIOSKS INSTALLED IN ADVANCE OF FIFA.
CAN CAN I JUST ASK THAT, JUST AS WE MENTIONED, WHENEVER WE PASSED, THAT IF THERE CAN BE AT LEAST CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHOSE DISTRICTS THEY'RE IN JUST TO SO THERE ISN'T ANY SURPRISES WHEN WE WAKE UP AND THERE'S KIOSKS INSTALLED IN FRONT OF SOMEONE'S BUSINESSES.
ET CETERA. THAT WE COULD HAVE WORKED THROUGH BEFOREHAND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT COMMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER BAZALDUA.
AND SO THAT IS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, AND WE WILL DEFINITELY BE COMING BACK AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE WILL BE SHARING WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, BUT IT WILL NOT BE DONE SOLELY AT STAFF'S DISCRETION.
IT WILL BE A PART OF THE PROCESS, WHICH IS WHAT YOU LAID OUT FOR US.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FOR YOUR COMMENTS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I NOW WANT TO TALK ABOUT SCOOTERS AS WELL AS WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO MENTIONED.
THE I WOULD HOPE THAT WE'D HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANY TEMPORARY CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE BUT ALSO PROACTIVELY ENGAGE IN WHAT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THOSE LOOK LIKE.
I KNOW THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE SOME OF THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IN OTHER CITIES, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A HUGE DEMAND FOR E-BIKE USAGE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TEMPERATURES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING AT THAT TIME.
SO I'D LOVE TO SEE US ACTUALLY DEPLOY MORE MULTIMODAL OPTIONS.
SO. YES, SIR. POINT WELL TAKEN. AND AGAIN, THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING THE BACKGROUND WORK IN ADVANCE TO LOOK AT PROS, CONS AND AND SO ON. LIKE I SAID, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
BECAUSE THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS COME IN AND PRESENT YOU WITH SOMETHING AND COME TO FIND OUT. WELL, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THAT STUFF, AND CERTAINLY WE'LL SHARE THE FINDINGS AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
EXCELLENT. AND THEN ON STILL WITH YOU GUYS INTENTIONAL SHUTTLE ROUTES.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. KIND OF SKATED AROUND IT.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ROUTES THAT ARE ALREADY MAPPED OUT, BUT DO WE NOT HAVE, LIKE, A SPECIFIC SHUTTLE ROUTE THAT WOULD BE CLOSED OFF? NOT JUST I LOVE THE CLOSING OF LANES FOR MULTIMODAL, BUT IN VEGAS, FOR FORMULA ONE, FOR INSTANCE, THERE WERE SPECIFIC ROUTES THAT WERE KIND OF SECTIONED OFF BY BARRIERS AND EASY, JUST KIND OF ROUNDABOUT ROUTES, IF YOU WILL. WHAT WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THAT REGARD? AND ALSO INSIDE OF FAIR PARK GETTING OFF OF THE TRAINS.
THAT'S. YEAH. I CAN'T COMMENT ON INSIDE THE FAIR PARK.
I CAN SAY ON THE OTHER, I MEAN ON THE ROADWAY ITSELF, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DD AND THEY WANT TO CLOSE A SECTION OF MAIN STREET. SO WE'VE BEEN ACCOMMODATING AND WORKING WITH THAT.
SO WE'RE RECEPTIVE TO IDEAS AND AND TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, THAT I HAVE TO BALANCE THE ABILITY OF MOBILITY AROUND THE CITY WHILE DOING THESE THINGS. SO CERTAINLY WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS ON IDEAS AND LOCATIONS WHERE THESE THINGS CAN TAKE PLACE. CAN SOMEONE ELSE SPEAK TO INSIDE? THAT WAS YOUR TIME, BY THE WAY.
YEAH. SO INSIDE A FAIR POINT, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE LOOKING AT I WAS ASKING FOR THEM TO CONTINUE.
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HE SAID HE COULDN'T ANSWER PART OF MY QUESTION. YEAH.YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE SOME BIKE RACKS SO THAT NOW WE HEARD THAT THERE IS A APPETITE TO ACTIVATE SOME MORE THINGS WITHIN FAIR PARK, SO WE'LL HAVE TO RETHINK THAT. BUT GENERALLY, THE PLAN WAS COME THROUGH FIRST AVENUE AND TAKE A LEFT ON WALK TO PENNSYLVANIA, AND THERE ARE TWO ENTRANCES, ONE ON THE FAR END AND ONE BY GATE NINE, WHERE THE RIDE SHARE GENERALLY IS.
SO THOSE ARE TWO ENTRANCES THERE. OUR RIDE SHARE PARK IS IN LOT 12 C, RIGHT NEXT TO LIVESTOCK.
THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN COME IN, DROP OFF FOLKS AND GET OUT.
BACK TO FITZHUGH OR UNDER THE VIADUCT OVER THERE TO HASKELL.
THAT'S THE PLAN. AND FROM THE MLK, THEY'LL JUST COME ACROSS THE STREET.
JOIN THE REST OF THE CROWD, GET DOWN TO PENNSYLVANIA.
THAT'S THE PLAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR.
I'LL WAIT FOR ROUND TWO. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. THIS IS VERY COMPLETE.
I WANT TO FOLLOW BACK UP ON THE STATIONS AT FAIR PARK.
AND I'M HEARING THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON MLK STATION, BUT I LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED HERE TODAY ABOUT ACTIVATING FAIR PARK MORE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, BECAUSE IF YOU GET OFF AT THE FAIR PARK STATION, THAT INVITES YOU TO WALK THROUGH THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF 1930S ART DECO ARCHITECTURE IN THE US, WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARY. AND THEN IF YOU GET OFF AT THE MLK STATION, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HIT YOUR TWO PARTNERS BARBECUE AND HIT TEXAS DISCOVERY GARDENS AND THAT SORT OF THING BEFORE YOU GET TO THE FAN ZONE.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS A PLAN FOR THAT, BUT MR. CITY MANAGER, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE REACHING OUT TO BUSINESSES AND THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE AROUND THAT AREA IS APPRIZED OF THESE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S TO COME SO THEY CAN MAXIMIZE IT, NOT JUST AT FAIR PARK, BUT THOSE BUSINESSES AROUND THERE.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE KIOSK THAT WE DID OUR CONTRACT WITH, I WOULD NOT WANT TO SUSPEND ADVERTISING, BECAUSE THAT'S A PRETTY LUCRATIVE TIME TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE AUDIENCE, AND THAT REVENUE DOES COME BACK TO THE CITY.
ALSO, THE OUTREACH AROUND COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST WHERE THERE'S A STADIUM OR A FAN BASE OR WHATEVER.
BUT I ALSO NOW I WANT TO MOVE ON TO A COUPLE OF ASPECTS.
BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE AMBUSH MARKETING THAT CAN TAKE PLACE WHERE YOU'VE GOT BIG SPONSORED EVENTS, BUT THEN OTHER MARKETERS WANT TO OR BRANDS WANT TO GLOM ON TO THAT CROWD.
AND SO THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE'VE GOT A CROWD WE WEREN'T EXPECTING, MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT.
AND THEN THE POINT ABOUT STRS IS, IS WELL TAKEN AS WELL, BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE COME ACROSS THE POND OR FROM AS FAR AWAY AS THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMING, THEY MAY RENT FOR A LONGER PERIOD AND HAVE A PARTY GOING ON FOR MANY DAYS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO IF YOU'VE GOT CROWDS OF 100 OR EVEN SOMETIMES THOUSANDS, DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A TEAM NON-SANCTIONED EVENT ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'VE GOT THIS DISRUPTION GOING ON.
AND THIS IS WHERE, CHIEF, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO BE IN A REACTIVE MODE.
I'M ASSUMING IF WE HAVE SOMETHING HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THIS THING IS JUST GOING ON FOR DAYS AND NIGHTS, HOW DO WE WHAT CAN WE DO THERE? HEY. GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
SOME OF THOSE WOULD BE COMING FROM THOSE SHORT TERM RENTALS. EACH DIVISION IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING RESPONSE TEAMS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO TO TRY TO BE PROACTIVE IN THAT ASPECT IS USING OUR FUSION CENTER AS WELL AS THE LIAISONS WITH THE DIFFERENT TEAMS. SO IF THEY GET WIND OF POTENTIAL HOUSE PARTIES AND STUFF POPPING UP, WE CAN TAKE THAT PROACTIVE RESPONSE.
NOW, THERE ARE GOING TO BE TIMES THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE OUR RESPONSE TEAMS THAT WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS WELL AS OUR OUR SPECIAL RESPONSE GROUPS THAT WILL COME OUT AND WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL BARRICADES AND STUFF TO BE DEPLOYED. WE DO WANT TO TAKE THAT PROACTIVE STANCE.
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AND AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT THAT INTEL, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO OTHER CITIES IN EVENTS WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR GAMES TO SEE WHAT THEY WHAT OCCURRED IN THEIR CITY, TO SEE IF WE CAN TAKE ANY OF THOSE THINGS AND APPLY THEM TO DALLAS. AND THERE IS SOME GOOD KNOWLEDGE AND BEST PRACTICES BEING SHARED BY THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US.SO I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW INFORMED THEY ARE KEEPING US AROUND THIS.
SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT WITH COLLEAGUES IS THAT THESE COULD BE HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY, AND IT COULD BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLOCK, AND HOW IT COULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME TEETH. IF SOMETHING IS PROLONGED DAY AFTER DAY, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT TO GIVE YOU SOME, SOME ACTION AROUND THAT.
A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I JUST MADE NOTES AROUND AS, AS COLLEAGUES BROUGHT THEM UP AROUND OUR SCOOTERS. I LOVE THE IDEA OF DURING THIS TIME PERIOD PULSING THOSE AND EVEN BEFORE ALL OF THE FANS ARRIVE, WE'VE GOT THE IBC WITH THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. I MEAN, I LOVE THE IDEA OF THEM BEING ABLE TO EASILY GET AROUND DOWNTOWN AND BEYOND.
IS THAT JUST MOVING BETWEEN THE CITIES? BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'M SPECIFICALLY GETTING AT.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF PEOPLE IN OUR VICKERY MEADOW AREA BEING ABLE TO HOP ON A TRAIN FROM AT THE PARK LANE STATION OR THE WALNUT HILL STATION, AND GO DOWN TO THOSE FAIR PARK STATIONS EASILY.
BUT WITHOUT A BARRIER, A COST BARRIER TO THAT, TO BE ABLE TO PARTAKE IN THAT.
SO IS IT FREE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL DURING THIS TIME? SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT QUESTION IN REGARD TO THE PAST, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR TICKET HOLDERS TO THE STADIUM FOR TRANSPORTATION.
AND WHAT I HAVE TO CLARIFY EXACTLY WHERE THAT POINT ENDS AND STARTS.
BUT SO WE ARE IN DISCUSSION, JUST LIKE DURING SOME OTHER EVENTS, THE WAY THAT DART IS USED OR PRICED, HAVING THAT SPECIAL PRICING, WE WOULD LIKE TO OBVIOUSLY SEE THAT SO PEOPLE CAN GET AROUND THE COMMUNITY, LOCALS OR VISITORS EASIER. SO WE ARE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT DART IS INCLUDED IN OUR NEXT, NEXT UPDATE AND THAT THAT PRICING HAS BEEN SET.
FINALLY, AROUND WE'VE TOUCHED ON TRAFFICKING AND I KNOW THAT INDUSTRIES ARE BEING TRAINED.
BUT ALSO, I CHECKED WITH CHRISTOPHER GRAVES, OUR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER, AND THERE IS GOING TO BE A CAMPAIGN ROLLED OUT FOR OUR PUBLIC, BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD LOVE IS FOR THERE TO BE A RESIDUAL AWARENESS, EFFECT OF SIGNS TO LOOK FOR SO THAT WE CAN HELP DRIVE DOWN AND DRIVE OUT TRAFFICKING, LABOR, SEX TRAFFICKING IN DALLAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CHAIR JOHNSON, CAN I RESPOND TO JUST A COUPLE THINGS? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SOME CLARIFICATIONS. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ONE AS A MARKETER, ABSOLUTELY NOT SAYING NO ADVERTISING.
I JUST WANT THEM TO BE USED FOR BOTH. SO I THINK IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INFORMATIONAL AS WELL. BUT YES, TO THE ADVERTISING AS WELL. THE SECOND PIECE IS THAT BOTH STATIONS AT FAIR PARK ARE GOING TO BE HIGHLY ACTIVATED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT AS WELL. FAIR PARK STATION AND MLK STATION WILL BOTH BE HAVE HAVE THE CITY DRESSING THE ROUTES TO GET DIRECTLY TO THE FAN FESTIVAL. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY DRIVING TO ONE OTHER MORE THAN THE OTHER.
THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO BE ACTIVATED. THANK YOU, CHAIR JOHNSON, FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. I STARTED OUT WITH SOME QUESTIONS YESTERDAY.
SO I WON'T I'M LOOKING HERE AT THE. AND I NEED TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING.
I'M LOOKING AT THE JEFFERSON. I THINK ON THE BEGINNING IT SAYS.
I'M MOVING A LITTLE SLOW. ONE LANE CAN CARRY 1800.
AND I ASKED THE QUESTION YESTERDAY, WHAT STREETS OR BRIDGES ALLOW SOUTHERN DALLAS TO ACCESS DOWNTOWN DURING THE, DURING AND AFTER THE WORK. CONSTRUCTION WORK? YES. AND I APOLOGIZE. WE DID WALK THROUGH THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO BRING CLAYTON LANE BACK UP AGAIN TO WALK THROUGH IT FOR YOU AND ALLOW YOU TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT YOU. LET'S GO AHEAD.
THAT'S FINE. OKAY. WE'LL BRING HIM UP. CLAYTON.
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I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY EVERYONE ELSE DID.THANK YOU. SO I'M NOT. I'M NOT SURE WHICH PORTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR.
OKAY. YEAH. SO ACCORDING TO THE MAPS THAT WE'VE PROVIDED LATER ON HERE WE CAN SEE THAT HARWOOD STREET, HERVEY GRIFFIN, THOUGH IT'S ONLY A PORTION OPEN WILL ALL BE ACCESS WAYS INTO DOWNTOWN AS WELL AS REUNION BOULEVARD, COMMERCE AND MAIN, WHICH ARE ACCESSIBLE VIA RIVER RIVERFRONT BOULEVARD OR VIA I-35 ON THE WEST SIDE.
BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACCESSING IT, BECAUSE SOME SENIOR CITIZENS DON'T DRIVE FREEWAYS, AND I DON'T SEE IT HERE WHERE I CAN ACCESS THIS OFF OF POLK ON THE 67TH AREA.
SO WHERE WHERE DO THEY DO? WHAT HAPPEN? BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AND THIS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
THAT EXPLAINED THAT BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND THAT.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ON A FREEWAY, ESPECIALLY SENIOR CITIZENS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE ON JUST ON, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE MAPS, LIKE RIVERFRONT BOULEVARD OR CADIZ, CAN BE AN ACCESS WAY TO SOME OF THESE PATHS INTO DOWNTOWN.
THAT ONE SHEET ABOUT JEFFERSON AND JUST LOOKING AT CAPACITY THERE.
REMEMBER YOU EXPRESSED SPECIFIC CONCERN THAT WAS WELL TAKEN ABOUT.
IS THERE REALLY ENOUGH CAPACITY WITH ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION TO CARRY THE TRAFFIC THAT'S NEEDED? AND SO OUR TRAFFIC COUNTS HERE ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE ANSWER IS YES.
YOU KNOW, ONE LANE CAN CARRY ABOUT 1800 VEHICLES PER HOUR BETWEEN INTERSECTIONS.
AND WE SEE THE TRAFFIC COUNTS FROM OCTOBER 2025, IN BOTH DIRECTIONS BEING WELL BELOW THAT NUMBER.
SO SOUTHBOUND ON HOUSTON, WE'RE SEEING AROUND 750 VEHICLES PER HOUR IN THE PEAK HOUR.
IT'S WELL BELOW THAT 1800 AND NORTHBOUND ON JEFFERSON TODAY, WE'RE SEEING ABOUT 1485 VEHICLES IN THE PEAK HOUR, AGAIN WELL BELOW THE 1800. SO THAT THAT ALSO GIVES YOU ROOM FOR GROWTH OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
YOU NEED MORE CAPACITY LONG TERM. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR 20 YEARS FROM NOW, BUT AT LEAST FOR THE NEAR TERM, WE CAN SEE CURRENT TRAFFIC VOLUMES ARE LOW ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN COMFORTABLY FIT THEM OKAY IN ONE LANE PER DIRECTION.
AND SO WHAT WE DID, ALL FOR COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, WAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO WHENEVER YOU WANT US TO, TO YOUR DISTRICT AND WORKSHOP THIS WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT, PRESENT WHAT WE HAVE AND THEN OFFER LIVE SOLUTIONS AS WE'RE AS WE'RE THERE. SO WE'LL COORDINATE WITH YOUR OFFICE AND FIGURE OUT WHEN AND WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE US TO COME OUT, AND WE WILL GLADLY TALK TO THE RESIDENTS OF YOUR DISTRICT.
OKAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD SAY TO OUR MY RESIDENTS AND MY DISTRICT.
I'M LOOKING WHEN WE SAY IN ONE LANE, ENTERING INTO DOWNTOWN, THAT'S A NIGHTMARE.
AND TO CLARIFY, IT'S YOU KNOW, WHAT I JUST MENTIONED IS ONE LANE ON THE HOUSTON VIADUCT IN EACH WAY.
SO HOW DO I GET TO THE HOUSTON BIZOR? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I DRIVE A LOT.
AND THEN WE SAID IT'S A ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION ON THAT ONE ROUTE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN FROM HNTB PROVIDES ACCESS VIA ZANG BOULEVARD, AND I BELIEVE MARSALIS AS WELL ONTO HOUSTON. BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY ACCESS ROADWAYS INTO DOWNTOWN, EVEN DURING DISRUPTIONS, A TOTAL OF ABOUT 15 LANES OF ACCESS ON LOCAL ROADWAYS BETWEEN REUNION, COMMERCE, ELM HARWOOD AND SOME OTHER STREETS AS WELL.
RIGHT. AND I'M, I'M LISTENING TO THE STREETS THAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT FROM MY AREA DEEP DOWN IN SOUTHERN DALLAS, BECAUSE SOUTH DALLAS IS NOT THE SAME AS SOUTHERN OAK CLIFF. RIGHT.
AND A LOT OF TIMES WE SAY SOUTH OF 30, SOUTH TO 30 IS SOUTH TO 30 DIFFERENT AREAS OF SOUTH OF 30.
AND SO IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM, I GUESS, WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
SO THERE AGAIN, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOUTH DALLAS AND SOUTHERN OAK CLIFF. KNOWING THE UNIQUE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOUTH DALLAS AND SOUTHERN OAK CLIFF. PLEASE EXPLAIN THE PATH TO AGAIN TO GET FROM SOUTH OAK CLIFF INTO THE MASON FEE FOR ACTIVITIES.
HOW WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO DO SOUTH OF OAK CLIFF IN PARTICULAR? YES, THAT'S THAT'S THE AREA THAT I REPRESENT.
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I SEE OKAY. SO I'M NOT SURE I'M NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH BECAUSE THE THING I GET SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SOUTH DAKOTA, YOU'RE TALKING IT INCLUDES BISHOP OR KESSLER PARK AND OTHER AFFLUENT AREAS.SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW DO MY COMMUNITY GET GET TO ENJOY THESE ACTIVITIES AND ETC.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CULTURE AND IN DISTRICT FOUR, A LOT OF HISPANICS AND THEY THEY LOVE PEOPLE.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT FIFA ALL THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING IN FIFA.
BUT WE WANT TO KNOW HOW CAN WE GET THERE TO EXPERIENCE A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON.
SO I THINK WHAT I, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO AND WHAT I'M GOING TO COMMIT, CLAYTON, TO PREPARE IS KIND OF DISTRICT SPECIFIC MAPS FOR EACH OF THESE THAT GET YOU INTO INTO FAIR PARK, IF YOU'LL GIVE US.
UNTIL HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT'LL TAKE YOU? A COUPLE OF WEEKS, IF YOU'LL GIVE US. SURE. IF ONE WEEK WE'LL PROVIDE THAT TO YOU IN A MEMO SO THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN HAVE THAT AND THEN WE CAN. ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE CAN GO TO YOUR DISTRICT AND WALK THROUGH THOSE MAPS WITH YOUR RESIDENTS.
SO YOU WANT ME TO ASK ALL MY QUESTIONS IN THE MEMO? NO.
WE CAN COME TO YOUR OFFICE AND I WILL DO IT. OR WE CAN DO.
MADAM CITY MANAGER, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. HELP ME OUT.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE INFORMATION ON ALL PARTS OF THE CITY AND EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT THAT EVERYBODY CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS HOW TO ACCESS, WHERE THE ACTIVITIES ARE GOING TO BE.
I THINK WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T HAVE THESE MAPS PRIOR TO THIS MORNING, AND SO WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOU NOT SEEING THEM, BUT IT'S JUST TO DEMONSTRATE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS GONE ON TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ACCESS POINTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU FIRST, BUT THEN WE WOULD ALSO WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COME TO ANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
WE WELCOME THAT, AND WE WANT TO BE THERE WITH YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO I WANT TO JUST ECHO WHAT STAFF IS SHARING WITH YOU THIS MORNING.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO START WITH YOU THAT WAY, YOU UNDERSTAND IT.
BEFORE WE GO INTO A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE THAT THAT'S I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. DO I STOP ASKING MY QUESTIONS OR JUST JUST GIVE A MEMO? SO THAT WAS THANK YOU FOR WE LIKE THAT TOO.
BUT BUT WE WANT TO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU THEN WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I'LL WAIT FOR ROUND TWO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CARDONA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO THANK ROSE AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO I'M GLAD TO SEE THE HUMAN RIGHTS PLAN, BUT DEFINITELY FOR MY DISTRICT THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMPONENT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED IN LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION, WHETHER THE INFORMATION HAS ALREADY BEEN ROLLED OUT OR NOT, BECAUSE IT SAID HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ACCESSIBILITY TRAININGS HAVE BEEN ROLLED OUT BY THE COG. AND THEN HERE IT SAYS FEBRUARY 16TH. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET THIS OUT TO THE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT.
SO IF Y'ALL COULD EXPAND A LITTLE BIT. SURE. THERE ARE SOME TRAININGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY DAVIS, WHO LEADS OUR HUMAN RIGHTS WORK GROUP. BUT THERE IS A MORE ROBUST PLAN FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
SO THAT WHOLE SUITE OF TRAINING WILL BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 16TH.
THERE ARE SOME. SO SOME OF THE HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS HAVE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF THE VIDEO MODULES, BUT NOT NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN COMPLETED YET, BUT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE ONES THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW AND THE ONES FOR FEBRUARY 16TH, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE. OH YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND I WOULD. CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THAT IN TERMS OF SPECIFICALLY THE ORGANIZATION IN ANY KIND OF ROLLOUT WE'RE PLANNING? THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER CATENA. SO YES, ON FEBRUARY 16TH, SO AS NOEL HAD SAID, SOME OF THE TRAININGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ROLLED OUT THROUGH THE COG. IN ADDITION, ON FEBRUARY 16TH, ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WEBSITE ALONG WITH THE FULL VERSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLAN THAT ENCOMPASSES SAFEGUARDING, INCLUSION, WORKER RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO REMEDY.
SO THAT'LL BE THE FULL VERSION ONE AND THEN THE FINAL VERSION LATER ON IN MAY.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY REGARDING TO THE MARGARET HUNT HILL BRIDGE.
SO I HAVE THAT IN MY DISTRICT, AND I KNOW PEOPLE LOVE IT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
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BUT JUST WANTED TO ASK, WILL THERE BE ANY CHANGES? LIKE IF PEOPLE REQUEST SPECIAL EVENTS ON NOTIFYING THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT THAT IMPACT WILL BE? JACKIE. JACKIE, IF YOU'LL JUST GIVE US JUST A MOMENT, I'LL NEED MY SPECIAL EVENT STAFF SURE TO JOIN US. I BELIEVE SHE'S IN THE BACK. BUT IN TERMS OF THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORKSHOPPING ABOUT HOW TO PERMIT EVENTS, EVERYTHING FROM BRANDING TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO TREAT OUR VARIOUS BRIDGES AND THE HIGH USE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF EVENTS.AND SO WE'VE STREAMLINED IT. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE CHANGES NECESSARILY TO THE PERMITTING, JUST THE QUICKNESS WILL THE TURNAROUND TIME WILL QUICKEN UP FOR US AND THE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE THE SAME, BUT WILL WORK IN COORDINATION WITH POLICE, FIRE WITH THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE, ETC.
SOME OF THESE REQUIRE US TO COORDINATE WITH TXDOT, RIGHT? SEVERAL OF THE BRIDGES IN YOUR DISTRICT ARE NOT NECESSARILY PERMITTED BY US.
IT'S THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH WITH TXDOT.
AND SO WE'LL STREAMLINE THAT AND INTERCEDE MORE.
AND A LOT OF CASES, WHEN WE'RE PERMITTING THINGS ON THE BRIDGES IN YOUR DISTRICT, WE DON'T NECESSARILY PERMIT ANYTHING UNLESS A STREET IS IMPACTED. RIGHT? WE'RE KIND OF OUT OF THE PROCESS, BUT WE HAVE TALKED TO TXDOT ABOUT THAT COMMUNICATION STREAM GIVEN THE BROADNESS OF FIFA.
AND SO WE'LL PROVIDE THAT TO YOU SO THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH YOUR CONSTITUENCY.
KIND OF A STEP BY STEP WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE, THEY'RE VERY MINIMAL.
AND I SEE JACKIE'S COMING. I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE RESOURCES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OUR RESOURCES ARE GOING TO BE STRAINED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE TRINITY PARK CONSERVANCY GROUP.
I KNOW THEY'RE PLANNING A MAJOR EVENT, AND WE ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH TONY AND HIS TEAM ON THAT.
SHE RUNS THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND SUPERVISES THE STAFF.
AND SO I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY STREAMLINING OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERMITTING THAT WILL BE DONE, PARTICULARLY IN COUNCILWOMAN DISTRICT. YES. WE ARE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR ANCILLARY EVENTS FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PERMITTING PROCESS IS STREAMLINED FOR THEM, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PERMIT ARE MET SO THAT OUR IMPACTS TO THE LA BAJADA NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED ARE STILL COVERED.
COULD YOU TOUCH A LITTLE BIT FOR HER ON THAT INTERACTION WE HAVE WITH TXDOT? THAT'S A PARTICULAR CONCERN. WE DON'T NECESSARILY PERMIT THE BRIDGES THERE.
AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MARGARET HUNT HILL BRIDGE THE CITY ACTUALLY, BY ORDINANCE ONLY IS ALLOWED TO CLOSE THAT BRIDGE FOUR TIMES A YEAR FOR A CITY SPONSORED EVENT WITH AN ATTENDANCE GREATER THAN 5000 OR 6000.
SO THANK YOU, JACKIE. YOU ALWAYS DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.
SO I APPRECIATE IT. MY LAST QUESTION IS, OR ACTUALLY MORE JUST A COMMENT.
SO I WOULD LOVE, I MEAN, IF POSSIBLE AT LEAST TO WHEN Y'ALL ARE HAVING YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH DART TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO INCLUDE THAT FOR DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE AN EASY WAY FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS WEST DALLAS WITH THAT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CHAIR GRACEY.
THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR WHAT DO I WANT TO START? LET'S START WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CHIEF.
YOU SAY WE'LL BE FINE, AND I BELIEVE WE'LL BE FINE ON THAT SIDE.
BUT HOW? TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW WE WILL BALANCE PARTICULARLY IN, YOU KNOW, IN MY DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSE TIMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HOW WHAT'S THE PLAN TO KIND OF MANAGE AND BALANCE, YOU KNOW, STAFF WITH ALL THE EXISTING OPERATIONS FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE? GREAT QUESTION. I IMAGINE ALL DISTRICTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE STAFFING WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER AS WELL AS THE FAN FEST, IS BALANCING OUT THE STAFFING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PULLING FROM THE IBC TO THE IBC, AS WELL AS THE FAN FEST.
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AND SO ALL OFFICERS ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS WILL PARTICIPATE TO HAVE THAT THE MOST MINIMAL IMPACT ON PATROL AND THEIR CALL ANSWERING ABILITIES.YOU'LL ONLY SEE PROBABLY A FEW BODIES PER SHIFT ON EACH DIVISION GETTING PULLED.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S A BALANCING BALANCING EFFECT ON THAT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BECAUSE AGAIN, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE ACTIVITY THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN AND AROUND THE ACTIVATION SITES IN DOWNTOWN AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, PEOPLE WILL STILL BE LIVING AND THINGS WILL STILL BE HAPPENING, AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CHAOS AND OPPORTUNITY AND OPPORTUNITY AND CHAOS AND ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO AS ALL OF THAT IS HAPPENING, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS, THE RESIDENTS, SOME WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE A FAN. I DON'T KNOW WHO MANY WHO WHO THEY ARE, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE A FAN OF THE WORLD CUP AND THEY MAY BE THAT GRUMPY STANLEY, STAY OFF MY YARD. KIND OF A GUY OR GAL WHO JUST WANTS TO MAKE SURE THEIR DAY TO DAY IS NOT IMPACTED.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE FRAME OF MIND THAT I'M ASKING FROM.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. YES, SIR. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT OUR PATROL OFFICERS. I MEAN, THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION IS IS OUR CALL ANSWERING AND GETTING TO THOSE CALLS IN A TIMELY MANNER. OKAY, PERFECT.
MANY OF THEM SEEM TO BE KIND OF MOVED INTO KIND OF THE, I THINK MAYBE 1 OR 2 AROUND BISHOP ARTS, THE BRIDGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE WERE LOOKING TO TRY TO DO SOME SORT OF A ACTIVATION SITE IN AND AROUND KIND OF RED BIRD MALL AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THAT WENT, WHAT I'M WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS HELP ME UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LEGACY PROJECTS ARE.
TALK ME THROUGH THAT. IF AND THE OTHER PART THAT I'M JUST EASE MY MIND OR MY CONCERN IS IF WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY ACTIVATION SITES IN SOUTHERN DALLAS OR AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I WAS KIND OF DISAPPOINTED.
I JUST SAW THAT. I THOUGHT DBU WAS GOING TO BE A BASE CAMP.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER SUB QUESTION. BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES IN SOUTHERN DALLAS, WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LEGACY PROJECTS AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND IS IT IF WE DON'T HAVE ACTIVATION SITES, THEN WE'RE FAR AWAY FROM BEING CONSIDERED FOR LEGACY PROJECTS.
JUST KIND OF HELP EASE MY MIND FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DBU CAMPUS.
AND SO ONE THING THAT I TALK A LOT ABOUT IS COLLABORATIONS.
SO I DON'T WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON.
SO WE ARE HOPING THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING THOSE WATCH PARTIES AND EVENTS IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
AND LIKE I SAID, HERE TO HELP GUIDE AND DIRECT IN WAYS TO DO THAT.
THERE ARE ALSO BRANDING CONFLICTS SOMETIMES, AND I'M VERY HONEST ABOUT THIS.
WHEN YOU BRING ME ALONG, YOU BRING IN ALL THOSE COMMERCIAL PARTNER CONFLICTS AND OTHER PIECES.
BUT THERE ARE WAYS, AND THAT'S WHAT I REALLY HOPE TO ENCOURAGE FOR BUSINESSES TO MAKE MORE MONEY DURING THIS TIME BY BECOMING FANS OF THE WORLD CUP SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. IN REGARDS TO THE LEGACY PROJECTS, LIKE I SAID, THERE IS A PLACE ON THE WEBSITE TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR A MINI PITCH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR YOUR AREA.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE IT BROADER THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THOSE LISTS ARE GOING TO THE LEGACY COMMITTEE TO START INVESTIGATING THOSE.
WE DO HAVE TWO SITES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SELECTED, AND THIS IS ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE US SOCCER FOUNDATION, WHO HAS BEEN DOING THE RESEARCH ACROSS THE BOARD AND HAVE IDENTIFIED ABOUT 90 SITES POTENTIALLY, THAT ARE UNDER-RESOURCED CURRENTLY FOR SOCCER AND OBVIOUSLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES.
SO THAT'S HOW THAT PROCESS IS WORKING. WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT THOUGH. SO AGAIN, IF WE WANT TO PUT TOGETHER ANOTHER COMMUNICATION TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SUBMITTING THAT INFORMATION FOR THE MANY PITCHES IN PARTICULAR, WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT. OUR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS, AGAIN, WE ARE OPEN TO ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THOSE AS WE MEET. MET WITH ALL OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, SO IF THERE ARE AREAS THAT YOU WANT US TO INVESTIGATE OR ADD TO THAT LIST, I WILL DO THAT PERSONALLY AS WELL.
YEAH, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET SOME SOME CLARITY ON TO DO THESE LEGACY PROJECT REQUESTS HAVE TO DO, ARE THEY LIMITED TO COMING FROM THE FROM, YOU KNOW, US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE THEY LIMITED TO THE CITY? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HOW DO I GET THIS COMMUNICATED TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IDEALLY I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING ABOUT ONE WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PLAYBOOK AND HOW TO GET ENGAGED FROM THOSE VOLUNTEER AND FROM A VENDOR PERSPECTIVE.
BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, FOR ME, IS HOW DO WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THESE LEGACY PROJECTS? AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE I SAW WAS IF FUNDING WAS AVAILABLE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT IT SAYS, BUT HELP ME UNDERSTAND.SO AS I MOVE FORWARD, I KNOW WHAT I'M. SO WE HAVE AN ENTIRE DONOR PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE LAUNCHED AS WE LAUNCHED THE FIRST MINI PITCH, BUT THAT WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH IN A BROADER WAY IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN GET ENGAGED IN BECOMING A DONOR FOR THESE LEGACY PROJECTS, AND THROUGH THE NORTH TEXAS SPORTS FOUNDATION.
AND THAT IS HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THOSE PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY.
RIGHT. AND SO AND ALSO GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED.
ALL OF THAT BECAUSE AGAIN I'M. YEAH. DEFINE THAT FOR ME PLEASE.
SO SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF PROJECTS. WE'RE FOCUSED IN A FEW KEY AREAS.
AND SO AND THAT CAN YOU KNOW WE DID OUR FIRST MINI PITCH UP IN LAKE DALLAS AND IT WAS BASICALLY THE SIZE OF A TENNIS COURT, WHICH IS A LARGE AREA. IT ACTUALLY COULD REALLY FIT FOR MANY PITCHES ON IT.
RIGHT? THEY DID TWO LARGER MINI PITCHES AND THEN THEY CAN BE DIVIDED, BUT A MINI PITCH CAN BE AS SMALL AS A SWING SET AREA THAT'S BEEN TAKEN OVER ON CEMENT ON A PLAYGROUND. AND SO THEREFORE THE PRICES RANGE.
AND SO THERE'S ACTUALLY AN RFP THAT'S OPEN RIGHT NOW FOR THOSE WHO BUILD MINI PITCHES.
SO AGAIN, BACK TO OPPORTUNITIES. BUT SO INVESTIGATING THE EXACT PRICING ON THOSE.
BUT THEY CAN RANGE ANYWHERE FROM $50,000 FOR A MINI PITCH UP TO $250,000 FOR MINI PITCH.
THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE LEGACY PROGRAMS INCLUDE PUBLIC ART.
SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUGGEST PLACES FOR THOSE AS WELL.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'LL BE FOLLOWING UP.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I OWE YOU A SOCCER BALL ANYWAY FOR YOUR SON.
I'M WONDERING, CAN YOU TELL US IS THERE ANYTHING THAT MAYBE HASN'T BEEN OUT THERE THAT YOU'VE BEEN PLANNING THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE? AND ALSO HAVE THE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE OFFICERS ALREADY GONE OUT FOR THIS EVENT.
WE ARE WAITING FOR OUR PATROL BID TO BE OVER.
SO WE KNOW WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE ASSIGNED. EACH DIVISION, EACH PATROL STATION KNOWS THE NUMBER OF BODIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PULLED, BUT THOSE BODIES WON'T BE IDENTIFIED UNTIL AFTER THE BID HAS TAKEN EFFECT.
AND SO WE KNOW WHICH OFFICER'S GOING TO BE AT WHAT STATION AND WHAT SHIFT, SO WE KNOW WHAT THAT POOL IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON EACH DIVISION. AND WE'LL STILL HAVE MINIMUM STANDARD STAFFING FOR EACH DIVISION. YES.
EVEN WITH SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT OUT. YES. IT'LL STILL BE.
OKAY. AND I KNOW YOU'VE TOLD EVERYONE. DON'T BE THINKING ABOUT A VACATION DURING FIFA.
CORRECT. WE'RE GOING TO. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE STAFF THAT 90%. SO IF THERE MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY OF SOMEONE TO SQUEEZE IN A VACATION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH NUMBERS AND ENOUGH OFFICERS TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE HERE. OKAY. CAN YOU TELL ME IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH DIDI ABOUT DOING THINGS FOR AMERICA? 250. WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE ABOUT AMERICA.
OKAY, WELL, I'M HOPING WE DO A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN JUST THAT.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT. WE HAPPEN TO HAVE ONE OF THE RARE COPIES OF AN ORIGINAL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND I HOPE THAT THAT WILL BE SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY WIDELY.
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I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER 1776 1976. SORRY. WOW.I WANT TO FLIP OVER TO TRANSPORTATION AND ASK IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH GOOGLE AND WAYS TO UPLOAD THE WALK THIS WAY AND AND ROUTES. OR ARE WE PROACTIVELY SHARING ALL OF THAT? WE ARE. WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE WITH GOOGLE AND WAZE. YES.
AND THEY THEY ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE GOOGLE AT LEAST THAT SITS ON OUR COMMITTEE AS WELL.
OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY, ARE GOING TO LOOK TO WAYS TO FIND WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE THE TREE, WHICH I'VE TAKEN IT TO.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN WHO'S THE OPERATOR FOR THE SHUTTLE? I'LL LET THAT. I'LL LET ROCKY TAKE THAT QUESTION. SORRY.
THE CONTRACT IS WITH BILL HINES AND HIS HIS FIRM.
SO THEY'RE MANAGING THE SHUTTLE FOR US. OKAY.
AND THEN THE THE BUS BRIDGE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS KIND OF A FALLBACK SHOULD TRE BE OVER CAPACITY AND I-30 BE STACKED UP WITH CARS. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, TO CHAIRMAN WEST POINT THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DROP A LOT OF MONEY IF THEY'RE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN FOR THIS EVENT. I TEND TO THINK THEY'RE GOING TO RENT A LIMO, THEY'RE GOING TO GET A PARTY BUS, THAT SORT OF THING. BUT SHOULD THEY WANT TO TAKE THE TREE, WHICH AGAIN, GOOD OPTION, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR LOCAL FOLKS. AND THE BUS BRIDGE IS ACTIVATED.
WHO IS THE OPERATOR OF THE BUS BRIDGE? SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE THE BUS BRIDGE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SHUTTLE BUSSES FROM CENTER POINT TO THE STADIUM AND BACK, THAT IS MANAGED BY THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.
OKAY. SO I'M SORRY I SAW A PLAN, AND I'M. I DON'T RECALL IF IT WAS WITH YOU, BRETT, OR IT WAS THROUGH RTC OR COG, BUT THERE ARE BUSSES THAT ARE PLANNING TO BE OUT OF VICTORY TO TAKE PEOPLE ON 30 WITH AN EXPRESS LANE.
THAT IS, DART AND COG IS GOING TO BE CONTRACTING WITH THEM TO HAVE THAT.
THAT'S THAT IS AS A BACKUP PLAN. IF WE HAVE TRAINS THAT ARE CROWDED AND FULL AND CAN GET TO THE STADIUM ON TIME, THEN WE'LL ACTIVATE THE BUS BRIDGE. BUSSES ARE GOING TO BE ON STANDBY UNTIL WE NEED THEM.
AND HOW MANY BUSSES IS THAT? I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
AND ARE YOU PLANNING TO ADD CARS ONTO THE TREE? IS IT EXTENDABLE? IT IS, DEPENDING ON THE NEED THAT IS THERE.
SAME THING WITH TREE, TOO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PEDESTRIANS A TWO MILE WALK TO FAIR PARK. I THINK ACTUALLY A PRETTY HEFTY WALK.
AND THEN ESPECIALLY WALKING BACK IS, I THINK, VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
AND OF COURSE, THIS WILL BE JUNE AND JULY. NOT REALLY OUR MOST TEMPERATE MONTHS.
SO ARE WE PLANNING ON HAVING WATER AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ALONG THAT ROUTE? YES. YES. OKAY. AND SO THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT SCOOTERS.
AND ARE THERE GOING TO BE SCOOTERS? AND WHAT ABOUT RENTAL BIKES? SO PART OF THE DISCUSSION IS TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE ALSO.
AND HOW LIKE HOW MANY WILL BE. I MEAN ARE YOU ABLE TO MAKE SOME SORT OF ESTIMATION, LIKE, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A DOABLE BIKE RIDE. I'M NOT SURE IT'S A DOABLE WALK.
THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THAT WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH THE OPERATORS AS WELL AS STAFF.
SO LIKE I SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THE PLAN TOGETHER BASICALLY.
AGAIN, THAT HAS TO BE BALANCED BETWEEN, YOU KNOW WHAT DPD CAN YOU KNOW, WHAT THE SECURITY NEEDS ARE VERSUS WHAT THE NEED ARE TO GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT TOWN.
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SCOOTERS TO GO CERTAIN PLACES, BUT MAYBE WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO NEW PLACES JUST ON THIS ONE EVENT.AND THEN HAVE WE CONSIDERED THE GOLF CART OPTION? TO TAKE FOLKS FROM LIKE CONVENTION CENTER OMNI AND JUST TAKE THEM DOWN THAT PATH TO FAIR PARK.
BY THE WAY, THERE'S A LOT OF GOLF CARTS SITTING OVER THERE AT FAIR PARK.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE AND SEE HOW WE CAN COORDINATE THAT.
BUT THAT IS IS AN OPTION FOR SHORT DISTANCES.
WELL, I'LL JUST SAY I SEE CRAIG DAVIS SITTING BEHIND THE CHIEF.
BUT THIS IS A GREAT BUSINESS AND IT'S A GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY TO LET SOMEBODY MANAGE IT.
YOUR TIME. THAT'S MY TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL.
YOU JUST. IT'S A PHENOMENAL AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY.
AND I THINK TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU REALLY ARE ENGAGED AS MUCH AS YOU ARE.
FORTUNATELY, MOST OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED ADEQUATELY.
I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. WHAT IS YOUR NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS AT THIS POINT? ARE YOU MAXED OUT? ARE YOU STILL ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO APPLY? IS THERE IS THERE STILL IS THERE A NEED FOR ANY SPECIAL QUALITY OR QUALIFICATIONS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU WOULD NEED US TO HELP YOU RESOURCE? SO THE PROCESS FOR VOLUNTEERS IS CLOSED.
WE DID HAVE AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE, WHICH IS GREAT.
OVER 35,000 PEOPLE APPLIED TO BE VOLUNTEERS. WE WILL HAVE A PROGRAM WITH ABOUT 6500 VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL BE SPREAD ACROSS MANY OF THE VENUES THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN OUR DOCUMENTS. SO THE VOLUNTEER PROCESS WITH FIFA IS VERY WELL ORGANIZED AND THEY ARE NOW IN THE MODE OF STARTING TO FINISH UP THOSE FIRST TRYOUTS AND ASSIGN PEOPLE TO THEIR ROLES AND THEN START THE TRAINING.
IS THERE A NEED FOR A A AUXILIARY VOLUNTEER EFFORT SPECIFICALLY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO GENERATE OUR OWN NEED FOR FOR ASSISTANCE? AND I DO KNOW SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, LIKE DOWNTOWN DALLAS INC., ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO BE AMBASSADORS.
HOW MANY FOLKS ARE EXPECTED AT THE FAN FEST? I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT LARGE NUMBERS.
SURE. SO AT ANY ONE TIME, THE CAPACITY IS 35,000.
ON DAYS THAT THEY CONSIDER A DAYS WHICH WOULD BE LIKE ARGENTINA PLAIN.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE CHAMPS THEY CALL THOSE A DAYS.
AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO, I THINK, ESTABLISH A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SORT OF DISCUSSING AND THINKING ABOUT NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION, BUT PARKING IN THAT IN THAT AREA OF TOWN AND IN THE AREA OF THAT VENUE.
AND TYPICALLY IN THAT MARKET, WE'VE HAD PRIVATE PARKING YOU KNOW, VENDORS AND, AND ASSISTANTS.
AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SOMEHOW THAT THAT EXPERIENCE IS COMPASSIONATELY AND THOUGHTFULLY ADDRESSED SO THAT THERE'S NOT ANY PRICE GOUGING, THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF CONTROL THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR, FOR FRIENDLY YOU KNOW, PERMITTING IN THAT SITUATION. I THINK WE NEED THE PRIVATE PARKING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE THERE.
AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ADDRESSED AND THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING FOR PEOPLE.
THE THE OTHER THING THAT I'VE BEEN SORT OF REALLY PROMOTING PERSONALLY AND THEN ALSO THROUGH SOME OF OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS IS THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE ALL OUR, ALL OF OUR CULTURAL AND ARTS AND PARK VENUES PEOPLE CAN I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO, TO HAVE GONE TO INTERNATIONAL EVENTS LIKE THIS.
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AND YOU GO TO THE EVENT, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TWO OTHER DAYS TO DO OTHER STUFF AND TO, TO TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS ABOUT UTILIZING OUR, OUR VENUES, I THINK IS IMPORTANT, AND I'D LIKE TO.I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SUCH A THING AS SOME KIND OF A CITY PASS OR SOME KIND OF A PROMOTION TO ENGAGE OUR MUSEUMS, OUR PARKS, OUR ZOOS, OUR OUR, YOU KNOW, THE ARBORETUMS, THE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR, OUR OTHER PLACES WHERE WE CAN PROMOTE THAT, MAKE IT AFFORDABLE, MAKE IT USER FRIENDLY, AND ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO STAY IN TOWN HERE AND SPEND THEIR MONEY.
THE THE LAST THING IS, IS IN THESE KIND OF OF EVENTS, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES CORPORATIONS PUT ON VENUES. THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF PROMOTIONS. THERE'S A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT BY CIVIC GROUPS, BY INTERNATIONAL GROUPS TO REALLY PROMOTE THEIR CUSTOMERS. ALSO TO GIVE ADVANTAGES TO THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEIR THEIR VENDORS, THEIR CUSTOMERS. AND SO I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THOSE FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR FACILITIES, WHETHER IT'S OLD CITY PARK, WHETHER IT'S A ZOO, WHETHER IT'S YOU KNOW, THE AUDUBON AREA.
BUT MY POINT IS, IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE SPECIAL EVENTS PROCESS FLEXIBLE, EASY.
I WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ENTERTAIN THEIR THEIR TOURISTS AND THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR RELATIVES THAT ARE COMING INTO TOWN. AND, AND TO THAT EXTENT, I'D, I'D PLEASE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO BE THOUGHTFUL.
CERTAINLY BE DILIGENT, BUT BE THOUGHTFUL AND FRIENDLY IN, IN EXPEDITIOUSLY BEING ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO STUFF THAT ALSO GOES TO SOME OF THE SMALLER VENUES TO OUR FAITH BASED BA'ATH ORGANIZATIONS MAY WANT TO DO IT.
SOME OF OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS MAY WANT TO PROMOTE EVENTS, NOT NECESSARILY FEE FOR RELATED, BUT THAT THAT ARE RELATED TO FOLKS THAT WILL BE COMING IN THAT THEY MAY WANT TO THAT IS AND HAVE YOUR TIME, SIR. ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. MR. BAZALDUA YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU MAYOR. I WILL PICK UP WHERE I LEFT OFF ON THE SHUTTLES.
SO I KNOW YOU ALL SAID THAT THERE. I HEARD THE EXPLANATION ON THE WALKING.
I GET THAT WHENEVER THEY'RE COMING OFF. I STILL THINK THAT IT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
PARKING SHOULD BE GOING IN A CONTINUOUS LOOP AND MAKING IT THROUGH THE GROUNDS.
THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO US. YES. WE WILL BE USING THOSE TRAMS AS WELL.
OKAY. WELL, THAT WAS NOT MENTIONED AND I ASKED IT A FEW TIMES.
SO SO I WAS GOING TO ADD THAT. BUT THE TRAMS THAT WE THAT THEY HAVE AT THE STATE FAIR THAT HAS THE BANNER ON TOP, PERFECT. THOSE HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO US SO THAT WE ARE WE KNOW THAT THE BEHAVIOR OF THESE FANS IS TYPICALLY TO WALK IN THEIR GROUPS, BUT WE WILL HAVE THOSE TRAMS AVAILABLE ALSO SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE THAT CANNOT MAKE THAT WALK FROM THE TWO FAIR PARK STATE, FROM THE FAIR PARK STATION AND MLK STATION, THOSE WILL ALSO BE RUNNING.
AND I AGREE, I WANT TO PROMOTE WALKING IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE ACTIVATION AND A REASON TO BE WALKING LIKE THROUGH, I THINK IT'S GREAT. I ALSO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT ALL DAY AND YOU'RE FINISHING UP WATCHING A MATCH ON THAT SIDE OF THE FAIRGROUNDS, JUST GETTING BACK TO THE FAIR PARK STATION, FOR INSTANCE, IS IS GOING TO SOUND PRETTY DAUNTING AT THAT POINT.
YEAH, THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION. WE'LL ALSO BE USING TRAMS AND TROLLEYS FOR PARKING FOLKS, IF THEY DO, ON LOT 13 AND 15 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FITZHUGH, BRING THEM ON THE WAY ACROSS THE RAILROAD TO PENNSYLVANIA TO COME INTO THE FAN FEST.
SO THAT'S ALL PART OF THE PLAN. AWESOME. AND THEN WHEN MOVING PEOPLE FROM DOWNTOWN OR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AS A HUB, IF YOU WILL, TO FAIR PARK SPECIFICALLY I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US HAVE SOMETHING, MAYBE EVEN A POTENTIAL CONTRACT TO BID WITH A A RIDE SHARE COMPANY SPECIFICALLY.
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BUT THERE WERE SOME KIND OF LOOP ROUTES, IF YOU WILL, WITH CERTAIN STOPS THAT WAYMO, FOR INSTANCE, AT THE TIME, OR THERE'S A TUNNEL DOWN IN VEGAS THAT HAS SEVERAL STOPS THAT'S JUST FOR TESLAS.BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, A ROUTE FROM OUR CONVENTION CENTER OR OMNI DOWN BOTHAM JEAN AND OVER MLK COULD PROBABLY BE FEASIBLE ROUTE FOR US TO DO A LOOP BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH.
BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE US HAVE MORE INNOVATIVE OPTIONS ADDED TO THE PORTFOLIO.
THE ONLY COMMENT I MEAN, THESE ARE GREAT COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK.
THE ONLY THING JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THE LAST COMMENT ABOUT GOING DOWN LAMAR BECKHAM.
JOHN, THE BRIDGE MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE. WE'LL BE PROBABLY THAT IS NEXT.
THE CURRENTLY TEX DOT'S PLANS ARE TO CLOSE THAT BRIDGE FOR USE FOR PUBLIC USE IN APRIL.
AND AT THIS POINT, WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSION ON WHEN THAT BRIDGE WILL BE.
BRIDGE STRUCTURE WILL BE REMOVED. SO ON THAT ALIGNMENT MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE.
I WAS JUST THROWING ONE OUT THERE. IT COULD BE EASILY BE CANTON TO MLS.
I MEAN TO MALCOLM X WOULD BE A GREAT ONE AS WELL.
BUT I IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL, YOU KNOW, IN JUST USING THOSE BARRIERS.
AND IT WAS JUST A DELINEATED LANE SPECIFIC FOR A BACK AND FORTH ROUTE.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR IT.
THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR. MISS BLAIR RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
I THINK I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION. AND IT'S A QUESTION FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DISTRICT EIGHT HAS ON THE EASTERN SIDE, HAS A LOT OF VACANT LAND, ACRES AND ACRES OF OF VACANT LAND THAT HAS OFFERS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ILLEGAL EVENTS CENTERS.
AND I KNOW PART OF MINES IS COLD BECAUSE IT'S ILLEGAL LAND USE, BUT I SINCE THEY'RE NOT HERE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ASK THE QUESTION, WILL THERE BE A CHANGE IN THE WAY WE MANAGE SOUND IN THESE THESE ILLEGAL EVENTS? THE SOUND SOMETIMES GET A LITTLE ROUGH FOR THE COMMUNITY TO WHO WANT TO SLEEP, TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GO ON UNTIL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING.
IT'S WHEN WHEN RESIDENTS CALL 911. IT'S NOT A HIGH PRIORITY CALL DURING A WORLD CUP.
CAN THAT BE CHANGED SO THAT IT'S NOT THERE'S NOT AN INUNDATION OF THESE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE PRIORITY LEVEL WOULD NEED TO BE CHANGED.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE MONITORING THAT THE, THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY THROUGH OUR FUSION CENTER.
AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, ANY CHANGES TO THE LAW ORDINANCE, WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE WITH REGARDS TO LOUD MUSIC FOR THE I MEAN, THAT'D BE SOMETHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OUR PURVIEW.
BUT WE WOULD FOLLOW THE LAW ON THAT AND PROCEDURES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
WE'VE ALSO GOT OUR DRONE FIRST RESPONDER UNIT THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE UP AND RUNNING BY THEN SO WE CAN GET YOU KNOW, IF WE GET A 911 CALL IN REGARDS TO ILLEGAL LOUD MUSIC AT EVENT CENTERS, AS SUCH, WE CAN GET THERE IN A VERY TIMELY MANNER.
SO TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, I DO HAVE SOME LOCATIONS THAT I KNOW OPERATE IN THIS, IN THIS, IN THIS WAY.
MAYBE OFFLINE. WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AND WORK THROUGH IT.
YES, MA'AM. WE CAN HAVE THOSE. THANK YOU. WERE YOU DONE? OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE CHAIRMAN JOHNSON, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MAYOR JOHNSON. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GO BACK A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF I ASKED THIS QUESTION, SO HOW DO WE BENEFIT FROM FIFA? IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, WE UNDERSTAND THE NATIONAL
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MEDIA AND DOLLARS WE GENERATE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THAT SOUTHERN DALLAS DISTRICT FOUR IS ALSO EXCITED AND PREPARING FOR FIFA. WE HAVE A MAJOR HISPANIC AND LATINO POPULATION, SO WE WANT ACCESS AND SPRUCING UP.SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW SOUTHERN DALLAS IS BEING INCLUDED IN THE PREPARATION FOR NOT ONLY FOR OUR WELCOME VISITORS, BUT OUR EVERYDAY LOCAL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES? HOW ARE YOU GUYS PREPARING US FOR THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY? SO I'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS TALKING ABOUT THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND WAYS TO GET ENGAGED WITH THAT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. SO PARTICULARLY IN THAT CASE, BUSINESS OWNERS. SO POINTS SOUTH, I'VE BEEN THERE TO THEIR MEETINGS A COUPLE OF TIMES.
WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON JANUARY 26TH TO THE GROUP THERE.
I'M SOMEWHERE ON JANUARY 26TH. I'M FORGETTING SOMETIMES WHERE I'M PRESENTING.
BUT SO I'M PRESENTING TO A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT CHAMBERS AND BUSINESSES, BECAUSE WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO BE SURE IS THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THE INFORMATION. SO WE'VE BEEN DISSEMINATING THAT INFORMATION. HOPEFULLY YOU GOT THE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAYBOOK. THAT'S FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS SPREAD THROUGH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL THROUGH YOUR DISTRICTS.
SO IF THERE ARE AREAS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT, POTENTIALLY FOR A MINI PITCH OR A PITCH THAT COULD BE BUILT IN THE AREA, THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. THERE IS A FORM FOR THAT IN THE PLAYBOOK AS WELL.
YOU CAN ALSO COME TALK TO ME ABOUT IT, AND WE CAN DRIVE AREAS THAT WE THINK WE WANT TO LOOK AT.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO EXTEND EVERY OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THOSE ACCESS POINTS.
SO WHAT ABOUT THOSE LOCAL BUSINESSES? THAT'S NOT A PART OF THE CHAMBERS.
HOW ARE WE REACHING OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS? ARE THEY ON YOUR CONSTITUENTS LIST? POSSIBLY THEY THEY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF WHETHER IT'S MY DISTRICT.
OKAY. YEAH. COUNCILMAN. GRACEY DISTRICT. COUNCILWOMAN.
BLAIR. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AS A WHOLE.
HOW WHAT? TOM. YEAH. I WOULD LOVE TO COME OUT AND SPEAK.
LET'S PICK A PLACE AND A DATE. OKAY. OR THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE PLANS. ARE THERE PLANS TO INCLUDE THEM? IS WHAT I'M ASKING. YES. OKAY. CAN YOU GO OVER SOME OF THOSE PLANS TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE PROCESS? SO THE PROCESS IS THAT YOU SIGN UP FOR THE NORTH TEXAS BUSINESS CONNECT PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS, THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS.
DURING THAT SESSION, WE CAN ALSO GO THROUGH ANY RFPS OR IFIS THAT ARE OPEN. AT THE TIME.
ALL OF THE RFPS ARE ONGOING. SO SOME HAVE OPENED AND CLOSED.
SO THOSE THAT WOULD BE OPEN, WE COULD GO OVER THOSE PIECES AS WELL.
THEY CAN DO IT THAT WAY. SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WOULD ALSO SHOW THEM IN THAT PLAN.
THAT'S SO THAT THEIR BUSINESS CAN BE PROMOTED THROUGH THE APP WHEN PEOPLE ARE HERE AND PRESENT.
THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK ANY MORE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU CONCERNING THIS LATER BECAUSE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT I DO NEED ANSWERED, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEEM LIKE I'M BADGERING. SO I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK WITH YOU. WHEN WE MEET.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. I WELCOME THAT, THANK YOU.
MR. WEST, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. TWO QUESTIONS.
WE'VE GOT TO JUST BLANKET OUR CITY. DURING THAT ENTIRE MONTH.
VENDORS ACTIVITIES. THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IT COULD BE HUGE FOR OUR CITY ON A NATIONAL WORLD, WORLD STAGE. SECONDLY PRIDE MONTH. LGBT PRIDE MONTH IS ALSO DURING JUNE, AND THE PARADE IS AT FAIR PARK.
SO HAS THAT BEEN CONSIDERED IN YOUR PLANNING? HAVE HAS YOUR TEAM TALKED WITH THE PLANNERS FOR THE PARADE.
WE HAVEN'T TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PARADE, BUT WE DID MEET WITH THE CEDAR SPRINGS MERCHANT ASSOCIATION AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT ALL OF THIS. AND SO THEY ARE PLUGGED IN. OKAY. WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARADE ACTIVITIES ARE CONSIDERED BECAUSE
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THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL CROWD DRAW. JACKIE JUSTICE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES.SO WE I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THEIR THUNDER IN ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE, BUT WE HAVE RESCHEDULED IT FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE TO BE IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH DD, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING SOME OF OUR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT PARKS THAT ARE MANAGED BY THEM, AS WELL AS MAIN STREET. COOL.
OKAY. CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.
MR. BAZALDUA RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK FOR. Y'ALL ARE GOING TO PREPARE SOME DISTRICT SPECIFIC.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, COULD YOU ALSO INCLUDE VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION? IF YOU HAVE ADDRESSES AVAILABLE? FOR THAT. BUT I KNOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE THE DATA OF HOW MUCH OUR DISTRICT IS PARTICIPATING IN, BUT WE'D ALSO POTENTIALLY, I DON'T KNOW, SOME OF THE NUMBERS YOU'VE SAID IS SCARY, BUT WE'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND MAYBE SEND SOMETHING TO THE VOLUNTEERS FROM OUR DISTRICT TO BE BE A PART OF IT.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU ASKING FOR ADDRESS INFORMATION FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WITH FIFA? CORRECT. THE TEAM THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE, THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AND THAT ARE A PART OF IT, IF WE COULD SEE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THAT PARTICIPATION LOOKS LIKE CITYWIDE. AND THEN ALSO IF THERE'S A WAY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SEND SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF OUR OFFICE.
LET ME FOLLOW UP, BECAUSE WE DON'T ACTUALLY OWN THAT DATA.
OKAY. FIFA DOES, BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP AND CHECK AND SEE WHAT INFORMATION WE CAN DISTRIBUTE.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT BRIEFING.
MADAM CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR. MY COMMENT SAID GOOD MORNING, BUT NOW IT'S GOOD AFTERNOON.
WE ARE MOVING TO ITEM BRIEFING NUMBER B ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE PROJECT TEAM TO STUDY THE 100% SCHEMATIC DESIGNS AND DETERMINE IF THERE WERE COST REDUCTIONS THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. TODAY'S BRIEFING WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE OF THOSE SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS.
DISCUSS THE WORK COMPLETED TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD AND GIVE THE PROGRESS REPORTS AROUND TIMELINES, SALES, STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT MUCH OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED OVER THESE LAST FEW MONTHS BY CITY STAFF AND THE LARGER PROJECT TEAM, HAS BEEN BEHIND THE WALLS OF THE CENTER IN PREPARATION FOR THE DEMOLITION THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CITY MANAGER.
APPRECIATE THAT INTRODUCTION. WITH ME TODAY, I'VE GOT TEAMMATES FROM MY SPECIFIC TEAM.
SO REGINALD WILLIAMS, WHO'S MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
ALAN COHEN, WHO IS WITH SAGE CONSULT AND HELPING ME WITH THE PROJECT.
RAISE YOUR HAND. RAISE YOUR HAND. GUS, CAN CARLY, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, IS HERE TO ANSWER AND HELP WITH SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION RELATED QUESTIONS FROM THE INSPIRE DALLAS TEAM.
I HAVE JACK MATTHEWS, PRESIDENT CARLOS AGUILAR, WHO IS THE CEO, JANE HOPE HAMILTON, WHO IS THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, AND THEN ON THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK TEAM.
SEEMA. SO, TOM, IF YOU'LL INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM.
SURE. THANK YOU. MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT HERE TODAY.
I AM TOM EISENBICHLER, MANAGING PRINCIPAL WITH PERKINS AND WILL.
THIS IS MICHAEL LEVIN WITH POPULOUS. WE HAVE RON STOLARSKY WITH PERKINS AND WILL AND CLAYTON.
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CLAYTON LANE, WHO YOU SAW EARLIER WITH NELSON NYGAARD? DID I MISS ANYTHING? OH, RYAN SORBY WITH POPULOUS AND CARRIE REZAC BACK THERE SOMEWHERE.ANYWAY, NEXT WE HAVE IF JULIE NEWTON COULD INTRODUCE HIS TEAM.
GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. DEWEY NEWTON WITH TRINITY ALLIANCE AND THE PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE WITH COREY SMITH, WHO'S IN THE BACK, AND CLIFF TOLLIVER FROM TRINITY ALLIANCE, AND THEN A HOST OF OUR FOLKS UP IN THE BACK ROW.
SO GLAD TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAVE BROUGHT A CADRE OF PEOPLE.
SO IF ANYONE THAT WE DID NOT CALL YOUR NAME EITHER WITH INSPIRE OR THE DESIGN OR SEEMA OR ANY OF OUR OTHER TEAMS AND OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS, IF YOU COULD STAND UP SO THEY CAN KNOW WHO'S HERE AND READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE ASKED.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL START. IF WE COULD GO TO PAGE THREE.
SO CONVENTION AND EVENT SERVICES, OUR STAFF AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS.
WE LAST CAME AND BRIEFED YOU MAY 21ST OF 2025.
TODAY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS UPDATE YOU ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF COMPONENT ONE SPECIFICALLY.
AND SO WE'LL LOOK AT AMENDED COST ESTIMATES. WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN DONE TO DATE WITH PRE ENABLING PRECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PROJECT. WE'LL LOOK AT TIMELINES AND FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT THAT TIMELINE, ALONG WITH WORKFORCE ENGAGEMENT AND ANY REQUESTED FUTURE ACTIONS.
NEXT SLIDE. SO WE PUT TOGETHER WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE NOT ON THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME WHEN WE LAST BRIEFED, AND SO WE'VE INTRODUCED THE TEAM.
YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE WE HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT.
WE'RE GIVING YOU THE CONTRACT VALUE AT THE BOTTOM.
MARSH IS OUR INSURANCE CONSULTANT, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN OWNER CONTROLLED INSURANCE PROGRAM AND A ROLLING OWNER CONTROLLED INSURANCE PROGRAM AS PART OF THE PROJECT, AND THEY ARE A LEAD CONSULTANT FOR THAT PROJECT.
OUR ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING TEAM IS AMPLIFIED DALLAS, WHICH IS PERKINS AND WILL AND POPULOUS JOINTLY WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. AND THEN TRINITY ALLIANCE IS A 16 MEMBER TEAM THAT'S LED BY AECOM, HUNT AND TURNER CONSTRUCTION.
I'M GOING TO LET TOM AND CARLOS AGUILAR TALK TO THE OVER OVERALL SITE MAP THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PROJECT AND WALK YOU THROUGH IT. I WANT YOU ALL TO BE INTENTIONAL AND UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE NOT HERE FOR THAT MAY 21ST COUNCIL BRIEFING.
SO IF YOU COULD KIND OF TAKE US BACK A LITTLE BIT AND THEN TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.
SURE GLAD TO. SO IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, WE PRESENTED 100% SCHEMATIC DESIGN TO THE COUNCIL, AND COUNCIL REVIEWED IT AND HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMMENTS.
THEY ASK US TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT PURSUING EFFICIENCIES, AND WHILE PROTECTING THE CORE PROGRAM AND THE LONG TERM VALUE OF THE PROJECT SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR YOUR REFERENCE IS BASICALLY THAT IT'S CREATING THE SCHEME FOR THE PROJECT, FROM WHICH WE CAN THEN GO FURTHER IN INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOP THE DESIGN AND DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
WITH A LOT OF AGENCIES. SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE MET WITH MULTIPLE AGENCIES, INCLUDING UP RAILROAD, FAA, ENCORE, TXDOT, AND THE LIST GOES ON. THERE'S QUITE A FEW.
AND DURING THAT TIME WE HAVE REFINED THE DESIGN AND WE'VE GOTTEN MORE EFFICIENT WITH THE DESIGN.
IT IS MORE ALIGNED WITH COST OF THE PROJECT AND WE ALSO, BESIDES TAKING YOUR DIRECTIVES, WE ALSO MET WITH THE CUSTOMER ADVISORY BOARD. AND WE HAVE DONE 14 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES TO GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO OUR GOAL HERE IS TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME KIND OF VALIDATION THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK,
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AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND SHARE NEW INFORMATION WITH THEM.I DON'T KNOW, MICHAEL, DO YOU? I'M SORRY. AND SO, CARLOS, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE TO THE SITE SPECIFICALLY? AND OF COURSE, CARLOS AGUILAR INSPIRED DALLAS.
FIRST, HAVE CONTINUING OPERATIONS ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAMAR.
THAT'S WHAT FIFA WILL BE HOUSED FOR THE WORLD CUP OR THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTER.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY BUILT SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THEM SO THAT THEY CAN INSTALL THEIR SATELLITE FARM AND HAVE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY FOR ALL THAT YARD PLUS SEPARATING THE A, B AND C HALLS FROM THE REST OF THE BUILDING SO THAT CAN CONTINUE OPERATING WHILE WE CONSTRUCT ON THE WEST SIDE OF LAMAR.
SO THIS IS ALL THE COORDINATION THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, INCLUDING COORDINATING WITH TXDOT, THE TIMING OF THEIR CLOSURE OF LAMAR, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE LAMAR BRIDGE, TO BE AFTER WE COMPLETE THE FINAL STRETCH OF WORK, WHICH WILL BE A RAMP DOWN TO GRIFFIN, TO HAVE A COMPLETE LOOP FOR THE LOADING DOCK FOR THE A, B, AND C AREA. SO ALL OF THIS, YOU'LL SEE A BIT OF BEING PRESENTED BY OUR TRINITY ALLIANCE FOLKS.
AND ALSO FOR THE NEXT 40 45 MINUTES, YOU'LL SEE WHAT TOM WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS THE EVOLUTION OF DESIGN AND THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE USABILITY OF THE BUILDING BASED ON CUSTOMER FEEDBACK AND OTHER AREAS, WHILE MAINTAINING THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAD PRESENTED TO YOU IN MAY OF LAST YEAR.
750,000FT² OF EXHIBITION SPACE, 180,000FT² OF MEETING ROOMS, AND THE LARGEST BALLROOM IN TEXAS, IF NOT THE US, WHICH IS 105,000FT². SO ALL OF THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN THIS YEAR.
STARTING ALREADY. CONSTRUCTION SOFT DEMOLITION HAS STARTED THAT IF YOU LOOK AT OVER LAMAR STREET ON THE DRAWING, YOU'LL SEE THAT GRAY AREA. THAT'S THE FIRST PART OF DEMOLITION THAT WE WILL HAVE.
AND THE GOAL IS, OF COURSE, TO OPEN UP LAMAR AFTER 30 YEARS OR SO.
SO THAT THAT BECOMES A MAIN STREET FOR THE FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THE AREA THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF PROGRAM IS THAT BIG SECTION THAT YOU HAVE IN ORANGE.
THE LOADING DOCK WILL BE ALL THE LOGISTICS TO BE ABLE TO FEED THAT OPERATION.
THE RED SQUARE IS THE FIRE STATION. IT ALSO HAS A LOT E WILL HAVE ALL THE OTHER SERVICES FOR LOGISTICS, FOR MARSHALING AND STAGING OF CARGO INTO THE, INTO THE PROJECT.
AND FINALLY ALL OF THIS IS PART OF THIS COORDINATION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH UPRR, FIFA, TXDOT, FAA, DART, AND ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT, YES, ALL THIS CAUSES CONFUSION.
WE HAVE TO BE ALIGNED IN TERMS OF HOW THE INFORMATION IS SHARED AND ALSO HOW ALL THESE CLOSURES ARE MANAGED IN A WAY THAT YOU HAVE LEAST IMPACT. AS THE SENATOR SAID, PATIENCE IS DEFINITELY REQUIRED, BUT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP IT AS STRAIGHTFORWARD AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. CARLOS, COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? SO THIS IS THE DESIGN EVOLUTION, AND WE'LL BE PASSING IT OVER TO TOM AND MICHAEL LOCKWOOD TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT HOW WE HAVE REFINED THIS BUILDING, LOWERED THE COST, AND WHAT THAT WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO DO THAT NOW, IMPORTANT IN THAT IS THAT, AS TOM SAID, WE WERE AT 100% SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
SO THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE WENT BACK AND WE REDUCED CAPACITY OR FUNCTIONALITY OR THAT WE REDUCED THE PROGRAMING THAT WE WORKED SO HARD WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND WITH BIZOR DALLAS IN ORDER TO DO.
AND SO THEY'LL TALK YOU THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES ON HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
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AND THEN THERE ARE THERE'S ONLY THREE. SO YOU'LL HAVE TO SHARE VR HEADSETS WHERE YOU CAN EITHER WALK THROUGH THE BUILDING AND KIND OF VISUALIZE IT YOURSELF FROM A WALKING PERSPECTIVE. NOW, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE IS I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF CLAMOR IN THE STREETS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ACTIVITY HAS BEEN GOING ON WITH THIS PROJECT, AND A LOT OF IT IS BEHIND THE WALLS.A LOT OF IT IS THE SAUSAGE MAKING THAT GOES INTO DESIGNING A BUILDING AND MEETING THE SPECS THAT WERE ASKED OF US WHEN WE LAST CAME TO COUNCIL. AND SO WE'LL TALK THROUGH ALL OF THAT WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY ON WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PROJECT TO DATE.
I LEAD OUR CONVENTION CENTER PLANNING AND DESIGN PRACTICE.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE INTERIOR PLANNING AND EFFICIENCIES OF THE BUILDING.
AND THEN RON WITH PERKINS AND WILL WILL SPEAK TO THE EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND SITE DESIGN.
ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION HERE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DESIGN EVOLUTION, IT'S VERY SUBTLE, WHICH IS WHICH IS GOOD. I THINK WE CAME TO YOU IN A GOOD PLACE IN MAY WITH AN UPDATE ON SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
YOU ASKED US TO GO BACK AND FURTHER FIND EFFICIENCIES AND REFINE THE PROJECT TO MEET BUDGET.
AS TOM MENTIONED, I'VE WORKED ON OVER A DOZEN CONVENTION CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD, AND WHILE WE OFTEN HAVE CUSTOMER ADVISORY BOARD ENGAGEMENTS, IT'S VERY RARE THAT WE GET TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE ACTUAL DESIGN PROCESS.
SO THE TIMING FROM MAY, WHEN WE LAST SAW YOU, TO THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE CUSTOMER ADVISORY BOARD IN SEPTEMBER, THOSE TWO THINGS REALLY HELPED US TO MAKE THE BUILDING EVEN BETTER. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS DIAGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO TEST WITH THE CUSTOMERS. WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU NEED FOR YOUR EVENT? WHAT ARE THINGS THAT YOU SEE IN THE INDUSTRY? WHAT ARE SOME TRENDS THAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO INCORPORATE? SO WE REALLY SPENT AN ENTIRE DAY TOGETHER IN OUR OFFICE HERE AT ONE ARTS PLAZA. IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
BUT ON A BUILDING OF THIS SCALE, YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MUCH THAT CAN IMPROVE THE CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCE, BUT THEN ALSO KEEP A TARGET ON THE BUDGET. THE DIRECTION FOR THE DAY WAS EVERYTHING HAD TO BE A ZERO SUM IDEA.
YOU COULD NOT ADD MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND YOU COULD NOT MAKE ANYTHING MORE EXPENSIVE. AND ONCE WE GOT OUT OF THE WAY, THAT OUT OF THE WAY, THE CUSTOMERS WERE INCREDIBLY ENGAGING AND HELPFUL TO MAKE THIS BUILDING BETTER. SO THAT WAS A GREAT PROCESS THAT WE ALL ENGAGED WITH TOGETHER.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON THIS SLIDE HERE. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BUILDING SECTION, AGAIN, VERY SUBTLE, BUT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU'LL SEE THE PREVIOUS SECTION WE SAW IN MAY. THIS IS A BUILDING SECTION THAT'S CUT THROUGH ALL THE PRIMARY SPACES, INCLUDING THE GREAT LOBBY.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN JANUARY.
SO THE OVERALL BUILDING HAS COME DOWN 16FT IN ELEVATION VERTICALLY.
AND WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH EFFICIENCIES AND COORDINATION WITH THE ENGINEERING TEAMS, FINDING CO-LOCATED ASPECTS OF MECHANICAL ROOMS, LOTS OF MINUTIA LIKE THAT ON A BUILDING OF THIS SCALE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO SIMPLIFY VERTICAL CIRCULATION.
WE WERE ABLE TO GO FROM FOUR ESCALATOR RUNS TO THREE.
AGAIN, VERY SIMPLE THINGS THAT MAKE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MUCH MORE FRIENDLY, MUCH EASIER TO GET AROUND, MORE ACCESSIBLE, AND THEN ALSO REDUCES COSTS AS WELL.
BUT BETWEEN THE EXHIBIT HALL, THE MEETING ROOM, AND THE BALLROOM PROGRAM, AS CARLOS AND ROSA HAVE BOTH MENTIONED, WE'VE MAINTAINED THOSE PROGRAM AREAS. WE'VE NOT REDUCED ANY OF THOSE, WHICH IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE WHILE REFINING AND REDUCING COSTS.
NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU.
MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RON PERKINS OF WILL.
AND I WANT TO TALK A BIT ABOUT THE QUALITATIVE EXPERIENTIAL ASPECTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF EFFICIENCIES WE'VE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE. SO THIS IMAGE THAT WE SEE HERE REALLY DOES CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF THE PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, NO LONGER IS THE CONVENTION CENTER A BARRIER? IT'S VERY CONDUCIVE TO A VERY STRONG STREET PRESENCE, A VERY HIGHLY ACTIVE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE ONE SINGLE ARC ARCHITECTURALLY LINKS THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, IT OPENS UP A PLAZA, AND YOU SEE THAT MAIN ENTRY PLAZA IN THE FOREGROUND.
AND WHAT'S REALLY GREAT, IT DOESN'T STOP THERE. THE TERRACING STARTS TO OPEN UP THE BUILDING.
CONNECT BOTH FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH, BUT ALSO LOOK FORWARD TOWARDS ALL THE AMENITIES COMING.
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NEXT SLIDE. THIS WILL LAUNCH YOU REAL QUICK. THE HOCKEY SHAPED STICK AT THE TOP HERE IS A IS LAMAR STREET AND TO THE LEFT IS DOWNTOWN. TO THE RIGHT WOULD BE THE CEDARS AND TOWARDS SOUTH DALLAS.WHAT'S REALLY SHOWING UP HERE IS THE GREEN SPACES.
SO ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU'VE GOT THE SIGNATURE PLAZA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE MAIN ENTRY.
AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE UPPER RIGHT, YOU SEE THERE'S ANOTHER GREEN SPACE HERE AND THAT'S COMING FROM THE SOUTH. SO NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION YOU COME FROM, YOU'RE GOING TO BE INVITED WITH A LANDSCAPE ZONE.
IT'S A FRIENDLY, WELCOMING SPACE THAT REALLY DOES START TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS INHABITABLE, AND IT'S A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE. SO WHETHER YOU'RE ATTENDING A CONVENTION OR NOT, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A PART OF THE CITY FABRIC THAT DOES HELP LINK NORTH TO SOUTH.
NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. THIS IS A ZOOMED IN VERSION.
YOU CAN SEE A BIT MORE DETAIL IN THAT PLAZA, ABOUT 65,000FT².
BUT AS YOU GET, YOU SEE THE SCALE OF THE CARS ON THE STREET.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A VERY MEANINGFUL OUTDOOR SPACE, AND IT REALLY SIGNALS THE 180 DEGREE TURN THAT WHAT WE HAVE TODAY VERSUS WHAT WE'LL HAVE IN THE FUTURE RELATIVE TO SOMETHING THAT'S UNDER THE BUILDING CURRENTLY, TO SOMETHING THAT NOW IS OPEN TO THE SKY AND FULL OF LIFE.
NEXT SLIDE. EQUALLY, ON THE SOUTH PART OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS DRAWING, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A NICE MIX NOW OF PARK SPACE THAT IS EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTH TOWARDS THE ENTRY OF THE BUILDING.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE WHITE BLOCKS WHICH ARE GOING TO BE RETAIL SPACE, OTHER SUPPORT FUNCTIONS, AND YOU HAVE THE GRAY ZONE WHICH IS COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS.
SO YOU HAVE A NICE MIX AND BALANCE OF 3 OR 4 COMPONENTS THERE THAT ALLOW THERE TO BE VARIABLE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES UNDER SHADE AND SOMETHING THAT WILL BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND A PLACE FOR THEM TO HAVE TO CALL THEIR OWN.
NEXT SLIDE. NOW HERE WE ARE. WE'RE DOWN ON ON THE GROUND LOOKING SOUTH FROM NORTH LAMAR STREET.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY EXPLAINS HOW THE LIFE OF THE STREET BECOMES PARAMOUNT TO THE EXPERIENCE.
BUT YOU SEE THE BUILDING, THIS IS A MASSIVE STRUCTURE. BUT THE GREAT PART IS IT HAS PRESENCE, BUT IT'S NOT IMPOSING. AND THE KEY HERE IS THAT THE STEPPING, THE DYNAMIC FORMS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE REALLY TRYING TO CAPTURE THAT SPIRIT OF THE CAN DO ATTITUDE THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS, WHILE REALLY HAVING THAT SORT OF MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE AND SOMETHING THAT REALLY MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK TWICE AND FORM MEMORIES HERE. NEXT SLIDE. I HAND THIS OFF TO MICHAEL.
I'M GOING TO START WITH AN OVERALL AXONOMETRIC DRAWING, WHICH YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
THAT'S THE EXHIBIT HALL LEVEL UP. LEVEL TWO IS THE MEETING ROOM LEVEL, AND THEN LEVEL THREE IS THE BALLROOM LEVEL, THE ROOFTOP BALLROOM. AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE PLANS IN DETAIL. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, IF YOU LOOK IN GRAY, THESE ARE THE EXISTING SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON CONVENTION CENTER TODAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF GROSS AREA THAT'S REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THAT.
PRE-FUNCTION LOBBIES, BACK OF HOUSE CIRCULATION, KITCHEN, RESTROOMS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE CONSIDERED GROSS AREAS TO SUPPORT THE EXISTING BUILDING AND NEW, NEW FACILITY IN MAY.
AND THE SECOND COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE AT 750,000FT² OF CONTIGUOUS EXHIBIT HALL SPACE.
AND THIS IS A VERY SUBTLE THING, BUT CURRENTLY, THE HALL F THAT GOES OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS, THAT'S ACTUALLY ELEVATED FROM THE REST OF THE HALL. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY IMPROVED UPON THAT. SO WE'VE GROWN THE EXHIBIT HALL AND WE ALL WE HAVE IT ALL ON ONE LEVEL, WHICH IS CONTIGUOUS SPACE. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
THE BALLROOM IS 105,000FT². AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS WE'VE REALLY REFINED THE SUBDIVISIONS, WORKING WITH THE CUSTOMERS, WORKING WITH THE TEAM, WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR. THIS IS ONE OF THE COMPONENTS ABOUT REFINING AND DETAILING THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE SPACE. SO IT'S GOT FEWER BREAKOUT ROOMS, BUT THEY'RE MUCH MORE INTENTIONAL AND IN LINE WITH WHAT THE CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR. SO THAT'S BEEN A COST IMPROVEMENT AS WELL.
IN THE MEETING ROOMS, 180,000FT². SO WE'VE MORE THAN DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE EXISTING CONVENTION CENTER IN TERMS OF MEETING ROOM CAPACITY, WHICH IS GREAT. SLIGHT REFINEMENT IN TERMS OF HOW MANY ROOMS THOSE ARE BROKEN OUT INTO. AND I'LL SHOW YOU THOSE LEVEL BY LEVEL IN DETAIL COMING UP AND THEN FUTURE RETAIL.
SO RON MENTIONED THERE'S ACTIVATION ALONG LAMAR WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
SO IT REALLY BRINGS TO LIFE LAMAR STREET IN TERMS OF HOW THE CONVENTION CENTER FACILITY CAN ENGAGE AND INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND USE THE FACILITY IN TERMS OF RETAIL AND LOBBY AND OTHER FOOD AND BEVERAGE EXPERIENCES.
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02,142,000FT². THE INCREASE IS SIMPLY TAKING WHAT WERE EXTERIOR ROOFTOP MECHANICAL UNITS AND PUTTING THEM INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.SO I WANTED TO FLAG THAT IN TERMS OF GROSS AREA.
THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SAID UNDERSTOOD CLEARLY BY THE ENTIRE TEAM HERE.
WE'VE WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD, AND ROSA AND JACK AND THE ENTIRE TEAM HAVE REALLY PUSHED OUR DESIGN TEAM TO DELIVER THE MOST EFFICIENT YET MAINTAIN THE SELLABLE AREA FOR THIS FACILITY. AND WE'VE COME A LONG WAY. AND THAT'S BEEN BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING BUT REWARDING EXERCISE BY THE DESIGN TEAM. OKAY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO GROUND LEVEL STARTING AT THE BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE THE FOOD HALL.
AND IN BLUE IS THE GREAT HALL. SO THAT'S THE LOBBY SPACE.
AND I DO WANT TO MENTION WE HAVE THE MODEL UPDATED.
SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR YOU TO TO BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND THAT.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE THESE VR GOGGLES THAT IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO STEP INSIDE THESE ROOMS AND LOOK AROUND. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME RENDERINGS IN HERE IN A MINUTE. BUT WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO TAKE A BREAK AND COME DOWN AND PUT THE VR HEADSETS ON AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THE SCALE OF THE SPACE ITSELF.
ON THE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THIS DIAGRAM, YOU'LL SEE THE FUTURE RETAIL THAT RON DESCRIBED.
UNDERNEATH THE EXHIBIT HALL IS THE EXISTING DART STATION, WHICH MAINTAINS ITS CURRENT LOCATION.
YOU'LL SEE THE TRUCK MARSHALING, WHICH IS IN LOT E ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UPRR TRACKS.
WE HAVE SOME FOOD AND BEVERAGE DOCKS, AND THEN THERE'S A COVERED DROP OFF, WHICH AGAIN, IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. SO BENEATH THE EXHIBIT HALL, WE'RE BRINGING THE CUSTOMERS UNDER THE BUILDING. SO THERE'S A PROTECTED AND SHADED AND PROTECTED FROM WEATHER DROP OFF THAT GIVES YOU DIRECT ACCESS INTO THAT THAT LOBBY SPACE.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS A RENDERING. SO WE'VE STEPPED INSIDE OF THE GREAT HALL LOBBY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING, ESPECIALLY ELEVATED.
SO A BALLROOM OF 105,000FT², YOU CAN HOST ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE UP THERE.
SO IMAGINE ALL OF THOSE FOLKS COMING DOWN AND OUT THROUGH THE BUILDING AND AND ALSO GOING UP.
THERE'S ANOTHER SET OF ESCALATORS RIGHT BEHIND US IN THIS VIEW. SO THE FACILITY WORKS FOR ONE GROUP, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE TWO GROUPS, THEY BOTH HAVE THEIR OWN ABILITY TO MOVE UP AND DOWN AND ACCESS THE EXHIBIT HALLS, MEETING ROOMS AND BALLROOM SPACE. SO THERE'S REDUNDANCY, BUT VERY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE INDUSTRY. NEXT SLIDE.
YOU'LL SEE THE EXHIBIT HALLS IN THE CENTER. THERE'S THREE HALLS THAT ARE 100,000FT² EACH.
AND THEN HALL A AND HALL E ON EITHER END ARE 220,000FT².
AND TWO. 30 THOSE ARE ALL SEPARATED BY OPERABLE PARTITIONS.
SO THAT ROOM CAN BE ONE LARGE ROOM OF 750,000FT².
OR YOU CAN DEPLOY THOSE PARTITIONS IN ANY WHICH WAY.
YOU NEED TO REALLY CUSTOMIZE THE SPACE FOR GUESTS, AND THEY'LL USE THAT IN EVERY WHICH WAY YOU CAN IMAGINE. IN THE BLUE SPACE, YOU'LL SEE THE PRE-FUNCTION AND THEN THE GREEN. THERE YOU'LL SEE A SMALL MEETING ROOM THAT ENGAGES WITH THAT LOBBY SPACE.
THIS IS ALSO THE LEVEL THAT YOU'LL COME ACROSS FROM THE OMNI HOTEL.
SO THE CURRENT OMNI BRIDGE CONNECTS TO THIS LEVEL. YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN. AND THEN WE'RE CONTEMPLATING A FUTURE CONNECTION OPPORTUNITY TO THE DISTRICT ACROSS LAMAR. SO PEOPLE COULD BE ELEVATED ON A, ON AN ELEVATED BRIDGE TO CONNECT TO THAT PRE-FUNCTION SPACE AS WELL, TO CROSS LAMAR SAFELY. NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE'S A VIEW FROM THOSE MEETING ROOMS LOOKING SOUTH.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN AT THE THE GREAT HALL LOBBY AGAIN TO THE LEFT IS LAMAR.
AND THEN TO THE RIGHT YOU'RE LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE EXHIBIT HALL LEVEL.
THE NEXT LEVEL UP IS THE MEETING ROOM LEVEL. AND THE LEVEL ABOVE THAT IS THE BALLROOM LEVEL.
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ESCALATORS I SHOWED YOU BEFORE ARE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN AND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN IN THE DISTANCE. THOSE ARE THE OTHER SETS OF ESCALATORS THAT GIVE YOU THE CAPACITY TO GO TO BOTH OR SORRY, TWO GROUPS TO USE THE BUILDING SIMULTANEOUSLY.
NEXT SLIDE. MOVING UP TO THE LEVEL TWO MEETING ROOM LEVEL.
SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE. THERE ARE A LOT OF MEETING ROOMS, BREAKOUT SPACES HERE.
WE HAVE PULLED SOME OF THE MEETING ROOMS OUT INTO THE GREAT HALL, WHICH ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE HIGHER CEILING HEIGHTS, GIVE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY, AGAIN, WITH OPERABLE PARTITIONS.
THOSE ARE PARTITION WALLS IN IN THOSE SPACES THERE SO THAT CAN OPEN UP INTO ONE ROOM.
VERTICAL ACCESS, OF COURSE. AND YOU'LL SEE THE SIGNATURE MEETING ROOM ON THE BOTTOM LEFT THERE.
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SO IT'S A GREAT MEETING SPACE, CALLING IT THE SIGNATURE MEETING ROOM.AND THEN INSIDE OF THAT BLOCK OF MEETING ROOMS, THERE'S A LOT OF CONTENT. THIS IS WHERE ALL THE BREAKOUTS HAPPEN FOR ALL THE THE ONGOING LEARNING SESSIONS. NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL SEE AN IMAGE OF THAT.
SO MEETING ROOMS CAN CAN OPEN UP AND SPILL OUT INTO THESE PRE-FUNCTION AREAS.
IF YOU'VE BEEN TO A CONFERENCE RECENTLY, YOU'LL KNOW A LOT OF BUSINESS IS DONE OUT IN THE PRE-FUNCTION AND LOBBY AREAS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING INTO THE MEETING ROOMS FOR THE SESSIONS THAT THEY CAME TO THE EVENT FOR, BUT ALSO ABLE TO STAY CLOSE TO THAT EVENT AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ACTUALLY CAME TO MEET IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO CONVENTION CENTERS ARE ALL ABOUT CONNECTIONS AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. SO THESE PLANS, EVERY PART OF THE BUILDING, WE'VE REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE ABILITY FOR ATTENDEES TO MEET EACH OTHER AND CARRY ON CONVERSATIONS FROM THOSE MEETINGS.
NEXT SLIDE. AND THE LEVEL THREE IS THE ROOFTOP BALLROOM.
SO IN THE PINK SPACE, THERE IS THE 105,000 SQUARE FOOT BALLROOM.
DIRECTLY BEHIND THAT IS THE MAIN KITCHEN OF THE BUILDING. SO THAT SITS ADJACENT TO THE BALLROOM. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF SERVING LARGE BANQUETS IN THIS SPACE THAT'S CONNECTED VERTICALLY, DIRECTLY DOWN TO THOSE FOOD SERVICE DOCKS THAT I MENTIONED ON, ON THE GROUND LEVEL.
OFF TO THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE LARGER MEETING ROOMS. AGAIN, WITH THE CUSTOMER FEEDBACK. WE WERE BALANCING WHERE THE MEETING ROOMS SHOULD GO AGAIN FROM A FROM A ZERO SUM GAME. WE WERE MOVING SQUARE FOOTAGE AROUND, BUT WE WEREN'T ADDING SQUARE FOOTAGE, SO IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO GET THEIR INPUT IN TERMS OF TRYING OUT MEETING ROOMS HERE AND MOVING THEM THERE.
IT REALLY HELPED THE BUILDING TO FUNCTION BETTER AND BALANCE ITSELF IN TERMS OF SCALABILITY. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE BALLROOM TERRACE, AND THEN ALSO AN EXECUTIVE BOARDROOM.
AND THEN AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING YOU'LL SEE THE BALLROOM TERRACE, WHICH IS WHAT RON MENTIONED IN TERMS OF THE PANORAMIC VIEWS FROM AN OUTDOOR SPACE LOOKING AT THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE OF DALLAS. NEXT SLIDE.
AND HERE'S A VIEW FROM THAT BALLROOM TERRACE. SO OFF TO THE LEFT WOULD BE THE BALLROOM. YOU CAN SEE THE ENTRANCE THERE BEYOND WHERE THOSE PEOPLE ARE STANDING. AND FROM THIS POSITION INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, YOU CAN LOOK DOWN INTO THE GREAT HALL AND SEE ALL THE PEOPLE ARRIVING.
TO THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE OUTDOOR BALLROOM TERRACE AND THEN THE THE GLASS WALL OF THE BALLROOM.
PRE-FUNCTION PROVIDES THOSE DRAMATIC AND PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE DALLAS SKYLINE.
NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THIS IS THE ROOF LEVEL. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE LARGE SHAPE YOU'RE SEEING IN THE MIDDLE IS THE BALLROOM MASS ITSELF. OFF TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT ARE THE EXHIBIT HALLS.
AND WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ADD PHOTOVOLTAICS TO THE ROOFS OF THE EXHIBIT HALLS THEMSELVES.
NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE BACK ON THE GROUND.
WE'RE NOW ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, REALLY LOOKING NORTH OFF OF BOTHAM.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS REACHING OUT. IT'S SOMETHING OF A HANDSHAKE TO THE SOUTH SIDE HERE.
IT ANNOUNCES THE SENSE OF ARRIVAL. BUT THE BUILDING IS NOT A PLAIN, SIMPLE BOX EITHER.
THERE'S SOME NICE CLEAN SHAPING THAT GIVES IT SOME ANIMATION THAT REALLY HELPS TO, YOU KNOW, BECOME A BIT MORE ACTIVATED THROUGH THE PLAY OF LIGHT AND THE EXPERIENCE DAY TO DAY.
AND THERE'S ALSO A NICE STRIP WINDOW THERE. IT MIGHT LOOK MODEST, BUT IT'S ABOUT A 14 FOOT HIGH SLOTTED GLASS THAT GIVES YOU NOT ONLY VIEWS INSIDE, BUT ALSO REALLY GREAT VIEWS. PANORAMIC OUTSIDE TOWARDS THE SOUTH.
SO IS THIS BUILDING TRANSFORMS FROM DAY TO NIGHT. THIS BUILDING WILL LIGHT UP AND HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOMENTS INSIDE THAT WILL HELP KEEP THIS FEELING LIKE IT'S A PLACE YOU KNOW, THAT HAS A PULSE AND A VIBE THAT'S CURRENTLY LACKING.
LET'S LOOK DISTRICT WIDE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT. BUT IN LARGE PART IT GETS OUT OF THE WAY AND OPENS UP OPPORTUNITY.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE JUST THE WAY IT'S RENDERED.
AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THIS AREA.
SO THE PAST, I MEAN, IT REALLY HELPS ORGANIZE ALL OF THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT JUST THE TRINITY BELOW, BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT THE UP RAIL, YOU'VE GOT DART.
SO THERE'S A LOT THAT'S HAPPENING ON THIS SUPER COMPLEX SITE IN THE PRESENT.
WE'RE REALLY OVERCOMING WHAT'S THERE TODAY. THE IDEA THAT IT'S DARK, IT'S REALLY UNFRIENDLY.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, PLEASANT SPACES TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE THERE.
AND SO WE'RE COMPLETELY REVERSING THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, IT REALLY DOES LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A NEW HORIZON.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A HISTORY THAT'S NOT YET BEEN WRITTEN.
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AND THE WAY I'VE EXPLAINED IT, WHAT CURRENTLY IS THE PERIPHERY OF THE CITY REALLY BECOMES A CENTER AND A POINT OF ARRIVAL, MAYBE EVEN THE HEART OF THE DOWNTOWN AS TIME EVOLVES.WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO ROSA.
CONTINUE. IF WE COULD IF WE COULD SIT ON THIS SLIDE FOR A MINUTE.
I REALLY WANTED JACK TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT TO TO GET HERE, AND THEN WE'LL INVITE YOU ALL DOWN TO LOOK AT THE MODEL AND WALK WITH IT WITH WITH WITH RON AND MICHAEL AND USE THE VR HEADSETS.
BEFORE WE GO BACK INTO SOME TRANSPORTATION ITEMS AND COST.
SO THE WHOLE PROCESS HAS BEEN A I CALL IT A CIRCULAR PROCESS IN THE SENSE THAT WHEN WE STARTED, WE HAD THE ENTIRE CITY AS PART OF THE TEAM AND THAT WE INVITED EVERY SINGLE GROUP TO COME IN AND GIVE US THOUGHTS, WHETHER IT WAS THOUGHTS ON THE CONVENTION CENTER, WHETHER IT WAS THOUGHTS ON HOW WOULD THE CONVENTION CENTER WORKS, THE RETAIL AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER, ON AND ON.
SO THE WHOLE CITY WAS INVOLVED. AND THAT'S THAT'S GREAT INPUT.
WE ALSO STUDIED THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAD WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
AND THEN YOU GET YOU START TO PROTECT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON THE ON THE SITE.
SO IT'S REALLY YOUR PROGRAMING BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO THE TRADE OFFS OF A REALLY PRETTY BUILDING VERSUS A VERY EFFICIENT BUILDING, YOU CAN GET SOMETHING KIND OF LIKE WE HAVE TODAY THE WAY IT LOOKS BUT BUT EFFICIENT.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE THE BALANCE. AND THE WAY WE GOT TO THE BALANCE WAS A PRETTY UGLY PROCESS INTERNALLY, AND THAT THE ARCHITECTS WOULD BE YELLING AT MY POOR CONSTRUCTION GUYS AND MY POOR CONSTRUCTION GUYS BE YELLING AT ME OR THE ARCHITECTS AND, AND BUT YOU GET TO THE RIGHT ANSWERS. AND IT'S IT'S BEEN A INCREDIBLE PROCESS TO GET A REALLY GOOD LOOKING BUILDING THAT'S INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT BUT NOT SO EFFICIENT. IT DOESN'T WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT HAS GOTTEN TIGHTER TO MAKE THESE FINAL DECISIONS.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS REALLY CAN BE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT IT.
I'D BE SURPRISED IF WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS BECAUSE WE'VE ARGUED ABOUT EVERY INCH OF THIS THING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LAY THAT OUT. YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE I THINK WHEN I WAS ASKED RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU MOST AFRAID OF, JACK? AND I SAID, IT'S IT'S ALWAYS WORKING WITH THE CITY.
CITIES? NEVER, NEVER. EASY. BUT I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT'S A CONSTRUCTION.
SO IF YOU ALL COULD COME DOWN AND THEN MICHAEL AND RON, IF YOU COULD WALK THEM THROUGH THE MODEL AND REMEMBER AGAIN THAT WE'VE GOT SOME COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT HERE IN MAY. SO IF YOU COULD WALK THEM THROUGH THAT AND.
ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY FEEL FREE TO GO DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK.
AND IF ANYONE WANTS TO USE THE VR HEADSETS, WE HAVE THOSE AS WELL.
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WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU PUT IN A LOT OF STUFF ON HERE.[04:27:07]
IT'S GONNA OPEN. HOLD ON. I'M COMING.[04:40:11]
ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, IF WE CAN START MAKING OUR WAY BACK TO YOUR SEATS.[04:41:09]
THANK YOU, ROSA, FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. APPRECIATE IT.[04:41:12]
THANK YOU. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE BRIEFING.WE'RE ON SLIDE 24 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CLAYTON LANE WHO YOU MET IN THE PREVIOUS BRIEFING, TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE TALK ABOUT PARKING, THE MOBILITY HUB AND LOCAL CONNECTIONS.
AND THEN I'LL JACK AND I WILL TAKE THE BRIEFING BACK AND TALK THROUGH COSTS ETC..
ONE THAT WILL ATTRACT GLOBAL BUSINESS, FILL HOTELS, GET A LOT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY DRIVEN IN DOWNTOWN HERE, AND REALLY BECOME A CENTER FOR IDEAS AND CONNECTIONS GLOBALLY.
AND THE MOBILITY SYSTEM MUST DO FOUR THINGS REALLY WELL TO SUPPORT THAT VISION.
FIRST IS AN EXCEPTIONAL, HUMAN CENTERED PUBLIC REALM.
SECOND IS TO STRENGTHEN ACCESS FROM AND TO LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE CURRENT CONVENTION CENTER IS A BARRIER TO ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN.
WE'RE DESIGNING THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER TO FACILITATE ACCESS FROM THE CEDARS, FROM OAK CLIFF INTO DOWNTOWN TO THAT BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC SPACE AND ALL THAT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THIRD IS TO PROMOTE MULTI-MODAL ACCESS.
SO REGARDLESS WHETHER YOU ARRIVE BY FOOT, BICYCLE, TRANSIT CAR, HELICOPTER.
THIS CONVENTION CENTER IS FOR YOU. ALL THOSE MODES WE WANT TO PROMOTE GREAT ACCESS BY EVERYONE.
AND FOURTH, AND FINALLY, WE WANT TO FACILITATE EFFICIENT TRAFFIC DISPERSION.
WHEN WE HAVE A MAJOR 10,000 PERSON BALLROOM EVENT, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO REALLY MOVE EVERYONE OUT AS QUICKLY AND SAFELY AS POSSIBLE, SO THE CONVENTION CENTER CAN REALLY HANDLE LARGE SCALE EVENTS, MULTIPLE EVENTS ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
WE MOVE TO THAT ONE, PLEASE. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW DO WE MOVE THOSE SLIDES.
IMAGINE CHILDREN PLAYING OUTSIDE IN IN WATER FEATURES A VIBRANT GROUND FLOOR WITH BUSTLING RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS AND CAFES, PUBLIC MOVIE NIGHTS AND MUSIC EVENTS, PUBLIC AMENITIES, SO THAT THIS REALLY BECOMES A VERY ACTIVE CENTER.
SO THAT'S THAT'S SAFE, THAT'S WELL CONNECTED, THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND COMFORTABLE.
AND I WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS HERE. SO IF YOU ARE WALKING, IF YOU CAN WALK OR CYCLE TO THE CONVENTION CENTER FROM UNION STATION, FROM THE I-30 DECK PARK AND THE WORLD STAGE PARK, FROM DOWNTOWN HOTELS OR THE HIGH SPEED RAIL LINE, ALL OF THAT IS ACCESSIBLE BY FOOT. AND WE WANT YOU TO STAY AT THE DOWNTOWN HOTELS AND SPEND MONEY THERE AND GET TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, IDEALLY WITHOUT EVER STEPPING INTO A CAR. WHAT'S ALSO DEPICTED HERE ARE NEW CONNECTIONS.
SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SLIDE THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT FUTURE GREENWAY THAT THE CITY IS PLANNING ON THE HOUSTON VIADUCT, THAT'S PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE AND STREETCAR ONLY.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO EXTEND THAT GREENWAY TO LINK IT DOWN TO HOTEL STREET SOUTH, AND THEN INTO THE CONVENTION CENTER, SO THAT RESIDENTS OF OAK CLIFF CAN HAVE A SEAMLESS DIRECT ACCESS ON FOOT OR BICYCLE THROUGH THE CONVENTION CENTER,
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THROUGH THAT MEMORIAL UNDERPASS THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, CONNECTING STRAIGHT TO DART LIGHT RAIL TO BICYCLE STORAGE.SO THAT WORLD STAGE PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LAMAR STREET JUST HAVE A SEAMLESS CONNECTION.
AND FINALLY, YOU'LL NOTICE AN EXTENSION OF CEREMONIAL DRIVE THAT DOES NOT EXIST TODAY.
SO ALL THAT CONNECTIVITY IS THERE. NOW TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, IF YOU WOULD.
THE PREVIOUS SLIDE INDICATES THE MULTIMODAL ACCESS THAT WE ARE PLANNING.
SO RIGHT IN THE CENTER HERE IN THAT PINK AREA, THAT IS THE CENTRAL MOBILITY HUB.
THIS CONTRAST WITH THE CURRENT CONVENTION CENTER WHERE YOUR UBERS AND LIFTS ARE IN ONE PLACE, YOUR COACH BUSSES AND HOTEL SHUTTLES ABOUT A BLOCK FROM THERE.
ALL THAT WILL BE TRANSFORMED HERE, INCLUDING WITH THE DAYLIGHTING OF THE DART STATION FROM LAMAR STREET, SO THEY'LL NO LONGER WILL BE THE COVER THERE.
IN THE MORNINGS, THERE WILL BE DIRECT SUNLIGHT TOUCHING THAT DART STATION PLATFORM.
NOW, ONCE YOU GET TO THE EDGES OF THE BUILDING WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO DISPERSE THAT TRAFFIC.
SO WE'VE GOT EGRESS POINTS FOR PARKING ON LAMAR STREET AND FOR ALL MODES ON CEREMONIAL, ON HOTEL, AND ON MEMORIAL. SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE FOUR ROADWAYS AND THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE CURRENT CONVENTION CENTER THAT REALLY CONCENTRATES ALL THAT EGRESS.
ALL THAT TRAFFIC ON TWO ROADWAYS CREATES CONGESTION.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE JUST A BIT HERE ON PARKING.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE MULTIMODAL ACCESS PROGRAM.
WHAT'S THAT? OH, ONE MORE AFTER THIS, IF YOU WOULD.
SO WE ARE DESIGNING A FLEXIBLE PARKING PROGRAM.
WE KNOW THAT NO TWO DAYS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER WILL EVER BE THE SAME.
WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO FLEX THAT PARKING CAPACITY ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.
ALSO, WE WANT TO GROW PARKING CAPACITY OVER TIME AS NEEDED TO MEET DEMAND WHERE IT IS FIVE, TEN, 20 YEARS FROM NOW. SO THE PARKING PROGRAM HERE FIRST STARTS WITH A BIT MORE CAPACITY THAN WE HAVE TODAY.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE PEAK TRAFFIC EVENTS WILL BE JUST A BIT LARGER.
BUT WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO GROW THAT PARKING PROGRAM UP TO 4000 SPACES IN THE LONGER TERM.
AND THEN DAY TO DAY, A VERY A VERY IMPORTANT PART IS FLEXING THAT CAPACITY BY ACCESSING ALL THE PARKING IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHICH THE CURRENT CONVENTION CENTER ALSO DOES. YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT JUST WITHIN A QUARTER MILE ALONE, THERE'S EXISTING ANOTHER 4000 SPACES. AND A LOT OF THOSE SPACES ARE VERY UNDERUTILIZED TODAY DUE TO WORK FROM HOME.
JUST AS MANY JOBS IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS AS PRE-PANDEMIC, BUT A LOT LESS TRAFFIC, A LOT LESS PARKING.
SO DEVELOPING AGREEMENTS WITH THESE PARKING OPERATORS WHERE PARKERS CAN BOOK THAT SPACE IN ADVANCE, PAY IN ADVANCE, KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO, AND REALLY SUPPORT THE ECONOMY LOCALLY AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT. WHO DO WE HAND OFF TO? THANK YOU CLAYTON.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE SLIDE 27. IS THE PROGRAM REFINEMENT.
AND THROUGH THE REFINEMENT THAT THEY'VE TALKED YOU THROUGH AND WALKED YOU THROUGH IN THE MODEL, WE REDUCE THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET RANGE FROM 3.3 3 BILLION TO 3.5 BILLION, DOWN TO 3.1 BILLION TO 3.3 BILLION, WITH NO IMPACTS TO PROGRAMING. SO ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF THE WATERFALL OF FINANCING THAT WE'VE DONE WORKING WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND JACK IRELAND, OUR CFO. TOP OF THAT TO PAY DEBT SERVICE IS THE PROJECT FINANCING ZONE.
NEXT IS THE BREMER THE 2% HOT WITH AN 8,020% DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN PARK AND RECREATION AND CONVENTION
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AND EVENT SERVICES. AND THEN LOCAL HOT IS THE LAST ON THE WATERFALL.IF YOU RECALL, WE DID THE BRIDGE LOAN. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT.
YOU APPROVED THAT THE BRIDGE LOAN IN JUNE AND THEN ALSO APPROVED THE GMP ONE OR GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, WHICH WAS ISSUED AT 253 MILLION. SO WE HAVE PAID DOWN SOME OF THAT AT AND DONE SOME EXPENDITURES WHICH WILL WALK THROUGH WITH DEWEY ON THE TRINITY TEAM IN A MOMENT.
WE'RE ALSO IN THE NEXT STEPS. WE'LL TALK THROUGH.
WE IF YOU RECALL, WE DID AN ORIGINAL RESOLUTION TO TEXDOT FOR THEIR STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK LOAN PROGRAM FOR APPROXIMATELY 90 MILLION. WE HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY MET WITH ROSA AND TEXTILE AND TXDOT IN AUSTIN, AND THEY PROVIDED US A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY CAP AT. SO THAT WAS 116 MILLION.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS A DISTRIBUTION AND I WON'T SIT HERE VERY LONG BUT A THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FUNDING TYPES THAT WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY 67% OF THAT IS THROUGH BONDING. AND THEN THE OTHER SOURCES ARE DISTRIBUTED, INCLUDING OUR CASH ON HAND.
NEXT SLIDE. WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR CASH BALANCES TO DATE.
SO THE PROJECT FINANCING ZONE, AS YOU'LL SEE IN A MINUTE, HAS BEEN GROSSLY OVERPERFORMING ABOUT 50 TO 55% OVER PERFORMANCE. AND THEN THE 2% HOT. WE'VE COLLECTED $56 MILLION FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER ALONE.
THERE IS A SUBBULLET AT THE BOTTOM WHERE I SHOW YOU THE DISTRIBUTION FOR FAIR PARK.
THEY'VE COLLECTED 14 MILLION, AND THAT'S BASED ON THAT 80 OVER 20 SPLIT.
THE TOTAL COLLECTIONS TO DATE FOR BREMER HAVE BEEN 70.2 MILLION.
IF WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ORIGINAL FORECAST THAT WE BROUGHT YOU BACK WHEN WE WERE GOING TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE AND PROPOSING THE RESOLUTION TO THE STATE FOR THE PFC, OUR FORECASTS SHOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE BY THIS TIME COLLECTED ABOUT $87 MILLION.
WE'VE COLLECTED $167 MILLION, ALMOST 168. AND SO IT'S OVERPERFORMING AND WILL USE THAT AS WE GO FORWARD AS A CASH BALANCE. AND WE'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN A LATER BRIEFING TO GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.
SO AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT SECTION, I REALLY WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S WHAT THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE EXPENDED FROM THE $1 BILLION BRIDGE LOAN HAVE BEEN USED ON. AND SO WE BROUGHT TRINITY ALLIANCE TO TALK US THROUGH ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE FOR CONTINUING OPERATIONS OF EVENTS AND GOING INTO PRE DEMO AND DEMO AND THEN STARTING TO STAGE FOR FULL CONSTRUCTION.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WHEN WE WERE BACK HERE IN MAY, WE WE YOU APPROVED THE GMP FOR SOME OF THE EARLY ENABLING WORK, WHICH A LOT OF THAT WAS WORKING WITH THE DART AND UP AND GETTING SET UP FOR THE DEMOLITION AND SOME OF THE DRILLED PIERS.
BUT THE, THE BIG PORTION OF THAT WAS TO MEET THE FIRST BIG MILESTONE IN THE PROJECT WAS, WHICH WAS DELIVERY OF THE EXISTING CONVENTION SPACE AND BUILDING A, B AND C AND THE TECHNICAL YARD FOR FIFA. AND THE DELIVERY DATE WAS JANUARY 14TH AND FIFA MOVED IN ON JANUARY 14TH.
SO ALL THINGS ARE GOOD ON EAST OF LAMAR. MORE.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE PICTURES OF THAT FOR YOU.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE CRITICAL DATE FOR FIFA WAS MET BY THE ENTIRE TEAM.
SO THE. IF YOU COULD GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND.
SO I WANT TO ADD TO THAT IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON.
LIKE I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BRIEFING, A LOT OF IT IS INTERIOR TO THE TO THE BUILDING.
AND SO AS JULIE WALKS THROUGH, HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES THAT GO INTO BREAKING DOWN A BUILDING AND WHY YOU DON'T SEE WHY YOU DIDN'T FOR A WHILE SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY OUTSIDE.
IN, OUT. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. SO THE THE THE BIGGEST THINGS WE COMPLETED SO FAR IS THE CONTINUING
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OPERATING FUNDS. AND THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY THE EVENT FOR FIFA, THE INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING THE CENTER AND THE TECHNICAL YARD, SO I'LL HAVE A COUPLE PICTURES OF THAT. BUT THAT WAS THE JANUARY 14TH COMPLETION DATE.IT ALSO HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POWER THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
ON JANUARY 5TH, THE DART STATION UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING CLOSED.
WE ARE CURRENTLY PUTTING UP THE FENCING AROUND THE DART, WHICH WE CALL THE COCOON.
SO WE'VE WE'VE PLANNED THE BUILDING FOR BOTH UP AND DART SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THEIR COMPLETE OPERATIONS GOING, AND SO CAN WE ON THE SAME SITE. SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
IT'S HIGHLY COORDINATED WITH PEOPLE ALL THE WAY UP TO TEXDOT AND BEYOND, BUT VERY DIFFICULT THING.
AND WE MET THAT DATE ALSO THE CHILLED WATER BYPASS, SOMETHING WE HAD CHILLED WATER THAT CAME FROM HALL D, WE'RE GOING TO DEMOLISH HALL D, SO WE HAD TO BYPASS THAT AND GET IT OVER TO BUILDING C AND A NUMBER OF ELECTRIC AND FIRE PANEL.
AND THEN THE ROAD CLOSURE SIGNS ARE UP. THE NEIGHBORS ARE NOTIFIED THAT LAMAR AND SOME OTHER STREETS CEREMONIAL WILL BE CLOSING, AND THE ACTUAL CLOSURE WILL WILL BEGIN THIS COMING MONDAY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE PRE ENABLING WORK. SO THIS IS A PICTURE.
ON YOUR LEFT IS A PICTURE OF THE TECHNICAL YARD FOR FIFA.
THIS IS OUTSIDE OF EXISTING HALL A AT THE TRUCK DECK AREA.
THIS IS WHERE THEY'LL PUT ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEIR SATELLITE DISHES.
BASICALLY ANYTHING THEY NEED TO BROADCAST AROUND THE WORLD WILL SIT ON HERE.
YOU CAN SEE A POUR TAKING PLACE. WE DID A LOT OF POURS EARLY IN THE MORNING BECAUSE WHILE THIS WORK WAS OCCURRING, HALLS A, B AND C WERE OCCUPIED WITH OTHER SHOWS.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A PICTURE OF WHAT THE TECHNICAL YARD SLAB LOOKS LIKE.
AND THAT'S WHAT FIFA TOOK OVER LAST WEDNESDAY WITH LIGHTING AND OTHER THINGS FOR THEM.
AND THEN JUST A GRAPHICAL PICTURE OF THE AMOUNT OF POWER THAT WE PUT IN PLACE FOR FIFA.
SO THAT IS ALSO ALL COMPLETE, TESTED AND STARTED UP READY FOR THEM.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS A PICTURE OF THE THE LOADING DOCK WHERE BUILDING C AND D MEET JUST OVER NEXT TO LAMAR STREET. AND ALSO BEHIND THAT DEMOLITION THAT YOU SEE THERE IS WHERE THE DART COMES OUT OF THE BUILDING AS IT CROSSES OVER LAMAR.
SO THIS IS WHERE THERE WAS A BIG STAIR THERE.
THAT WAS THE EMERGENCY EXIT FOR HALLS A, B AND C, OR FOR D, E AND F.
NOW THAT D, E AND F ARE NOT OCCUPIED, WE CAN TAKE APART THE EMERGENCY STAIR.
IN ITS PLACE IS A TEMPORARY TRUCK RAMP WHICH GOES DOWN TO GRIFFIN STREET, AND ONCE THAT RAMPS IN PLACE, WE CAN TAKE DOWN THE DOCK THAT'S INSIDE HALL E AND ALLOW US TO DO THE DEMOLITION OVER THERE.
THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IS THE DART STATION THAT CLOSED ON JANUARY 5TH.
WE'RE PUTTING IN THE CONCRETE BARRICADES SO THAT NOBODY CAN ACCESS THE DART.
WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETELY SURROUND BOTH SIDES WITH CONCRETE BARRICADES, PUT UP VERTICAL FENCING, AND THEN THAT CREATES THE DART COCOON, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO COMPLETELY OPERATE.
SO WE HAVE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE FIRE PROTECTION.
AGAIN, THAT'S ALL PART OF THE DART OELA AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL A FEW WEEKS AGO.
THE NEXT PICTURE IS THE GRAPHIC INSIDE THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT OF THE GRAPHIC IS INSIDE HALL C WHICH IS WHERE FIFA TOOK OVER LAST WEDNESDAY. AND THAT'S PART OF THE IBC. THE ENTIRE ABC HALL IS PART OF THAT.
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AND THAT JUST SHOWS THE WALL THAT SEPARATES US FROM THEM TO THE OUTSIDE.AND ON THE LEFT SIDE IS THE EXHIBIT HALL. ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE HALL C PRE-FUNCTION SPACE, WHERE YOU SEE THAT PURPLE WALL THAT WILL HAVE A BANNER ON IT.
BUT THAT WAS THE OLD HALLWAY THAT WOULD TAKE YOU OVER TO THE OMNI HOTEL FROM HALL C PRE-FUNCTION SO THAT'S ALSO BEEN CLOSED OFF AND THE OMNI HAS BEEN OMNI BRIDGE HAS ALSO BEEN CLOSED OFF AS WELL.
ON THE NEXT GRAPHIC ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS ON THE LEFT SIDE AND AND RIGHT SIDE.
THAT'S A PICTURE OF HALL D ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL.
THAT'S A SUPER CRITICAL DATE FOR US AND WE INTEND TO MEET IT.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS SOME OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS.
THE CONVENTION CENTER HAS A LOT OF CARPET THAT CAN BE TAKEN BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER.
IT GETS REUSED AND RE AND RE PUT INTO THE NEW CARPET LAYOUT.
THE CEILING TILES ARE ALL REUSABLE, RECYCLABLE LIGHTING FIXTURES, GLASS, METAL RAILINGS.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS INSIDE HALLS D, E, AND F THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING PULLED OUT FOR REUSE AND RECYCLING FOR PART OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. SO THAT'S ONGOING INSIDE OF D, E, AND F RIGHT NOW WE'RE CUTTING AND CAPPING POWER.
WE'RE TURNING OFF WATER. THERE'S IT'S NOT EVEN WALKABLE RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU WERE TO GO IN THERE WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION.
SO WITH THAT, ROSA. SURE. THANK YOU. SLIDE 40.
I JUST WANTED TO SIT HERE FOR A MINUTE. DEWEY HAS SPOKEN ABOUT ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AROUND THE DART STATION TO PREPARE IT FOR COCOONING SO THAT WE CAN START DEMOLITION. I JUST WANTED TO SAY HERE THAT IT WAS A YEOMAN'S LIFT TO GET THE ILA DONE, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT ON TIME. AND THAT'S KIND OF A CREDIT TO THE LARGER TEAM, INCLUDING INCLUDING ROBIN AND DEB AND GUS, WHO WERE PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS TO GET THAT DONE SO THAT WE COULD SUCCESSFULLY CLOSE THAT STATION ON TIME ON JANUARY 5TH. AND SO IF YOU CAN SEE HERE KIND OF THE ORIENTATION, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK, THAT WE DO NEED TO PROVIDE TO THE TO EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PUT IN YOUR NEWSLETTERS OR TO SEND OUT AS A, AS A QR CODE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KNOW HOW THE BUSSES AND THE LINKS ARE RUNNING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, SO WE'LL PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
THE NEXT SECTION IS THE TIMELINE, AND I'LL HAVE CARLOS AGUILAR AND JACK WALK THROUGH THIS.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON TIME. THERE'S ALWAYS FLOAT IN THE SCHEDULE, BUT WE ARE ON TIME.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO TELL YOU SOME THINGS THAT COULD BE BARRIERS TO A TIMELINE.
THEY ARE ALL OUT OF OUR CONTROL. AND SO WE'LL TALK THROUGH THOSE THINGS AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE AS A CITY STAFF ARE WORKING TO MOVE THOSE BARRIERS OUT OF THE WAY.
PERMITTING TEAM HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN DELIVERING FOR THE CITY.
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB HELPING US MOVE SOME OF THESE BARRIERS, INCLUDING AGREEMENTS WITH U.P., AGREEMENTS WITH FAA AND HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET AROUND SOME OF THESE BARRIERS.
SO WE ARE ALL PUSHING, PUSHING, PUSHING. AND OF COURSE, OUR CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN HELPING US IN THE IN THE BACKGROUND WHERE WE CAN'T MOVE SOMETHING. SHE HELPS US TO MOVE IT. SO WITH THAT, JACK AND CARLOS.
OKAY. SO FIRST OF ALL, ON PAGE 42, YOU HAVE AN OUTLINE OF, OF THE PROGRAM ITSELF AND HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE. WE ARE ON TARGET, AS ROSA WAS SAYING, FOR COMPLETION 2029.
WE ALREADY WENT THROUGH THE PRE ENABLING WORKS, STARTING THE MAJOR DEMOLITION, WHICH IS THIS ENABLING PROCESS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND THE DESIGN UPDATE THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOURSELVES AND RIGHT, RIGHT HERE.
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CARLOS, CAN WE MAKE ONE CORRECTION ON THIS? IT SHOWS.THEN WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THERE IS A TYPO ON THIS PAGE.
THE TX BUILDING DEMOLITION IS SHOWING ON 2027.
IT SHOULD BE IN THE 2026 COLUMN. CORRECT. THAT'S PART OF THE MAJOR DEMOLITION PROGRAM.
AND GRADUALLY YOU'LL BE PRESENTED WITH A DIFFERENT JOB AS WE PROCEED WITH THE WORK.
THE NEXT ONE WILL BE STEEL FOUNDATIONS. YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF LONG LEAD ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO ORDER AND PROGRESSIVELY THE BUILD OUT OF THE, OF THE BUILDING AND AT THE END OF CONSTRUCTION.
AS ROSA MENTIONED THERE ARE SOME RISK FACTORS AND MAYBE GO TO PAGE 44, WHICH ACTUALLY OUTLINES SOME OF THOSE. TO DATE, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE.
I HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW COORDINATION WITH THE FAA, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAS AN ANTENNA AT THE TOP OF THE BUILDING AND YOU KNOW, RELOCATING THAT ANTENNA USUALLY TAKES YEARS. AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE WITH US AND WITH THE CITY IN IDENTIFYING A NEW LOCATION. WE DID, OF COURSE, THE STUDIES OF FREQUENCY AND COVERAGE SO THAT THEY COULD BE RELOCATED.
BUT WE'RE PRETTY MUCH GETTING TO THE END OF THAT PROCESS.
SURE. AND I WANT TO SAY, AGAIN, CREDIT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THEY WORKED WITH THE FAA TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN 2 OR 3 AGREEMENTS EFFECTIVELY INTO ONE.
AND SO THAT IS WHERE WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH AND NEGOTIATING THAT.
BUT FAA HAS MOVED WITH A QUICKNESS THAT HAS PUT US FROM THAT TYPICAL FOUR YEAR MARK TO MERE MONTHS.
SO IT'S BEEN AMAZING AND GREAT. AND LOUIS ALREADY MENTIONED THE DART AGREEMENT, THE ILA AND HOW THAT WAS AGREED TO AND HOW THE SEQUENCING OF THAT IS MAINTAINING THE SCHEDULE.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH UP, FOR EXAMPLE ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS THEY ALLOWED US TO SEPARATE DEMOLITION FROM CONSTRUCTION AND START DEMOLITION, THE AREA THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN THEIR AREA, BUT.
PERFECT. BUT AS WELL, LONG ESTABLISHED RAILROAD THE PROCESS WITH UP IS PRETTY DETAILED. THEY REQUIRE 2 OR 3 SETS OF REVIEWS OF DOCUMENTS AND THAT TIMELINE, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO COMPRESS, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE BIG RISKS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
OTHER ONES HAVE TO DO WITH UTILITIES WITH REAL ESTATE.
AND, OF COURSE, AS WE TALKED A BIT YESTERDAY AND AS CLAYTON OUTLINED ALL THE THOROUGHFARE PLANNING THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, WHICH IS EXTENSIVE. WE HAVE PREPARED NINE DIFFERENT THOROUGHFARE CHANGES AND THOSE HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO FOR JEFFERSON VIADUCT ALONE. SO WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH THE PROCESS.
BUT AGAIN, WE UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE.
SO IN SUMMARY, THOSE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON US.
AND SO I KNOW THERE WILL PROBABLY BE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT THOROUGHFARE AMENDMENT PROCESS.
AND SO SO GUS IS HERE DIRECTOR KEN, CARLY IS HERE TO HELP US RESPOND TO THOSE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT PROCESS AND HOW THAT WILL GO. OKAY, JACK. WE ARE TO THE SALES AND OUTREACH COMPONENT.
SO WE WILL NEED CRAIG DAVIS TO COME DOWN.
HELLO AGAIN. TO DATE, WE HAVE SOLD A TOTAL OF 70 DEFINITE CONVENTIONS, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER HUNDRED OR SO THAT ARE WAITING FOR MORE INFORMATION. I JUST WANTED TO PUT SOME CONTEXT HERE.
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THIS DESIGN, IN SO MUCH AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE WITH OUR CUSTOMERS, WHICH HAS BEEN LIMITED IS VERY OUR CUSTOMERS ARE INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.THE WHOLE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A STACKED, COMPRESSED CAMPUS ALLOWS THE CUSTOMERS TO START ON ONE FLOOR AND MOVE UP AND MOVE UP AND MOVE UP TO THE THE TOP, WHERE THE 105,000 SQUARE FOOT BALLROOM IS YOU KNOW, THAT OTHER CONVENTION CENTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH WHICH WE COMPETE HAVE ALL BEEN AS A RESULT OF EXPANSION AFTER EXPANSION. SO THE TYPICAL EXPERIENCE IS THAT THEY HAVE TO START IN ONE PART OF THE BUILDING AND WALK WHAT WILL SEE MILES TO ANOTHER PART OF THE BUILDING FOR ANOTHER SESSION. BACK TO THE EXHIBIT SPACE.
WELL, THIS COMPRESSES EVERYTHING INTO ONE SPACE AND OUR CUSTOMERS LOVE IT.
SO WE ARE IN REALLY GREAT SHAPE WHEN IT COMES TO FUTURE CONVENTION PACE.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT HIGH VALUE CONVENTIONS SUCH AS MEDICAL, HIGH TECH, FINANCIAL, CORPORATE, RETAIL, SPORTS AND MANUFACTURING. THOSE WERE NOT THINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE SOLD INTO THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE FOR THE FUTURE. OUR CUSTOMERS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
SO WE'LL HAVE JANE HAMILTON AND THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM DALLAS COLLEGE AND THE TRINITY TEAM SPEAKING TO THIS. JANE, DO YOU WANT TO START? SURE. I'LL JUST OPEN THIS UP BY SAYING THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE TO THANK, INCLUDING OBVIOUSLY THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT ALSO WITH US TODAY WE HAVE DALLAS COLLEGE AND CLEARLY TRINITY ALLIANCE.
I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO THEM SO THEY CAN GET INTO THE DETAILS.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TOLBERT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE ARE VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO YOU.
IT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH INSPIRE DALLAS COLLEGE, TRINITY ALLIANCE, TO BRING FORTH THE VISION OF OF THE CITY'S VISION OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT.
THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO MEET IMMEDIATE PROJECT WORKFORCE NEEDS, WHILE ALSO CREATING A SUSTAINABLE PIPELINE THAT EXPANDS THE LOCAL TALENT POOL, STRENGTHENS THE CAREER MOBILITY, AND SUPPORTS LONG TERM WORKFORCE RESILIENCE.
THE PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH A PHASED ROLLOUT WITH GMP APPROVALS WITH EACH GMP, DALLAS COLLEGE AND TRINITY ALLIANCE WILL ONBOARD THE NEXT SET OF TRADE PARTNERS TO ASSESS THEIR WORKFORCE NEEDS AND ANY CHALLENGES THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
WORKFORCE TRAINING AND OUTREACH ARE SCALED TO MATCH CONSTRUCTION MILESTONES, ENSURING READINESS.
THIS THIS APPROACH PROVIDES FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENSURES EFFICIENT USE OF FUNDS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PHASED IMPLEMENTATION ALLOWS THE PROGRAM TO REMAIN ADAPTABLE TO PROJECT CHANGES.
WE WILL INITIALLY START OFF WITH THE MAJOR WORKFORCE HUB AT THE DALLAS COLLEGE CENTER AT REDBIRD, AND WE WILL HAVE A SECONDARY SITE AT ESPERANZA.
WE WILL ADD ADDITIONAL CENTERS AS WORKFORCE DEMANDS AND THE PROJECT NEEDS INCREASE.
TRINITY ALLIANCE WILL LEAD THE WORKFORCE OUTREACH EVENTS AND MANAGING ONGOING RECORD KEEPING.
WE WILL SERVE AS A CENTRAL CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE JOB SEEKERS, THE CONTRACTORS AND DALLAS COLLEGE, AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING THE WORKFORCE COORDINATION OVERSIGHT.
IT IS IMPORTANT AGAIN TO NOTE THAT THIS PLAN IS INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED TO BE SCALABLE AND ADAPTABLE.
IT'S TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE FRAMEWORK THAT COULD BE USED FOR FUTURE CITY OF DALLAS PROJECTS.
SO I THINK WE'LL NEED TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
OH, YES. I'M SORRY. YES. NEXT SLIDE. GLORIA. SO YOU'RE GOING TO COVER THAT.
NO, THAT'S. YEAH. THAT'S YOU. SO GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M GLORIA SMITH, AND I'M WITH DALLAS COLLEGE.
AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR WORKFORCE DELIVERY MODEL.
TRINITY ALLIANCE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS COLLEGE, WILL DELIVER THIS MODEL WITH TRINITY ALLIANCE REALLY ENGAGING THE EMPLOYERS, THE SUBCONTRACTORS ON THIS PROJECT. WHILE DALLAS COLLEGE WILL FOCUS ON WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHER
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RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE REGION TO OFFER EDUCATION AND TRAINING THAT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO COMPETE FOR BOTH ENTRY LEVEL OPPORTUNITIES WITH THIS PROJECT, BUT ALSO UPSKILLING AND RESKILLING OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE PROJECT.NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND SO THIS SLIDE JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE WILL LEVERAGE OUR FACILITIES ACROSS THE REGION WITH INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON THOSE FACILITIES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS. AS MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, WE WILL INITIALLY ROLL THIS PROJECT OUT AT TWO LOCATIONS, ONE AT IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND THE RED BIRD MALL DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO ONE AT A FACILITY WHERE WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY, THE ESPERANZA CENTER WHERE WE WILL BE.
AND AS WE SCALE AND ADD ADDITIONAL SITES, WE WILL ALSO BE FOCUSING ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY AS WELL AS THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY. OUR GOAL WITH THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL IN THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING THAT ALLOWS THEM TO COMPETE FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
I WANT TO PAUSE RIGHT HERE AND JUST POINT OUT THAT THIS PROGRAM REALLY HAS BEEN DESIGNED AROUND WHAT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE HERE IN DALLAS, AS WELL AS DIRECTLY FROM SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNCIL.
AND SO THE BEAUTY OF THE COLLABORATION WITH DALLAS COLLEGE IS THAT OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE CAMPUSES AND LOCATIONS THAT SPAN ACROSS THE CITY. SO WHEN THERE ARE WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES AND WE HAVE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, WE DON'T NEED TO LOOK FOR A LOCATION. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE MOMENT TO UNDERSCORE THAT THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE AND GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACH EVERYONE IN EVERY PART OF THIS CITY. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND SO WITH THIS SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY, AT A HIGH LEVEL, HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL STRATEGIC FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WILL BE EXPLORING TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS PROJECT. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS IDENTIFIED FUNDING AT THE STATE LEVEL AND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AND ALSO LEVERAGING SOME OF OUR PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC DONORS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WILL COMPETE FOR, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SEEKING CREDENTIALS SO THEY CAN COMPETE FOR THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO CONNECTING THE SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE PART OF THIS PROJECT WITH A ROBUST TALENT PIPELINE THAT CAN COMPETE FOR THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE, AS WELL AS FUTURE JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROJECTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL ALSO CREATE IN THIS AREA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THE LAST PIECE OF THIS BEFORE WE GO INTO QUESTIONS IS OUR OUR NEXT STEPS.
SO BETWEEN THE JANUARY 28TH AND THE FEBRUARY 11TH AGENDA WILL BE BRINGING THE SECOND GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU ON JANUARY 28TH, THE TEX-DOT STATE INFRASTRUCTURE SEB LOAN APPLICATION. THAT IS THE REVISION TAKING US FROM 90 MILLION TO THE 116 THAT I DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.
AND WE HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT ONE HOUR FIRST FOR PERKINS AND WILL TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT THE GREEN SPACE OVER I-30 AT LAMAR AND SOME ADDITIONAL DESIGN SCOPE FOR RELATED IMPROVEMENTS TO ABC AND OTHER SURROUNDING SITES.
I'M WAITING. ALRIGHT, THERE WE ARE. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
WE'RE ON BRIEFING ITEM B FOR THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AND FOR THE VR.
WAS REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS AND REALLY INCREDIBLE.
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A VIDEO? YES. SO WE HAVE DONE ACTIVITIES AROUND POP UPS AND WE'VE DONE WORKSHOPS, ETC.WE DID NOT WANT TO GO PUBLIC WITH ANYTHING UNTIL WE BRIEFED THIS BODY.
SO THAT IS THE REASON SOME OF OUR ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES STOPPED FOR JUST A BRIEF MOMENT WHILE WE CAME IN AND AND SHOWED THIS TO YOU FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND THAT.
I NEED TOM TO COME FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD DO ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT THAT INCLUDES SOME VIDEO, VR, ETC.. YEAH. THANK YOU. BY THE WAY, I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 13, SO.
HELLO. WE HAVE LAID OUT SEVERAL MORE ENGAGEMENT PLANS WITH THE CITY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF COMMUNICATION, SUCH AS BIRD SAFETY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT I'LL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WE ARE USING BIRD SAFE GLASS AND THANK YOU BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THAT.
YEAH. SO WE ARE TAKING PRECAUTIONS ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FORUM SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY ACCURATELY PORTRAY IT, I THINK.
UNDERSTOOD. I THINK PEOPLE HEAR THE PRICE TAG AND DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S FINANCED AND OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A BIG, A BIG PROJECT AND THEY SEE SOME PICTURES.
BUT WHEN YOU KIND OF SEE SOMETHING THAT MOVES, YOU GET A SENSE OF IT.
SO THANK YOU. I WANT TO GO BACK. SO THIS THIS HAS CHANGED.
THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED IN TERMS OF MEETING ROOMS ETC..
AND YOU TALKED ABOUT DOING CUSTOMER FEEDBACK LAST SEPTEMBER AND THAT IS SO CRITICAL.
SO A COUPLE OF I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. ONE IS CAN YOU GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF CUSTOMER FEEDBACK THAT REALLY, IS MORE THE CURRENT SPACE OF TODAY THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR TO BRING THESE BIG PIECES OF BUSINESS TO DALLAS AND THEN SOMEONE REFERENCED THAT YOU MADE IT ZERO. SOME LIKE THAT YOU COULDN'T ADD A SQUARE FOOT, YOU COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FURTHER.
IT HAD TO LIVE WITHIN THE, THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.
AND I'M WONDERING, I MEAN, IS THERE A WHAT IF IN THERE THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT.
SO WHO CAN SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT? I CAN SHARE SOME THINGS THAT WERE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE WERE LAYING OUT THE, THE MEETING ROOMS IN PARTICULAR. THE CONCENTRATION OF ALL THE MEETING ROOMS IN ONE SPACE WAS WAS INFORMED BY OUR, OUR CUSTOMER ADVISORY BOARD. ANOTHER THING WHICH IS LESS SEXY THAN THAT IS THE FACT THAT THEY CHANGED THE LOADING DOCK CONFIGURATION SUBSTANTIALLY BASED UPON THE FEEDBACK.
SO IT WAS NOT ONLY JUST THE STUFF THAT YOU CAN SEE AND TOUCH, BUT IT'S ALSO THE ACTUAL INNER WORKINGS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER BECAME SO MUCH BETTER AS A RESULT OF THIS TEAM EFFORT. OKAY. AND THEN WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU HEARD OR DID PEOPLE SHARE THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, GIVE DALLAS A DIFFERENTIATOR OVER OTHER MARKETS THAT WE SAID, NO, WE CAN'T ADD ANYTHING TO THIS.
I MEAN, I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER. THIS IS THE TIME TO CONSIDER IT. EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT CANNOT BE DONE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE ACTUAL SITE ITSELF.
SO WE HAVE 750,000FT² OF EXHIBIT SPACE. WOULD WE WANT A MILLION? ABSOLUTELY, YES. BUT THE GOOD NEWS WITH THE 750,000 IS THAT WE ARE ONLY ONE OF FIVE CITIES THAT WE COMPETE WITH THAT HAVE 750,000FT² OF CONTIGUOUS SPACE.
SO WE'RE GETTING MOST OF WHAT WE WANT. BUT MY TEAM WOULD TELL YOU THAT THEY WANT MORE.
BUT THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS MOMENT. OKAY.
AND ON WELL, I WILL SAY ON THE MEETING ROOMS, I HOPE SOMEONE BROUGHT UP THE POINT ABOUT.
I SEE HOW THEY'RE CLUSTERED TOGETHER AND HOW THERE'S A NECESSITY TO THAT.
WHEN YOU'VE GOT A CONFERENCE, YOU WANT ALL THOSE ROOMS KIND OF CLOSE, BUT IT'S SO DISTRACTING WHEN YOU'RE AT A CONFERENCE IN MUSIC OR SPEAKERS FROM OTHER ROOMS ARE THERE. IT JUST STOPS EVERYTHING AND PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION. SO I HOPE SOMEBODY THINKS ABOUT THAT IN THE COURSE OF THIS PLAN.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MONEY. ON PAGE 28, ON SUMMARY OF FUNDING, WE'VE GOT TWO THIRDS OF $1 BILLION IN A CATEGORY WITH A LIST OVER TO THE LEFT HERE, CASH ON HAND, ENERGY EFFICIENT PROGRAMS, GRANTS, BANK LOANS, ETC., NAMING RIGHTS, PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF ASSETS.
SO TELL ME ABOUT THE ASSET PROCEEDS AND WHAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE.
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AND THEN ALSO, I MEAN, AS I LOOK AT THIS 20% OF THE FINANCING, I MEAN, DO YOU DO YOU HAVE THIS BROKEN UP AMONGST THESE CATEGORIES? WE DO AND WE CAN WE CAN PROVIDE KIND OF A THEIR ESTIMATES OBVIOUSLY.WE HAVE PUSHED BACK ON ALL OTHER EXPENSES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DELIVER THIS PROJECT.
SO THAT'S THE THE LARGEST BUNDLE ALONG WITH INTEREST EARNINGS FROM SAY WE'VE PAID OFF, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE BILLION DOLLAR LOAN, WE PAID OFF THE 2023 SMALLER TRANCHE OF BONDS, $170.6 MILLION.
AND SO THERE'S INTEREST EARNING IN THAT ACCOUNT.
AND SO WE THAT'S COUNTED IN THAT CASH ON HAND AS WELL.
AND SO WE'LL THAT'S ACCOUNTING FOR THAT TOTAL.
AND SO IT'S REALLY REVENUE THAT WE EARN THROUGH THROUGH LOCAL HOT AND THROUGH EVENT REVENUE.
THAT'S OVER AND ABOVE THE INTEREST OF TIME. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AT LIKE WHAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF THIS 20%? IS THIS KIND OF SPREAD EVENLY ACROSS OR LIKE WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD NAMING RIGHTS BE OF THIS 660.
I DON'T WANT TO SET AN EXPECTATION OF WHAT THE NAMING RIGHTS MAY BE, SINCE WE HAVEN'T NEGOTIATED THOSE. EXACTLY, AND LIKEWISE FOR THE PROPERTY VALUES. BUT THE NAMING RIGHTS SHOULD BE A LARGE PERCENTAGE. OKAY, BUT WE'RE GETTING THAT INFORMATION PRETTY SOON.
HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH THAT WOULD BE? NOT OF THE BRIDGE LOAN, BUT TO DO THE REVENUE.
REVENUE BONDS. SO THAT WOULD BE WE'D HAVE TO DO IT THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2026.
SO I'LL NEED JACK TO KIND OF I'LL DO MY BEST.
JACK HERE. THE BILLION DOLLARS IS GOING TO LAST US BASICALLY THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
THE LOAN EXPIRES IN JUNE, BUT WE HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THE BILLION DOLLAR BRIDGE LOAN THROUGH DECEMBER 30TH.
I'M LOOKING AT DECEMBER 31ST SOMEWHERE IN THAT BALLPARK.
SO THAT'LL BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE TO JUST ADD MORE TIME TO SPEND THAT BILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS GOOD FOR THE CITY BECAUSE IT DELAYS WHEN WE NEED TO TAKE OUT THE BONDS AND START PAYING ON BONDS UNTIL A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.
THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL MY JACK. JACK CAN GO NOW.
YES. THAT'LL BE A DRAW ON THE BILLION DOLLARS. THAT'S A DRAW.
AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING THE OTHER HALF, PRESUMABLY IS GOING TO GET US THROUGH TO DECEMBER 31ST.
CORRECT. SO SO WE'VE GOT TO SPEND OF IF WE LOOK AT OUR OCTOBER SPEND, FOR EXAMPLE, IT WAS ABOUT $13 MILLION IN ACTUAL EXPENDITURES OUT THE DOOR IN TERMS OF COST. NOVEMBER WAS ABOUT 25, 26 MILLION.
AND SO WE'VE DONE KIND OF A DRAWER SCHEDULE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE USED TO INFORM OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS ABOUT HOW LONG WE'LL NEED TO CONTINUE AND WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO DO ANY CHANGES TO ANY OF OUR RESOLUTIONS FOR REIMBURSEMENTS, ETC.
AS WE GO ALONG. AND SO WE PROVIDED THAT TO THEM.
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. AND SO WE HAVE SOME MEETINGS PLANNED TO KIND OF COME BACK TO YOU AND INFORM YOU ABOUT WHEN WE'LL NEED TO ACTUALLY DO A REVENUE BONDING PROCESS. AND SO JACK CAN KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT.
AS YOU KNOW, LAST MAY, YOU APPROVED THE $1 BILLION BRIDGE LOAN.
AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING TO DRAW AGAINST THAT AS NEEDED AS CASH IS NEEDED.
WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD TAKE THAT OUT BY JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
BUT BASED UPON THE DRAW SCHEDULES, THE AMOUNT OF CASH THAT'S NEEDED, WE NOW BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH CASH IN THE $1 BILLION TO LAST US UNTIL THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2026, CALENDAR YEAR 26. AND SO WE WOULD BE COMING TO FINANCE COMMITTEE IN MARCH TO TALK ABOUT, RATHER THAN GOING AHEAD AND DOING A BOND SALE THIS SPRING EXTENDING THE CURRENT AGREEMENT SIX MONTHS AND THEN BEFORE DECEMBER, TAKE IT OUT WITH THE BOND SALE. SO THE REASON WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT IS JUST BECAUSE THE, THE CASH FLOW NEEDS AND WE HAVE ENOUGH CASH THROUGH THE $1 BILLION TO GET US TO THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
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AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU FOR THE BOND SALE.OKAY. SO AND YOU'RE JUST BRINGING UP IT'S ABOUT CASH FLOW.
SO THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL PRACTICE. NO. THEY DO THIS ON MUCH SMALLER BRIDGE LOAN WORKS LIKE WE USE WITH DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AVIATION AND COMMERCIAL OUR COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAMS. AND SO THIS IS BEING USED TO CASH FLOW THE PROJECT UNTIL WE NEED TO ISSUE THE REVENUE BONDS AND THE BILLION DOLLAR LOAN BRIDGE LOAN. WE KNEW LAST YEAR WAS PROBABLY MORE THAN WE NEEDED FOR THE YEAR, AND IT'S ACTUALLY ENOUGH TO GET US THROUGH 18 MONTHS RATHER THAN JUST 12 MONTHS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 43. NOW, THIS RUBRIC CONVENTION CENTER TIMELINE, RISK ANALYSIS.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS WAS DEVELOPED. AND THEN IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER WHY EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION IS DETERMINED AS HIGH RISK OR MEDIUM RISK. SURE. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
SO OUR EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDE LIKE UNION PACIFIC, TEXDOT, ETC.
SO WE DON'T ALWAYS CONTROL THEIR INTERNAL PROCESSES AND WE DON'T ALWAYS CONTROL THEIR DELIVERY.
NOW, WHAT HAS BEEN AMAZING ON THIS PROJECT IS THAT THEY'VE REALIZED IT'S A HUGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AND THEY HAVE RESPONDED QUICKER THAN I THINK THEY HAVE IN OTHER PROJECTS BEFORE.
THE REST OF THESE, THE EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION INCLUDES THIRD PARTY AGREEMENTS.
RIGHT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE NEGOTIATED WITH DART, THAT'S A THIRD PARTY NEGOTIATION.
AND SO WE HAD TO DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF THEIR BOARD AND ALL OF THAT.
SURE, I GET THAT. I JUST AS I LOOK AT THIS, I'M, I'VE HEARD CONCERN FROM COMMUNITIES WHO WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE AND WOULD LIKE MORE FREQUENT UPDATES. AND SO I REALIZE THAT WE'RE AT THE REALLY THE MOVING PIECES PART OF THIS.
SO NOW WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE IT'S GOTTA CHANGE AND GOT TO BE BETTER.
AND I THINK WHETHER THAT IS QUARTERLY, WHETHER IT'S EVERY FOUR MONTHS, WE'VE GOT A COMMUNITY THAT IS POISED TO HELP US RIGHT OUT THESE FRONT DOORS, AND WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT THEIR CUP IS FILLED WITH THE RIGHT INFORMATION SO THAT EVERYBODY STAYS SUPER MOTIVATED TO TURN THIS EVERYTHING AROUND IT INTO THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE AS WELL. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE AS PART OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT'S COMING, WHAT THAT PLAN IS AND WHO IT'S GOING TO BE WITH, SO THAT WE HAVE AMBASSADORS WHO WANT TO GO TO WORK AND FILL IN THE RETAIL, THE HOUSING, EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED AROUND THIS TO MAKE THIS INCREDIBLE FOR DOWNTOWN.
ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT. WE HAVE MESSAGED AND AND JANE HAMILTON AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN MESSAGING THAT THE ONLY REASON THERE WAS A LAG IN A LULL IS THAT WE COULD NOT GET IN FRONT OF WHAT WE WERE BRINGING TO COUNCIL, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE WE'LL GO OUT AND WE'LL MESSAGE.
I THINK WE HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING AS SOON AS FRIDAY.
SO, YEAH, AND EVEN SOMETIMES WHEN THERE'S NOTHING BIG, BRIGHT AND SHINY AND NEW TO TALK ABOUT, SOMETIMES IT'S STILL WORTH. WELL, IT IS, IT'S WORTH THE TOUCH POINT TO JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL STILL WORKING ON THIS, THAT IT'S PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE ALL THE DETAILS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT TOUCH POINT.
MY VERY LAST QUESTION IS, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THIS WONDERFUL BALLROOM ON TOP OF THIS SHOULD THERE NOT BE AN EVENT BOOKED FOR CONFERENCE THAT OUR LOCAL NON-PROFITS OR OTHERS COULD USE THAT AS FOR THEIR AMAZING GALAS AND THINGS THAT THEY DO FOR THE CITY? RENTABLE? OF COURSE. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU, MISS BLAIR. YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'M LOOKING AT PAGE FIVE AND COMPARING IT TO PAGE 23.
FOR THE FIRST PART OF MY QUESTIONS. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH.
AND I KNOW THIS IS A TEXT QUESTION. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THERE'S THE REDESIGN FROM THE BRIDGE THAT WAS JUST REMOVED WITH GRIFFITH, THAT THERE'S A NEW APPROACH TO HOW TO GET DOWNTOWN.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR, FIVE IS THE IS THE MAP.
YEAH. OKAY. AND YOU'RE ASKING ON GRIFFIN. DID SOMETHING CHANGE RIGHT ON THE WHEN YOU LOOK AT 30 AND YOU GET OFF ON GRIFFITH AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A CIRCULAR THAT GOES GRIFFITH AND MAYBE TO CADIZ AND CADIZ TO OVER TO ECKERT THAT.
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BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THERE ARE THERE ARE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING AS FAR AS THE TAX AUTHORITY.BUT I'LL LET THE BIG GUYS TALK. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHAT I KNOW AS WELL.
TEX-DOT IS RECONFIGURING THE ENTRANCES AND EXITS TO I-30.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OFFHAND. TOP OF MY HEAD.
WE DO HAVE THEIR PLANS IN EMBEDDED WITHIN ALL OF OURS.
SO YOU MIGHT BE SEEING THOSE IN THAT GRAPHIC.
AND SO WE'LL INVITE YOU TO THAT. OR IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE US TO OFFER THEM, EMAIL THEM TO US AND WE'LL ASK THEM TO ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU.
OKAY. I'M GOING TO BE REAL QUICK TO HOTEL STREET.
YOU MAY ONLY BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THROUGH BIKES AND AND OR IS IT STILL GOING TO BE A PATHWAY FOR CARS? IT'LL STILL BE A PATHWAY FOR CARS. YEP. IN ADDITION, IT WILL HAVE GREAT ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.
WHEN I LOOK AT PAGE 23 AT THE AT THE LOCATION FOR TEBOW, IT THE CONCEPTUALLY IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A DECLINE FROM THE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON AND WHERE THAT IS LOCATED.
SO IS THAT BEING DECOUPLED FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER AND, AND THE MEMORIAL ARENA AND T-BALL HAS ITS OWN SITE AND IS NO LONGER ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO THAT THAT WAS PART OF OUR SUBMISSION TO THE STATE.
IT'S A CAMPUS. AND SO AS WE DISCUSS WITH THE STATE.
WE WOULD KEEP X AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, AND THEN WE WOULD EXPAND ACROSS THE STREET.
SO THEY ARE DECOUPLED FROM THE FROM THE NEW SITE, BUT IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE IN A MASTER PLAN. OKAY. SO WHEN I'M STAYING ON PAGE 23, YOU MIGHT BE BEST TO LOOK AT THE MODEL. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT NOW OKAY.
PERFECT. BECAUSE THIS MY MY PAGE 23 IS THE SAME IS A SMALLER VERSION OF WHAT'S BACK THERE.
WHAT IS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT SEVEN. SURE.
AS WE DEVELOP THE CONVENTION CENTER AND BEGIN TO DEMOLISH, THERE ARE ABOUT 30 ACRES THAT WILL COME FREE THAT WILL BE FREED UP. AND SO OUR PLAN FROM THE CONCEPTION OF THE OF THE PROJECT AND ALL OF OUR ENGAGEMENT IN THE MASTER PLANNING PHASE, WAS THAT THE CITY WOULD ENGAGE A DEVELOPER TO DEVELOP THAT 30 ACRES.
AND THAT IS WHERE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MASTER PLAN AND SOME OF OUR INFORMATION THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE, AND WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE PROPERTY TAXES RIGHT NOW, I DON'T PAY PROPERTY TAXES ON ALL OF THAT ACREAGE ON WHICH THE CONVENTION CENTER SITS.
THE GOAL IS TO GENERATE PROPERTY TAX FOR THE CITY BY HAVING THAT AREA DEVELOPED.
SO THAT WOULD CONCEIVABLY BE HOUSING OR OR RETAIL OR COMMERCIAL.
SO AS WE WORK THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN PHASE, WE DID THREE SCENARIOS.
IT WAS A MIX OF HOUSING, RETAIL, ETC. MIXED USE.
IT WAS TOD. IT WAS, YOU KNOW JUST HOUSING WITH WITH RESTAURANTS BENEATH.
SO WE DID SEVERAL SCENARIOS JUST AS EXAMPLES, NOT AS THE CITY MAKING A DECISION BEFORE BECOMING BEFORE COMING BEFORE THIS BODY, BUT EXAMPLES OF HOW WE COULD DEVELOP IT AND GENERATE TAXES.
OKAY I'M GOOD ON TIME. WHAT IS THE MARSHALING YARD? THE MARSHALING YARD IS LIKE STAGING FOR THE TRACTOR TRAILERS THAT ARE GOING UP TO THE DOCK.
TRUCKS ARE LINED UP SOMEWHERE TRYING TO GET UP TO THE DOCK.
SO THIS IS A HOLDING PLACE FOR THEM, FOR THEM TO CHECK IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE CONVENTION CENTER KNOW THEY'RE THERE AND READY TO UNLOAD, AND THEN THEY CAN TELL THEM WHEN THEY CAN GO UP TO DOCK NUMBER 12 OR WHATEVER AND START UNLOADING.
SO THIS THIS IS CONCEIVABLY WOULD MAKE SURE THAT TRAFFIC IS OFF THE TRUCK, TRAFFIC IS OFF THE ROAD, AND IT HAS A STAGING AREA FOR THEM TO TO KNOW WHAT'S COMING IN, WHAT'S GOING OUT, WHO'S WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT.
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CORRECT. AND IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR THE TURNAROUND TIME OF GETTING EXHIBITS IN AND OUT.ALSO, I UNDERSTAND THAT YEAH. MY LAST ONE. FUTURE HIGH SPEED RAIL STATION. I NOTICED THAT THIS HAS A NEW LOCATION, SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHERE WE'VE DISCUSSED IN IN TO THIS MORNING AND IN THE FUTURE.
IS THIS A NEW PROPOSED LOCATION RIGHT OFF OF 30, OR IS THIS JUST A HOLDING SPOT? TELL ME. EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THIS IS. JUST A HOLDING SPOT.
THERE'S NO PLANS. WE DON'T MAKE DECISIONS AND WE'VE NOT TO DATE SPENT ANY OF THE FUNDS RELATIVE TO THIS PLAN ON PLANNING FOR THE HIGH SPEED RAIL. WE JUST PUT IT ON. WE WE CAN REMOVE IT.
IT'S JUST A A TAG. SO IT'S JUST A PLACEHOLDER.
A NON STATIC PLACEHOLDER. OKAY. GOT IT. CHAIRMAN WEST RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
MY QUESTIONS ARE EXCLUSIVELY LIMITED TO PAGES OR SLIDES 24 TO 26 AND SLIDE 44.
SO WE CAN JUST FOCUS ON THOSE. THIS IS THE CONNECTIVITY OF THE JEFFERSON HOUSTON VIADUCTS.
SO SLIDE 25. WE CAN PULL THAT UP. THIS SLIDE INDICATES TO ME AT LEAST THAT THE JEFFERSON BOULEVARD IS GOING TO RUN UNDERNEATH THE CONVENTION CENTER, CORRECT DIRECTLY TO MARKET STREET.
THAT'S THE PLAN, RIGHT? WHERE'S GUS? SO WE SO WHAT? WE PLAN TO WHAT WE'VE DEVELOPED. AND I'M GOING TO NEED P.W.
OR PERKINS AND WILL AND GUS TO HELP ME OPINE ON THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS TRANSPORTATION.
BUT WE'VE DEVELOPED EIGHT SCENARIOS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER AND EIGHT SEPARATE TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT LOOKED AT ALL THAT.
OUR PLAN AND WHAT WE WE SAID YESTERDAY IS THAT WE'D BRING THAT BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE SO THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING THE FINAL DECISION ON THIS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE THE BODY.
RIGHT. SO WE'VE CONSIDERED ALL OF THE MOBILITY OPTIONS THE RIDE SHARE, THE BIKERS, THE TRAFFIC, THE EXISTING TRAFFIC, ETC. AND THEN LOOKED AT COST, TIME, INTERACTION WITH UNION PACIFIC, ETC. AND THEN THE THE HISTORIC NATURE OF PORTIONS OF THE VIADUCT.
RIGHT. AND SO ALL OF THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WILL BE BACK TO YOU, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO GUS TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH WHAT WE KNOW IS THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO DO ANY OF THAT.
SO ANY CHANGE TO THE ALIGNMENT ON JEFFERSON WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT.
AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT THE FORMALLY SUBMIT THE CHANGE.
AND YOU HAVE EIGHT PLANS. I KNOW I JUST GOT ALL THE DOCUMENTS LAST NIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR CITY SECRETARY AND EVERYBODY FOR PROVIDING THOSE.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED THROUGH THEM. ARE THE EIGHT PLANS ARE THEY DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS POINT? SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, WE DID AS I SAID EARLIER, WE DID SOME PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FROM JUNE 17TH TO NOVEMBER 10TH.
WE TALKED FOR PERKINS AND WILL AND OUR CONSULTANTS AND US TALKED ABOUT MOBILITY BROADLY.
AND WE WE COMMITTED THAT WE WERE GOING TO STUDY THIS AND THEN WE'D COME BACK AND DO OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM IN ORDER TO REACH A DECISION THAT WAS THAT WAS BEST FOR THE CITY, THAT WAS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, OR IF THERE WAS AMENDMENT TO WHICH YOU ALL AGREE IS A GOOD SOLUTION FOR THE CITY, THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD DO. SO IN TERMS OF TO THE PUBLIC, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT NOT IN TERMS OF THE EIGHT SCENARIOS.
THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE WE LAST LEFT YOU.
THANK YOU. SO THE ANSWER IS RIGHT NOW, THE PUBLIC HAS NOT SEEN THE EIGHT OPTIONS, RIGHT.
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EIGHT DIFFERENT OPTIONS ARE USER ABILITY OF HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET AROUND IN THOSE PLANS.THE COST AND THEN THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE VIADUCT.
DID I MISS ANYTHING? YES. TIME AND THEN THE INTERACTION WITH UNION PACIFIC.
OKAY. HOW ARE THEY RANKED? IS THERE A RANKING SYSTEM OR IS THAT SOMEWHERE THAT I CAN USE THAT AT THE USERS AT THE TOP? AND THEN IN MY MIND, ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE KIND OF LINED UP NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
BUT THEN IN TERMS OF TIME LOST THE LANDMARK AND HISTORIC NATURE.
IF I MAY ADD ALSO, THERE ARE SOME ALSO FACTORS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS AS PART OF THE THOROUGHFARE AMENDMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE CONNECTIVITY IMPACT ON CONNECTIVITY AND REDUNDANCY.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S LET'S ACTUALLY THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE.
AND THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION, AT LEAST IN THIS ONE OF EIGHT PLANS, TO SWITCH JEFFERSON TO A TWO WAY CAR TRAFFIC ONLY, HOUSTON TO A STREETCAR AND GREENWAY ONLY GREENWAY MEANING BIKE, PEDESTRIAN ONLY.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATH WILL CONTINUE FROM THE HOUSTON STREET VIADUCT DOWN HOUSTON STREET, ALL THE WAY PAST THE CONVENTION CENTER TO YONGE STREET? YEAH. SO THE, THE DESIGNATION OF SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THE DETAILS IN ALL EIGHT PLANS.
YES. THERE WILL BE A CONNECTION OF THAT GREENWAY TO UNION STATION FROM THE HOUSTON VIADUCT.
IN ALL EIGHT PLANS, HOWEVER, THE ALIGNMENT IS WHAT MIGHT CHANGE.
SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE DETAILS. HOW HOW CAN THE ALIGNMENT CHANGE? SO THE ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS TO SEE IF WE COULD, WITH THAT MOBILITY HUB, TO HAVE TRAFFIC GO THROUGH THERE. RIGHT. SO IF BIKING ETC..
SO WHERE HOTEL STREET, I BELIEVE IT'S HOTEL STREET IS THE ONE WHERE BIKERS ARE GOING ALONG.
NOW THEY WOULD BE PERPENDICULAR, THEY WOULD BE ALONG LAMAR.
AND SO THE BIKE LANE WOULD BE ALONG LAMAR RATHER THAN.
SO IT WOULD BE A PERPENDICULAR STREET, ONE STREET OVER.
AND ONE POINT I WANTED TO CLARIFY IS THAT IT IS IT IS THE CITY'S PLANS, EVEN INDEPENDENT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, AS I THINK YOU MAY KNOW, TO CONVERT THE HOUSTON VIADUCT INTO A PED BIKE STREETCAR ONLY THOROUGHFARE AND CONVERT OR LEAVE JEFFERSON IN THE FUTURE AS A TWO WAY HIGHWAY THOROUGHFARE. SO THAT'S THE FUTURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT THAT PLAN INTO THE FUTURE WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER. MY CONCERN IS I'M NOT I PROBABLY NEED TO SEE A VISUAL HERE, WHICH I HAVEN'T YET, BUT IS IF I'M ON A BIKE, IF I'M A PEDESTRIAN, I HAVE THIS GREAT EXIT FROM OAK CLIFF ALL THE WAY TO SOUNDS LIKE THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND THEN WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I MEAN, COULD I BE SHUTTLED DOWN SEVERAL STORIES UNDER THE CONVENTION CENTER, DOWN WHERE THE CARS ARE PARKED? LIKE WHAT HAPPENS TO ME AS I GET TO THE CONVENTION CENTER? SO THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE SEVERAL DESIGN OPTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT THE MOMENT.
AND THERE ARE CERTAIN PRINCIPLES OR GOALS THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO.
ANOTHER IS THAT THERE'S A DIRECT CONNECTION OF THE OF THE JEFFERSON VIADUCT INTO DOWNTOWN.
SO THESE THESE BIG GOALS WILL BE PART OF THAT, THE DESIGN OF HOW WE GET THERE.
I WISH WE COULD CONVEY TODAY, BUT WE WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THOSE OPTIONS.
I THOUGHT WE WERE IN 100% DESIGN PHASE. DIDN'T WE PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THAT? WE'RE 100% DESIGN SCHEMATIC FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER.
AS OF MAY 21ST. AND SO THAT'S THE CONVENTION CENTER PLAN.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THE HOW THE STREETS GO AROUND IT.
NOW, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE IN IN PAST BRIEFINGS, WE HAVE A TON OF STREETS AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT WERE TIED TO, AS YOU'RE AWARE TIED TO THE OLD REUNION ARENA.
THEY WERE BASICALLY STREETS TO NOWHERE THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO RETOOL ANYWAY.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH GUS AND HIS TEAM AND A CADRE OF OF CONSULTANTS.
I THINK JUST TWO MONTHS AGO, WE ENGAGED HNTB AND GRESHAM SMITH TO HELP US LOOK AT SOME OF THAT.
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AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO BRING IT TO YOU.I KNOW THAT THIS IS A PARTICULAR CONCERN OF YOURS AND LET YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND PRIOR TO TO DOING THE BRIEFING, IF YOU'RE AMENABLE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN HAVE ONE DONE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE OTHER PART OF IT, THE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE HEIGHT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER MIGHT DICTATE THE SLOPE OF, OF THE ROADWAY GOING UNDERNEATH IT, OR THE HOW YOUR BIKE LANES ARE GOING TO BE COMING DOWN BY IT.
SO HOW CAN WE BE DONE WITH ONE BUT NOT THE OTHER? WELL, I THINK SO. WHEN WE SAY 100% DESIGN, WE'RE WE SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
THERE'S THE NEXT PHASE IS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT WHICH WE ARE IN.
AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IS WHERE YOU TAKE THAT SCHEME AND REFINE IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING CURRENTLY ALL THE THE FROM A MOBILITY STANDPOINT, THE BICYCLE, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THE GRADE OF THAT IT WILL BE A 5% MAXIMUM I BELIEVE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO IT WON'T BE A SUPER STEEP SLOPE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THE NEXT STAGE AFTER THAT IS CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
AND THEN IN THIS PROJECT IS A LITTLE UNIQUE IN THAT IT'S MOVING QUICKLY.
AND WE ARE ISSUING SOME CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE DOING OTHER SCHEMATIC DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS.
SO SO I THINK CAN YOU GIVE COLOR FOR HIM TO, FOR COUNCILMAN, FOR THE 5% GRADE THAT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH ADA, ETC.? AND SO YOU'VE TAKEN THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IN ALL EIGHT SCENARIOS.
YES. YEAH. IT IS. YES. THAT IS ACCURATE. YEAH.
SO IT'S 5% GRADE CHANGE IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE CONFIGURED FOR ANY BIKE LANE OR PEDESTRIAN.
THAT IS A MAXIMUM, RIGHT? THAT'S A MAXIMUM. HOW DO YOU GET TO THAT WITH HOUSTON TO HOTEL STREET? BECAUSE THAT'S A MASSIVE DROP FROM WHAT I, I MEAN, I GO ACROSS THAT BRIDGE A FEW TIMES A WEEK.
SO HOW DO YOU GET TO THAT? YEAH. SO AT LEAST THE ONE THAT WE DESCRIBED TODAY IS, IS BRINGING THE GREENWAY THROUGH THE CONVENTION CENTER, IN ADDITION TO A LINK THAT WOULD SEPARATELY GO TO UNION STATION.
THAT ONE THAT WOULD GO SOUTH ON HOTEL AND THROUGH THE CONVENTION CENTER.
WE'RE CURRENTLY CONCEIVING AS A DOWN RAMP THAT WOULD BEGIN JUST ABOVE HOTEL STREET.
AND BASICALLY YOU WOULD HAVE A DOUBLE HELIX LOOP THAT WOULD BRING YOU DOWN TO TO HOTEL STREET AT THAT POINT AND THEN PROVIDE ACCESS INTO THE CONVENTION CENTER. SO IF YOU'RE A CYCLIST OR PEDESTRIAN, YOU'VE GOT TO GO DOWN ONE OF THOSE SPIRALS YOU DO TO GET.
YES. YEP. THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE. THERE'S A BIG HEIGHT DIFFERENCE AS YOU KNOW.
YES. OKAY. BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY OPTION TO GET INTO DOWNTOWN.
YOU COULD ALSO GO STRAIGHT ON HOUSTON STREET.
WE'RE NOT CUTTING THAT OFF. RIGHT. SO THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPTION TO GET TO TO UNION STATION.
AND ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER DESIGN OPTIONS AS WELL.
ONE OPTION IS THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT, BUT THERE'S OTHER DESIGN OPTIONS.
WHAT ARE THOSE OTHER DESIGN OPTIONS. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LET ME ACTUALLY LET ME BE CLEAR I CAN IS THERE A SCENARIO WHERE WE CUT OFF PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS AT THE HOTEL STREET EXIT, AND IT'S LIMITED FOR CARS ONLY ON THE HOUSTON STREET VIADUCT? THERE IS NO SCENARIO IN WHICH PEDESTRIANS ARE CUT OFF.
IN ALL SCENARIOS, PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS WILL BE ABLE TO DIRECTLY ACCESS UNION STATION.
OKAY, WELL, I THINK I CUT YOU OFF. JACK, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? I WAS GOING TO SAY WE'RE WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AND WE HAVE WAYS OF GETTING TO WHAT WE THINK YOU WANT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. ONE ON ONE SHOWING ALL THE OPTIONS.
I JUST I'M NOT THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO DO IT.
AND SOME ARE GOING TO AT THE END OF THE DAY, SOMETHING'S GOING TO STAND OUT. OKAY.
WELL, THIS HAS BEEN THE ONE THING I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR YEARS NOW IS.
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THE CLOSEST ACCESS THAT DOWNTOWN HAS TO LARGE PARKS AND TRAILS AND PLACES TO RIDE BIKES IS NORTH OAK CLIFF.THE TRINITY RIVER, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE. SO, CHAD, I'M A I'M A WALKER AND A BIKE RIDER.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I KNOW YOU ARE.
SO WE KEEP THAT IN MIND. MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND.
AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WEST, FOR THE DETAILED MEMORANDUM ALSO THAT WE RECEIVED ABOUT THIS, I THINK I THINK THE TEAM HAS BASED ON WHERE WE ARE TODAY, I THINK WE'VE EXPRESSED THE NEED TO CONTINUE THE WORK AND THAT WE'RE NOT DONE.
AND I THINK HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, DO THOSE ISSUES.
IF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO SEE MORE ABOUT THAT PLANNING, THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITH YOU, AND THEN WE CAN ALSO COME BACK ONCE WE'VE GATHERED ALL THAT INPUT.
AND THIS TEAM HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS ALL THE CONCERNS AND THEN SHARE AT THAT POINT, I THINK, WHERE WE ARE. BUT AS OF TODAY, I THINK THE PURPOSE OF TODAY WAS REALLY TRYING TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ACTUAL DESIGN OF THE FACILITY ITSELF AND THEN ALL THOSE OTHER PIECES. WE KNOW WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK.
I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME REAL GOOD DIRECTION AND FEEDBACK ALSO AT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE YESTERDAY, CHAIR RIDLEY MADE SURE THAT WE HEARD ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL CONCERNS THAT YOU HAD ALSO EXPRESSED TO HIM.
SO WE HEAR YOU AND WE DO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE YOU THIS AFTERNOON FOR FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.
I'LL LAST QUESTION. THOROUGHFARE AMENDMENTS. WHERE CAN WE GET A LIST OF ALL THE THOROUGHFARE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE FILED? GUS, SO WE HAVE RECEIVED THE INITIAL FOLDER, IF YOU WILL.
THAT INCLUDES THE DESIRED CHANGES TO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN DISCUSSION WITH ROSA AND THE TEAM.
TO SEE BASICALLY, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH, BECAUSE THERE IS THE PROCEDURE OF AS SOON AS WE ARE FORMALLY IN THE THOROUGHFARE AMENDMENT REQUEST THAT THE FORMS ARE IN, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO CONTACT OUR STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE FOR OPINION AND INPUT ONTO THESE ON THESE CHANGES.
SO LIKE I SAID, WE JUST RECEIVED IT AND WE'RE IN FINAL DISCUSSION ON WHICH ONES WILL PROCEED FIRST AND REQUEST TO YOU, DIRECTOR, IS THAT WE ADD ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE BIKE PLAN ALSO TO THE, TO THIS TRACKING SPREADSHEET BECAUSE WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO AMEND THAT AS WELL.
CORRECT. OKAY. WELL, CAN WE DO THAT. YEAH. I MEAN IT WILL BE PART OF THE AMENDMENT AND I WILL MAKE A IF I MAY MAKE ALSO A POINT IS THE FACT THAT ANY DESIGN THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ROSAS TEAM, IT MEETS THE ADA REQUIREMENTS AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE STANDARDS.
SO SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS TAKING PLACE REGARDLESS OF WHAT OPTION IS BEING SELECTED.
GREAT. SO WE WILL SEE ON THE TRACKING SHEET THE AMENDMENTS TO THE BIKE PLAN.
DEFINITELY THIS ITEM WILL BE INCLUDED. GREAT.
THANK YOU. MR. ROTH, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. ON THE PERMITTING PROCESS HOW ARE HOW ARE WE STAFFED TO EXPEDITE AND TO FACILITATE PERMITTING? DO WE HAVE A DEDICATED DO WE HAVE DEDICATED PEOPLE? DO WE HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING INSPECTIONS AND PERMITS IN A TIMELY MANNER? YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND I'LL ASK IF EITHER EMILY OR ONE OF HER TEAM MEMBERS COULD COME UP AND GIVE SOME COLOR TO THE ORIENTATION OF THE TEAM.
BUT BACK IN 2020, WE WHEN WE STARTED DOWN THIS ROAD, WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ADD MONEY TO THAT DIVISION AND THAT DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE PERMITS THAT WOULD BE COMING THROUGH.
AND SO AS PART OF OUR BUDGET, WE ALLOCATED FUNDS TO PAY FOR AN EXPEDITION TEAM ON THE IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE AND PROVIDED TO US.
THEIR TEAM MEETS WITH US EVERY FRIDAY AND THEN EVERY TUESDAY WITH SPECIFIC COMPONENTS OF THE MASTER PLAN TO DISCUSS HOW THE PERMITS WILL FLOW THROUGH. DURING THOSE MEETINGS, THEY DISCUSS ANY CONCERNS, ANY ISSUES, ANY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE ON THE CITY SIDE OR AS THE LARGER PROJECT TEAM SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THE PERMITS THROUGH WITHOUT WITHOUT ISSUE. WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN JOE Q PUBLIC WOULD DO IN THE SUBMISSION.
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TUESDAY AND THOSE FRIDAY MEETINGS THAT WE ARE NOT TO HOLD UP.AND I SEE LEO THERE. SHE CAN EXPLAIN KIND OF THE ORIENTATION OF THE TEAM.
HER TEAM IS AMAZING, AND THEY HAVE GIVEN US A, A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF THE THINGS IN PERMITTING THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO DELIVER. THEY HAVE DONE PLANNING WITH US. THEY HAVE DONE PERMITTING, THEY HAVE DONE FIRE CODE, EVERYTHING. AND SO IF YOU WILL EXPLAIN THE ORIENTATION OF YOUR TEAM DEFINITELY.
IF YOU HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM, TURN IT ON. GOOD AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM JUST FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO BASICALLY WE HAVE PRE-SUBMITTED MEETING BEFORE EVERY SUBMITTAL.
THEN WE BASICALLY EXPEDITE EVERY REVIEW AND MONITOR EVERY SUBMITTAL.
SO EVERYTHING IS BASICALLY LESS THAN A WEEK. IT'S COMPLETED IN A REVIEW.
WE CATCH EVERYTHING. WE HAVE A SPECIFIC REVIEWERS FROM EACH TRAY THERE ARE DEDICATED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING FROM EACH TRADE BASICALLY GOES TO THAT SPECIFIC REVIEWER. AND BASICALLY THAT'S TO HELP THEY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
IT'S NOT GOING IT DOESN'T GO AROUND. IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE REVIEWERS.
SO AND BASICALLY THAT HELPS TO EXPEDITE THE PROJECT TO REVIEW.
THEY ARE FAMILIAR. THEY ARE ATTENDING WITH EVERY MEETING.
WE HAVE BIWEEKLY MEETING FOR THE FOR ALL THE COMPONENTS.
WE HAVE BIWEEKLY MEETING FOR FIFA. WE HAVE BIWEEKLY MEETING.
WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETING FOR FIRE, THE FIRE AND SAFETY.
SO BASICALLY WE ARE INVOLVED WITH EVERY PART IN DURING THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
SO THAT'S WHY EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT EXACTLY CHANGED.
AND NOTHING THERE IS NO SURPRISES FOR US. SO WHEN IT COMES WE REVIEW EVERYTHING THE SAME DAY WE CONTACT BY PHONE, EMAIL, OR BASICALLY WITH THE DESIGNER, WITH THE TEAM.
AND WE NEED TO TO FACILITATE IT AS BEST WE CAN.
MY NEXT QUESTION IS ON THE FUNDING PAYMENTS AND THE BOND FINANCING.
THE BILLION DOLLARS THAT WE DID, THE BRIDGE LOAN THAT CAME FROM THAT CAME FROM CITY FUNDS.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S NOT CORRECT. WHERE DID THE FUNDS COME FROM SO WELL? CONVENTION CENTER FUNDS ARE CITY FUNDS, BUT WE ARE AN ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO OUR FUNDS ARE FUNDED BY FIRST THAT PROJECT FINANCING ZONE THAT I CAN SIT SEPARATELY AND EXPLAIN OUR ISSUES TO ORIENT YOU ON THAT. AND THEN THE, THE SECOND IS THE BRAMMER BILL THAT PASSED.
WE GET THE STATE PORTION OF THAT. AND BECAUSE WE SUBMITTED THAT APPLICATION DURING COVID IT'S A IT'S AN EXPONENTIALLY LARGER THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BECAUSE THEIR COLLECTIONS WERE LOWER DURING THAT TIME AND WE GET THE INCREMENT.
SO WE HAD THE BILLION DOLLARS IN DIFFERENT POTS.
NO, THE BILLION DOLLARS IS A CONSTRUCTION LOAN.
AND SO WE DRAW WHAT WE NEED. AND SO WHAT WAS IMPORTANT ABOUT WHAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER IS THAT AS WE ACTUALIZE THE PAYMENTS, WE'RE NOT DRAWING DOWN THE WHOLE 253 MILLION THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU AS GNP ONE.
SO TYPICALLY THE DRAWDOWNS ARE COMING QUARTERLY.
MONTHLY. HOW OFTEN ARE YOU DOING THAT. SO WE DID ONE INITIAL DRAW.
THAT DRAW PAID OFF THE $170 MILLION INITIAL 23 BONDS IT PAID, THE ISSUANCE COST.
IT PAID OUR OSSIP, WHICH WE BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BODY, I BELIEVE IT WAS QUOTED AT 80.
I THINK WE PAID 57. SO WE HAD SOME BANDWIDTH TO THEN PAY THE FIRST INVOICE FOR TRINITY.
AND NOW WE WILL BE DOING A MONTHLY DRAW. SO IT'S A MONTHLY DRAW.
AND THE AND TO FACILITATE THAT DRAW, THEY HAVE TO PRESENT CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
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THEY HAVE TO THEY HAVE LEAN WAIVERS. THEY HAVE A WHOLE PROCESS OF, OF OF DOCUMENTING THE DRAW.IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SO WE HAVE AN INTERNAL PROCESS THAT WE BUILT FOR THAT.
AND THEY LOOKED AT OUR PROCESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WOULD PASS MUSTER.
AND AT THAT POINT, WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT TO TO GO ON A BOND TO GET A BOND FINANCING.
AND THE POTENTIAL BOND FINANCING ESTIMATED NOW IS 2.25 BILLION.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AND SO I DO WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
THE BRIDGE LOAN. THE $1 BILLION BRIDGE LOAN IS PROVIDED BY JP MORGAN CHASE.
AND IT'S BACKED BY THE PFC, THE BREMER AND THE LOCAL HOT.
AND ONCE WE HAVE USED THOSE FUNDS AND DRAWN DOWN AGAINST THAT LINE OF CREDIT, IF YOU WILL, THEN WE WILL HAVE A REVENUE BOND SALE. WE WILL TAKE OUT THE BRIDGE LOAN AS WELL AS HAVE A NEW MONEY ISSUANCE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WE NEED BEYOND THE $1 BILLION. SO WE'LL PAY BACK. IT'S WITH JP MORGAN CHASE.
YEAH. WE'LL PAY BACK THE JP MORGAN BILL. YES, SIR.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE 2.25 BILLION, IS THAT HAS THAT BEEN AN UNDERWRITTEN HAS THAT BEEN AN AMOUNT THAT YOU ALL HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT? IT'S BEEN UNDERWRITTEN. IS THERE A AN ECONOMIC REASON THAT IT'S AT THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE? AND WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THE 600 MILLION THAT'S EXTRA.
250. SO ARE YOU REFERRING TO WHAT WE HAVEN'T DRAWN AGAINST THE BRIDGE LOAN AT THIS POINT IN TIME OR.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ESTIMATED FUNDING OF THE OF THE TOTAL PROJECT.
YOU GO AHEAD BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE, SIR. SO I THINK I'M GOING TO ASK EITHER STEPHEN OR STEPHEN, STEVE JOHNSON OR. NO. AND ALSO TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN HOW WE WILL DO THAT.
WE DID SEVERAL STUDIES THROUGH HBS. THEY ARE A A FINANCIAL COMPANY THAT DOES FORECASTS FOR US.
AND SO THEY FORECASTED OUR COLLECTIONS OF PFC HOT AND THE 2% BRIMER AND USE THOSE TO COME UP WITH THE AMOUNT THAT WE CAN BORROW AT, I BELIEVE, A 1.5%. YEAH.
THANK YOU ROSA. STEVE JOHNSON WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES CO, FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO THE CITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT, WE'VE HAD A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF HVS CONDUCT A HOTEL TAX REVENUE STUDY, BOTH ON THE PFC AND THE PRIMER AND THE THE CHAPTER 351 HOT.
WE DON'T WANT TO SELL JUNK BONDS PER SE. SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE LEVERAGE THOSE CASH FLOWS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO THE RATING AGENCY CRITERIA TO GENERATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BASED ON CURRENT INTEREST RATES. IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN RAISE ABOUT 2.2 BILLION WITH THOSE CASH FLOWS THAT ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
NOW, IF PROJECTIONS CONTINUE AS THEY ARE, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL SURPLUS WHICH CAN EITHER BE USED TO PUT BACK INTO THE CONVENTION CENTER FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, PAY BONDS EARLY YOU KNOW, FUND ADDITIONAL PORTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I'M NOT SAYING IN A BAD WAY, BUT THAT IF WE CAN BORROW AT CHEAPER RENTS, CHEAPER INTEREST RATES, AND IF THE UNDERWRITING JUSTIFIES IT, NOT SAYING TO OVERLEVERAGE, BUT THAT THAT NUMBER, THAT 2.2 BILLION IS STILL IN PLAY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU'LL MAKE A DETERMINATION OF THAT VERSUS CREDIT VERSUS INTEREST RATES VERSUS THE PROJECTED REVENUES, ETC.. SO THAT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. YES.
WHO IS WHO'S WHO DESIGNED HOW WHO'S DESIGNING THE DART STATION.
IS THAT PART OF, OF THE, OF OUR DESIGN. IS THAT A DART REQUIREMENT? WELL, AMPLIFY IS DOING ALL THE AREA AROUND THE DART STATION ITSELF, BUT SO FAR, THERE'S NOT SOMEONE HIRED FOR THE DART STATION, AS WE UNDERSTAND THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE PLATFORM AND POWER AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF OUR CONTRACT AT THE TIME.
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THAT'S A SUPER IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT, AND I'LL LET RESPOND TO THE REST.THANK YOU, ROSA, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, DART DOES HAVE PLANS TO TO DO SOME PLATFORM WORK AT THE STATION.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONTINUED DIALOG WITH THEM ABOUT HOW IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THEIR IMPROVEMENTS WILL INTEGRATE SEAMLESSLY SO THAT WHEN THE CONVENTION CENTER OPENS AND WE HAVE A DART STATION THAT'S IN LINE WITH ALL OF THAT MODERNIZATION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THAT THAT'S THE THAT SHOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE SHOWPLACE QUALITY STATION.
INTERNATIONALLY, EVERY MAJOR VENUE ENTRANCE IS SIGNIFICANT.
ON THE WORKFORCE PROGRAM. WHEN IS THAT? THOSE TWO OPENINGS GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT ESPERANZA AND REDBIRD? JANE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO ESPERANZA IS OPERATIONAL TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
AND I AM BEING TOLD THAT THERE'S JUST SOME MINOR CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
BUT ONCE WE EXECUTE THAT LEASE, WE ANTICIPATE ROLLOUT IN EARLY SPRING FOR THAT LOCATION.
THAT'S GREAT. IS WITH REGARD TO THE DESIGN ON THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COVERED IN THE INITIAL MASTER PLAN WAS IN ORDER TO GENERATE THE TYPE OF REVENUE THAT A CITY OF THIS SIZE DESERVES TO BE GENERATING. WE NEEDED A TWO PISTON ENGINE.
AND SO THE ORIENTATION OF THE CURRENT CONVENTION CENTER, THERE WAS LAPSES OF DAYS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DARK DAYS BECAUSE IT TOOK ONE LARGE CONVENTION MUCH LONGER TO MOVE OUT.
AND SO WE COULD ONLY HOST A SMALLER CONVENTION NEXT TO IT.
THIS ONE IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW FOR LARGER CONVENTIONS TO MOVE OUT AND END IN A SHORTER TIME FRAME AND BE ABLE TO HOST THE LARGER NUMBERS THAT VISIT DALLAS HAS SPOKEN ABOUT, AND THAT AMPLIFY DALLAS IS PLANNED FOR, SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE AS MANY DEAD DAYS.
CORRECT. DEAD DAYS ARE A LOSS OF REVENUE. THE THAT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE.
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. MR. BLACKMON RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR COMING IN TODAY. SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
BUT I REALLY ENJOYED HOW YOUR CONVENTION CENTER INTERACTED WITH THE HOTEL, WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY IN THE CONNECTIONS AND THE OPEN SPACE. CAN YOU DO A QUICK COMPARISON? BUT WHAT WE HAVE HERE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE TAKING THE SAME COMPONENTS OF WHAT YOU DID IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND TRYING TO BRING IT HERE.
IS THAT FAIR? YEAH. IT'S FAIR. WE EVERY TIME YOU YOU CAN'T DUPLICATE IT BECAUSE IT'S ON A WATERWAY.
BUT YOU KNOW. YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENCES.
BUT YOU'RE BUILDING SOMETHING FOR THE VISITORS. AND SO HERE REALLY, IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S WE HAVE TO DO THE BUILDING RIGHT. BUT IT'S REALLY THE EXPERIENCES AFTER THE BUILDING.
AND SO IN FLORIDA, IT'S, IT'S JUST GOT 100 ROOM HOTEL ATTACHED TO IT, BUT IT'S A MUCH SMALLER CONVENTION CENTER, PROBABLY HALF THE SIZE. IT'S IT'S GOOD FOR ONE BIG CONVENTION AT A TIME, NOT TWO LIKE WE ARE, BUT HERE WE PROBABLY NEED TO CONNECT AT THE END.
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AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING, UPGRADING THE THE HYATT HOPEFULLY.OR, YOU KNOW, 3000 ROOMS WOULD GET YOU THERE.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A WAY TO CORRECT, I THINK.
WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? JUST SO BASICALLY LOOKING AT THE ELEMENTS, WHICH KIND OF GOES INTO MY NEXT QUESTION, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE'RE DOING IT, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME TYPE OF MENTALITY.
BUT YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT WE MAY BE BEHIND THAT IN OUR CAPACITY FOR ROOMS. DO WE HAVE PLANS FOR THAT? BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO THAT IS MY QUESTION IS IF WE ARE BUILDING IT AND WE DO PLAN FOR THEM TO COME, ARE WE WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL ROOMS? YEAH. SO IT'S ONE STEP AT A TIME. AND PEOPLE FIRST HAVE TO BELIEVE YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF NOISE. I GOT A CALL JUST IN THE LAST FEW DAYS SAYING, ARE YOU GUYS STOPPED ON THE CONVENTION CENTER? I SAID, NO, WE'RE DOING LOTS. AND I THINK THE FEELING OF SOME PEOPLE, THEY DON'T SEE IT, SO IT MUST NOT BE TRUE.
BUT THAT'S EVEN BIGGER FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T HERE IN THE ROOM.
AND SO THE HOTELIERS ARE STARTING TO BELIEVE IT'S REAL.
AND WE DO HAVE A SCARCITY OF HAS SITES AROUND IT.
THERE'S PROBABLY ONLY THREE OR MAYBE FOUR SITES WHERE YOU COULD DO HOTELS LIKE THIS.
SO THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE INVOLVED ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LINE UP PRETTY QUICKLY.
BUT FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER TO BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL, THE MORE THOSE BIG HOTELS YOU CAN HAVE, THE BETTER. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, BUT. WELL, YOU ARE, BECAUSE I'M ASKING LIKE, WE HAVE THIS OTHER OPPORTUNITY GREEN SPACE RIGHT HERE.
AND WAS IT 30 ACRES? REFRESH MY MEMORY. OR HAS IT BEEN WITH ALL THE VALUE? WITH WHAT IS THE CAPACITY NOW? SO IT'S IT'S 30 ACRES IN LAND, PERIOD.
THAT WILL BE FREED UP. WE'VE DONE STUDIES WHERE IT'S 27 ACRES THAT ARE DEVELOPABLE.
BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU PUT ON THOSE OTHER THREE.
RIGHT. HOW YOU PLAN IT. SO THAT IS STILL 30 ACRES NO MATTER WHAT.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR WITH SINCE WE'VE SEEN YOU, THAT'S BASICALLY STAYED.
AND SO YOU DID ADD 20FT², 20,000FT² OF RETAIL SPACE FROM THE LAST TIME.
WAS THAT BASED? WHY? SO IT WAS IT WAS IN THE PROGRAM.
AND TRUST ME, IT WAS IT WAS AN UGLY EIGHT, NINE MONTHS OF PUSHING THE RIGHT DECISIONS OUT.
YOU HAVE TO AND IT WAS RIGHT BACK IN RIGHT AFTER.
BUT I THINK IT, IT WAS SHOWN FOR A MINUTE WITHOUT IT.
SO I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT HOTEL.
AND THEIR OCCUPANCY IS BEYOND THAT. SO IT'S IT'S A HUGE WINNER.
THAT'S PROBABLY RIGHT. SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO AN EVEN BIGGER, BETTER JOB HERE.
LIKE, REALLY QUITE BEYOND. THAT'S EXCITING TO HEAR.
AND SO IS OUR MAX BUDGET STILL AT 3.5 BILLION.
IS THAT OUR CEILING? IS THAT I KNOW THAT WE'VE COME DOWN TO A NEW RANGE.
I'VE SIGNED DOCUMENTS. I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING YET.
QUESTION. OKAY, I'M JOKING AGAIN. GUYS. I JOKE A LOT.
I WOULD JUST SAY WHAT IS OUR CEILING AMOUNT? SO WITH THE WITH THE SOFT COST.
33.5 IS OUR IS OUR CEILING ON THE ON THE BUILDING STILL OUR CEILING.
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AND I GET THAT. I MEAN I WANT TO ANSWER A LITTLE FULLER IN THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTION BUDGETS, THEN YOU GOT A LITTLE THING LIKE F.F.A. YOU GOT IT IN, YOU GOT INTEREST DURING CONSTRUCTION.SO THERE'S OTHER VARIABLES THAT YOU DON'T CONTROL.
I THINK THIS ISN'T LIKE A ONE ANSWER QUESTION.
RIGHT. BUT I'M JUST WONDERING. I'M JUST GETTING A FEEL OF WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WHERE WE STARTED, WHERE WE CAME IN MAY, WHERE WE ARE NOW JUST AS EXPECTATIONS.
IT'S ALL JUST TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS. BUT I KNOW THERE'S FLUCTUATIONS IN THAT PRICE.
YOU KNOW TARIFFS IT COULD BE ANYTHING RIGHT. I MEAN I SAW THE THE THE THREATS.
SO THEN WE'RE ABOUT TO DO, I GUESS A GMP ONE.
REFRESH MY MEMORY. WHAT HOW MUCH WAS THAT? SO GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE ONE WAS LIKE 253.2 MILLION.
OKAY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A SECOND ONE.
AT WHAT? YEAH. A GMP TWO THAT WILL DO AT 700.
SO IT'S THE REMAINDER OF THIS. IT'S, IT'LL BE AT THE REMAINDER OF WHAT, 747 LEFT AT THE IT'LL BE BROKEN IN TWO. SO IT'LL BE 500 FOR ONE AND THEN WE'LL BREAK IT UP INTO A SUPPLEMENT.
SO YOU TALKED ABOUT A SIB LOAN APPLICATION BUT I DIDN'T.
WHERE IN THE DOCUMENT IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO NEXT WEEK I THINK.
AND I WAS GOING BACK TO IT, I MEAN AND I COULDN'T FIND IT.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO NEXT WEEK.
SO IF YOU COULD COME AND KIND OF EXPLAIN THE SIB PROCESS.
NOW I CAN HUSTLE WITH ESTRADA HINOJOSA AND WE'RE ONE OF THE CO FINANCIAL ADVISORS.
THE SIB LOAN IS BASICALLY A PROGRAM THAT TAKES THAT OFFERS THAT PRETTY MUCH GOES IN LINE WITH WHAT MR. ROTH WAS SAYING EARLIER. HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE THAT SURPLUS THAT IS NOT MONETIZED RIGHT NOW FROM THE HBS STUDY.
SO OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO COME UP WITH A LOAN FROM THE CITY TO TEX-DOT TO JUST DO THAT, MONETIZE THAT SURPLUS IN THE FORM OF ABOUT $160 MILLION, WHICH IS WHAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AT TEX-DOT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I DID NOTICE THAT WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF PARKING AROUND, OR MAYBE I AND I KNOW THAT IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW I GUESS ON PAGE TEN AND WE THEN GO INTO THE SLOTS, IS THAT ALSO GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO VERTICAL AS IF WE NEED THE REAL ESTATE AROUND IT AND DO A PARKING GARAGE EVENTUALLY? I'M TRYING TO THINK. I THINK EACH EACH PARKING SITE IS UNIQUE AND SOME ALLOW FOR VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION AND OTHERS WOULD NOT.
OKAY, THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER. SO IT'LL BE AS AS AS AS NEEDED, RIGHT? BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NEXT TO IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF GRAY.
YOU SEE ALL OF THAT GRAY? I GUESS TO THE SOUTH OF IT OR NO, TO THE SOUTHEAST.
OKAY. THIS IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE BUILDING FROM A PLAN VIEW FROM ABOVE.
YEAH, THAT'S THE SOUTH LAMAR SITE PLAN. SO THIS IS SO THE PARKING YOU SEE THERE IS IS PARKING ENVISIONED FOR INSIDE THE BUILDING? OH, OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. BACK ON SLIDE 42, AND YOU KIND OF GIVE A MILESTONES, AND I GUESS I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF TIME. I'LL COME BACK THE NEXT ONE. OH, YEAH.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. MISS CADENA, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
YES. THANK YOU, ROSA, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. AND JACK, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO IN THE CURRENT BUILDING THERE'S MOSAIC ART WITH LOCAL LEADERS NAMES.
WHAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THOSE PIECES OF ART.
SO THAT IS PART OF WHAT PEOPLE COULDN'T SEE AS WE WERE DOING WORK.
SO WE ENGAGED PHOENIX ONE TO WORK WITH THE TEAM TO REMOVE THAT ART.
I BELIEVE THERE IS ONLY ONE SMALL PIECE OF ART THAT COULD NOT BE DELIVERED, BUT WORKED IN COORDINATION WITH THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND THEIR PRESERVATIONISTS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS REMOVED AND STORED.
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OTHERWISE, WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO USE IT OUTSIDE OR SOMEWHERE AS A.BUT WE ARE PRESERVING THAT ART. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW IT HAS THE NAMES OF MANY OF OUR LOCAL LEADERS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO.
YEAH, WE WERE VERY CAREFUL WITH IT TO REMOVE IT.
SO YEAH. AND ALSO, HAVING WORKED ON THE CAP, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THE BUILDING DESIGN COMPONENTS HELP US ACHIEVE OUR CAP GOALS? SO RIGHT NOW THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED. EXCUSE ME.
SO WITHOUT GETTING INTO A LOT OF DETAIL, I THINK THE A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE WHERE YOU SEE THE GREEN TREES OVER THERE THAT WILL BECOME A FUTURE BIOSWALE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF RAINWATER.
THE ROOF OF THIS CONVENTION CENTER IS 23 ACRES, SO IT WILL COLLECT A LOT OF RAINWATER.
AND RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE COLLECTING IT AND PIPING IT TO A CENTRAL LOCATION, SO THAT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN CREATE THE BIOSWALE AS AN EXAMPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT THERE IS PROBABLY QUITE A BIT, BUT AT LEAST A BRIEF OVERVIEW IS HELPFUL.
MY PAST PARK BOARD MEMBER WORKED ON THE BILL THAT HELPED WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO I WAS REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU ALL HAD THE 8020 DISTRIBUTION.
THAT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HIM. AND SO I KNOW TIM DICKIE IS PROBABLY LISTENING RIGHT NOW.
WHERE ARE WE ON THAT PROJECT? I NOTICED WITH THE LABELING IT, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW WHAT WAS PASSED AND WHAT'S FUTURE, WHAT'S TENTATIVE, WHAT'S NOT. AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.
SURE. I'LL GIVE YOU I'LL GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY.
RIGHT. HOWEVER, AS WE WORK THROUGH WITH FIRE CODE AND WE WORK THROUGH WITH TEXDOT.
SO YOU'VE GOT ONE ON EAST LAMAR, ONE ON WEST LAMAR.
AND THEN THE THREE FINGERS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT THAT GO INTO THE OLD CITY PARK.
AND SO IT'LL CROSS OVER 30 THERE. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SAME RECONNECTION OF COMMUNITIES JUST SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE FIVE CONNECTIONS. AND SO IT'S LABELED DECK PARK, DECK PARK, BUT IT'S NOT A PARK IN THE, IN THE SENSE OF A KLYDE WARREN PARK. IT'S MORE THINK OF CHICAGO, NEW YORK AND THE PARKS THAT THEY HAVE THAT GO OVER THERE INTERSTATES.
AND THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT AS WIDE, BUT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE IN PROVIDING GREEN SPACE AND CONNECTION.
AND IS THE FUNDING FOR THAT INCLUDED IN THIS PRICE? SO PART OF THAT IS THAT IS WE'VE PAID ALREADY FOR THE DEBT CAP CONSTRUCTION.
AND THAT MONEY IS OUT THE DOOR. WE PAID TEXDOT.
AND THOSE WERE SIGNED IN. I WANT TO SAY IN 22, AND WE PAID THAT MONEY OUT IN 22.
NOW, THE DESIGN AND THE PROGRAMING OF IT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR THOUGHTS WERE TO, TO USE SOME OF THE NAMING RIGHTS, MONEY TREATED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND TO GO OUT AND DO SOME FOUNDATION MONEY AS WELL FOR THE PROGRAMING OF IT.
BUT THE MONEY TO CONSTRUCT HAS ALREADY IT'S OUT THE DOOR, IT'S BEEN OUT.
SO I THINK WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL AS I'M LISTENING TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND OUR NEW COUNCIL PEOPLE, IS IF WE PUT TOGETHER KIND OF A LIST OF WHAT'S BEEN KIND OF IN A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE IN AND TRY TO TRY TO CATCH UP TO WHERE SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS HAVE FOLLOWED THE PROJECT FROM.
SO WE WILL WORK ON THAT IN THE CONVENTION. EVENT SERVICES WILL DO THAT FOR YOU.
MY LAST COMMENT IS JUST REALLY ABOUT DALLAS COLLEGE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A DALLAS WEST BRANCH LIBRARY THAT'S UNDERUTILIZED.
DALLAS COLLEGE STAFF HAS TOLD ME ABOUT THIS. IT'S MOSTLY USED FOR NONPROFITS.
AND THEY REQUIRE REALLY SIMILAR TRAINING IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.
SO THAT MIGHT BE A SITE TO CONSIDER FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CLASSES, BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT THERE.
IT ACTUALLY JUST GOT EXPANDED WITH THE LAST BOND.
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I THINK IT'S MOSTLY USED BY NONPROFITS AND FOR ESL AND GED CLASSES.SO JUST A SUGGESTION AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND AND WE'VE ACTUALLY USED IT FOR OUR ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY.
CHAIRMAN RIDLEY, YOU RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
I HAVE RECEIVED MANY STATEMENTS FROM STAKEHOLDERS IN DOWNTOWN THAT THEY ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR LACK OF INVOLVEMENT, LACK OF OPPORTUNITY FOR INVOLVEMENT IN THE FORMULATION OF THIS PROJECT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT APPLIES EQUALLY WELL TO SOME EXTENT TO THE COUNCIL AS WELL.
SIX MONTH BRIEFINGS ARE JUST NOT FREQUENT ENOUGH, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE, THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND ISSUES INVOLVED, AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS PROJECT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM REQUEST FOR QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS PREFERABLY TO THE FULL COUNCIL TO BRING US UP TO DATE ON YOUR PROGRESS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT AND BRIEFING US ON ANY SIGNIFICANT DESIGN CHANGES THAT COME UP. AND I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT AS THE TEAM GOES FORWARD, YOU DEVELOP AN E-NEWSLETTER THAT CAN BE SUBSCRIBED TO BY DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS.
ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT'S PUT OUT PERHAPS SEMIMONTHLY OR MONTHLY THAT JUST PROVIDES THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE WHEN YOU'RE FORECASTING TO LET SUBCONTRACTS FOR POTENTIAL CONTRACT INTEREST, AND TO KEEP EVERYONE INFORMED ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT.
WHETHER YOU'RE ON SCHEDULE, OFF SCHEDULE, WHATEVER IT IS.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD REALLY TRANSFORM YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
CAN YOU DO THAT? WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M NOT QUITE UP TO SPEED ON, BUT I THINK JANE HAMILTON COULD HELP ME WITH, IS WE'RE ALSO PUTTING A CAMERA OUT HERE THAT IS GOING TO TRACK THE PROGRESS.
I'M NOT AS TECHNOLOGY SAVVY AS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, BUT IT'LL TRACK THE PROGRESS AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WATCH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT AS IT GOES ALONG. SO I THINK THAT ALONG WITH YOUR SUGGESTIONS WOULD GO A LONG WAY.
GREAT. ALSO I THINK THAT IT MUST BE RECOGNIZED THAT THIS IS THE LARGEST PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS EVER DEVELOPED, AND IT IS A $3 BILLION PLUS PROJECT THAT'S VERY COMPLEX, INVOLVES DOZENS OF CONSULTANTS, A LARGE TEAM, AND MANY MOVING PARTS. IN ESSENCE, AND I THINK THAT THE ARCHITECTS IN THE ROOM WOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT CPM SCHEDULING IS CRITICAL ON A PROJECT OF THIS SCOPE AND COST.
WILL IT BE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER? WILL IT BE THE CONTRACTOR? AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE HANDLED? I'LL HAVE JUDY NEWTON WITH TURNER TALK YOU THROUGH THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. WE HAVE DEVELOPED A RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 25 PAGE P SIX SCHEDULE.
THAT WE'LL USE TO TRACK THE ENTIRE PROGRESS OF THE SCHEDULE.
IT HAS THE DESIGN TEAM AND SOME OF THE CITY ACTIVITIES IN IT.
YOU ASKED ABOUT MONTHLY CASH FLOW, AND ALSO WE'RE GOING TO LABOR LOAD IT SO WE CAN TRACK THE, THE WORKFORCE AS WE GO ALONG SO WE CAN GIVE THOSE PROJECTIONS TO MAGDALENE AND GLORIA AND THEIR TEAM FOR THE WORKFORCE.
SO THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED, AND WE UPDATE THAT EVERY MONTH.
AND WHO'S WE? TRINITY ALLIANCE, THE CMR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.
OKAY. AND HOW WILL YOU INTERFACE THAT SCHEDULE WITH THE CONTRACTOR WHEN THEY'RE HIRED? WE ARE HIRING ALL THE SUBCONTRACTORS UNDERNEATH US AS WE DO EACH OF THE GMPS.
AND WE WE BY THAT SCHEDULE IN THE BID DOCUMENTS.
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WE MET EACH WEEK WITH ROSE'S TEAM AND HAD PICTURES AND SCHEDULES AND CRITICAL ACTIVITIES, AND THAT'S WAS ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WE MET THE DATE.OKAY, WELL, I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OF THAT SCHEDULE.
THAT WILL ENSURE THAT WE ARE CURRENT ON THE PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION AND I THINK ULTIMATELY CAN HEAD OFF A LOT OF DELAY CLAIMS BY CONTRACTORS IF WE'RE MANAGING THE SCHEDULE.
SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU AGREE. HOW WILL THE EXISTING BONDS AND THE EXISTING CONVENTION CENTER BE RETIRED? AND WHEN? HOW WILL THEY BE RETIRED AND WHEN? STEPHEN. I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE BONDS THAT THE 2023 BONDS, I BELIEVE THE CURRENT MATURITY ON THEM RIGHT NOW IS 2038.
AND THOSE BONDS ARE HAVE A FIRST LIEN ON THE 351.
THE TYPICAL HOT REVENUES. SO THAT'S CURRENTLY WHAT THOSE BONDS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE PAID OFF.
SO THEY WON'T BE PAID OUT EARLY. THEY'LL BE 2021 PAID OUT ON SCHEDULE 2021 ISSUE.
YES, THERE WAS A MISSPEAK. WE PAID OFF THE 2023 BONDS.
YEAH. 2021 BONDS. THE 2021 BONDS WERE REFUNDING WHERE WE REDUCED THE INTEREST RATE AND THE PAY THEM A PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THE ORIGINAL DEBT. SO WE REFUNDED THOSE IN 2021 BRINGING IT DOWN TO ABOUT 4%, ABOUT 4%. AND SO THOSE WILL RETIRE IN 2038. RIGHT.
OKAY. AND I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT PARKING. FOCUSING ON SLIDE 26. I ASKED SOME QUESTIONS DURING OUR REVIEW OF THE MODEL ABOUT PARKING WAS GOING TO BE HANDLED.
THIS SCHEDULE IN 26 SHOWS 1900 ON SITE PARKING SPACES ON DAY ONE.
WHERE WILL THOSE BE? I DON'T HAVE THE SCHEDULE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE ABOUT OVER 400 THAT WILL BE UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING THAT ARE PUBLIC PARKING. THERE IS PARKING ON LOT E UNDERNEATH THE DOCK AREA THAT IS COUPLE HUNDRED SPACES. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO OKAY. THANK YOU.
OKAY. THERE. SO THERE'S UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING THERE IS ON LOT E, THERE IS LOT C WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN FRONT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAMAR.
YES. YES. AND THEN THERE'S ROUGHLY 1200 SPACES UNDERNEATH A, B AND C THAT ARE STILL FOR USE.
OKAY. SO YOU'RE COUNTING THOSE AS ONSITE. CORRECT.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WHERE WILL THE REMAINDER OF THE 4000 FUTURE ON SITE SPACES COME FROM.
SOME OF THOSE ARE THE REPURPOSING OF THE UNION.
I MEAN, THE REUNION GARAGE LIKE THAT HAS A COUPLE THOUSAND SPACES THAT WERE PURPOSELY.
THE INTENT IS LONG TERM, EITHER TO PUT THAT GARAGE BACK IN SERVICE OR IF IT GETS DEVELOPED ABOVE IT, IT WOULD BE PART OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THERE.
THERE'S ALSO SOME PARKING ALONG THE UP RAIL ON THE LOT E THAT IS BEING TAKEN OUT.
FOR THE HOW DO I SAY THIS? THE, THE UP RAIL IS GOING TO USE THAT PARKING AREA AS A WAY TO REROUTE THE TRAIN WHEN THEY ARE BUILDING THE NEW BRIDGE FOR THE UP RAIL. SO IT'LL EVENTUALLY IT'LL COME BACK AND CAN BE PUT BACK AS PARKING.
AND THAT'S 100 PLUS SPACES THERE TOO. SO SO THE REUNION GARAGE IS NOT CURRENTLY OPEN FOR PARKING, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION PARKING.
AND THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE, DEPENDING ON THE FUTURE OF THAT SITE, WHAT WILL HAPPEN? OKAY. SO I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS IN DISREPAIR CURRENTLY.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPAIR IT. AND IS IT STRUCTURALLY SOUND? IT IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND. IT'S GOING TO NEED SOME REPAIRS IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS AND THE ACCOMMODATIONS OF, OF THE TRINITY ALLIANCE TEAM. WE DID A STUDY IN 2019 AND REFRESHED THE STUDY, I BELIEVE, IN 2021 WITH HEWITT DOLLARS TO LOOK AT THE INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING, TO SEE IF IT HAD ANY USEFUL LIFE LEFT IN IT.
IT WAS ABOUT A I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AN I. IT WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 29 AND $35 MILLION TO BRING IT
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BACK TO USEFUL LIFE AT THE TIME. AND SO OUR PLAN IS TO REALLY LOOK AT, AT AN AGREEMENT EITHER WHERE WE BRING BACK TO YOU THE OPTION OF OF A GROUND LEASE WITH SOMEONE, OR THE OPTION OF HAVING A COMPANY LIKE AN ACE.NOT ACE, BUT JUST LIKE AN ACE WHO CAN COME BACK AND DO THE RENOVATIONS FOR US AND BRING IT BACK TO LIFE AND THEN RECOUP IT THROUGH A, THROUGH A CONTRACT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THE, THE TOUCH POINTS THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK TO COUNCIL.
AND HOW MANY SPACES WOULD THAT GARAGE HOLD. 2000.
OKAY. IF IT IS UTILIZED, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO CONNECT IT UP TO THE CONVENTION CENTER? IT'S LOCATED ON THE DIAGRAM ON PAGE 26 AS THE LARGE BLUE RECTANGLE IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER.
IT'S ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 2000 CARS PARKED THERE, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A WEATHER PROTECTED CONNECTION TO THE CONVENTION CENTER. SO IT COMES IN AT THE JUST BESIDE THE LOADING DOCKS WHERE THE SO SO YOU'LL HAVE EFFECTIVELY THE BACK OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO IT'S GREAT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. I THINK IT'S A TOTALLY IT'S IT'S A BIGGER, MORE INVOLVED DECISION AS TO WHETHER YOU RAISE IT, TAKE IT DOWN OR, OR REBUILD IT. AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT A BUNCH OF OPTIONS, BUT IT'S IT'S GREAT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AS WE'RE, AS WE'RE BUILDING THIS AND THINGS AROUND IT. WELL, DO YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF IT IS MAINTAINED OR REPLACED WITH ANOTHER GARAGE, TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A WEATHER PROTECTED CONNECTION TO THE.
IT'S BUT IT TAKES YOU INTO THE LOGISTICS AREA UNDERNEATH THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO IT JUST IT REALLY IS GOING TO BE A FUTURE CITY DECISION IN MY MIND.
BUT IT'S IT'S A GREAT USE FOR WHAT WE'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR. CHAIR. JOHNSON. THANK YOU.
MAYOR, I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK, AND I'VE LISTENED TO COUNCIL MEMBER WEST WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING EARLIER. AND SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COST AND TIME REGARDING THE THE JEFFERSON VIADUCT? IS THERE A COST DIFFERENCE GOING DOWN VERSUS GOING AROUND? ARE YOU SAYING THE DIFFERENCE OF TAKING THE JEFFERSON VIADUCT UNDERNEATH? YES. OR GOING AROUND? SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN COST AND TIME REGARDING THE JEFFERSON VIADUCT.
HE'S PROBABLY GOT THAT INFORMATION. BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSION WITH THE TEAM TO FINALIZE BECAUSE IT, IT IS A FUNCTION OF WHAT OPTIONS IS SELECTED FOR THE ALTERNATIVE AND THE FOR FOR THE THOROUGHFARE.
SO WHAT'S THE COST IF IF WE WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE COST.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE CAUSE? IF WE'RE GOING AROUND OR GOING UNDER.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, DEPRESSING. JEFFERSON. AND BELOW, WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY.
AS IT TIES TO MARKET CENTER. AND THERE IS A LOT OF UNKNOWNS AT THE MOMENT.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE TEAM ON TRYING TO TO DEFINE.
OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE. IS THERE ANYONE ON THE TEAM THAT CAN ANSWER? I SEE JAYNIE SITTING THERE. IS ANYONE ON THE TEAM THAT CAN ANSWER THIS? NO, IT IS NOT UNDERSTOOD YET. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS BEING STUDIED RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU'RE PROBABLY ANSWERING ASKING THE QUESTION ABOUT TWO MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME.
I'M TWO MONTHS AHEAD AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY ANY DOCUMENT.
NO. WE'RE STUDYING THE DIFFERENT ROUTES. AND BESIDE THOSE YOU PUT THE COSTS.
OKAY. BUT GOING UNDERNEATH HAS NOT BEEN LOOKED AT.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. MENDELSOHN.
OH, YOU'RE LETTING ME GO BEFORE YOU. SO WHERE IN OUR AGENDA PACKET IS THE BUDGET? WHERE ARE THE FINANCIALS? WE DID AN OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIALS IN IN HERE ON PAGE.
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WHEN HAVE WE EVER GOTTEN THE SPECIFICS OF THE FINANCIALS.WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. WE CAN BRING THAT TO TO THIS BODY.
WELL NOT ONLY WOULD I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A REGULAR UPDATE.
WE NEED ALL THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION. THAT'S LITERALLY OUR JOB.
OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT IT WAS ASKED WHAT IS OUR CEILING? BUT THE CEILING DOESN'T SEEM TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE ITEMS. SO WE HAVE THE SOFT COST. AND I EXPLAINED THIS.
I THINK YOU MAY HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE ROOM AND I'LL BE GLAD TO GO BACK TO IT.
BUT THE SLIDE WITH THE THE SLIDE WITH THE CONSULTANTS ON IT HAS THE SOFT COST.
THE REST OF IT IS ENCAPSULATED IN THE REFINEMENT PAGE WHERE WE TALK TO THE BUDGET.
THE BUDGET ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW THAT WE WORKED THROUGH WITH PERKINS AND WELL, IS LIKE 3.00, 3.80 BILLION IN TERMS OF COST. AND THEN WE ARE ON TOP OF THAT.
WE'VE ADDED A CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, 7% CONTINGENCY AND THEN THE SOFT COSTS THAT ARE INCLUDED ON THE LINE, WE GAVE YOU THE CONTRACT VALUES FOR THAT. I CAN ENCAPSULATE THAT INTO ONE FOR YOU TO SHOW WHERE THE COST ADDS UP TO WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED TO YOU ON THE REFINEMENT PAGE.
DOES IT INCLUDE THE DECK PARK ACROSS I30? IT INCLUDES.
WE'VE ALREADY PAID THE CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THAT.
SO THAT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THAT OR JUST WHAT ARE THE SUPPORTS? IT'S THE SUPPORTS AND AND THE BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PROGRAMING.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS DISCUSSING EARLIER. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH WITH LEGENDS TO DO THE TO PROVIDE THE NAMING RIGHTS FOR SO THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT AS PART OF THE NAMING RIGHTS PROGRAM FOR THE BUILDING LEGENDS HAS COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BRING TO COUNCIL.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
WE CAN'T BRING THE EXACT AMOUNTS BACK TO YOU BECAUSE THAT WOULD LIMIT HOW WE CAN SELL.
BUT WE CAN TELL YOU KIND OF THE PROCESS AND HOW WE WENT THROUGH THAT AND COME BACK WITH THAT.
WELL, I'M LOOKING AT EVEN PAGE 26 WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PARKING AND IT LOOKS LIKE DAY ONE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT HALF THE PARKING, BUT YOU'RE PUTTING FUTURE COSTS FOR PARKING.
SO I'M ASSUMING THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T IN THE 3.5 BILLION CAP.
THE PARKING IS INCLUDED IN THE 3.080 BILLION I'M TURNED TO FUTURE.
I BELIEVE IT'S A PHASING DISCUSSION. AND SO I'LL LET TOM EXPLAIN HOW THE DAY ONE VERSUS I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S IN THE FINANCIALS TO HAVE THE DAY ONE AND FUTURE PARKING SPOTS. WELL, THE 3,080,000,003 080 NUMBER IS INCLUSIVE OF PARKING AND THE RETROFIT OF THE THE REUNION GARAGE THERE, BUT NOT FOR 25 YEARS WORTH OF TIME, I THINK. SO IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN IN DETAIL WITHOUT SHOWING YOU EXAMPLES, BUT THE PARKING ITSELF AND THE SURFACE PARKING IS ALL INCLUDED.
AND THE PARK. FOR EXAMPLE, THE PARKING IN HALLS A, B, AND C IS EXISTING, SO THEY'RE THERE.
THEY MAY NEED A LITTLE REHAB, BUT THEY'RE THERE.
SO YOU HAVE THAT PAGE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW THEY PASSED IT TO YOU.
HOW MANY SPOTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET? DAY ONE 1900.
BUT THE 4000 WILL BE AVAILABLE. LIKE I'M NOT SURE HOW TO EXPLAIN IT.
WELL, IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE QUESTION. 4000 SPACES ARE EXISTING TODAY IN TERMS OF THEIR AVAILABILITY.
SO WHEN DEPENDING ON THE PHASING OF THE PROJECT, THE 1900 WOULD BE OPERABLE.
DAY ONE. THE REUNION GARAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT BE DELAYED IN TERMS OF DOING SOME MORE REHAB TO IT.
SO IT'S NOT DAY ONE, BUT THEY'RE IN THE PROJECT.
THEY'RE INCLUDED IN EXISTING. SO IN THE BUDGET, BECAUSE I'M ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE FINANCIALS NOW, HOW YOU PHASE IT, THAT'S YOU 17,900 SPACES ARE IN THAT BUDGET.
SO 4000, 4000 ARE GOING TO BE IN THERE. CORRECT.
AND WHAT SIZE CONFERENCES ARE YOU LOOKING TO HAVE?
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WHAT SIZE, WHAT CONFERENCES. OH, I CAN SPEAK A BIT TO THE.THE NEW CONVENTION CENTERS FLOOR AREA WILL BE ABOUT 15% LARGER, SO WE'D EXPECT THE PEAK TRAFFIC DEMAND BASELINE TO ALSO BE ABOUT 15% LARGER. AND YOU SEE A MODEST AUGMENTATION OF THE ON SITE PARKING.
DAY ONE. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT. BEYOND THAT, WE HAVE A FLEXIBLE PARKING PROGRAM, THE ABILITY TO GROW THE PARKING, TO SHARE THE PARKING, JUST LIKE THE CURRENT CONVENTION CENTER DOES.
YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT CONVENTION CENTER HAS 35,000 CHEERLEADERS COME, RIGHT? PLUS EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS. AND THERE'S ONLY ABOUT JUST UNDER 2000 ON SITE SPACES.
THE NEW BUILDING WILL HAVE A SIMILAR APPROACH.
WELL, THE CURRENT BUILDING DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH PARKING AND WE HEAR THAT QUITE REGULARLY.
SO SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S THE MODE WE'RE GOING WITH.
I'M VERY CONFUSED TO CONTINUE HEARING, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THIS LATER.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT. I MEAN, WE'RE MULTIPLE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE A PLAN FOR ALL OF THIS? SORRY.
ARE YOU ASKING FOR ALL OF THE THE ENTIRE PLACE OR JUST THE CONVENTION ITSELF? ALL THE PARTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT. SO YOU HAVEN'T HIRED ANYONE TO LOOK AT A LOT OF IT YET.
THAT WOULD BE ONE OF YOUR REASONS. THERE'S LOTS OF IDEAS OUT THERE, BUT YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET.
LET ME CAN I COULD I ASK YOU A QUESTION IN A DIFFERENT WAY? ARE YOU REFERRING TO ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER BUILDING ITSELF AND ITS CORRELATE PARKING, NOT THE DEVELOPABLE LAND THAT WILL BE CLEARED? OH, NO, I'M DEFINITELY INCLUDING THE DEVELOPABLE LAND, BECAUSE HERE WE ARE GOING.
OH, ISN'T THAT SO NICE? THERE'S GREEN SPACE, BUT YET OVER AND OVER, THE ENTIRE REASONING FOR ROTATING WAS TO CREATE THIS DEVELOPABLE SPACE. SOMETHING'S GOING TO GO THERE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PARK.
YES. AND WE WE AGREE WITH THAT. THAT IS JUST A PLACEHOLDER.
NO, IT'S IT'S MEANT TO GAIN APPROVAL AND SUPPORT FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. IT'S MISLEADING, IF I MAY, IF I COULD ANSWER THAT A DIFFERENT WAY.
WE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL WHEN WE WERE DOING THE MASTER PLAN, SEVERAL OPTIONS OF EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD DO AS A DEVELOPER AGREEMENT. WE AGREED AS A BODY AND A TEAM TO NOT LET OUT THAT DEVELOPER AGREEMENT TOO EARLY, BUT TO LET US SEE HOW THE BUILDING WAS GOING TO LAY OUT.
AND EXACTLY IF ALL OF THAT 30 ACRES WAS INDEED GOING TO BE AVAILABLE, SO THAT WE COULD WRITE AN APPROPRIATE DEVELOPER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS SO THAT THE CITY WOULD GET THE BEST BENEFIT OF, OF THE LAND.
AND SO THAT'S THE SLIGHT DELAY IN DOING THAT.
ON OUR PLAN FOR DOING THAT. OUR PLAN IS REALLY TO WRITE THAT DEVELOPER RFP AT THE END OF 2026.
NOW THAT THE BUILDING'S BEEN RETOOLED, NOW THAT YOU'VE SEEN IT, ETC.
WANTED TO GET PAST SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION ITEMS AND THEN WRITE IT.
SO OUR SCHEDULE HAS HAD THAT DEVELOPER AGREEMENT ON IT AS A 2026 DELIVERABLE TO GO OUT TO TO THE PUBLIC FOR SOME TIME. SO, OKAY, CAN I ADD IT'S I DON'T THINK IT'S AN EITHER OR.
GREEN SPACE OR DEVELOPMENT. IT'S AND THERE'S MANY DEVELOPABLE PARCELS.
AND ON SLIDE 25 WE ILLUSTRATE JUST A CONCEPT OF HOW YOU CAN HAVE PLENTY OF NEW HOTEL SITES AND MAINTAIN A REALLY BEAUTIFUL CENTRAL GREEN AS WELL. WE WERE NOT SOLD ON A CENTRAL GREEN.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. TAX REVENUE AND DEVELOPMENT IS ABSOLUTELY THE PLAN.
WE STILL HAVE A CONVENTION CENTER. THE LAST TIME WE HAD THIS TABLETOP, WE HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS GREEN SPACE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE FEATURE OF THE PHOTO IN THE MORNING NEWS, NO DOUBT.
BUT IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID OVER MANY HOURS NOW THAT ARE NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN, OR THEY'RE GOING TO HAPPEN VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD. INCLUDING PARKING.
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SO IF I COULD ADD TO TO ROBIN'S COMMENTS, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE GREEN SPACE.AND THERE'S LOTS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE OPEN, BRIGHT SPACE FOR THE KIDS.
IMAGINE KIDS PLAYING. I THINK WE HEARD THAT. WELL, I THINK THAT UNDERSTOOD.
WE'LL WE'LL LABEL IT VACANT LAND OR SOMETHING SO THAT IT'S MORE CLEAR.
WE UNDERSTOOD FOR THE LONG TIME DALLAS PEOPLE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE JUGGLER AND THE TRINITY. THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
WE'RE BEING SOLD. OKAY, SO MY NEXT QUESTION FOR YOU IS THIS.
YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
CAN YOU JUST SIMPLY ENUMERATE THEM? NO NEED TO ELABORATE.
AND WHAT THE COST IMPLICATION IS OF EACH ONE, WHAT THOSE EXACT CHANGES HAVE BEEN.
AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD TO JUST HAVE THAT SLIDE.
HERE'S ALL THE THINGS WE CHANGED AND HERE'S THE COST IMPLICATION OF IT.
WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH A DETAILED LIST.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE'VE DONE IS TAKEN THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING DOWN 16FT, WHICH DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A WHOLE LOT, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A FOOTPRINT THAT'S 23 ACRES, THAT'S A LOT.
SO IT'S A LOT OF REDUCTION IN BUILDING AREA IN CUBIC SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING.
SO IT'S BEEN A MIXTURE OF REDUCING SOME THINGS AND PUTTING SOME THINGS BACK IN THAT WE HEARD FROM THE EITHER THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR THE CUSTOMER ADVISORY BOARD TO MAKE THE BUILDING BETTER. AND IT'S BETTER IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY, BUT IT'S ALSO BETTER IN TERMS OF THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE USED.
OKAY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE LIST TWO OF THE ITEMS OR MATERIALS IN THE 16FT.
WHERE DID THE 16FT COME FROM. IS THAT FROM THE LOBBY AREA.
IS THAT A LITTLE BIT FROM EVERY FLOOR. IT'S A WELL IT'S THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
OR ABOUT 12FT, CAME OUT OF THE THE AREA BELOW THE EXHIBIT HALL.
SO THE BIG OPEN SPACE. SO THINK ABOUT 12FT OF THE EXTERIOR SKIN OF THAT GREAT HALL COMING OUT, 12FT OF ALL THE COLUMNS, 12FT OF ALL THE STAIRS, 12FT OF EVERYTHING THERE.
SO WHERE'S THE AIRPORT? THE VERTIPORT IS NOT ON THERE AT THE MOMENT.
WHY? IS DEBORAH AVAILABLE? AND WHY IS IT EVEN ADDRESSED IN THIS PRESENTATION? WE HAVE A 50 SOMETHING PAGE PRESENTATION.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A VERTIPORT WITH A KIND OF SMALL BUT COOL.
LOBBY AREA, AND IT'S, LIKE, COMPLETELY ABSENT.
LIKE, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE, YOU JUST WOULDN'T EVEN ASK. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE VOTED ON, ACCEPTED MONEY ON, BUILT, MAINTAINED, AND NOW IT'S JUST MISSING.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER. THE AVIATION TEAM PATRICK AND HIS GROUP HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FAA AND ROSE'S TEAM ON THE VERTIPORT. FIRST ON, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THE EXISTING COMMUNICATION TOWERS AND THINGS CONTINUE WHILE CONSTRUCTION IS ONGOING, WHICH INCLUDED A TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE VERTIPORT.
AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE UTILIZATION.
THERE'S ALSO CHANGING REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO A VERTIPORT, ESPECIALLY THINKING ABOUT THE EVTOLS AND THOSE TYPES OF VEHICLES THAT WILL BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE VERTIPORT AND THE VERTIPORT LOCATION WITH FAA.
OKAY, SO I READ THE MEMO ABOUT THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE FROM THE FAA.
BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, I DON'T THINK THIS IS A STAFF DECISION.
I THINK THIS IS A CITY COUNCIL DECISION ON IF WE WANT IT THERE.
THE CITY COUNCIL ORIGINALLY PUT IT THERE, AND I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S PRETTY SHOCKING, JUST SORT OF THE LIBERTY THAT'S BEING TAKEN WITHOUT ANY SORT OF CONSULTATION, ESPECIALLY IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AIR TAXIS AS A MAJOR TRANSIT OF OUR FUTURE. THIS IS A PERFECT PLACE FOR THAT. WELL, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH FAA SO WE CAN INFORM THE CITY
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COUNCIL ON WHAT THE FAA IS REQUIRING GOING FORWARD.AND SO THAT WILL WILL COME INTO THAT DISCUSSION.
BUT RIGHT NOW BE DESIGNED INTO THIS. THE CONVERSATION IS TOO LATE.
IT SHOULD BE PART OF THIS. AND WHEN YOU RATTLED OFF ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WAS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE, I BELIEVE ON LEVEL ZERO, GUESS WHAT? THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED.
SO YOU SAID HELICOPTER, BUT YOU DIDN'T SAY AIR TAXI.
WE ALREADY HAVE AN AIR TAXI PILOT GOING ON IN FRISCO.
THIS IS COMING, RIGHT? THIS. THAT'S YOUR TIME.
BUT IF YOU'VE GOT TO ANSWER THAT. UNDER UNDERSTAND YOUR YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE AVIATION TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH FAA ON IN TERMS OF WHERE WE WANT AND NEED TO HAVE VERTIPORT, INCLUDING OTHER AVIATION ASSETS. AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO THE VERTIPORT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, CHAIR RIDLEY. THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO BRIEFLY, ONE OF THE PITCHES FOR THIS BUILDING ORIENTATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO WAS THAT IT WOULD ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF A SPINE LEADING BE TO THE EAST BEHIND CITY HALL, THROUGH THE EAST CORRIDOR TO THE FARMERS MARKET AREA.
AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF YOUR CURRENT DESIGN PROJECT, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE TO DEVELOP AS PART OF THE BUILDING DESIGN URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADJOINING TRACKS IN TERMS OF SIDEWALK WIDTHS, LIGHTING FIXTURES, SO THAT WE CAN EXPECT SOME CONTINUITY OF DESIGN STRETCHING FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER ALL THE WAY ALONG THE SPINE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THIS EXERCISE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND IT'S OUR INTENT TO HELP HELPS ESTABLISH THOSE STANDARDS.
WE HAVE AN URBAN DESIGN TEAM ON OUR PROJECT, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE SURROUNDING STREETS.
BUT OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE IT TIE ALL THE WAY THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
GREAT. SO THANK YOU. IN THE WORKS. AND ADDED TO THAT, JUST TO ADD SOME COLOR TO THAT, THE MASTER PLAN DID SAY THAT WE WOULD DEVELOP DESIGN STANDARDS ONCE WE HAD DECIDED AS A, AS A BODY, WHAT WAS GOING TO GO ON THE CONVENTION CENTER SITE TO DO EXACTLY THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REMEMBERING. AND SO THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. YES. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE TRACK OF IT. IT WASN'T MENTIONED HERE. I'M NOT SAYING IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE EARLY FOR THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WERE EXPECTING.
I'M SORRY. THERE WE GO. CHAIR RIDLEY, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REMARKS? CHAIR MENDELSOHN. OKAY. LARGE PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
BUT EVEN IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE A THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATOR.
IS THAT BEING UTILIZED? SO WE WERE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PROCURING.
GUS AND I ARE PROCURING A COST ESTIMATOR AS PART OF A SMALL A SMALLER PROCUREMENT.
SEPARATE AND APART FROM THAT, WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE COST ESTIMATES TO FINALIZE FOR THIS MEETING.
AND THEN THAT IS THE COST OF IT IS UNDER IS AN AA LEVEL THRESHOLD.
RIGHT. AND SO WE'LL PROCURE THAT THROUGH A THROUGH A SMALL BID PROCESS.
AND WOULD THAT POSITION HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY NO WE CAN'T DO THIS.
RIGHT. AND SO YOU WILL GET THAT INFORMATION. HOW WOULD YOU GET.
IS THAT JACK? I MEAN, WHO'S GETTING. WELL, WE'RE THE OWNERS.
THE CITY OWNS THE INFORMATION. SO CONVENTION EVENT SERVICES IS THE.
SO THAT PERSON WILL EMAIL YOU SAYING, HERE'S WHAT I HERE'S MY.
YEAH. WE WOULD DISCUSS IT. YES. AND THEN WE WOULD VALIDATE SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH US.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET A MEMO THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST WHAT THE CHANGES ARE, BUT ALSO THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THOSE CHANGES OR EVEN DESIGN IMPACT OF THOSE CHANGES. AND THEN TO CLARIFY, THE DECK PARKS, THE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE HAS BEEN PAID FOR THROUGH THIS PROJECT. CORRECT? YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT.
THE THE FOUNDATION THE THE SUBSTRUCTURE, IF YOU WILL, IS BEING INCLUDED IN TXDOT'S I-30 CANYON PROJECT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THE DECK PARK ITSELF.
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IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THE DECK PARKS WILL HAVE TO BE ADDED AS AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT WHEN WE HAVE SOME IDEAS AROUND PROGRAMING AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO.THOSE WOULD BE THOSE WOULD BE A SEPARATE ITEM.
HOW MUCH DOES THE DECK PARK THAT IS ACROSS FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER COST? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL HAVE TO TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AT A SEPARATE TIME.
OKAY. SO THE RETAIL IS YOU ADDED SOME BACK IN.
IT'S VERY MINIMAL. FRANKLY, IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE MINIMAL AMOUNT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF THE OMNI, WHICH, BECAUSE THEY'RE SO LITTLE, HAS HAD A VERY HARD TIME STAYING IN BUSINESS.
I THOUGHT THE WHOLE IDEA WAS TO GENERATE SO MUCH RETAIL AND MAKE THIS WALKABLE.
A DESTINATION DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT'S IN THE PLANS NOW.
PART OF THE REASON THAT THE ORIENTATION OF IT, THE TURNED IN NATURE OF IT FACING THE HOTEL FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, MAKES IT LESS AND LESS DESIRABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING PAST.
SO COMBINED WITH THAT AND WORKING WITH THEM ON RETOOLING THAT AND THEN THE THE CONVENTION CENTER ACTUALLY FACING THE STREET IS SOMETHING TO ENCOURAGE THAT, THAT DEVELOPMENT. THE GOAL IS TO ALSO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT DOWN INTO THE CEDARS AND SOUTH DALLAS.
SO IT'S NOT TO ACTIVATE DOWNTOWN, IT'S TO ACTIVATE THE CEDARS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID. IT IS TO ACTIVATE THE AREA.
BUT IT IS IT IS TAKING AWAY THE IDEA THAT THERE IS NOTHING DOWNTOWN IN THIS AREA THAT IS ENCOURAGING ANYONE TO CONTINUE TO WALK AND LOOK IN SHOPS, PARTAKE OF THE GREEN SPACES THAT WE'RE CREATING ET-CETERA AND TO ENCOURAGE WALKING AND TO ENCOURAGE WHAT I SAID WAS DEVELOPMENT INTO WHAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE SOUTH DALLAS.
WHO IS IN CHARGE OF SAYING, WE ACCEPT THE ESTHETICS OF THE DESIGN LIKE THIS COUNCIL HASN'T BEEN ASKED LIKE, HEY, DO YOU LIKE VERSION A, B OR C THAT I MEAN, SO WE BROUGHT A SIGNATURE BUILDING.
SO IF I MAY, WE BROUGHT INITIALLY 26 DESIGNS TO COUNCIL.
WHEN WE WERE IN THE MASTER PLANNING PHASE, WE BROUGHT BACK ANOTHER 16.
I'LL HAVE TO GET THE DATE, LIKE, LESS THAN A YEAR AGO.
A YEAR AGO, ABOUT A YEAR AGO. AND THERE IS A RESOLUTION WHEREIN THE CITY COUNCIL PICKED WHAT WAS THEN CALLED THREE SEA WEST OF LAMAR. AND I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU IN THE MEMO.
AND IN THAT MEMO, THAT'S THE ORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING AND WHERE IT WAS TO SIT AND THE GENERAL ORIENTATION, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO DESIGN. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ORIENTATION, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ESTHETICS OF IT.
I MEAN, THAT LOOKS LIKE A CONVENTION CENTER. THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE.
I'M SAYING SOMETHING AMAZING, GRAND, INSPIRING EVEN.
COULD HAVE BEEN DECIDED ON. WE DID NOT VOTE ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE WERE NOT OFFERED A, B AND C. WHICH DESIGN DO YOU LIKE? THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO DID WAS WAS AN ORIENTATION PASSED THROUGH TO US? YES, BUT WE HAD THE WAVY ROOF ONE. NOW WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME PARTIALLY ROTATED RUBIK'S CUBE KIND OF THING HAPPENING. I MEAN, I'M JUST WONDERING WHO WAS IN CHARGE AND WHO MADE THAT DECISION TO END UP WITH THAT.
SO THE THREE C WEST OF LAMAR DECISION CAME WITH A THOROUGH LOOK AT THE ESTHETICS AT THE TIME.
THIS IS JUST A SLIGHT REVISION OF THE ESTHETICS PROVIDED TO YOU AT THAT TIME.
AND I'LL PROVIDE AGAIN TO THE TO THE NEW COUNCIL PEOPLE AND TO THE SEATED COUNCIL PEOPLE AS WELL, WHO'VE BEEN SEATED THIS WHOLE TIME, KIND OF A LOOK, A LOOK BACK AT KIND OF HOW THAT EVOLVED.
BUT. BUT YOU DIDN'T ANSWER. WHO DECIDED? THIS BODY.
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URBAN DESIGN PEER REVIEW TO GET THAT FEEDBACK.THIS WILL WILL BE REFINING AS WE GO. BUT TODAY IS THE DAY WE BRING YOU THE DESIGN TO LOOK AT.
AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE OPTIONS. THIS IS BASED ON CUSTOMER FEEDBACK, THE SITE CONFIGURATION.
THIS IS WHAT THE ARCHITECTURAL TEAM HAS BROUGHT FORWARD.
THAT IS YOUR TIME THAT SOME PEOPLE WANT TO SEE ME.
MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
I KNOW WE GAVE YOU TWO HEAVY BRIEFINGS STARTING WITH FIFA.
SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. AND WE WALKED YOU THROUGH LUNCH.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE DID NOT ANSWER TODAY? WE WILL DEFINITELY DO AS WE NORMALLY DO.
SEND YOU BACK A WRITTEN RESPONSE WITH THOSE QUESTIONS.
WE'VE ALSO OFFERED MEETINGS WITH ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT ANY PORTION OF THE CONVERSATIONS THIS MORNING, WHETHER IT WAS FIFA OR WHETHER THE CONVENTION CENTER MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
AND WE WELCOME ONGOING DIALOG WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LISTENING TO YOU.
I WILL SAY THIS IN MY 34 YEARS OF BEING IN THIS BUILDING AND WORKING ACROSS MULTIPLE CITY COUNCILS OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREE ON ONE DESIGN OF ANYTHING.
WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR US AS A STAFF WITH A PROFESSIONAL TEAM WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING ON THE VISION THAT WE HAVE SET.
BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. WE DO APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, MADAM CITY MANAGER CHAIR JOHNSON YES, I WILL.
THE CITY MANAGER WAS KIND OF WAS ALLUDING TO IT, SO I WAS JUST ASKING BECAUSE I WAS KIND OF GOT CONFUSED WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO CHAIR MIDDLETON, THE COUNCIL, AND I WASN'T HERE THEN.
SO I'M ASKING A CITY MANAGER, THE COUNCIL APPROVED ALL OF THIS.
CORRECT. OR AND I JUST HEARD YOU SAY THAT IT'S STILL IN PROCESS.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAVE GONE THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT SCHEMATIC DESIGNS OVER THESE LAST FEW YEARS.
WE CAME TO YOU ALL ORIGINALLY LAST YEAR, AND WE GAVE YOU A MODEL THAT WE TOLD YOU THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO REFINEMENTS BASED ON ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK BASED ON SCOPE, BUDGET AND VISION. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY.
BUT WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THE REFINEMENT PROCESS, AND WE'LL COME BACK AND SHARE WITH YOU ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AS IT GOES THROUGH THE URBAN DESIGN PEER REVIEW THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF, AND WE WILL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU ABREAST OF IT THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS.
THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT MISS ROSA WAS SAYING, THAT IT WAS DONE IN MAY EARLY I BELIEVE.
OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, CHAIR MENDELSOHN.
WELL, I THINK IF THE QUESTION TO US IS DO WE LIKE THIS DESIGN OR DO WE THINK IT NEEDS ADDITIONAL WORK TO BE MORE APPEALING? THAT QUESTION WAS NOT POSED. SO I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.
ON PAGE 28 YOU'VE GOT SUMMARY OF FUNDING I SEE ON HERE YOU HAVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU EXPECTING TO RECEIVE FOR THAT? IF I COULD HAVE NO YOU KNOW, AND CARLOS COME AND TALK TO YOU THAT PLEASE.
AND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THE COG ANSWER ON DECK, THAT WOULD BE GOOD, TOO.
EXCUSE ME. I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR QUESTION. NEXT IS GOING TO BE THE COG.
SO IF THERE'S A PERSON YOU'D CALL IT. SO ON THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PLAN THERE'S A NUMBER OF COMPONENTS. THE FIRST ONE IS IF YOU TALK RIGHT INTO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE THERE.
THE IT HAS VARIOUS COMPONENTS. THE FIRST ONE IS CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT.
THAT'S $48 MILLION. THEN THERE'S A PLAN TO PUT PV ON TOP OF THE BUILDING.
SO IT'S ABOUT $200 MILLION. AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING $200 MILLION.
THESE ARE P3 TYPE FUNDING STRUCTURES THAT WOULD BE PUT TOGETHER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IN THIS CONTEXT.
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LARGER ASSETS. AND BASED ON WHAT THE CONSUMPTION IS CURRENTLY AT THE EXISTING CONVENTION CENTER FOR THE USE OF POWER OR ENERGY.THAT'S CORRECT. SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS ON THE GRANTS.
I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH THAT AND I'M ON THE BOARD.
IS THERE AN AGREEMENT? SO WE HAVE WORKED WITH WE WORKED WITH THE COG TEAM.
WE'VE MET WITH THEM SEVERAL TIMES. THEY ASKED US TO PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF TODD AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION RELATED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT. AS IT'S EVOLVED OVER THE LAST SINCE WE STARTED THE PROJECT IN 21.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE NOW IS TO DIVIDE THAT AMONG WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR FROM THE CIB, THE ITEM THAT'S COMING TO YOU ON JANUARY 28TH, AND THEN THE REST OF THAT REQUEST IS GOING TO TO THE COG.
THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE EXISTING GRANT FUNDS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM ABOUT.
THE OTHERS ARE GRANT FUNDS THAT THEY WILL GO HELP US SEEK.
AND SO IT HAS NOT YET COME TO THE RTC, BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AT THE POINT WHERE WE'VE DIVIDED WHAT IS GOING TO THE CIB AND THEN WHAT WILL BE GOING TO THE TEAM AT THE COG? HOW COULD YOU HAVE IT ON THE LIST WHEN IT HASN'T EVEN GONE TO THE TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE? I'VE CHECKED THEIR AGENDAS. IT'S NOT BEEN ON THERE. IT HASN'T GONE TO RTC. IT HASN'T GONE TO COG. IT'S NOT EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED. SO WE'VE HAD CONTINUED MEETINGS WITH THE COG AND THEIR STAFF ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE COG SUPPORT OF THIS IS AN ECONOMIC INITIATIVE, REALLY FOR THE REGION, BECAUSE WE FEED HOTELS ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE CONFERENCES THAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO. I'M JUST ACTUALLY SPEECHLESS THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON HERE THAT HAS NOT HAD ANY KIND OF VETTING. AND IT MAKES THE REST OF IT VERY SUSPECT AS WELL.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WILLIS. THANK YOU. I THINK WE'RE NEARING THE END OF THIS LONG DAY.
SO THE OBJECTIVE HERE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DRIVE REVENUE FOR OUR CITY IN MULTIPLE WAYS, WHETHER IT IS THE SALES TAX THAT WILL BE COLLECTED FROM ALL THE PEOPLE COMING TO OUR CITY OR THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT HERE, THAT WILL GENERATE GREAT PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AND SO MANY OTHER WAYS THAT MONEY WILL COME INTO OUR COFFERS SO WE CAN DO THE NUTS AND BOLTS AND ALSO VISIONARY PROJECTS.
MAY YIELD MORE LEISURE AND BUSINESS TRAVEL. SO THIS HAS A GOAL AND A MISSION, AND I CAN TELL YOU, I DOUBT I'LL EVER RENT IT. SO MY OPINION ON WHAT THIS NEEDS TO HAVE IN IT TO ACHIEVE THAT OBJECTIVE, BEYOND WATCHING THE FINANCES AND OUR MILESTONES ALONG THE WAY.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT ANYBODY WHO IS GOING TO RENT THIS FOR A CONVENTION, OR WANT TO DO BUSINESS HERE, THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THIS IS HEADS ABOVE ANY OTHER OPTION, AND THAT IT IS AN OUTSTANDING CONVENTION CENTER AND SERVES THEIR PURPOSE AND HAS THE WOW FACTOR THAT WE KNOW IT WOULD TAKE TO TO LAND THAT BUSINESS.
AND SO WHETHER IT'S THE NUMBER OR SIZE OF MEETING ROOMS OR WAYS TO ACTIVATE VARIOUS SPACES THAT WE KNOW OUR CONVENTIONS ARE ASKING FOR, OR EVEN TO THE POINT MR. DAVIS MADE ABOUT HOW TO CONFIGURE A LOADING DOCK.
THAT'S NOT REALLY UP TO ME. I'M NOT THE EXPERT.
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE EXPERTS, WHICH ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WILL RENT THIS. SO I KNOW THAT THERE CAN BE OPINIONS ABOUT HOW WE ENCASE ALL OF THESE ATTRIBUTES THAT ARE SO APPEALING. BUT AGAIN, I CAN I CAN LOOK AT IT.
I'M NOT THE EXPERT. I SO IF WE WEIGH IN ON THIS, I JUST WANT TO FULFILL THAT OBJECTIVE OF MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS THE MOST HOPPING CONVENTION CENTER IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME TO DALLAS, TEXAS.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. IS THAT PERFECT? OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. ROSA, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND FOR PROVIDING THE DISPLAY BELOW US TO
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REALLY ALLOW US TO INTERACT AND TO SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING TO.WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL A ROBUST TEAM WITH, WITH EXPERTS AROUND CONVENTION CENTERS AND CONSTRUCTIONS, AS MENTIONED BY OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.
I'M NOT A DESIGNER OR AN ARCHITECT OR AN ENGINEER.
THE REALITY IS THAT THE ACCOUNTABILITY IS GOING TO BE WITH US, BUT ALSO WITH YOU ALL YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE THESE EVERLASTING LEGACY PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO POINT TO. AND I TRUST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DELIVER.
OF COURSE, WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE THE ACCOUNTABILITY PART IN FUTURE PRESENTATIONS.
ROSA, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE DETAILS ON THE ALIGNMENT OF THE FIRE STATION.
I KNOW THAT IT'S BEING MOVED A LITTLE FURTHER IN, SO NOT DIRECT ACCESS TO THE HIGHWAY.
AND I DO WANT TO GET SOME MORE CLARITY ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE RETAIL.
AND, LOOK WE ARE AT A PIVOTAL POINT IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGES.
WE CANNOT BE AT A STANDSTILL AND JUST PROJECTS LIKE THIS, LIKE THIS CONVENTION CENTER THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO ENSURE DALLAS CONTINUES TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE MARKET, THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS BRING THOSE EXPERTISE TO THE TABLE AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY WILL STILL BE THERE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TRUST THAT THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WILL DELIVER HERE IS IS ON YOU GUYS. AND SO NO, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR AND YOUR TEAM FOR MAKING YOURSELF AVAILABLE WHEN I'VE HAD QUESTIONS. YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN THERE, AND I KNOW THAT OUR CITY MANAGER SPOKE EARLIER ON MAKING SURE THAT COMMITMENT IS THERE FOR ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS. AND SO, AGAIN WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION CENTER, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DELIVERY OF THAT WITH THAT CITY MANAGER.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO CLOSE WITH? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.
THANK YOU. THE TIME IS MR. MR. MAYOR. WE DO HAVE OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS REMAINING.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND RECITE THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PERSON. ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE INDICATED THEIR IN PERSON.
PLEASE STOP. SPEAKERS. PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFER TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME, AND ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR MORENO ONLY.
DONNA BUSH. DONNA BUSH. DONNA BUSH IS NOT PRESENT.
MIKE COOK MIKE HOOK IS NOT PRESENT. LOUISE FIELD LOUISE FIELD IS NOT PRESENT. MR. MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES YOUR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MEETING.
THANK YOU. THE TIME IS 449 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.